End Times

During my lifetime, every twenty years or so, and in every generation since the resurrection, someone has identified the date of the "end of the world".

The one predicted for tomorrow by Harold Camping, as I understand it,  involves a 'rapture' (the instantaneous collection of all believers) followed by a destruction of the world.

I did read a number of the Christian response articles and found exactly what I usually find in all matters of eschatology (end times). Here are just some of the terms associated with end time prophecies, some of which have a real scriptural basis. In addition, an end times culture and language of its own has also developed, some of which has no biblical basis whatsoever.  Here are a few terms:

  The Final Judgment, Day of Judgement, Judgement Day, Tribulation, Pre-tribulation,  Anti-Christ,  Christ's return, the one thousand year reign,  the rapture,  eternal judgment,  numerology,  pre-millenialist, post- millenialists, and so forth.

Apparently, many believers do think that we are living close to the time of Christ's return.  Do I think so?  Truthfully, I have no idea.  End times theology has never been of much interest to me.  And  honestly, I have very conflicted feelings over the two different aspects of the 'end times'.   While I would love to see that reign of Christ and peace on earth become a reality, I cannot rejoice in the destruction of all the rest that seems to go with it. Therefore, I am ambivalent about end times and related prophesy.(I have often wondered whether or not God might also be ambivalent, as it is God's own creation).

If tomorrow is the day,  I am ready.  I say that because I believe that as one who has "received Christ",  I am already living in life eternal.  I already have the peace of Christ.  That being the case, all predictions are irrelevant!