Prophecy Teacher/ Scholar Grant Jeffrey 1948-2012

Sad to hear about the recent passing of Grant Jeffrey, a giant among Bible Prophecy teachers and authors.

Jeffrey was an exceptional author and defender of the premillenial dispensational view of Bible prophecy.  His research was always impressive to me, both in his books and articles (such as this one dealing with the pre-tirbulation rapture) , and as one who has a slew of prophecy related books, Jeffrey's works (such as Final Warning, pictured above) were always some of my favorites. He, and his work, will definitely be missed.

Reflections On The "Rapture" That Didn't Happen.

 

 

“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” (Matt: 7:15)

It’s the day after. May 21,2011 has come and gone, and the supposed apocalypse has become the no-pocalypse. I find myself disturbed, saddened, and quite ticked off just surveying the after effects of the travesty of Harold Camping’s latest false prophecy --- after-effects which I think will linger for quite some time.  

At this moment Mr. Camping is missing in action (see story here)... perhaps hidden in an undisclosed location since being exposed as a fraud once again. This is not his first rapture prophecy that didn't come true; why anyone would ascribe ANY credibility at all to this man is beyond me.

By the way, I don’t feel like sugar coating my words here, so please don’t leave me any comments chiding me for being “too harsh” toward “Brother Camping”. First off, he’s not “a brother” in Christ by any means, and secondly, as far as I’m concerned, this false prophet deserves all the harshness he gets.

Anyway, reflecting on all this….

I feel bad for his duped followers who who sold their homes, others who quit their jobs, and those who practically emptied their bank accounts in anticipation of Mr. Camping's doomsday --- people such as Robert Fitzpatrick of New York, who spent $140,000 of his own money on this foolishness. (Story here) .
Then again, if people would just believe the word of God instead of the word of man, they'd save themselves a whole lot of grief. NO MAN KNOWS THE DAY NOR THE HOUR (Matt: 24:36). It was true when Jesus said it, and it's still true today. Anyone who chooses to believe what man says -- in contradiction to the words of Jesus -- is simply setting himself up for heartbreak... or worse.

I definitely feel bad for the children of these deluded followers who got caught up in this ---- children whose faith may well be irreparably damaged because of this debacle. How many of these kids will simply lose faith and totally harden themselves to the word of God after going through this experience? God only knows. The NY Times has a good story on the effect Camping and his doomsday scenario was having on families (like the Haddad-Carson family of Middletown, MD), who were being divided by his message. (Story here)

One preacher says Camping should repent for his false prophecy and the people he’s misled (story here.) But if he didn’t repent after his 1994 false prophecy, I don’t expect him to repent for his 2011 false prophecy. The man is simply shameless.

Clearly, the image of Christianity as a whole suffers, because this kind of nonsense reflects poorly on Christianity as a whole, whether we like it or not. This just gives mockers and skeptics another opportunity to blaspheme, and just makes it that much harder to reach people with the true gospel when people are continually exposed to the kind of flakiness promoted by people like Harold Camping and others of his ilk.  

To an extent, the advancement of the gospel is hindered, at least in the short term, since this just makes Christians seem like a bunch of crackpots. God only knows how many will point to this May 21 debacle as a reason they’ve become totally skeptical regarding Christianity. For some, this will just be a convenient excuse of course, but regardless, it just plays into the Devil’s hands as he tries to people’s minds and harden their hearts toward the gospel of Jesus. To be perfectly blunt, with this crazy deluded stunt, Harold Camping has done more to help the work of Satan than the work of God. The man should be ashamed of himself. But I doubt that he is. Truly the Devil is the author of confusion, and Harold Camping and Family Radio have become an instrument of the Enemy, who have done nothing here but serve to undermine and discredit the true saving gospel of Jesus Christ.

I consider this man to be nothing more than another of those wolves in sheeps clothing that Jesus warned us about in Matthew 7:15. Unfortunately, there will be more; and as bad as I consider Camping to be, many of those to come will be actually much worse than he is, as hard as that might be to imagine right now. May the Lord give wisdom to His people in these last days.

Billboard campaign claims Jesus will return in May

Well, here we go again. The date-setters and/or false-prophets are at it again.

Let me just say this...I don't know when Jesus is coming back, but I can say for sure I know when he's NOT coming back: May 21, 2011. Why do I say that? Because the bible tells us plainly "no man knows the day nor the hour" (Matt 25:13, Mk 13:32.).Yet we have a group today that is claiming exactly that -- that they know the day of the Lord's return, which they say will be May 21, 2011.

Not surprisingly, this group is affiliated with Family Radio, which is headed by Harold Camping. To call Harold Camping a false teacher would be to be an understatement. And yes, he's predicted dates of the Lord's coming before, and those dates have proven false. Why this man has even a shred of credibility, and still has people following him in his "ministry", is beyond me.

I wont even bother to get into the many false teachings of Harold Camping here. Being Pentecostal myself, I find his doctrine repugnant for not only being anti-Pentecostal and anti- speaking-in-tongues, but for spreading a variety of other bizarre and unbiblical doctrines, too many for me to even get into here.
Any of you who are curious can do a simple Google search, where they can find links such as these below:
http://home.comcast.net/~watkinsclan/camping.html
http://www.breadonthewaters.com/0193_Harold_Camping_Is_Anti-Pentecostal.html
http://christianblogs.christianet.com/1156981926.htm

Truly this man is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and I feel bad for all those deceived people following him. After all, the Lord makes it clear that if the blind lead the blind, they will all fall into the same ditch (Matt 15:13-14).

Who knows? Maybe I'll give Family Radio a call on May 22, 2011, and see what they have to say for themselves after this, their latest false prophecy/prediction, fails again.
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From ajc.com:

By Shelia M. Poole

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Save the date: Jesus is coming on May 21, 2011.


At least, that's according to organizers of a billboard campaign slated to hit metro Atlanta next week. Allison Warden of Raleigh, N.C.-based WeCanKnow.com said the Christian Web site plans to place 50 billboards in the metro area proclaiming the rapture and Jesus' imminent return, based on analysis of Scripture and biblical genealogy.

"The Bible teaches that Christ is returning on May 21 and we want to encourage people to go to Scripture and investigate for themselves," said Warden, who insists the Christimas-timed campaign is not a gimmick. "All information in the Bible points to this date. God is going to be saving people right up until the last moment."

The billboards, which are up already in  places like Nashville, Detroit and Omaha, Neb., show three wise men on camels and the star of Bethlehem with the message, "He is coming again."


Full article here: http://www.ajc.com/lifestyle/billboard-campaign-claims-jesus-771570.html
See also, article: Biblical Scholar's date for rapture: May 21, 2011.

Ron Paul On The New World Order Conspiracy

This is a few years old, but I dug this one up while browsing through the archives earlier.

Its not very often than a nationally known politician speaks openly on their thoughts about the New World Order/One World Government theory. Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas gives his thoughts here, in this video dated about 2003-2004.