May 21, 2011, Is This The End? Part Two

Please keep in mind that Mr. Camping believes that the rapture of the church is seconds before Judgment Day begins on the earth. Forget that Revelation says the Great Tribulation is the wrath of God being poured out on a disbelieving world. Forget that we are called to believe so that we can escape the wrath of God. No, Mr Camping has changed that biblical time table, too. By the way, if you go to the website that he has posted you will discover a few other interesting beliefs of his:
1. No Christians should be attending any church since May 21, 1988.
2. If you are still attending a church on May 21, 2011, you will go to hell.
3. The church is the Harlot of Babylon discussed in the book of Revelation (all churches are included).
4. God has predetemined before the foundation of the earth who He would choose to save, so the others were doomed to Hell before their birth.
5. No man knows the hour or the day of the Lord's return does not apply to believers (even though Jesus said He did not even know).
This is just a short summary. I have not included the chapters and verses because of the limitations of time. I will give a full explanation of his interpretive mistakes and the passages you will need to read to see the errors for yourself. Know this, however, Jesus warned us about false teachers in the end times. The only way to avoid being deceived is to get into the Word of God, and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you and help you avoid the false christs and false teachers of the day.

May 21, 2011, Is This The End? Part One

According to Harold Camping of Family Radio we are almost at the end of time as we know it. Harold Camping is the teacher on his own chain of radio stations Family Stations Inc. of California. Mr Camping was born July 19, 1921 in Boulder, Colorado. He is trained as a civil engineer. You can go to Wikipedia for this basic information. Our church family is exposed to his false teachings through a popular radio station for traditional church music out of Beaumont. The call numbers are 89.7 Let me summarize the basic teachings that are being presented through his radio teaching and website.

The Great Tribulation began on May 21, 1988. The problem with this is that the Great Tribulation is described by Jesus as beginning after the Temple is defiled by the abomination of desolation. The last time I checked there was no Temple to desecrate. The prophet Daniel identifies this period as being 42 months, or three and one half years. The book of Revelation identifies the same time period as being of the same duration. If you add three and one half years to May 21, 1988 you have a problem. Mr. Camping had another problem in his predicting abilities. He indicated that the rapture of the church was beginning by some sources in the fall of 1988 and by others in 1994 (which may have been his second guess). This time, he is basing his guess on it having been 7,000 years since Noah's flood. He calculates all of this by saying that a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day and then says that God would bring the last judgment 7,000 years after the flood which he says was May 21, 7,000 years ago. But wait... there's more!