Some say we are currently at the time which has been foretold and waited for many centuries. A time wherein all predictions about the end of times, the apocalypse, the end of age – whatever you choose to call it – will soon converge. If this claim is true, he have no way of validating it than with a good, truthful book on 2012.

There have been plenty of 2012 books written and plenty more are expected to be written and published as 2012 approaches. But the best books so far about this subject are those that have been around for ages.

The Holy Bible.

The Bible has an unblemished record of fulfilled predictions and prophecies. The Old and the New Testament both provide prophecies that have been fulfilled before and others that are yet to be revealed.

The Old Testament, for example, predicted the coming of the Messiah. All these have been revealed as true when Jesus Christ was born. The Bible also prophesies about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, complete with descriptions about the events leading up to His Second Coming and the establishment of the New Jerusalem. To the believers, the prophecies that have been written down are being fulfilled one by one and many more will be revealed in the not so distant future.

Although the Holy Bible does not set a specific date for the Second Coming – for the day and the hour is not known – it says that we should watch for the sign of the fig tree (Israel). When its leaves start to come out, we should understand that the end is near.

Pope Leo XIII’s Prediction and the Prophecy of the Popes According to St. Malachy.

Known for its accuracy, the Prophecy of the Popes is a text attributed to the St. Malachy. It describes the last 122 popes that will rule the Roman Catholic Church – beginning from the pontificate of Pope Celestine II whose papacy began in 1143 and ending with the papacy of Petrus Romanus or Peter the Roman, the final pope of the Church.

If the prophecies of St. Malachy were right, the current pope, Pope Benedict XVI is the second to the last before the Roman Catholic Church ends.

Pope Leo XIII, too had his predictions pertaining to our age. Pope Leo XIII, too had a vision about the apostasy within the Catholic Church which will happen 500 years after his vision occurred.

On a less religious note, the succeeding books reveal something more dismal about the end of times.

Nostradamus and the Nostradamus Vatinicia Code.

Nostradamus was made famous or infamous by his dire predictions, which many believe have started to unfold ages and ages ago and will end in the not so distant future. In 1994, a book entitled Nostradamus Vatinicia Code was found to contain prophetic images about the coming end of times. These depict the events leading up to the eventual demise of our age.

The Prophecies of Mother Shipton, the Prophecies Of Merlin Or the Prophetiae Merlini, the Sibylline Prophecies, the Hopi Prophecies, the Hopi Prophecies and the Maya Long Count Calendar.

Much has been said about these prophecies and predictions and books have been written about them for centuries. Look up a book on 2012 that covers any of these startling prophecies.

The 2012 phenomenon may mean nothing to you, but to the ancient civilizations and seers, it is a subject worth talking about. Find out more about what the ancient civilizations and people know about our future. Read a good book on 2012.