{"id":1563,"date":"2011-05-24T13:38:40","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T17:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2011-05-24T13:40:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T17:40:21","slug":"oops-the-end-of-the-world-has-been-moved-to-october-21-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/05\/oops-the-end-of-the-world-has-been-moved-to-october-21-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Oops! The End of the World Has Been Moved to October 21, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

You now have an extra five months to prepare for the end of the world according to Harold Camping<\/a>. Many news outlets are reporting<\/a> this sudden new revelation of this erroneous preacher. October 21, 2011 is now the new day the world will end. Seems Harold made a mistake and the May 21st date was simple a “spiritual meaning.”<\/p>\n

It’s amazing how many people bite on these doomsday prophecies. They sell everything they\u00a0 have, buy posters declaring the end of the world to display, and run around telling everyone to follow their leader. This is not unusual. Every single time is has failed. Here’s a list of dozens of failed end of the world predictions over the centuries, click here. Failed Doomsday Prophecies.<\/a><\/p>\n

The reality is that the Bible says no man will know the day the world ends, Jesus comes back, or whatever your particular view of eschatology might be: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.”But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.” – Matthew 25: 35-36<\/p>\n

Harold Camping said, “We’ve always said May 21 was the day, but we didn’t understand altogether the spiritual meaning,” he said. “The fact is there is only one kind of people who will ascend into heaven … if God has saved them they’re going to be caught\u00a0up.”<\/p>\n

It’s not the first time the 89-year-old retired civil engineer has been dismissed by the Christian mainstream and has been forced to explain when his prediction didn’t come to pass. Camping also prophesied the Apocalypse would come in 1994, but said later that didn’t happen then because of a mathematical\u00a0error.<\/p>\n

Let’s try this Biblical approach to life that has been the key to Christian living for two thousand years – live faithfully and be true to what you believe today because you don’t know what tomorrow will bring. Love God, love your neighbor as yourself, and take care of the poor and marginalized. You don’t know if or when the end will come, so live every day as if it were your last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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