Daily Devotional, year 4 – October 27 (Noble Bereans, Part 7: Re-thinking Harold Camping Regarding the Bible)
By admin On November 30th, 2023.
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Daily Devotional, year 4 – October 27
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Noble Bereans,
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Part 7:
“Re-thinking Harold Camping Regarding the Bible”
To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”
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“I have esteemed the words of His mouth
more than my necessary food.”
Job 23:12
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Now, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced.
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Let’s look at the key Bible passage…
“And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea:
who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
in that they received the word with all readiness of mind,
and searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were so.”
Acts 17:10, 11
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St Paul Preaching in Athens (Raphael, 1515) Wikipedia US public domain
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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA
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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they:
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1. “Received the Wo
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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”
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And thus, these Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.
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So, there was an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!
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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.
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A FAILED PREDICTION?
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A few years ago, a certain radio Bible teacher made the seemingly failed
prediction that May 21st, 2011 would be the earth’s last day.
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And of course, when that day came and went, the world (and the Christian community) began throwing verbal stones at Harold Camping.
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But in reality, nothing failed!
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No, God purposely allowed this tarrying-time to awaken His sleeping saints, to prepare them to stand in the Day of the Lord!
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Harold Camping – cropped image – Wikipedia – copyrighted, not for free use
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MANY FALSE ACCUSATIONS
see Matthew 5:11
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Yes, Harold Camping was accused of being a false teacher, all for the sake of getting rich!
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But those who knew him, knew well, this dedicated Bible teacher to be a very spiritual servant of God: a man who cared nothing for the riches of this world!
But rather, he loved the heavenly riches found only in the study of God’s Word, the Bible!
Judgment Bus New Orleans 2011 – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License
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NOT VOICES OR VISIONS, BUT THE BIBLE ONLY!
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But did anyone dig into his message, to find out why he believed what he believed?
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any consider that he spent years studying the many prophecies concerning these things?
Or the various dates and numbers which he tirelessly scrutinized, to come up with the date of “The Last Day”?
Hardly!
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No, Camping’s prediction was based solely on decades of Bible study, studying an average of 5 or 6 hours per day, over a 50-year span.
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Book of Isaiah – cropped image – Wikimedia – C.C. Share-alike License
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PASSION FOR THE BIBLE
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One distinctive hallmark of Harold Camping’s ministry was his passion for the Bible.
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In nearly every Bible study or call-in talk show, Camping urged his listeners to, “Study the Bible. The Bible, the Bible, the Bible! Don’t trust me”, Camping would constantly warn, “The Bible is the only infallible Word of God!”
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And in all his radio Bible classes, he merely compared scripture with scripture, to prove any particular point.
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Chaplain reads Bible – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain
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HAROLD CAMPING BIBLE STUDIES
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Unlike many teachers, Camping usually made an effort to emphasize each verse given, repeating the chapter and verse, and allowing the listener time
to look each verse up for themselves.
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But most other teachers do not do so well in this regard, but rather make their emphasis, instead, upon their own interpretation.
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Harold Camping – Wikipedia – copyrighted – not-for-free-use
Holy bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons lic.
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“THEY WHICH LEAD THEE CAUSE THEE TO ERR”
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Therefore, the challenge goes out to stop letting others dictate to him what he must believe and what he must disbelieve…
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Listen…“O My people,
they which lead thee cause thee to err,
and destroy the way of thy paths.”
Isaiah 3:12
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Yes, as this above verse reveals, it is the leaders of today’s churches who greatly mislead God’s people!
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But just because the world cannot understand that there has been a tarrying time in the Bible’s end-of-the-world prophecy concerning the “Last Day”, that doesn’t necessitate that we too must remain in ignorance of these things!
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Audience hands – cropped & altered – Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain
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“THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING…”
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All a truth-seeker has to do is to begin the painless process of listening to a 25-minute Bible study each morning, and test and see for one’s own self!
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This above link is to the 1st installment of Camping’s 600+ Jeremiah studies, found in the first two years of devotionals on this website.
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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.
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To read Part 28, click here…
“November 4 (Noble Bereans, Part 28: “The Messages of the 3 Angels” CONTINUED)”
Judgment-Bus-New-Orleans-2011-wikipedia-share-alike-license-e1376647672881
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… ” FEBRUARY 10 (The Deserted Island Theologian!)”,
or you can also read…JUNE 13 (Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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BIBLE VERSES PICTURED IN THE HEAVENS
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“With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets:
he shall slay thy people by the sword,
and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.”
Ezekiel 26:12
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THIS STAR-CHART:
This is a Wikipedia star-chart, in which this site’s editor has sketched in these three constellation (without the Holy-Ghost-Rider Constellation).
Notice how the right front hoof is trampling on the tail of the Dragon.
Also notice his eye is a star.
It’s best seen when in the western half of the sky.
It is found in mid-sky traveling from east to west.
In January, it is in the west after midnight.
As winter progresses, it can be seen earlier and earlier in the evening. a dark sky with good star-visibility is best, but not absolutely necessary to see this constellation.
It is found on the opposite side of the Dragon Constellation from Orion.
And as already stated, this Goodly Horse Constellation can be seen best in mid-winter when it is in the western side of the sky, and you are looking at it while you are facing west.
The nose and head of this horse is partly made from the Perseus Constellation.
The tail and rear end is partly of the Cassiopeia Constellation.
The hind-leg is made partly of stars from the Andromeda Constellation.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Holy-Ghost-Rider Constellation”
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TOMORROW:
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October 28 (Why is the Dragon Constellation so hard to see?)
ABOVE PICTURE: Revelation 12 Dragon – Winter – Hyades, Pleiades, etc. – not for commercial uses
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EXCERPTS FROM THE OPEN FORUM
QUESTION/ANSWER RADIO TALK-SHOW…
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) are invited to listen to this Open Forum #18, a small 30-minute sampling of the late Harold Camping’s nearly 50-year long series of 90-minute nightly talk shows…
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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons lic.