Worried About Judgement Day?
Posted by Kushana Torumekia at 5/20/2011 10:11 AM 
Categories: The End, Canonical Gospels, Judaism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, New Testament, Bible, Gospels, Tirekicking Religion, Christ, History of Religions, Gospel of Matthew, Gathas, Hebrew Bible, Contemporary Religion, Apocalypse
Tags: Tirekicking Religions Predictions of the End Judgement Day Gospel of Matthew Jesus Christ New Testam
Categories: The End, Canonical Gospels, Judaism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, New Testament, Bible, Gospels, Tirekicking Religion, Christ, History of Religions, Gospel of Matthew, Gathas, Hebrew Bible, Contemporary Religion, Apocalypse
Tags: Tirekicking Religions Predictions of the End Judgement Day Gospel of Matthew Jesus Christ New Testam
Don't be. I cannot replace a member of the clergy but I can tell you the end of the world has been fixed (and passed by) many times before:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl2.htm
The human beings who are so fond of predicting this date seem to have forgotten Matthew 24:36:
"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. "
Indeed Jesus proves this two verses earlier (Matthew 24:24):
"Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place." (RSV)
Jesus thought the people standing in front of him would see the End take place. In other words, the first person to misstate the date of the End was Jesus, himself.
Also, always ask yourself if the person making the prediction has something to gain: are they asking you to buy something? Make an offering? Will it improve their tv or radio ratings, social media ranking, or visibility? Is it at all plausible that they like having a loyal following for their own ego gratification? Are they frightening people? Does their prediction match frequent scriptural reminders that no one can predict the date of the End?
(For a real mind bender, keep in mind that the entire idea of a Last Judgment and an End time came from Zoroastrianism and was borrowed by Jews from that religion during the Babylonian Exile. God makes no mention of an End or a Last Judgment until after this (relatively late) era in Jewish history.)
-Kushana
http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl2.htm
The human beings who are so fond of predicting this date seem to have forgotten Matthew 24:36:
"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. "
Indeed Jesus proves this two verses earlier (Matthew 24:24):
"Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place." (RSV)
Jesus thought the people standing in front of him would see the End take place. In other words, the first person to misstate the date of the End was Jesus, himself.
Also, always ask yourself if the person making the prediction has something to gain: are they asking you to buy something? Make an offering? Will it improve their tv or radio ratings, social media ranking, or visibility? Is it at all plausible that they like having a loyal following for their own ego gratification? Are they frightening people? Does their prediction match frequent scriptural reminders that no one can predict the date of the End?
(For a real mind bender, keep in mind that the entire idea of a Last Judgment and an End time came from Zoroastrianism and was borrowed by Jews from that religion during the Babylonian Exile. God makes no mention of an End or a Last Judgment until after this (relatively late) era in Jewish history.)
-Kushana
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