If you go to his website, this is what you see today :
Posted on 05/17/2011 2:23:27 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
He and his family WERE ( past tense ) members of the Christian Reformed Church until the year 1988. During this time he served as an Elder and Sunday school teacher at the Alameda Bible Fellowship.
Because of his penchant for date setting, and his stubborn refusal to change, Camping was stripped of his role as teacher at Alameda. The official date the elders took over the adult Sunday school class was September 11, 1988.
The whole controversy that spanned Camping’s censure and departure from the church was roughly from May to September, 1988.
Is it therefore, not the least bit suspect that Camping would later declare that the Holy Spirit was removed from the church beginning on May 21, 1988, the very same period Camping himself was removed from teaching ‘in” the church? And is it not alarming that Camping now “outside” of the church would declare, soon after his own departure, that anyone still identified with any church is now under the judgment of God? I think it’s safe to say we have motive.
Pride and bitterness had so overcome Camping that he was able to declare that upon the year of his censure and departure from the church, God was done with the entire church, and from that time forward, God would only work in the “true believers” who were willing to take the stand with Camping and come out of the church.
The "times and the seasons" yes, but the actual day? Nope. Anyone know how Camping explains away that piece of Jesus' words?
I agree and not just Christ, but there are bozos on this forum that are using it to blame ALL Christians who are "Protestant". They seem to think the doctrine of the Bible being the word of God and the authority he gave us for what is true about Christianity (sola scriptura) is what caused people like Camping to come up with his weirdness. Go figure!
Again, you're doing it wrong. Run up every credit card you can and get as many loans as possible and live way beyond your means. Fly first class to exotic places you've always wanted to see. Buy that fancy sports car. Blow hundreds on expensive meals in 5 star restaurants. You won't have to worry about paying it all back, right?
RE: Back in 1988 there was a little book written about Jesus coming back that year
Is this the same group ???
Harold Camping was stripped of his privilege of teaching at his Reformed Church for continually (after being asked to stop ) teaching that Jesus Christ would return in 1994.
He wrote a book entitled 1994 to warn the world about it ( he was asked not only by the elders of his church, but by Christians from other denominations to quit doing what he was doing, but he stubbornly held to his beliefs).
1994 came and nothing happened. I was driving to work that day and eagerly tuned in to 94.7 FM ( Family Radio’s frequency in my area ) to hear what Camping had to say....
His radio program came on and he said nothing. The program that day was a Bible study on the book of Ruth.
He claimed after 1994 that it was a miscalculation and this time, he has it right ... the end of the world will be this Saturday — May 21, 2011.
Since he was stripped of his privilege of teaching in church, Camping has been teaching that ALL churches have apostasized and believers have to LEAVE the church.
Hmmm.....not sure.
That’s very enlightening. However, I still don’t understand why (or if) he believes in the “rapture.” Isn’t that associated with eschatologies/theologies that he has opposed for decades?
Are you serious? Really. This looney toon is going to give The Son of God a’’ bad name’’? What is it, a slow news day where you are?
Amongst unbelievers, you bet.
In the last days there will be mockers, who will mock the return of Christ.
These false flags will only encourage such nonsense.
But I guess it is a slow news day where you are, eh?
Never a slow news day where I am friend and no stupid, deluded Irishman blowing all his money on a bill-board proclaiming ‘’the end of the world’’ is EVER going to give my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ a bad name. LOL!!
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