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How Mayans Changed Over Time

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Many years had passed since people thought the world was ending. They thought the world was ending because the Mayan calendars had said so, but their calendars were obviously not one hundred percent accurate. Many missionaries had gone all over the world and they had lots of success. Although they had success there were people who still did not believe in the one and only true God. There were still people who thought that there was no God and it was stupid to think that there was a God. Most of the people’s opinions were about to change. There was living proof on it’s way that there was a God that was real that would come to rescue all the people that feared him.

It was a warm and sunny day, yet things were not very peaceful. The air seemed …show more content…

Whenever they disappeared all of their stuff they had with them would be laying on the ground with no one to claim the stuff. Even clothing fell to the ground as people all over disappeared. There were immediate reporters on the scene trying to get the whole story and even a shot of someone being there then being gone. Most of the non christians knew what was going on because the missionaries that had continually kept coming had told them about this ‘Judgement Day’. A lot of them were relieved that this was finally happening because they could sit back and enjoy life without the lousy missionaries telling them what they should believe. Although a lot of the atheists or non christians were relieved, there were some that were afraid and they regretted the decision of not believing there was a God that was higher and more worthy of praise than they were. There were some atheists that figured out that the reason that there were a lot of disappearances was because it was the end of the earth. The missionaries would constantly talk about the end times and they would constantly tell them to prepare their hearts, minds, and souls. After the christians began to disappear there were people who had to make a choice to either accept the Lord into their heart or they would end up in

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