Mark Your Calendar, On May 21 2011, we can all point and laugh
January 11th, 2011
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You may have heard that a few followers of doomsday christian sects have been talking a lot about May 21st of this year. They say that this day will be the end of the world, or rather, will be the beginning of the end times, which they expect will take a few months and be complete later this year. According to them, the 21st will be the date of the “rapture,” an event that some Christians believe will occur before the end of the world, despite the fact that it’s not actually in the Bible – at least not explicitly.
On this website, you can find the logic which is used to arrive at the date of May 21 2011:
JUDGMENT DAY: MAY 21st, 2011
We know that the year 2011 is the 7000th year from the flood. We also know that God will destroy this world in that year. But when in 2011 will this occur?The answer is amazing. Let’s take another look at the flood account in the book of Genesis:
Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Faithful to His Word, God did bring the flood 7 days later in the 600th year, on the 17th day of the 2nd month of the calendar aligned with Noah’s lifespan. It was on this 17th day of the 2nd month that God shut the door on the ark, securing the safety of its occupants and also sealing the fate of everyone else in the world outside of the ark. They would all now certainly perish in that worldwide catastrophe.
Genesis 7:16,17 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Earlier it was mentioned that the church age came to an end in the year 1988 AD. It so happens that the church age began on the day of Pentecost (May 22nd) in the year 33 AD. Then 1955 years later, the church age came to its conclusion on May 21st, which was the day before Pentecost in 1988.
The Bible teaches that the end of the church age would occur simultaneously with the beginning of the great tribulation:
Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
On May 21st, 1988, God finished using the churches and congregations of the world. The Spirit of God left all churches and Satan, the man of sin, entered into the churches to rule at that point in time. The Bible teaches us that this awful period of judgment upon the churches would last for 23 years. A full 23 years (8400 days exactly) would be from May 21 st, 1988 until May 21st, 2011. This information was discovered in the Bible completely apart from the information regarding the 7000 years from the flood.
Therefore, we see that the full 23-year tribulation period concludes on May 21st, 2011. This date is the exact day that the great tribulation comes to its end, and this is also the most likely landing spot for the 7000 years from the flood of Noah’s day.
Keep in mind that God shut the door on the ark on the 17th day of the 2nd month of Noah’s calendar. We also find that May 21 st, 2011 is the end of the great tribulation period. There is a strong relationship between the 2nd month and 17th day of Noah’s calendar and May 21st, 2011 of our Gregorian calendar. This relationship cannot be readily seen until we discover that there is another calendar to consider, which is the Hebrew (or Biblical) calendar. May 21 st, 2011 happens to be the 17th day of the 2nd month of the Hebrew calendar. By this, God is confirming to us that we have a very correct understanding regarding the 7000-year timeline from the flood. May 21 st, 2011 is the equivalent date to the date when God shut the door on Noah’s ark. Through this and much other Biblical information, we find that May 21 st, 2011 will be the day when God takes up into heaven His elect people. May 21st, 2011 will be Judgment Day! This is the day God shuts the door of salvation on the world.
In other words, in having the great tribulation period conclude on a day that identifies with the 17th day of the 2nd month of Noah’s calendar, God is without question confirming to us that this is the day He intends to shut forever the door of entry into heaven:
John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
The Bible is very clear that Christ is the only way into heaven. He is the only portal into the glorious kingdom of heaven.
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Once the door (Jesus) is shut on Judgment Day, there is no more salvation possible on earth:
Revelation 3:7 …These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
The Bible teaches that on May 21st, 2011, only true believers elected by God to receive salvation will be raptured (taken up) out of this world to meet the Lord in the air and forever be with the Lord:
1 Thessalonians 4:16,17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
All the rest of mankind (billions of people) will be left behind to experience the awful judgment of God, a horrible period of 5 months of torment upon earth:
Revelation 9:3-5 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Hmmm… I wonder, did they remember to account for the transition between the Julian and Gregorian calenders? For the fact that leap years do not occur on years divisible by 100 but not 400? And when does judgment come? Is it as soon as the 21st happens at the International dateline? Or is it staggered based on time zones? Perhaps God just makes it easy and uses Greenwich Mean Time.
But seriously, does anyone really believe this? Apparently so.
If you happen to believe this, I made a list of things you need to be sure to do:
- Blow any savings you have. You certainly won’t need them for retirement. No point in leaving behind money you can enjoy now.
- Take out any loans you can get, max out all your credit cards and look especially for those offers that say “no payments for 12 months,” and go for it. After all, you know the world is coming to an end, so nobody is going to collect your debts when you’re floating up to heaven and the world is burning.
