Those words won’t be much consolation to the biblically ignorant folks who bought into Harold Camping’s so-called “prophecy”…actually, they were banking on it actually BEING the end of the world. Of course, anyone who spends time studying the Bible saw through this charade instantly. Let’s see, take some really convoluted and erroneous math, throw out the book of Daniel and other prophetic books, completely ignore the very words of the Lord Jesus Christ, and voila’! You’ve got yourself a prophecy!

Let’s not forget what Jesus said about His return:

“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” (Matthew 24:36)

“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” (Matthew 25:13)

“Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.” (Luke 12:40)

I read into the eschatology of these folks when people first started buzzing about it. Aside from all the nuts & bolts of the end times according to the Bible, which I don’t have time to dissect here, the Lord Jesus Christ makes it quite clear Himself that we’re not going to be able to predict or know. That’s enough for me…case closed.

I grew up Catholic, which means I didn’t always know what the inside of a Bible looked like. After I became a born again Christian and started studying my Bible, I was amazed at what I found therein. Old and New Testament correlated each other, scripture contextualized scripture, and I was blown away at what an amazing inspired book it is. It’s also a book that, when taken out of context, is a favorite weapon of all types of charlatans.

What about the poor folks who buy into this? Foretold by the apostle Paul:

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” *II Timothy 4:3-4)

There’s one sure way to avoid being suckered in by this sort of thing: study your Bible. ALL of it. In context. Second, don’t give heed to anyone who’s got a $75 million dollar “ministry” and makes his livelihood from “prophecy” and end times “theology.”