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Apocalypse Doesn't Mean What Most People Think It Means. So How Did It Become Synonymous with the End of the World?

Mention the word apocalypse and most people picture the same scene: cities reduced to rubble, fire falling from the sky, horsemen galloping across a dying Earth, and a final battle that brings human history to an abrupt, terrifying end. Hollywood loves that version. So do many preachers. The Greek language doesn't. The word apokalypsis , from which "apocalypse" is derived, simply means an unveiling, a disclosure, a revelation. Before it became associated with catastrophe, it described the act of pulling back a curtain so that something hidden could finally be seen. That raises an uncomfortable question. If apocalypse originally meant revelation, how did it become almost exclusively associated with global destruction? The answer lies not in a conspiracy but in centuries of interpretation. The Book of Revelation is arguably the most misunderstood book in the New Testament.  Written towards the end of the first century, it emerged during a period when Christians lived under ...
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"Our Enemy Is Not William Ruto, Our Enemy is Somalis...They have taken everything that Was Ours": The Kikuyu Financial Acumen Myth Lies In Tatters


Suddenly, Somalis are the new kings of commercial enterprise in Kenya; Kisiis long ago ran with the matatu business, Maasais are running every kiosk at every bus stop, and even barbershops are now owned by BanyaRwanda, as Burundians hedge the njugu and hawking markets.
So where is that legendary Kikuyu financial acumen that we have been sung to, day and night, for the last 60 years?

To put it bluntly, when the playing field is levelled, the wealth begins to spread equitably, and the advantages of historical economic nepotism begin to vanish, and traditional financial injustices find themselves addressed head-on, and historically marginalised peoples start getting a fighting chance, and all of us begin to earn our rewards through sheer merit. But more importantly, the myth gets bust.

And we thank Raila Odinga for Devolution, The Great Equaliser.

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