According to Prophet Harold Camping the world as we know it would come to an end. The rapture was upon us. The saved would ascend to Heaven and the rest would fall victim to natural disasters by the end of October. May 21st has come and gone and the world did not end. I do not believe that anyone can predict the end of times for Matthew 24:36 tells us “ But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” With that being said, non-Christians should feel perfectly safe on the predicted date as scripture tells us that no one will know the day or the hour. I don’t think that God would rapture the church on a predicted date giving credit to a self proclaimed prophet.
Facebook lit up like a Christmas tree with statements regarding the prediction. Some being rather humorous and ridiculous and poking fun of the prophecy. But, as my husband and I sat down to eat with another couple from church, we asked ourselves if tomorrow was really the day of rapture what would we be doing? All of our answers were different as we tried to separate what we wanted to do in regards to what God would want us to do. It wasn’t real pleasant to think about even if we were Christian. Would you spend that time with your family or would you desperately be trying to reach the unsaved?
In conclusion, the end of the world did not happen, but the “Prophet Harold Camping” did make a few people sit up and take notice and ask ourselves, “What If?” I hope that others as well stopped to think, what if the world would end tomorrow? What would your last work on earth be and would it be pleasing to God?
Not knowing the exact time of the rapture there is one thing I know for sure. We should all live according to Matthew 24:44 “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.” Jesus will return and we need to live every minute, every day as if it were our last day on earth.
As a last note…. On May 22nd the world did come to an end as some knew it in Joplin, Missouri. My thoughts and prayers go out to the people who have lost loved ones and homes due to the devastating tornadoes that swept through their towns.
