So, chances are, if you're reading this, you're still here. Take heart! Trust me, you didn't miss the Rapture. Wasn't it supposed to happen yesterday? One of the questions I have is, how could Harold Camping find some numerological thread that has no basis in truth and then calculate it out to mean that the Rapture, and/or Second Coming was supposed to happen yesterday? October twenty-first, two-thousand eleven. I don't mean to be rude, but at what point in his life did he begin to see numerical coincidences as overarching truths? Does this mean I can start reading and relying on my horoscope? The so-called "Bible Code" might be compelling and hard to assail but non-believers tear it apart and laugh in its face. Besides, Jesus didn't ask us to believe on that, He commanded us to believe on and in Him. At no point in history has an end-of-the-world prediction come true (obviously). And why is everyone in such hurry to leave? Isn't love supposed to "bear all things" (1 Corinthians 13:7)? Jesus said that no man (or woman) knows the day or the hour (Matthew 24:36). He also said to "occupy till I come" (Luke 19:13). No sense in busying ourselves in futile matters of false prediction. The Old Testament imposed harsh judgment on false prophets.
A better time-marker would be Jesus' declaration that His Gospel would be preached to everyone before His coming (Matthew 24:14). And maybe that's happened, I don't know. God bless the translators who are feverishly working to translate the Bible into all of the world's languages, but consider this: St. Francis said to "preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary, use words". Brilliant. I can guarantee you that hasn't happened. When Christians don't act any better than the spiritually-dead people they used to be, you can understand why people would want us to leave! Unsalty salt is "good for nothing" (Matthew 5:13). Yet another instance of Christians being made to look bad by one of their own.
Keep your head up. Watch. Hearts and minds take time to change and if we're looking to escape the world at large without attuning our minds to the frequency of Heaven, we'd feel out of place even if we were raptured in an instant. The answer is: what would God have you do right now? And now? And now? Revelation (19:7) says that "His wife has made herself ready". This is how. Live with God in the moment and that "moment" will be here before we know it.
One more thing! This is my hundredth post. It couldn't have happened if I wasn't here to write it. Thank you so much for reading! More to come…