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232 There is yet another document. It is classified by scholars as belonging to “Prophecy in Neo-Assyrian sources,” though its very first words suggest authorship by a (Babylonian?) worshipper of Marduk. Here is, in full, what it says: Marduk, the Enlil of the gods, got angry. His mind became furious. He made an evil plan to disperse the land and its peoples. His angry heart was bent on levelling the land and destroying its people. A grievous curse formed in his mouth. Evil portents indicating the disruption of heavenly harmony started appearing abunbantly in heaven and on Earth. The planets in the Ways of Enlil, Anu and Ea worsened their positions and repeatedly disclosed abnormal omens. Arahtu, the river of abundance, became a raging nierant current. A fierce surge of water, a violent flood like the Deluge swept away the city, its houses and sanctuaries, turning them to ruins. The gods and goddesses became afraid, abandoned their shrines, flew off like birds and ascended to heaven. What is common to all these texts are the assertions that (a) the gods grew angry with the people, (b) the gods “flew away like birds,” and (c) they ascended to “heaven.” We are further informed that the departure was accompanied by unusual celestial phenomena and some terrestrial distur- bances. These are aspects of the Day of the Lord as prophe- sied by the biblical Prophets: The Departure was related to the Return of Nibiru—the gods left Earth when Nibiru came. The VAT 7847 text includes an intriguing reference to a ca- lamitous period of two centuries. The text does not make it THE END OF DAYS