by Dave Brown
Ye often hear it said ...
"The world is coming to and end on ..."
but in 1 Peter 3:10 it states:
"... the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in
the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and
the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and
the works that are therein shall be burned up."
See also Mt. 24:35f. One religion has repetitively predicted the end of the world on average about once every 20 years since the late 1800s. And they have gotten away with it! This in violation of the God-given method for determining false prophecy (Deut 18:21-22): "And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken ..." You would think that religions based upon false predictions of the end of the world would disappear. But not so. They prosper because of ignorance and superstition (i.e., the belief that there just might be something to it). Making predictions of doom is safe and easy. If it comes true they say: "I told you so." But if it does not, no one ever checks. Do not be deceived. Learn the truth from God's word and you will see that the answer is to be ready always for the return of the Lord (2 Pet. 3:12-14). "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2). Someday tomorrow will be too late. That someday could be today.