Six p.m. last Saturday came and went without the world ending. It could have ended, but not because of the predictions of a California radio preacher. The Bible is clear that \u201cof that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only\u201d (Matthew 24:36). So it could have ended Saturday. It could end today. Then again, it may not end in your lifetime. Predictions of the end are not new. Before the Bible was even fully recorded, the Thessalonians confronted Paul with a rumor that the day of the Lord was at hand, and they had missed the rapture. Since then, there have been over 240 end-of-the-world predictions. In 1555, the most famous doomsday prophet, Nostradamus wrote in his book, \u201cThe Prophecies\u201d, \u201cThe year 1999, seventh month, From the sky will come a great King of Terror\u201d and would thus end the world. In 1806 the \u201cChristian Science Monitor\u201d reported, the \u201cProphet Hen of Leeds,\u201d a domesticated fowl in England, began laying eggs that bore the message \u201cChrist is coming\u201d leading locals to believe the end of the world was at hand. Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson told followers: \u201cI guarantee you by the end of 1982 there is going to be a judgment on the world.\u201d The book \u201c88 Reasons Why the Rapture is in 1988\u201d proposed that the rapture would occur during a three-day window from Sept 11 to13. I remember Seminary students asking me if they came to class on those days and I had been raptured, what should they do? I told them to check with the Dean\u2019s Office. Harold Camping, the proponent of last Saturdays\u2019 end of the world theory, had already miscalculated once, predicting that the world would end in Sept., 1994. Nor will these predictions end. Several scientists and speculators have observed numerous astronomical alignments hinting at the planet\u2019s demise, based on the view that the calendar of the ancient Mayan civilization ends on Dec. 21, 2012. So when will the world end? I don\u2019t know. I\u2019ve not been assigned to the Time & Place Committee, but rather to the Preparation Committee. \u201cTherefore . . . be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect\u201d (Matthew 24:44). The end is not yet, but it could be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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