- Remember not to pay your taxes! If you live in the US they’re due April 15, but if you don’t pay them, it’s going to be at least a couple of months before they actually get aggressive about collecting them. Be sure to stop any automatically withheld income. Even better, request an extension, by the time they get the paperwork done, the seas will be boiling and blood will be flowing in rivers.
- Quit your job. What the hell do you need a job for? Between credit cards, unsecured loans, unpaid taxes and all the other bills you’re not paying, you should have no problem financially.
- Do you smoke? Chew tobacco? if so, enjoy it as much as you can, as often as you can, because there might not be any tobacco in heaven. Don’t smoke? Well there’s never been a better time to start, because, hell, you’re not going to be around long enough to develop emphysema or lung cancer.
- Be sure not to do anything unnecessary that might cut into your limited time. the next few months need to be spent praying and not doing stuff that won’t even benefit you. So don’t change your oil. Don’t water-seal your deck. Don’t go to the dentist. Don’t excise. Don’t rotate your tires. Don’t have your chimney swept. Pretty much any preventative maintenance on anything, including your body should be avoided. Why bother?
- Find some sucker who doesn’t realize the world is ending and sell them your house on May 20th for $500.
It should also be noted that this is not the first time that someone has claimed to have calculated the exact date of the end times. It’s actually happened many times before. The single biggest and most well known happened in 1842, when American preacher Samuel S. Snow claimed to have calculated the exact date of Christ’s return and the end of the world. He placed the date on October 19, 1844. For the next two years, Snow traveled, preaching and gaining followers.
The followers of Snow sold their possessions, quit their jobs and gathered to await the end that was to come on the 19th of October 1844. And then….. nothing happened. It would become known as the “Great Disappointment.” Snow and some of his most devoted followers would claim that the date of October 19th was based on a simple misscalculation and amended their predictions to say that the real end times were to come, and new predictions were made claiming that the world would end later in 1844 or in April, June or October of 1845. Each time, the predicted date came and went and the world continued to exist, and each time, fewer and fewer seemed to take notice.
Some of Snow’s followers would go on to form the modern Seventh-day Adventist Church. Snow died in 1870, apparently still thinking the end imminent was all the way up to his death.
This was not the first time the end times were predicted, either based on the Bible, a self-proclaimed psychic vision, astrology or something else. The current may-21 prediction won’t be the last either. We still have 2012 to look forward to as a year of pointing and laughing. Surely there will be many after 2012 as well. No doubt, there will be more to come in to come.
The sad thing is right now, “Anonymous” is probably wetting his pants over this.
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May 6th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
I’m sure this will be ignored as it’s an old thread, but I’m trying to follow instructions and keep with the topics at hand.
Well, we’ve had the tornado outbreak here in the south-eastern states, the Fukushima earthquake along with the many other huge earthquakes these past 3 years, and the major Mississippi river flooding we’ve had just recently. I can feel it coming, and I considered myself an atheist for the longest time, but it seems as if my misfortune, how little it may be, is a sort of punishment.
I have all sorts of material objects to fill my time, but I also have a lack of human connection. No willpower, no friends, no intimate relationships, nothing but useless things to distract me. Even if this prediction doesn’t happen, something is forcing me to believe most if not all conspiracies and prophecies, to make my mind my personal hell.
Laugh at me, that’s what people have been doing my whole life. I keep to myself, and for some reason that’s creepy and makes me deserving of ridicule or unwanted solitude (I base this on what people have said about me online, it is my only life ever since I quit school, after all). Nobody ever wants to see if I’m okay, nobody wants to talk, they’re too scared I’ll snap and hurt them; I often have the reflex to kill spiders if they get too close and I feel horrible after it’s done, I don’t think I have the ability to intentionally hurt anyone other than myself. I keep my “crazy” inside my head everywhere but on the internet. I can handle pressure here, I can somewhat control the conversation here. Everybody’s so overbearing on the outside, I’m too timid.
This lack of willpower and my horrendous cowardice stops me from ending it, after all, how can someone whose constantly afraid of their demise want to cause their own demise? It’s a ****ing curse.
To boil it down to simplicity: I don’t appreciate the sarcastic “sad” remark.
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May 6th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Anonymous said:
You can pick almost any year you want and you’ll find that there are often historic levels of destruction somewhere. Yes, the Mississippi has flooded badly this year (there are bad floods somewhere every year), but it had catastrophic floods in the 1970’s and 1990’s.
In 2004 there was the Asian/Indian Tsunami, which was even larger and more deadly than what happened in Japan this year. In 2010 there was the devistating Haitian Earthquake. In 2001 there were the 9/11 attacks. But before that there was the Oklahoma city attack of 1993. In 1986 Chernobyl was the worst nuclear accident of all time, unless you could Castle Bravo in 1954. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina was the worst storm the US had in its history. In 1997, Montserrat experienced one of the worst volcanic eruptions in recent history. In the 1930’s there was the Dust Bowl. Catastrophic forest fires occurred in large portions of North America several times during the 20th century. Of course all of this pales in comparison to World War II, but before that there was World War I and numerous other wars.
