Daily Devotional, Year 4 – December 9 (Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011)

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – December 9

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Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011

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There was a prediction which sent shock-waves around the globe, that the world was to end on May 21, 2011.

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The epi-center of this shock-wave was a humble little radio station based out of Alameda California, owned by a dedicated Bible teacher, one Mr. Harold Camping.

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And this message became a much-watched and much-anticipated event, right up to the very day of May 21, 2011.

But when that day came and went, the world sighed a breath of relief, and the skeptics immediately began throwing verbal rocks at Mr. Camping, putting his face on the Internet to mock and deride, calling him a false prophet, etc..

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Judgment Bus New Orleans 2011 – cropped – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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WHY THE WORLD DIDN’T END

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Now, as to the question of why Mr. Camping mistakenly believed the world would end on May 21, 2011 with the return of Jesus Christ, one only needs to consult the Bible.

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For the first reference it would be well to look to the prophecy of Habakkuk…

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**Listen… “*For the vision is yet for an appointed time,***

but at the end it shall speak, and not lie:

THOUGH IT TARRY, WAIT FOR IT;

BECAUSE IT WILL SURELY COME, IT WILL NOT TARRY!”

Habakkuk 2:2, 3

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You see, Habakkuk was given a vision of God’s people in these last days, being flooded by unbelievers (Chaldeans), to the point that wrong judgment proceeded forth from God’s people.

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Habakkuk by James Tissot – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain

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WHY ADAM DIDN’T DIE

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It’s just that we don’t understand how God works, and how God speaks.

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To see how God works and how He speaks in these end-times, we need look no further than how God worked and spoke at the beginning of Creation…

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Listen… “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,

thou shalt not eat of it:

for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

Genesis 2:17

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You see, when Adam and Eve ate that forbidden fruit, whatever it was, they did not physically die (though they died spiritually that day).

As a matter of fact, Adam lived for another 900+ years.

Gustave Dore – Adam And Eve Driven Out Of Eden – www.creationism.org – Public Domain

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A DAY NOT NECESSARILY 24 HOURS

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And so it is with God’s prophecy of the end of the world on May 21st, 2011.

When God speaks of the Day of Judgment, He is not speaking of a literal 24-hour period!

We are even now in the Day of Judgment!

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And even though Mr. Camping was well aware of this principle, the Lord closed Camping’s eyes, so that he thought of it as only a 24-hour literal end of the world.

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Harold Camping – courtesy Family Radio

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GOD’S PEOPLE IN DRUNKEN SLUMBER

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“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep;

and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,

because of the new wine,

for it is cut off from your mouth.”

Joel 1:5

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And it’s a good thing that it didn’t fully happen on May 21, 2011.

Because most Christians were not prepared to meet Jesus!

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We were steeped in worldliness and even idolatry as we sought after the worldly pleasures and earthly treasures of this, Satan’s kingdom of selfishness!

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And so, God, in His great mercy, allowed that delay, to wake up His sleeping saints from our spiritually drunken slumber!

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Hands Toasting Drinks – Cheers! Wikimedia – cropped image – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

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TITANIC: A METAPHOR

OF THE WORLD

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But Harold Camping’s calculations from the Bible were correct!

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God’s judgment upon the world did begin on that fateful day, and now we are beginning to take on water just as surely as that supposedly “unsinkable” ship, the Titanic did, after she silently scraped that iceberg!

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Yes, the world has likewise scraped an iceberg in a metaphorical sense!

**And unbeknownst to most of us, our good ship, Planet Earth is now taking on water.**

And just now we are beginning to see God’s judgments falling all around the world!

Yes, God is allowing this world to become insanely evil!

This is an integral part of His divine judgment!

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Titanic – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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***ARK OF SALVATION* *READY TO LEAVE***

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But in the meanwhile, God is using this apparent extension of time, to make a last call, for anyone and everyone to get on board another ship, which will take us to our Promised Land of everlasting joy!

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Yes, for thousands of years, the doors of mercy have been open to all who would come aboard and be saved.

And God used Harold Camping to sound the trumpet that the world has come to its end.

A great fiery deluge is about to destroy this world!

And along with Camping’s warning, Habakkuk’s vision likewise warns us that the time has fully come to “RUN!”

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“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which…the earth…shall be burned up.”

2nd Peter 3:10 (Condensed)

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Isn’t God so merciful, that He cares enough to give us some extra time to flee from the wrath to come?

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But don’t get too comfortable!

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A deluge of fire is soon coming upon this earth!

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Picture – Lot Escapes Sodom – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.

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ALL ABOARD!

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But the Good News is, that those doors of mercy are still open!

And whosoever will, may come inside the safety of the heaven-bound Ark of Salvation!

But don’t delay! Because once they do close, they will never open again for humanity.

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Then will come the fiery deluge…

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Open my mouth that I may eat the heavenly Manna which is now falling all around.

And open my heart to respond to all this…

USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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SIGNS IN HEAVENS PROMISED

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God promised that before the end, there would appear… “signs in the Sun…Moon, and …stars.” (Luke 21:25)

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This site is dedicated to revealing these Signs Of Heaven.

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If you will study just one article per day, you will begin to comprehend how to locate these heavenly messengers.

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**But more than this, these stars will shine light on our trail and guide us safely up the pathway of Bible truth, to our destination.**

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Sketch is of the Gospel Ship, “Castor and Pollux” (Click for link)

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TOMORROW…

Daily Devotional, Year 2 – JUNE 14 (What Will I Trade For My Soul?)

Question Mark – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO STUDY IN JEREMIAH

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.

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THIS STUDY #528 IS PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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ABOVE PAINTING: The Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain

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