Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord for ever. This passage has been taken very literally by some groups, who argue that the dead will rise up and walk around, and those Christians who are being saved, will be physically lifted up into the sky, while everyone else will be subjected to eternal punishment and destruction. Last year, an year old evangelist in America called Harold Camping announced the date of the rapture would be 21 May, , five months before the final destruction of the world.
Camping has tried to calculate a date a couple of times in the past and — as far as we know — has been wrong. Will that happen? In the end, God provides a way for you to enjoy his love and peace now and forever. Trust in the work of Jesus and you have no reason to fear Judgment Day or Monday or a bad day or any day.
Unbelievers, however, reveal no such attitude of humility toward themselves and trust in Jesus. They have approached the God of heaven like gruff goats without respect, without honor, and without sorrow for their sins. God requires complete holiness, in every way, all the time. Trusting in Jesus means that your sins do not curse you and that Satan cannot control you.
Trusting in Jesus means that your life right now, every day, has a purpose and you have a reason from heaven to live. Many people have questions about Christianity; they wonder about what God says and does. Some of these questions you might have asked yourself. Contact us. By accepting this message, you consent to our cookies on this device in accordance with our cookie policy found in the WELS Privacy Policy , unless you have disabled them. Ten represents completeness, and 17 represents heaven.
Multiply all these together — twice — and you get , Therefore the apocalypse kicks off on Saturday, May Skeptics of Camping's method might ask why the date of the end of the world is linked to that of Jesus' crucifixion, why the numbers five, 10, and 17 represent what Camping claims they represent, why they should be multiplied together, why they should then be squared, and, for that matter, why the Bible would contain esoteric numerological references predicting the end of the world in the first place.
They could also point out that April 1, 33 AD was actually a Wednesday, and that, under Camping's method, April 1, gets counted twice. Others use different methods to calculate the last day. For example, Dec. Already a subscriber? Monitor journalism changes lives because we open that too-small box that most people think they live in. We believe news can and should expand a sense of identity and possibility beyond narrow conventional expectations.
Your subscription to The Christian Science Monitor has expired. You can renew your subscription or continue to use the site without a subscription. Although physically and mentally perfect, the first human couple rebelled against God. As a result, they lost the prospect of eternal life or themselves and brought sin and death to all their descendants. Judgment Day will be a period of a thousand years during which humans will have the opportunity to regain what Adam and Eve lost.
Who are the living that will be judged and how will the dead come to life again on the inhabited earth? We are now nearing the foretold end of the present system of things, when God will destroy all elements of corrupt human society and remove the wicked.
During the period of judgment, which will last 1, years, Jesus along with , men and women resurrected to life in heaven will rule over the earth. Will the judgment of resurrected ones be based on what they did before their death?
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