Posted on 05/16/2011 7:14:13 AM PDT by lasereye
Dover, Del.
For at least three years, Family Radio in Oakland, Calif. has broadcast across the ether that May 21, 2011 is the Day of Judgment.
Family Radio President Harold Camping preaches that on that day a great earthquake such as never has been seen in the world will occur as spoken of in the book of Revelation. Those who are raptured will dwell with Christ forever in heaven while those left behind will agonize in a ruined world that finally comes to a fiery end on Oct. 21.
Many people do not listen to Family Radio, which is available locally on 106.9 FM. But, two huge billboards have been erected in Kent County to advertise Judgment Day and they have people talking.
One billboard is on Route 8 on the right just before Bylers country store. The other billboard is on Route 13 near Cheswold.
But to a man, all of the local churches and congregations contacted for this article agree, ... of that day and hour knoweth no man (Matthew 24:36). It did not matter if they were Episcopalian, Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or a nondenominational Bible church.
As Christians, we believe that on Judgment Day at the end of the world, Christ will come in glory to achieve the definitive triumph of good over evil and to judge the living and the dead, Catholic Diocese of Wilmington spokesman Bob Krebs said. The Bible tells us, Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come (Mark 13:32-33).
Camping expects to hear that from the churches, which he has characterized as spiritually dead since 1988 the so-called end of the church age. Thats exactly what God predicted would happen in the churches, Camping told the Community News in a telephone interview from Oakland. He said in Revelation 3:3, If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. In the last verse of Mark 13, it says I say unto you watch because God has given us this information. We have to know it in order that we can warn the whole world just like Noah had to warn the world of his day. He was a preacher.
Associate Pastor Jeff Dyer, of Calvary Assembly of God said that while Jesus wants people to prepare for Judgment Day, there is no formula to determine the actual date.
The Bible shouldn't be read as a document used to predict Judgment Day precisely. That's not its intention. Matthew 24:36 says 'about that day or hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.' Dyer said, Jesus asks us to be ready and prepared but doesn't give a day. The Bible does speak of a Judgment Day but there isn't a formula to figure out the date."
Moreover, Dyer explains that Camping has been wrong before and his calculations dont make sense.
"It's based on a lot of assumptions and giving numerical value to the atonement, completeness, and heaven. He multiplies and squares the number, there's no real logic to it. Certainly on May 22nd he'll start working on the numbers again."
Pastor Raymond Bertolet, of Bible Fellowship Church in Camden, comments on Judgment Day are similar to those of Dyer. He said scripture has taught people theyll never know the time or day the world will end.
Another thing scripture has taught us is if someone says a prophecy that is not true, that they are not speaking from God, Bertolet said, This is the third occasion he [Camping] said this and he has always made excuses as to why he is wrong. I have no doubt in my mind that all of us will be breathing naturally come May 22.
Email Jennifer Dailey at jennifer.dailey@doverpost.com
Inspired by satan, yet known by God...
The only thing I can think of is to somehow help or make things easier for the people that are “left behind”. And pets, can’t forget them.
Freegards
In the summer of 1844, Millerite Adventists came to believe that Jesus would return on October 22, 1844, understood to be the Biblical Day of Atonement for that year. When this did not happen, most of his followers disbanded and returned to their original churches.
Yeah, Harold Camping is a nutjob cultist. I used to catch Camping’s radio and television shows every once in a while when I lived in Oakland, California in the 1990’s and early 2K’s. Camping predicted Christ would return in September of 1994. Didn’t happen, now did it?
Camping also twists scripture and teaches “the end of the church age,” preaching that all churches are from Satan and Christians need to leave their churches and get all their spiritual and Biblical needs met by keeping their dials tuned to the Family Radio network.
Nutjob cultist. Period!
Cheers
Even if I believed I’d be raptured on May 21 (when we’re supposed to be at camp with the Cub Scouts) I’d still have to mop the floors today.
you have a point. Folks like Camping or Paula White or Benny Hinn or Aimee McPherson do a lot of damage to Christianity.
James 3:1 "Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly."
Here are some results for false prophets.
I do think it helps to have the authority of a denomination, or other Godly men, to correct errors. Mr. Camping struck out on his own, and seems to answer to no one. People need the body. That's biblical, and Mr. Camping instructs people that they don't need a church body. Am I interpreting him correctly?
What part of no one knows the day or the hour do people like this not understand?
At camp with cub scouts can be the end of the world.
I can just see myself telling my 17-year-old son, “I’m sure you’re going to be Left Behind, so here are the account numbers and passwords for my bank accounts. Be sure you feed all the animals, until you need to eat them during the Tribulation ... and I hope you get Saved eventually.”
Especially if the weather is bad.
After having read this article, it makes me realized, all this foolish end-of-the-world date(s) prediction could also be WHY even to this very day, there is still interest in the lives of holy people who have said, proclaiming what the Bible has said, those beloved words, “be not afraid”, such as recently made Blessed John Paul II.
belly laugh to you and I’d still have to let the dog out to go poop, just in case it doesn’t happen....GG
If you are interested, here is some more information about Harold Camping’s heretical teachings:
http://www.equip.org/articles/harold-camping
I particularly liked the title of the last paragraph in that Camping is always telling Christians to flee from the church:
FLEE FROM HAROLD CAMPING!
Sound advice that will serve you well.
Cheers
You’re trying to white-wash the 7th-Day Adventist movement itself. Ellen Gould White provided the hocus-pocus cover to account for the Great Disappointment, making outlandish and silly claims as her excuses. She just about puts Joseph Smith to shame.
You are forgiven, no problem.
Exactly, we’ll see if anyone with chicken houses releases all their poultry into the wild.
Freegards
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