Harold Camping and the End of the Word: Part 3

Westminster Seminary, California ^ | 4 / 8 / 2011 | W. Robert Godfrey

[Gamecock]

Guru

Camping’s knowledge of Bible verses and confidence led many to follow him as their only leader and teacher. He had become their guru. It is interesting how often people seek someone to follow unquestioningly. This reality has been called the Fuehrerprinzip or the leader principle. Whether a false prophet or a political leader or an intellectual authority, many people want someone whom they can follow simply and blindly. For some listeners to Family Radio, Camping became their leader or guru.

Sadly instead of promoting confidence in the authority of the Bible, Camping has inculcated confidence in himself. One of his followers recently said that if Jesus does not return on May 21, it will show that the Bible is wrong!

Schismatic

For many years Camping taught an adult Sunday School class at the Alameda Christian Reformed Church. This class attracted a number of listeners from Family Radio who did not become integrated into the life of the church. They looked to Camping to tell them what to accept and not to accept in the teaching and preaching of the pastor. The elders of the church finally decided that this situation needed to be remedied and stated that in the coming year Camping would not teach an adult Sunday School class. This decision led to Camping and his followers leaving the Alameda CRC and forming their own Reformed Bible Church.

The formation of this new congregation may not have been schismatic in itself. Initially they sought a new denomination with which to affiliate and sought a pastor. Camping did not believe that he should be the pastor.

The new congregation never found a pastor or a new denomination, however. Camping had begun a study group on the Heidelberg Catechism and he proceeded to improve or revise the catechism. Once again his arrogant individualism asserted itself. Not surprisingly no Reformed denomination would accept Camping and his congregation on the basis of his revised catechism. At this point he had become schismatic.

[Gamecock]

The End of the World According to Harold Camping: Part 1
The End of the World According to Harold Camping: Part 2

[Fred Hayek]

“One of his followers recently said that if Jesus does not return on May 21, it will show that the Bible is wrong! “

Thus I suspect that the title of the article “The End of the Word” rather than “World” is not a typo.

Holy Spirit, break through his pride and please get him back on course.

[I Shall Endure]

My parents listened to Family Radio virtually all their waking hours. I’m glad they’re not around for this; they would be appalled.

[RnMomof7]

Listen Gamer...If E and I are not around May 22 just assume we are gone..

[Cronos]

Actually, not quite, as per the Rapture philosophy, the good folks go.

[RnMomof7]

Actually, not quite, as per the Rapture philosophy, the good folks go.

Actually no one is good but God

[Cronos]

True enough, so then, who goes up during the Rapture?

[RnMomof7]

Those that have the righteousness of Christ..not their own

[Cronos]

And are those just the pre-elect? What about the Pentecostals and Methodists that your group, the OPC reject as damned heretics who preach the gospel of Satan?

Doesn't your group, the OPC reject the Rapture, saying that Since the teachings of Arminianism (Methodism/Pentecostalism) are contrary to Scripture, they are manifestly false. They are serious perversions of the gospel of Jesus Christ and also that the Pentecostal beliefs in things such as the Rapture, speaking in tongues etc. is a result of a failure to grasp the Biblical teaching concerning the history of salvation.?

This ties in with your group, the OPC's continuous anti-semitic doctrines

[Cronos]

The OPC is a rabidly anti-Semitic and anti-Christian group that has been trying to promote it's anti-Israeli message on FR with posts like:

1. Easter greetings from Israel - a hoax video aiming to smear Jews and that is as disgusting as the Protocols of the Elders
2. Jerusalem, the have-not whore
3. Israel -- where there is a comparison of Biblical Israel to Modern Israel -- and you can guess it's not a pleasant one
4. All Israel will be Saved, but not all Israel
5. Jerusalem, Mother of all Harlots
6. The restoration and conversion of Israel -- this soon descends into a fre for all anti-semitic fest

What is disgusting is that this group (the OPC/PCA) pretends to be Christian while spouting it's hatred for Jews and Christians alike

Thankfully 4 of this anti-semitic, anti-Christian posters have been removed from FR

[Cronos]

The OPC is a rabidly anti-Semitic and anti-Christian group that has been trying to promote it's anti-Israeli message on FR with posts like:

1. Easter greetings from Israel - a hoax video aiming to smear Jews and that is as disgusting as the Protocols of the Elders
2. Jerusalem, the have-not whore
3. Israel -- where there is a comparison of Biblical Israel to Modern Israel -- and you can guess it's not a pleasant one
4. All Israel will be Saved, but not all Israel
5. Jerusalem, Mother of all Harlots
6. The restoration and conversion of Israel -- this soon descends into a fre for all anti-semitic fest

What is disgusting is that this group (the OPC/PCA) pretends to be Christian while spouting it's hatred for Jews and Christians alike

Thankfully 4 of this anti-semitic, anti-Christian posters have been removed from FR

Why would you still hold to this false non-Christian group ?

[RnMomof7]

Saying it more than once does not make it true..

[Cronos]

Yes, thank you for pointing out that it is true right at the core that The OPC is a rabidly anti-Semitic and anti-Christian group that has been trying to promote it's anti-Israeli message on FR with posts like:

1. Easter greetings from Israel - a hoax video aiming to smear Jews and that is as disgusting as the Protocols of the Elders
2. Jerusalem, the have-not whore
3. Israel -- where there is a comparison of Biblical Israel to Modern Israel -- and you can guess it's not a pleasant one
4. All Israel will be Saved, but not all Israel
5. Jerusalem, Mother of all Harlots
6. The restoration and conversion of Israel -- this soon descends into a fre for all anti-semitic fest

The truth about the anti-Christian, anti-Semitic nature of the OrthodoPresbyterian C comes out -- we Christians (Orthodox, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Catholic, Anglican, Pentecostal, Baptist, Methodist etc.) all know now that your group is not Christian but a parody of Christianity, and it's leftist aim is to foment discord between Christians and between Christians and Jews.

Leave this evil organization. We Christians all will pray for you.