3 Weeks to go!

Harold Camping, the president of Family Radio, is predicting that the Rapture will occur on May 21, 2011. Above is a picture of a "business card" that I keep in my wallet. The flip side says: "Have You Heard the Awesome News? The End of the World Begins on May 21, 2011. The Bible Guarantees It! More information at www.FamilyRadio.com"

Now, I'm not sure what to make of this. Mainstream institutional Christianity obviously dismisses such predictions. On the other hand, since we can't "know the time or seasons" [Acts 1, 7] and of the "day or the hour no one knows" [Mat 24, 36], it does seem prudent to at least give it some serious thought since "you must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come" [Mat 24, 44].

In any case, Saturday May 21st should prove to be an interesting day. If Mr. Camping's research is correct, it will be an awesome time! If he is wrong, it will reopen the can of worms about the infallibility and inerrancy of the Bible.

I don't think that Christians would be harmed by reading Mr. Camping's research on how he arrived at his prediction. It is available at the Family Radio website for free.

Roman Catholics might also break open the "Catechism of the Catholic Church." There is quite a few entries in the Subject Index for "Jesus Christ, Second Coming." A good place to start might be "The Last Judgment" [1038-1041].

Hopefully, this subject will at least cause people to ponder about the "second coming of Christ" and Judgment Day. These are subjects that all Christians should pay more attention to whether or not they they agree with Mr. Camping's interpretations. 

I'm not planning on the world ending anytime soon. It's outside of my control anyway. God is in charge and always has been and always will.