As stated already it is important to know what the word says for yourself. My Pastor writes a daily devotion and here is his word on the subject for you.
Morning by Morning 966
Monday, May 23, 2011
By
John A. Smith
(Isa 50:4) The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know what to say to all these weary ones. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will. HCSB.
Still here!
Mat 24:32-39
(32) Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
(33) So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
(34) Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
(35) Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
(36) But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
(37) But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
(38) For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
(39) And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
The media of America are having a field day with the latest prognosticator of the end of time. Harold Camping was able to convince many of his followers that he knew the time of the rapture, and of the end of the world. His prediction was that God would initiate the catching away of His church at 6:00 pm, May 21, 2011. Many of Camping’s supporters sold their possessions and purchased billboards that advertised the exact time of the supposed event.
Therein lays the problem—God’s Word plainly states that no one knows the day or hour of His coming, or the conclusion of things as we know them. Harold Camping’s devotees were evidently allowing their leader to interpret Scripture for them. Had they bothered to read the Bible for themselves, they would have known that his forecast was no more than an uneducated guess.
God has been good to us in keeping the exact time of His return a secret. If we knew, we would likely use the information wrongly. For those who would not be tempted to do so, they would spend much of their time being occupied with the countdown.
He is coming back! He promised, and His promises are true. We should be working for His kingdom when He comes—not sitting around trying to figure the exactness of the event. Why be consumed with the day and the hour when He has promised an eternity with Him?
Perhaps Camping’s followers were easily duped because they wanted to be ready for the coming of the Lord. He does want us to be ready, but not just when we think He will arrive. He has told us to be prepared at all times, because His arrival will come when we least expect it—not when we anticipate His appearance.
Mat 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
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