I’ve been a little pre-occupied lately but thought it is worthy of making on a comment on an event that has had a bit of my attention over the last few months
What was awkward? The recent prediction of 200,000,000 people being caught up in the rapture on Judgment Day. I know most people that are aware of this don’t understand the details. I have researched and read up on Mr. Harold Camping, as well as visiting is radio broadcast from time to time over the last few years. So I feel qualified to speak on the subject.
First off, I have never subscribed in the least to any prediction of any man ever knowing the date Christ will come again. I do absolutely believe He will come again but the timing is not to be revealed until it happens.
Secondly, let me clear up some confusion. Harold’s new date of October 21st is not exactly a new date. For some time now he has said that May 21st, 2011 was Judgment Day and October 21st, 2011 is the date this Earth will be destroyed. The “change” is that he had been promoting that on Judgment Day believer’s would be taken from this earth to avoid the trials of the subsequent 5 months. His “back-peddling” is that he now says he misunderstood the Bible and Judgment Day was a spiritual event rather than a physical event. So THAT is the change in his stance to explain why nothing visible happened.
Here’s my beef. Harold Camping may have been mislead, deceived or more likely caught up in his ability to wrangle numbers from the Bible. That’s all OK. Although I have had a problem with him telling believer’s to get out of the church since 1988 (because the church age was over) but with Mr. Camping stating dogmatically what will happen (physical events) and it not happening he should automatically disqualify himself as a Bible teacher since there is no doubt he is a false prophet (by the Bibles own definition of a false prophet). In other areas he may have deceived himself but in this one fact he has proven to himself that he could not read the Bible properly. If he were an honorable man and loved God (as I believe he wants to do) he should step aside on that one criteria alone.
He did not. Over the years I have hurt for the people he has lead down a false path. Now he has proven himself to not get all the “facts” right and he does not do what is right. He has lost my respect.
I do believe that many things he has said over the years are spot on. He has answered several longstanding problems I have had with timetable established by many creationists. But his pride has led him to error. Error of such a magnitude that not even he can deny.
Harold Camping, step down and sit back while those more qualified lead your following.
