Apocalyptic fever is in the air . . . and has been since the 1800's. But the date setters are always wrong and then face their own crisis in credibility. Kevin Swanson interviews Gary DeMar, author of "Last Day's Madness" on the recent date from Harold Camping: May 21 2011. Is it better to leave eschatology for the prophecy nuts? Do we abandon it altogether? Or would it be better to say a few things, and leave a lot of other things unsaid and uncertain? Here is a balanced discussion on Christ's return, the present socio-economic crises, and our mission on earth.
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“ Great Sermon! ” The Bible tells us that no man knows the day or the hour the Son of Man cometh, not even the Son so there's no way that we could know and shouldn't even try to guess but we do need to understand the times we are living in and have always been living in. Jesus said 'you can follow the pattern of the weather but you don't understand the times.' What He is saying is to pay attention to what is going on around you. Satan has been preparing for his reign through the anti-christ and many have been deceived for the past 2000 years and so we do need to be aware of these things and make sure we are following the true Jesus Christ. That is why there has to be teaching of eschatology. Right and balanced. Not this other setting dates junk. Spurgeon, Tozer, Ravenhill all warned of the same thing b/c that's part of the 'job.' But they never tried to guess when, they just preached the same warning as Jesus and pointed out the deceptions of their day. Like we have to today. We must be balanced in every way,not neglecting any part of the Bible. We must carry a sword and a shovel. Working and proclaiming, fighting and warning and all for the glory of the Lord. For His great Name. I am always appealing to balance. Whenever we get out of balance in any way..we get in trouble. God bless.
Randolph (5/4/2011)
“ Interesting ” Regarding Campings false prophesy; in all fairness, Camping is not predicting the end of the world on May 21st. Rather, he is predicting the second coming of Christ.
Of course any date setting is wrong. Nevertheless, when someone predicts the second coming of Christ and we call it the end of the world, we make the same mistake the world does. No premillinialist believes the rapture and the end of the world happen at the same time.
lady day (5/4/2011)
from Los Angeles CA
“ Great Sermon! ” I can't believe that people STILL BELIEVE HIM especially after the 1994 fiasco!! I knew of a pastor who lost half of his congregation because they were following Camping--he went down to just a few members, but then, he started being a better teacher of the word, and his church grew to many members--there is hunger for the WORD OF GOD
Kevin Swanson has served as elder and pastor of Reformation Church, OPC since its inception. Kevin was raised on the mission field in Japan in the 1960's and 1970's. Together with his wife Brenda, they are bringing up five children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord....
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