Will the world end on Saturday?

Harold Campings prediction that the world would end at 6.00pm on Saturday 21st of May has stopped the world in its tracks sponsoring firey media interest.  Today, Monday 24th May we are still here.  Embarrassed Harold Camping has gone into hiding after followers gave away everything they had in line with his predictions.  Well, the shouts of "the end is nigh" like this are sponsored by a misunderstanding of the Bible. There is some truth in the debris though so lets take a look at them.

Firstly, Jesus who prophesied about the end times over 2000 years ago, said that nobody could calculate the exact time when the curtains would close.  That precise date is hidden in the heart of God the Father and he will reveal it to the Son (Jesus) when time eventually runs out.  Ironically, Jesus himself said that one of the signs that the end is near, is that people would increasingly say things like "the end is near" and "I saw Jesus in a dessert let's go out and see him" Matthew 26:24, even more unreal "I am Jesus".  The fact that people are tuned in to the finality of things is a massive clue that time is actually ending.  Matthew 24:4 "...Jesus answered and said watch out that no one deceives you, for many will come in my name proclaiming that I am the Messiah and will deceive many.

Secondly, it's worth mentioning here that whilst Christ did not give a precise time when the world would end, he did tell his disciples that there will be certain clues as that end time approaches.  It will be like the cramping womb of an expectant mother.  Have you seen the TV dramas in which a pregnant woman’s contractions begin on an airplane 5000 ft in the air, or in the high street at midday.  She knows that the baby is coming.  Onlookers know the baby is coming.  It might happen it the next minute.  It might happen in the next 24 hours.  Nothing will stop that baby not even public embarrassment.  According to the Bible further indicative spasms include: the increase of wars, earthquakes and the predictions of false prophets.  So will the world end next Saturday? I do not know, but it might, get ready!!!

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