Rapture date: May 21, 2011. Exactly 7000 years from the Flood.

[Ladewig]

http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/may21/index.html

It all hinges on 2 Peter 3:6-8

"Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."

After that it was simply a matter of calculating the day in which the rain started to fall.

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The end-times folks are fascinated with the "1000 years = 1 day" verse, yet seem surprisingly afraid of Matt 24:36 "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

 

[bokonon]

Well, the day and the hour, sure. But the year and the month? I'll bet they have that nailed.

 

[Freethinker]

I look forward to it eagerly.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

Bullocks. Had they actually read the Bible, they'd know that Jesus is not coming back when everyone expects Him. Which, at this moment of doomsday cults and fundamentalists crying End Times, they... do.

When I find myself having to turn every stone to find this kind of people, I'll be worried. But even then, Jesus is 2000 years late, as He was supposed to return before his generation had died. According to the Bible.

 

[Lanzy]

Entered into my calendar May 22nd, 2011: Go get peoples stuff they left behind.

 

[learner]

Entered into my calendar May 22nd, 2011: Go get peoples stuff they left behind.

Not if I get there first you wont! I get up real early.

 

[Rodibidably]

I have tried so many times to get people who believe the end of the world is coming to sign a contract transferring all of their possessions over to me, effective the day after their end of the world scenario; so far nobody has been willing to sign...

I wonder if it's because they don't REALLY believe?

 

[Roadtoad]

Ah, yes. One more attempt to manipulate us all.

Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jones laid the cornerstone for this, and now we're going to get more and more predictions of the end, and... and... by golly, if you miserable ATHEISTS don't straighten up, YOU'RE GONNA BE SORRY!!!!

Yeah, right.

We need this like we need another Pat Robertson "prophecy," assuming he's heard God right. For once.

 

[Freethinker]

Not if I get there first you wont! I get up real early.

You're all out of luck. I live in the Midwest of the US, so I'm virtually surrounded by bible-thumping morons, and I have a truck and a big trailer. Plus I have a big barn at home to keep all the stuff in. I'll have the barn full before you even get here. You'll only get scraps.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

I wonder how many total times the second coming has been precisely identified? My guess is about 2008, once a year since his supposed death. Maybe a little less depending on how you define a prediction.

 

[RecoveringYuppy]

The end-times folks are fascinated with the "1000 years = 1 day" verse, yet seem surprisingly afraid of Matt 24:36 "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

If you read that verse in context it ought to become more freightening for believers. Two sentences above that Jesus says that the generation won't pass without his prophecies coming true and warns his disciples to be ready for the end times.

http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew24.htm

34 Amen, I say to you, this generation ²⁰ will not pass away until all these things have taken place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 36 ²¹ "But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, ²² but the Father alone.

The footnotes indicate that words are translated properly and can't easily be explained (well, I can think of an easy explanation).

 

[Roadtoad]

Well, there's also the reality that Jesus wasn't born in AD 1/0, (however you choose to define it), and the reality that in all likelihood, he was 40 years old at the time he was crucified. In other words, most of these prophecies are out of date in every respect of the word, and it has been shown time and again, the whole point of the Book of Revelation was that it was supposed to encourage people going through the Tribulation that occurred during the days of Rome, not the one they're convinced is going to come.

In other words, these prophets of doom are offering platters of bovine feces for the multitudes. Personally, I'd take the rock in place of a loaf of bread.

 

[jj]

Holy Moley, our 24th wedding anniversary is the end of the world.

I think we'll go out for the event, anyhow.

 

[Roadtoad]

I just checked a little further. They're tied in with Family Radio.

Good God! Family Radio!? These clowns were convinced that the Rapture would take place in 2000! They keep trying to hit a day when Jesus will return, and they have NEVER gotten it right! Hell, the folks who ran Family Radio here in Sacramento were promoting the 2000 rapture right up to the day when it was supposed to have happened! (Of course, they never sold off their homes or cars, or did anything even remotely suggestive that they might be right!)

Crap, crap, and more crap. It's all an excuse to pick the pockets of the weak-willed, the cowards, and suckers. The hell with them.

 

[NobbyNobbs]

I, for one, welcome our new marine overlords.

 

[Roadtoad]

 

[arthwollipot]

The end-times folks are fascinated with the "1000 years = 1 day" verse...

As I never tire of pointing out, the world was supposedly created 6000 years ago (=6 days). God rests on the 7th day. God's taking this millennium off. No more answering prayers or causing miracles until the year 3000.

 

[bokonon]

You're all out of luck. I live in the Midwest of the US, so I'm virtually surrounded by bible-thumping morons, and I have a truck and a big trailer. Plus I have a big barn at home to keep all the stuff in. I'll have the barn full before you even get here. You'll only get scraps.

Unless your truck is big enough to hold a barnful of booty, me & my boys will empty that sucker while you're out fetching the second load. Your best bet will be to make the first haul a truckful of bibles. Then we'll probably figure you for one of the morons and move on to more promising lootees.

 

[This Guy]

Well, there's also the reality that Jesus wasn't born in AD 1/0, (however you choose to define it), and the reality that in all likelihood, he was 40 years old at the time he was crucified. In other words, most of these prophecies are out of date in every respect of the word, and it has been shown time and again, the whole point of the Book of Revelation was that it was supposed to encourage people going through the Tribulation that occurred during the days of Rome, not the one they're convinced is going to come.

In other words, these prophets of doom are offering platters of bovine feces for the multitudes. Personally, I'd take the rock in place of a loaf of bread.

Hey Roadtoad, I've not seen this claimed before. The 40 years old thing. Could you give me a source for it? I suspect it's inaccurate, but would like to see the arguments for it. Thanks!

 

[Freethinker]

Unless your truck is big enough to hold a barnful of booty, me & my boys will empty that sucker while you're out fetching the second load. Your best bet will be to make the first haul a truckful of bibles. Then we'll probably figure you for one of the morons and move on to more promising lootees.

I'm going for their flat screen TVs, but I might cover them with a load of bibles to throw you off. I can use them for fertilizer after I get home.

Of course, according to Matthew 19:23-24 (and Mark and Luke as well) anybody who has any possessions won't be going to heaven unless they can figure out how to get a camel through the eye of a needle, so I guess the pickings will be non-existent for our post-rapture looting enterprises.