The past few years we’ve seen blizards, ice storms, heat waves, droughts, floods, typhoons, earthquakes. And we will continue to, just as we always have and always will.
Yeah, there are always things happening in the world.
Anonymous said:
GET HELP! It’s out there. If you make an effort to find it, you will.
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May 7th, 2011 at 6:38 am
Anonymous said:
Don’t lie.
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May 7th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Anon said:
Oh since you say that I MUST be lying because you’re always right, because you’re the smartest person in the world, because you’re a skeptic and a TRUE, 100% atheist.
I still feel like I can’t believe in a god, I’m disgusted by church supported discrimination and hatred, I can’t stand god’s violence and the contradictions in the bible and other religious texts, or it’s dragging on human progress. I never said full-on that I’m now Christian or religious, I said I felt like something was punishing me, as a metaphor for my mindset in response to the last comment, about me, in the article.
So please, get over your undeserved superiority complex before talking, you’ll sound like less of an arrogant ass with a running mouth and nothing to say.
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May 13th, 2011 at 11:16 am
It seems as if another group has entered the billboard wars in Camping’s/Family Radio’s back yard of Oakland, CA. They are disputing Camping’s claims with a compelling message of “Jesus is already here.” Here’s the billboard photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62779138@N08/57080636
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May 13th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
george said:
Might be a good idea not to offer a broken link.
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May 14th, 2011 at 1:47 am
Anon said:
It’s not *completely* broken… More like… how do you say?… bruised?
The pictures that george wants to show are right beneath the error message.
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May 14th, 2011 at 2:45 am
If it brings up an error message it is broken.
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May 20th, 2011 at 12:41 am
23 hours and 19 minutes left for me.
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May 20th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Anonymous said:
I got it wrong, it’s 6 PM local time, so we have 9 hours for the news to roll in. I fear it’s coming.
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May 20th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Anonymous said:
For those of us in various time zones – 6pm local where, exactly?
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May 20th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
Matthew said:
The earthquake’s to come to each timezone at 6 PM. For me it will be approximately 26 hours from now, but New Zealand has 9 hours.
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May 20th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Anonymous said:
So it takes 24 hrs to go around the Earth? Odd – that’s really slow at the poles.
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May 20th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
It’s been the 21st of May for the past seven and a bit hours so it does look like he was wrong.
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May 20th, 2011 at 11:31 pm
It’s 6:31 PM May 21, 2011 in Christmas Island. I’m starting to feel like a fool again. I’ll give until 2 AM….
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May 21st, 2011 at 3:36 am
Maybe he was off on the hour? I still feel like something’s going to happen today. There’s too many in his group that are too convinced of this for *all* of them to be crazy.
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May 21st, 2011 at 7:14 am
Anonymous said:
I assume you’re going to be sitting around waiting for May 21 to pass completely and for it to reach midnight on the eastern side of the international dateline, right? I mean technically he didn’t say when on the 21st, so there’s still time to panic.
Anonymous said:
yeah… uh.. no.
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May 21st, 2011 at 10:19 am
[...] As mentioned on this site before… [...]
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May 21st, 2011 at 10:29 am
It’s the 22nd of May.
Looks like he was just as wrong as he was last time (and as his religion is).
Anonymous said:
How convinced someone is and how sane they are don’t tend to correlate very much (if they do it’d be a negative correlation).
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October 18th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
October 21 is coming.
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October 18th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Anonymous said:
Yeah, but I’m looking forward to Oct 31 more. Candy, beer, and zombie movies!
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October 18th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
Matthew said:
Halloween won’t come.
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October 19th, 2011 at 4:00 am
Anonymous said:
Yup… I agree. Halloween 2010 has come and gone for almost a year now, we’ll never see it again…
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October 21st, 2011 at 1:47 pm
http://www.christianpost.com/news/ha…rapture-58701/
“He [Camping] has emphasized that he is convicted that the end will come very quietly. That the end will come like a whisper. That the unsaved of the world will fall asleep and never reawaken. There won’t be any suffering or torturing.”
I’m too scared to go to sleep, I’ve been up all night. >:
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October 21st, 2011 at 3:03 pm
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f…type=1&theater
This guy claims to have planted a bomb.
I’m really scared now, my palms are sweaty, my mind is racing. I’m not ready to die.
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October 21st, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Well it’s October 22 already and I’m still alive (though a former dictator of Libya isn’t, but I’d consider his death a good thing).
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