Sunday, 22 May 2011
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If Jesus Doesn't Come Today, Maybe It's My Fault
I don't know much about Harold Camping. I believe from seeing something of him on the news and hearing him speak that he is a dear brother and a godly man, even a true servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.As I woke up this morning I realized I had been kind of deriding him in my mind for making this stark, burning-all-bridges-behind prediction. But more importantly, I realized...
Maybe I was the reason it may not happen.
As believers, it SHOULD be that we desire that Day to come sooner than later. Instead, I find myself entangled in the things of the world and stupefied, dull to the things of God.
The Bible does make it clear that the Lord's coming has SOMETHING to do with our being prepared (i.e., Revelation 19:7, compare with Ephesians 5:25-26). Would the Lord have sent the flood if Noah had not yet completed the ark? There was a responsibility on Noah, just as there is a responsibility on us to set our mind on the things above, where Christ is (Colossians 3:2...and the rest of that chapter!) I won't go into great detail, because I think if you are a believer, you know that there is something we are required to participate in as regards to the "working out" of our salvation, even if it is only the exercise of our faith. We are supposed to be going forward on the road to maturity in Christ, rather than sliding back into the things of the world. So, when we heard about the prediction concerning today's date, was there any hopefulness, any longing that it may truly be so?
Anyway, if the Lord doesn't come today at 6 pm, blame me. It may be that I was the reason.
Sorry Lord. Sorry for my sloth and unfaithfulness.
Wake me up that I might pursue after You.
MARANATHA. The Lord comes."Even so, come Lord Jesus!"
Did you want Jesus to come back yesterday? Were you disappointed that He didn't return and that we weren't raptured?
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Only God the Father knows the day and the hour of Jesus' return. Further, well, let me put it this way, given a boatload of developments outside of that specific prophecy, thiu poster would not have been shocked if Jesus had returned.
I'd be careful about calling a false-prophet a dear brother, or even a brother at all. There is a good link that talks about false prophecy at this guy's webpage: http://jandjinjapan.xanga.com/748131771/date-setting-and-the-may-21st-prediction/
I do appreciate you not mocking this man, as Christians, we should not be children of mockery. I think the simplest thing to do is accept the Word of Christ which declares that no one will know the day or hour, which also declares all these people who set dates to be false prophets. Then we can leave it at that.
I was disappointed the Rapture didn't happen yesterday. Life goes on. When the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is preached to the whole world, and it will be someday, the end will come. It's not your fault. I spent the day in expectation but now I'm looking forward to the rest of my life here on Earth. But yes, I did want the Rapture to happen. This man is a false prophet. He might appear Godly on the outside but he isn't right with God IMO. He has given Christians a bad name.
there are a whole lot of people with a whole lot to lose when that day comes. i'm glad the rapture didn't happen yesterday.
You'll be interested to read this link stating the UNbiblical "teachings" of Harold Camping. http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/harold_camping.htm He is most certainly not a servant of Christ nor a brother in Christ. He's leading people astray by teaching them that the church is apostate (a heretic or backslider) and that we should all leave our churches & join him & his group. Now, can you say that this is the way a brother in Christ would teach? This is a false prophet who is leading people away from Christ. It's scary as well as sad.
Yes, before I'd ever known that there had been predictions made for exact dates of the end times, rapture, end of the world etc - I've longed for Christ's return. Yes, there are things I and most all of us would "miss out on" but it is no comparison to what we are currently missing out on by being in Heaven with our Lord. So while I have disdain for Camping & his smearing of Christianity and my savior Christ - I do not have disdain for Christ's return.
I find it disheartening that religion instills such a sense of guilt and inferiority in people as to think that (a) it's their fault that Jesus isn't returning and (b) that the end of the world is somehow a good thing. This post sort of disgusts me.
@CoderHead@xanga - What you refer to as the end of the world is to me the beginning of something altogether new. The point of all of this has to do with who you think Jesus is... did He die on behalf of us, and was He resurrected? If so, He is the one with whom we now have to do. We cannot escape existence, even if we did not ask to "be" (let alone as such sentient beings). The CONDITIONS of our existence are what we have to deal with. To some, faith in God and Jesus Christ's resurrection appear as foolishness, whereas to others, it is unreasonable NOT to believe in what they feel to be answers to prayer, fulfilled prophecy, profound personal experiences, the phenomena of sentient existence itself in light of the "unnaturally" narrow physical parameters it demands, and so on. The hope of every person who has come to know Jesus Christ desires He might soon appear. Maybe it is hard as a Christian to know what is "too much," but when it comes to eternal things, how much is too much?
@MyTwoCentss@xanga - I agree to your sentiment as to how Christian faith in general is smeared by such behavior on behalf of those who profess to be His spokesmen. I do believe, however, that he is a genuine Christian, and therefore my brother. I was worried for him personally after the "non-event" because I have known Christians (especially one who gave me a booklet "88 Reasons the Lord Will Return in 1988") who have just kind of fallen away. Anyway, mine was just a reaction to the whole "let's bash Camping" thing rather than consider that maybe the Lord would have been here already if, say, we as the Church had been going on together in oneness rather than in our fragmented situation, or if even some, like in Seuss' Hooville, might tip the balance in the Lord's eyes according to whatever it is He is watching for in us.
@brerjohn_lives@xanga - Sorry about the Hooville thing... just kind of popped into my head. What Jesus watches for, I believe, are the overcomers in every age. According to Revelation 5:8 etc, after a certain time during which prayer has been made, there comes a time when everything just starts to happen. So, have we been contributing to this "Lord drawing" prayer? My own answer is, not enough.