Well Folks, as I start to type this, having waited until 6:01 Eastern Time, it is apparently obvious that my wife and I have NOT been caught up and away in Mr. Harold Camping’s prediction of the Christian Rapture. While that prophesied event is something that I as a Christian do believe in, I also believe in Jesus’s words in Matthew’s Gospel, that clearly tell us, that no man knows the day or hour of this and/or Christ’s return.
Having been wrong once before, back in 1994, one would have presumed that Poor old Harold would have clued in then; he is but a mere mortal, with obviously no inside connection to the mind of Almighty Jehovah. But nope, for many a month now, Mr. Camping has been proclaiming HIS so-called spiritual math formula to whoever will listen.
Needless to say, the secular, and even some Christian, media venues have been having a field day with this ‘news’. Those of us who do follow Biblical teachings and Prophecy, do realize “The End Times” are indeed near; but to, for whatever misguided reason, we would dare peg down the precise hour of ‘The Rapture’, is at best an effort in futility. One could even dare make the statement, that to try to do such a thing, borders even on blasphemy?
As I continue to type, I have not felt any world-wide earthquake, nor are the heavens ablaze with any impending doom from above either. I do feel pity for Mr. Camping’s followers however, as in, to have followed so blindly his ‘interpretations’, and now to be the subject of ridicule. Jesus Himself warned about many a false prophet, that would foretell of things even in His name; while I am at best, feeling that maybe Mr. Camping’s intentions were possibly good, his understanding, or lack thereof, of certain key Bible verses clearly lead one to believe this was more about his ‘Spiritual Ego’, rather than his knowledge and allowing of God’s long-standing word to be followed.
Having said all of that, we still must remember, this event, and many other ‘End Times’ happenings will occur, and sooner than we may care to admit.
Just…Thoughts…
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