The subject came up last night at a wedding rehearsal dinner I was attending. The question was asked to me (since I was the "preacher" I guess), "What do you think?" My response was, "the Bible states no man knows the day or hour..." If asked if I think the end of the world is taking place today, my response would have to be "I don't know." Personally I don't think that God would send His son Jesus back to earth just to make a man's prediction come true. But I really do believe that Jesus could come back at any moment.
Many thoughts race through my head about this prediction. Here are just a couple.
First, many people just dismiss it and say the people who believe this are crazy. I do believe it may damage the validity of people who really are prophets, teachers, preachers, evangelists, apostles, etc because we some how get "lumped" in the same group as this man who is predicting the end of the world.
Secondly, what would take place if we really did believe that Jesus was coming back today? What would you be doing? Would you live differently if you did know the date? I doubt it. I really believe that we would still be living the way we live and at the "deadline" we would repent and have a change of heart. Maybe that is why Jesus said that no one will know when it will take place. It may be that our Heavenly Father really does want us to live everyday as if it were our last. I know I would probably re-prioritize a few things. Wouldn't you?
So, my conclusion is simple. Today could or could not be the day of the rapture. The point is we DON'T KNOW the hour or day so we should be living everyday as if it could happen at any moment.
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