{"id":158,"date":"2011-03-30T09:29:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T13:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/?p=158"},"modified":"2011-05-20T13:27:18","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T17:27:18","slug":"so-judgment-day-is-gonna-be-may-21-huh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/03\/so-judgment-day-is-gonna-be-may-21-huh.html","title":{"rendered":"So, Judgment Day is gonna be May 21, 2011, huh?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the road, spreading the word<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In case you\u2019re getting ready to go stand on a hill to welcome Jesus\u2019 return on May 21, 2011,\u00a0perhaps you\u2019ll want to consider what Christ said on that subject.<\/p>\n

Harold Camping, an 89-year-old California radio preacher, says he\u2019s certain Jesus is coming back on that date.\u00a0He also says that unless you and I\u00a0got saved at\u00a0his church before 1988, we are among the Damned who will be sent straight to the Devil on Judgment Day.<\/p>\n

I am not particularly worried. First, there is the small problem of Jesus\u2019 own words in Mark 13:32 and Acts 1:7 in which He states in no uncertain terms that no one except the Father knows when Judgment Day will occur.<\/p>\n

The two verses aren\u2019t exactly open to interpretation: “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father” (Mark 13:32). “And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power” (Acts 1:7).<\/p>\n

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Camping's followers with one of their vans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camping owns 150 radio stations that make up the Family Radio network across America \u2013 and a TV station in New York City.<\/p>\n

He says the “Church Age” ended in 1988 and that no one has received salvation since then, because Satan has taken over every church except his.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, Camping previously proclaimed that Judgment Day would occur on September 6, 1994.<\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE\u00a0to read about 25 times in history when doomsayers said the end was upon us<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

During the 1980s, Family Radio played traditional hymns with nationally syndicated shows such as “Back to the Bible,” its youth-oriented sister program “Teen Quest,” “Science, Scripture and Salvation” and “Unshackled” from the Pacific Garden Mission of Chicago. It also allowed local churches to air 5-minute devotionals and Bible studies free of charge.<\/p>\n

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Camping's vans in front of the Texas State Capitol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Formerly a member of\u00a0a local Christian Reformed Church,\u00a0Camping was asked not to teach his views on the return of Christ. Rather than submit, he chose to leave the church and form the Alameda Reformed Bible Church,\u00a0which is not affiliated with any denomination.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, he says God has revealed to him that our Lord is returning to take the church away to heaven on May 21, 2011. Then the Earth will be consumed by fire on October 21, 2011.<\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE to\u00a0read about when a group predicts the end … and it doesn’t happen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In his explanation of how he determined the dates, he focuses on the “hidden” meanings of words in the Bible. He sees numerical significance in such things as the number of swine drowned in the Sea of Galilee and the number of servants in Abraham\u2019s house.<\/p>\n

Camping has no theological training, but\u00a0leads a faithful group of followers who are traveling across America in vans that proclaim the pending end of the world. They are energetically passing out tracts, completely convinced that the end is upon us. Why they are doing so is a puzzle, since the lost can no longer\u00a0be saved, according to Camping.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0there\u2019s that\u00a0big problem of Mark 13:32 and Acts 1:7.<\/p>\n

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