Another “date setter”, a man named Harold Camping, the President of what is called “Family Radio” has again set a date for the second coming of Christ. Previously Mr. Camping had set sometime in September of 1994 as the date when Christ would return for His Church, but since that did not take place, he is trying again. His latest prediction for the second coming and the rapture of the believers is now set at May 21, 2011 to be followed by October 21, 2011 to be the end of the World.
For centuries other people and groups of people, churches, etc, have taken on themselves to predict the end without any success. So why should we even give any consideration to this latest prediction of this self proclaimed prophet Harold Camping?
Could he be right and will his prediction be accurate? It could be, but none of the “date setters” so far have been. If the rapture would happen on May 21, 2011, more than likely it will just be a coincidence rather than an accurate prediction. I suppose if enough dates are set by enough self proclaimed prophets, one of them just might hit on the day it is set by God to occur.
Mr. Camping claims to accept the Bible in a literal sense without any personal interpretation of his own to prove that what he teaches is the truth as has been revealed to him. This could be farther from the truth as can be accepted; because that is all that this man has done is to interpret certain passages of the Bible to suit his predictions.
It took very little study on my part to come to the conclusion that Mr. Camping was way off base. It wasn’t necessary to study all of his facts to disprove his theories; this was not an objective of mine. Instead, I had hoped that he knew what he was talking about and I would have taken the time to validate everything he taught, but that did not become necessary. A few facts that are very clear in the Bible were misinterpreted by him which spared me the laborious task of delving very deep into his hypothesis.
So I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if his prediction comes true. May 21, 2011 is almost here and if he finds egg on his face, I’m certain that he will make an adjustment in his calculations. Meanwhile, don’t sell everything you have. If you do, you can’t take it or the money with you whichever place you end up at.
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