Harold Camping imagined and predicted the second coming of Jesus Christ to occur yesterday.
It didn't happen.
The principle set forth in Matthew 24:32 stands true and will be true until the Lord actually returns--no one except the Father will ever know when that event will happen.
Friends, God did not change his mind about yesterday. He didn't secretly take people and leave the rest of us to suffer unimaginably for five months. He hasn't stopped loving this world and everyone on it. Harold Camping is simply a false teacher who has led many astray--an agent of the Adversary working to thwart the mission of the body of Christ in the world. 2 Peter and many other passages of God's word warn of these false teachers and their deceptive practices.
But God has not forsaken anyone. God IS love, and He loved the world so much that He GAVE His only begotten Son as a demonstration of that love, so that those who trust in Him would not perish but would be saved from this present evil age and would be reconciled to God and redeemed from every lawless deed, purified as a people of His own possession, zealous for good deeds. Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised the third day as the Scriptures foretold, and God, having raised Him, has made Jesus both Lord and Messiah, making His name the only name under Heaven given to men by which we must be saved. This Christ, full of love, mercy and forgiveness, stands as KING of kings and LORD of lords. He has established an immovable, unshakeable kingdom in which those who clothe themselves with Him can experience a rest from having to justify themselves, from having to win the approval of men, from carrying the burden of guilt from sin, and from the worry of the things of this world. Christ, who conquered sin and death, reigns! And He calls all men to a changed mindset, from trusting in ourselves to trusting in the only true and living God and in His Christ. And this same Christ who conquered sin and death will come again at the appointed time known only to the Father at the renewing of all things, and He calls all men and women to join Him in His mission to reclaim this world from the clutches of the Adversary and his minions, sin and death.
God is patient and doesn't want anyone to perish but wants all to come to repentance--a life focused on trust in God through Jesus Christ, a life of freedom, a life in service to Christ through loving and serving others which is how the war against the Adversary is won. Friends, God didn't send Christ into the world to destroy it but to save it. But there is a time coming when Christ will return in judgment against those who have aligned themselves with the Adversary, and He calls all who align themselves with Him to be ready for that day!
Won't you join Christ in His mission to reclaim the world and step into the water in faith to meet Him. Be crucified with Christ and raised with Him as a new creation, clothed with Him for a life of discipleship in faith. He loves you and wants to release you from the chains of sin, and He needs you for the care of a broken world HERE and NOW! Leave your allegiance to the Adversary and save yourself from this crooked and perverse generation by giving your life to Christ!
I am happy to answer any questions you may have or help you in any way I can.
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