Being as I just wrote a more lengthy commentary on my blog concerning Harold   
   Camping, I thought I'd share it here as well.   
      
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   Well, either I missed the train, or else Harold Camping and his misguided   
   followers are seriously wrong. It is currently going on 2:00 AM May 22nd   
   here, and Jesus has not returned, there has been no Rapture, and I'm still   
   here typing away on my computer keyboard.   
      
   Such is the sad tale of all of these false "wannabe prophets". As I stated   
   in my previous post, these men -- and women -- who make such false   
   predictions are a reproach to the cause of Christ, they bring shame to our   
   faith, and they cause others to ridicule us Christians even more, and to   
   harden their hearts further against the truth of the Gospel Message.   
      
   Make no mistake. I firmly believe that Christ will return one day; but I   
   personally am not about to make some wild speculation regarding exactly when   
   that will be. God would really have to twist my arm before I would be   
   willing to do that. He would have to convince me beyond a shadow of a doubt   
   that He had revealed such a powerful truth to me.   
      
   For the record, after I became aware of Mr. Camping's prediction, I actually   
   visited his website in order to determine exactly how he arrived at his   
   erroneous date. His error was not difficult to find at all. In the opening   
   paragraphs on the page, he states that based upon his personal Bible study,   
   the Great Flood which occurred in Noah's day happened in the year 4990 BC.   
   That date -- which purposely made his prediction fit what he wanted to   
   believe -- is wrong, not only based upon my own Biblical studies, but upon   
   the studies of many other Bible scholars and students as well.   
      
   Many such people -- myself included -- place the date of Creation around   
   4,000 BC. As I explain in my article "The Earth Is Under 7,000 Years Old!"   
   -- please see http://www.endtimeprophecy.net/Articles/timelin1.html -- my   
   personal calculations -- which are based upon Biblical genealogies and other   
   events in the Bible, as well as upon historical data -- convince me that   
   Noah was born when the Earth was around 1,056 years old. The Bible informs   
   us that the Flood occurred some five hundred years later -- when Noah was   
   five hundred years old -- when the Earth was about 1,556 years old.   
      
   Now, using simple math -- and rounded figures for the sake of simplicity --   
   if 4,000 BC was the date of Creation, that means that the Great Flood would   
   have occurred about 1,556 years later, at which time the date would have   
   been 2,444 BC, and NOT anywhere near 4990 BC as Harold Camping claims.   
   Observe:   
      
   4,000 minus 1,556 equals 2,444   
      
   Please note that I haven't updated "The Earth Is Under 7,000 Years Old!" in   
   many years, and it no doubt needs a good update. Nevertheless, most of what   
   it states is still valid information, if you wish to consider reading it.   
      
   But concerning misguided "prophets" such as Harold Camping", again, please   
   refer to my five-part series entitled "Sorry . . . Jesus Is Not Coming At   
   Any Moment!". Please see:   
      
   /www.endtimeprophecy.net/Articles/figtree1.html.   
      
   Three other good articles which come to mind which deal with this same topic   
   are the following:   
      
   The Office Of A Prophet:   
      
   /www.endtimeprophecy.net/Articles/prophet1.html   
      
   Modern False Prophets And Worldly Ecumenism:   
      
   /www.endtimeprophecy.net/Articles/ecumen-1.html   
      
   Elijah: Where Are the True Prophets?:   
      
   /www.endtimeprophecy.net/Articles/elijah-1.html   
      
   In conclusion, we all need to ask the Lord to give us more Wisdom and   
   Spiritual Discernment, so that we are not so easily led astray -- and   
   deceived -- by the wild and Biblically unsupported predictions and   
   prophecies of men like Harold Camping.   
      
      
      
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