Beth HaDerech; Messianic Jewish Congregation, Toronto, Canada

May 21, 2011… End of World Begins?

You have to love it. Here is another "Christian" group proclaiming that "the end of the world" begins on May 21, 2011. Maybe it's just me, but I thought Yeshua said, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Mat 24:36. Christ doesn't even know when He is returning, yet we have these people giving us an exact date! That is impressive. Since the world we live in is temporal, its end is inevitable. I mean, its like when we were born. Didn't we start to die as soon as we were born? Mortal life isn't eternal and no one can tell us the exact time, day or year we will die. However, in many instances due to bad health, a doctor may give an approximate time of death because of all the signs leading to the deterioration of the body. Many times people have proven the doctor wrong and have lived many more years. This is where God's plan for each of us comes into account. No one has the ability to pinpoint a date and time of death unless of the obvious. Seeing that we can't predict our own time of death, there are Christian groups pinpointing the exact day of the rapture. "Beyond the shadow of a doubt, May 21 will be the...