False Prophets

There have been many false prophets throughout history and I am certain that many more will come; all claiming to know the will of God.  Saturday, May 21, 2011 came and went without the rapture of the saints as most Christians new it would.  Harold Camping claimed to know the hour and the day of the Lord’s return.  Something not even Jesus Christ, the Son of God knows.  God has reserved that knowledge for Himself only.  Yet disciples of Harold Camping gave up everything they owned to buy thousands of billboards around the world to warn of the impending rapture according to Camping would start at 6:00 PM yesterday.  Yet, we are all still here. 

Harold Camping claimed that God revealed the exact timeline and date of the end of the world through calculations that begin with the real date of the flood.  Camping says “he came up with the very precise date of May 21 through a mathematical calculation that would probably crash Google’s computers.”   The only problem is the bible isn’t filled with mathematical equations, dates, patterns, formulas or anything else.  It is filled with the truths of God and His plan for mankind.  It is presumptuous to say the least that any man or woman would claim to know the hour of our Lord’s return when even the Son of God doesn’t know.  Trust in the Lord and Him only.  His truth endures forever and ever.  Amen. 

SCRIPTURE

He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority.  Acts 1:7

"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.  Matthew 24:36

So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.  Hebrews 9:28

"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.         Matthew 24:42