My Final Blog Post
- 05.18.11
- Christian Cheese, Family Radio, Harold Camping
- 16 Comments
This will be my final blog post.
According to Family Radio based out of Oakland, California, this Saturday, May 21, will mark the Day of Rapture and the start of Judgment Day (which, they say, will last five months). On that day, those who are saved will be taken up to heaven, and those who aren’t will endure unspeakable suffering. Dead bodies will be strewn about as earthquakes ravage the Earth, they say. And come October 21, the entire world will be destroyed.
On Saturday, a massive doomsday earthquake will start at the International Date Line before moving west. New Zealand will get hit first – at 6 p.m. local time. And then that wave of destruction will roll around the world, wreaking havoc at 6 p.m. in each time zone. Here’s how they came up with this concept and this date…
Genesis 7:4, 10-11 says, “For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the Flood were upon the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”
Because one day is as 1,000 years to God (2 Peter 3:8), the seven days referred to in Genesis 7:4 can be understood as 7,000 years. And here’s the leap: They say that when God told Noah to prepare for the flood that God was also telling the world there would be exactly 7,000 years (one day is as 1,000 years) to escape the wrath of God that would come when He destroys the world on Judgment Day. So…
Seven thousand years after 4990 B.C. (the year of the Flood) is the year 2011 A.D. (our calendar). 4990 + 2011 – 1 = 7,000 (One year must be subtracted in going from an Old Testament B.C. calendar date to a New Testament A.D. calendar date because the calendar does not have a year zero.)
Because the year 2011 A.D. is exactly 7,000 years after 4990 B.C. when the flood began, they say the Bible has given us absolute proof that the year 2011 is the end of the world during the Day of Judgment, which will come on the last day of the Day of Judgment. And, they say that May 21, 2011 is the 17th day of the 2nd month of the Biblical calendar of our day.
I’m emptying my bank account today and will be taking all my money ($68.35) and spending it on myself. Maybe a meal at my favorite restaurant on Friday. Maybe a one-day pass to the local amusement park tomorrow or Friday. Maybe a full-body massage to limber me up for my celestial transport on Saturday. I’m also supposed to preach on Sunday, but I’ve decided to stop preparing for that too. As a matter of fact, I’m packing up now and heading home. No need to work anymore.
I’m sure glad the scholars at Family Radio did their homework.
This will be my final blog post. Unless they’re wrong…
I’d go with the full-body massage. Just saying
I probably would too, Ashtin. May as well go out relaxed.
Please don’t tell our youth pastor. He’s getting married on Saturday.
The nightmare of every unmarried man!
I will be listening on Saturday to Times End by Saint to get me in the mood.
Nice, Ryan. I almost forgot about that song. I’ll have to dust off the old 33.
Well, nice knowing you, see you on the other side.
That just made my morning so much better… thanks, Mike and the good folks at Family Radio.
I’m just glad I’ve had this extra month since it was supposed to happen 4/21. Glad I didn’t run outside with my arms up waiting all day, that would have been awkward since it will be a month later. Guess I’ll spend the next couple of days being reckless…
I am heading on a jet plane…..to Albuquerque. NOW!!!!
Does Van Wert Municipal offer a direct flight?
I am still confused about how they arrived at May 21 rather than any other day this year. What is the significance of the 17th day of the 2nd month of the Biblical calendar of our day?
Here’s what they say about this on their web site:
In Genesis 7:10-11 it says, “And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the Flood were upon the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”
In 2 Peter 3:8, which is quoted above, Holy God reminds us that one day is as 1,000 years. Therefore, with the correct understanding that the seven days referred to in Genesis 7:4 can be understood as 7,000 years, we learn that when God told Noah there were seven days to escape worldwide destruction, He was also telling the world there would be exactly 7,000 years (one day is as 1,000 years) to escape the wrath of God that would come when He destroys the world on Judgment Day.
Amazingly, May 21, 2011 is the 17th day of the 2nd month of the Biblical calendar of our day. Remember, the flood waters also began on the 17th day of the 2nd month, in the year 4990 B.C.
CAN YOU SAY “LEAP”?
Larry says heck with the $68 in savings…burn up the plastic!!
I’ve been reading your blog for some time now and I believe that if this guy is right and the rapture does take place, you will still be able to blog.
If it does take place, and I am left behind, then maybe the two of us could get together for drinks!