J. Randal Matheny

In the wake of Harold Camping and Family Radio's recent failed predictions, we got to thinking about what we can know about the end of the world and the great day of judgment.  Mr. Camping's prediction is just the latest in what is a long line of such hypotheses that have been submitted throughout the centuries. 

Among the many problems with such predictions is the over-stepping into areas in which the Bible does not speak -- a classic example of what God's word means by the following statement: "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law" (Deuteronomy 29:29).  Mr. Camping and others purport to know things from the Bible, and yet a search of the Scriptures turn up no such information.

So, what does the Bible tell us we can know about judgment day?

Maybe there are some reasons out there I don’t know about, but here’s my take as to why the media played up Harold Camping’s prediction that the world would end May 21.

Click on the link above for my three reasons, one of which has to do with the Obama embarrassment.

Is the End Near?

           Unrest in the Middle-East usually brings out the doomsdayers and prophecy hounds. I can hardly wait not to read the next bizarre book . . . “Muammar Gaddafi is the Antichrist! The battle of Armageddon is just around the corner! The end is near!” And of course all this turbulence, plus the earthquakes in Haiti, New Zealand, and Japan, were all predicted in the book of Revelation! Oh yeah!

        Time for a fact check:

Check out Joe's article at the link above.