![]() ![]() There are two kinds of "seasons" following the Rapture – the Tribulation and the Millennium. Thus, Paul deals with end time events following the Rapture. The word "times" denotes quantity whereas "seasons" carries the idea of quality – kinds of time. The word "seasons" refers to the "events" of the Tribulation and Millennium. This word as well as "seasons" refer to dispensations. We get the English word "chronology" from the Greek word for "times." "Times" refers to the succession of events, the chronology of events. He moves from the Rapture to the time after the Rapture – the Day of the Lord. Following these seven years, Jesus will reign on the earth for one thousand years, fulfilling the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants (Genesis 15-18 2 Samuel 7). However, He will deliver a faithful Jewish remnant and Gentiles who put their trust in Him. In the Tribulation, God will judge proud Gentiles and apostate Jews. The first part of this era is judgment on the world for a seven-year period. The Day of the Lord is a period of 1007 years. The Day of the Lord is the next prophetic event after the Lord Jesus comes to rapture the church to Heaven. Apparently, Timothy, in his report from his visit to Thessalonica, indicated to Paul that the new church needed further clarification about the Day of the Lord. ![]() In chapter 4, Paul discusses the Rapture but in this chapter, he turns to the Day of the Lord, which comes immediately after the Rapture. These words are his usual formula for moving to a new line of thought (4:9, 13 1 Corinthians 7:1 8:1 12:1 16:1). The words "but concerning" is a signpost showing that Paul now shifts to a new topic. The first three verses warn of the coming Day of the Lord. This chapter gravely warns us of the coming Day of the Lord that deals with Israel and Gentiles (5:1-11). "But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you"Ĭhapter 4 gave us the blessed hope of the believer, the rapture of the church to Heaven. Isaiah 13:6 Howl ye for the day of the LORD is at hand it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Each usage is concerning darkness, not light. The term “Day of God Almighty” appears once in Revelation 16:14, a clear reference to Armageddon. The term “Day of God” is used in 2 Peter 3:12- Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? And in the context matches the term “Day of the Lord” which appears in 3:10. The term is used 25 times in the Bible, of which only 5 times are in the NT. He declined to comment publicly after October 21, when his predicted apocalypse did not occur.Paul now expands God's prophetic plan as he moves from the Rapture to the time after the Rapture - The Day of the Lord. On October 16, however, Camping admitted to an interviewer that he was not sure when the end would come. On May 23, Camping said that May 21 had been the Day of Judgment, and following the physical rapture on October 21, 2011, the whole universe would be destroyed by God. After the prediction failed, media attention shifted to Camping and his followers for their responses. He stated that his predictions had already been fulfilled: on May 21, 1988, the churches were judged on September 7, 1994, judgment continued on the churches and on May 21, 2011, the entire world was judged. On May 23, Camping refused to apologize for his earlier interpretations. The massacre was linked to false predictions by Camping. Many were arrested for extremism, while hundreds were shot dead by the Vietnamese forces. The Vietnamese government dispersed the gathering. They had planned to wait for Christ to arrive. In 2011, around 7000 ethnic Hmong Christians gathered in a desolate town in Vietnam’s Điện Biên province in early May. To support his arguments for the May 21 doomsday, Camping stated that he had mathematically calculated the prophecies in the Bible for decades.Īs a result of his predictions, many of his followers gave up their jobs, stopped investing in their children’s education, sold their properties, and even spent huge amounts promoting his apocalyptic claims. Some churches cited the verse in ‘Matthew 24:36’ where Christ says that “about that day or hour no one knows.” Church officials continued their business and scheduled their church services as usual for Sunday, May 22. Harold Camping’s predictions were rejected by most Christian groups. ![]()
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