{"id":1594,"date":"2011-05-21T16:56:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2011-05-21T19:58:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T23:58:20","slug":"why-did-we-care-about-the-may-21-judgment-day-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/05\/why-did-we-care-about-the-may-21-judgment-day-predictions.html","title":{"rendered":"Why did we care about the May 21 Judgment Day predictions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/218\/2011\/05\/4.20-linda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1612\" title=\"4.20 linda\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/218\/2011\/05\/4.20-linda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a>Why was it such a big deal?<\/p>\n<p>Because deep within all of us, there&#8217;s a longing for Jesus to return &#8212; to take His people home.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0That&#8217;s why this classic\u00a0prayer &#8220;Come, Thou Long-Awaited Jesus!&#8221; &#8212; written 300 years ago by John Wesley&#8217;s brother Charles &#8212; still speaks to all of our hearts.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come, thou long expected Jesus    :    St John&#039;s College Choir, Cambridge\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JEEd0uWnDGs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why was it such a big deal? 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