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Harold Camping: Emergence of a New Cult

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Harold Camping, owner of the Family Radio Network who has set the date for the Lord’s return at May 21, 2011, is not only just a false prophet, he is also a cult leader. This has not always been true of him, but it has become increasingly apparent over the past 20 years.1 It was confirmed in 2002 with the publication of his book entitled, The End of the Church Age… And After.2

In that book he proclaimed once again that God had washed His hands of the Church on May 21, 1988 when the Church Age came to an end. But this time he went even further. He declared that all churches in existence today are apostate and therefore are incapable of saving anyone. This conclusion prompted him to issue a call for all Bible-believing Christians to leave their churches. The clear implication was for them to affiliate with his group, since they are the only truly enlightened ones. The book brims with heretical statements from beginning to end, the most blasphemous being his assertion that “the Angel Michael is the Lord Jesus Christ.”3

Camping’s teaching about the Church is as wrong as it can be. The Church is inseparable from Jesus, for the Bible teaches that the Church is the Body of Christ, with Christ as its head (Ephesians 1:22, 4:15 and 5:23. See also: Colossians 1:18 and 2:19). Further, Jesus promised that the gates of Hades would never be able to prevail against the Church (Matthew 16:18).

Further evidence of his drift toward the cults is to be found in recent reports that he is now teaching that there is no such thing as a literal Hell.4 He argues it was doctrine devised by man to intimidate people. According to Camping, when an unbeliever dies, he will be judged by God and then be annihilated.

What has happened to Harold Camping is what always happens when a person starts playing with the Word of God, arguing that it does not mean what it says, but, rather, it means what that person wants it to mean.

In conclusion, there is only one thing I know for certain about the date of May 21, 2011, and that is that Jesus will not return on that day. He may appear in the Rapture the day before or the day after, but it will not be on May 21. The Rapture is an event that can occur any moment. We cannot know the date, but we can know the season, for we have been given signs to watch for, and those signs are all around us today.

We are definitely in the season, and the crucial question is, “Are you ready?” You can answer that question positively and with certainty only if you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior. If you have done that, then you can cry out, “Maranatha! Come quickly, Lord Jesus!”

Notes

1) Robert Gianserra, “The Madness of Harold Camping,” www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2305427/posts.

2) Harold Camping, The End of the Church Age… And After (Oakland, CA: Family Stations, Inc., 2002).

3) Ibid, page 56.

4) Gianserra, “The Madness of Harold Camping.”

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Dr. David Reagan

Dr. David Reagan is the Founder and Evangelist Emeritus of Lamb & Lion Ministries. He is a life-long Bible student, teacher, and preacher and he led over 45 pilgrimages to Israel. Dr. Reagan was the host of the radio then television program Christ in Prophecy for nearly 40 years.

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  • A partial quote from Dr. Reagan’s article –

    …the most blasphemous being his (Harold Camping’s) assertion that "the Angel Michael is the Lord Jesus Christ.”

    Man this is bad, REALLY BAD! WOW!

  • The world ends on 05-21-2011, and it is my wife's B-day.

    …And, boy, is she ever hopping mad that she won't be able to celebrate it properly!
    ;D

  • "He may appear in the Rapture the day before or the day after, but it will not be on May 21. The Rapture is an event that can occur any moment. We cannot know the date…"

    This is such an odd statement. By definition, you are claiming a prophecy by telling us it is absolutely not going to happen on this day – right after you tell us we cannot know the date.

  • I belive the Islamic nation will be used by the progressive secular elite controlling the global governance movement as a terror and force mechanism against the world.

    Islamic nations were apart of the spirit of the Nazi movement, and they do teach their kids to cut off heads today in a certain way to please Allah.

    You will never eradicate Islam because they have most of the black gold and millions of followers who will die for their god whether they are forced to be ruled by sucular dictators in the name of demoncracy or not.

    Furthermore, do not forget about Islam's savior who imitates Yahshua on the temple mount mosque…

    Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī (محمد ابن الحسن المهدى) (born c. July 29, 869; 15 Sha‘bān 255 AH) is believed by Twelver Shī‘a Muslims to be the Mahdī, an ultimate savior of humankind and the final Imām of the Twelve Imams. Twelver Shī‘a believe that al-Mahdī was born in 869 and did not die but rather was hidden by God (this is referred to as the Occultation) and will later emerge with Isa (Jesus Christ) in order to fulfill their mission of bringing peace and justice to the world.

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