The Rapture actually did happen May 21, explains doomsday prophet Harold Camping. We just missed it. During a rambling 90-minute broadcast on Monday evening, May 23, Camping explained that while May 21’s Judgment Day had slipped by, nobody will miss the total obliteration of the Earth on October 21. He seemed to contradict himself a number…

    You and I may not be all that surprised that discredited cult leader Harold Camping blew it again. No, just as it did not on his previous “guaranteed” date —  September 6, 1994 — the world did not end Saturday. May 21, 2011, came and went. If you remember, the president of the Family Radio network, which…

Why was it such a big deal? Because deep within all of us, there’s a longing for Jesus to return — to take His people home.  That’s why this classic prayer “Come, Thou Long-Awaited Jesus!” — written 300 years ago by John Wesley’s brother Charles — still speaks to all of our hearts.

       It’s certainly happened before. Faithful followers dress in white and stand atop hilltops, waiting to greet Jesus when He returns at the appointed time. Of course the appointed time was not the one chosen by the Father, just some human prophet. And as midnight passes and Judgment Day has not occured … what happens? Since…

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