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Mockery or Ministry?

Details: Tuesday, 24 May 2011 00:00

In the wake of Family Radio founder Harold Camping's failed rapture predictions, unbelievers are mocking and evangelicals are distancing themselves from the sect whose followers traveled around the world renting billboards and motor homes with signs proclaiming the end of the world on May 21. One billboard playfully reproving Camping—a photo of which quickly went viral—was unveiled on May 22, reading, “That was awkward. ‘No one knows the day or the hour …’ .”

But one church, Calvary Bible Church of Milpitas, Calif., was among the first to extend his hand of support and offer counseling to Camping’s followers. Jacob Denys, Calvary's pastor, led a group to Family Radio headquarter in Oakland, Calif., on May 21 at around 4 p.m., "to reach out to those people who might have bought the lie.” Members held up signs reading "Don't despair," "Calvary Bible Church wants to help you" and "Come see us May 22, Sunday, 10 a.m."

“We are not here to condemn anyone," Denys said. "We are just here to talk to (them), to let (them) know that false teaching and deception have always been in the church, and even it says it rises within the church. And so we want to help those people who are going to wake up tomorrow, realizing this was a bad dream for them."

— International Business Times

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0 #17 B.J.Stone 2011-10-15 08:04

CC's of Milpas or anywhere else now spread out across this world have alot in common with Camping and the 'Campouts'. All these hippies, since the 60's have been taught a false gospel about THE RAPTURE. They have falsely been taught the 'rapture' as an event included in the 'resurrection' of mankind. THIS IS IN TOTAL ERROR. Chuck Smith got this from the 'oneness pentecostals' AND CONTINUES TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO PRAY TO JESUS, RATHER THAN THE FATHER OF JESUS, OR HIS HOLY SPIRIT SENT. The vast majority of CC's and CampOUTS both, as a result, have that 'different jesus', 'gospel','spirit', Paul warned about in these last of last days for this cursed globe. We ALL leave here in our 'soul bodies' ! We await FROM HERE another FLESH AND BLOOD BODY (same dna, different dust, but still sinful in body up to 1,000 yrs. max UNTO THE 'SECOND DEATH' for most). Only a few will be 'absent from a body' AND ONLY THEN PRESENT WITH THE LORD

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0 #16 Danny Trussell 2011-10-14 16:31

Power to Calvary Bible Church of Milpitas, Calif! Thank God for people like that!

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0 #15 Josh 2011-09-27 19:39

Quoting Josh:

No one knows the day when the world will come to an end. All we know is that the end is near.(see the sign of the end time in Matt. 24) We should not be wasting our time predicting the actual day of Christ's coming, neither should we allow ourselves be deceived into believing the things that opposes the teachings of our Lord Jesus, ALL WE NEED DO IS TO BE PREPARED AND READY AT ALL TIMES, for we know not the time nor hour when He shall come (see Matt 25).

His coming is closer than we expect.

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0 #14 Josh 2011-09-27 19:34

No one knows the day when the world will come to an end. All we know is that the end is near.(see the sign of the end time in Matt. 24) We should not be wasting our time predicting the actual day of Christ's coming, neither should we allow ourselves be deceived into believing the things that opposes the teachings of our Lord Jesus, ALL WE NEED DO IS TO BE PREPARED AND READY AT ALL TIMES, for we know not the time nor hour when He shall come (see Matt 25).

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0 #13 B.J.Stone 2011-05-30 04:34

The communal, communistic of the the early church pentecostals wer making a statement they believed the real Jesus,& not the imajined messiah jesus of the majority of Jews having experienced the curse of the blood of the cross, did not participate in letting His blood be upon them, nor upon their children. They had failed as fathers to return to their children, & the children failed return unto their Fathers. Therefore the REAL pentecostal followers of the pentecostal Jesus KNEW this earth was now cursed (beginning with the Jews & their Temple). They were simply getting ready for anti-christ of Daniel to appear on Temple steps AND AS SOON AS THIS SEVENTH HEROD (& SISTER/WIFE) did so in 66 AD, they fled just as Jesus the pentecostal instructed them UNTO THE MOUNTAINS OF JUDEA (Knowing of a coming necessity to flee their sacred land is different than just hearing scuttlebut & philosophies only). We have no mandate like they did for exemplarary communal life

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+2 #12 Wendy Gibson 2011-05-30 03:43

Interesting article and more interesting comments
I agree the NT doesnt say give 10% of your income.
It actually tells of how the people sold everything and shared it amongst themselves
Dont see alot of that either do we?

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-2 #11 B.J.Stone 2011-05-26 01:50

According to II Pet.3 all anti-pentecostals,anti-anointi ngs for today(cessationalists)yet as 'professing' only christians who are looking for a 'rapture' from this planet are MOCKING true pentecostal 'latter rain' of what people actually believed in 'early rain' apostolic pentecostal Jesus teachings(and what true 'latter rain' teaching last days according to II Peter). Peter makes it plain ANY & ALL who have similar doctrine of expecting 'rapture' rather than "parousia" FROM HERE unto a 'resurrection' NEXT in 'sinful flesh new bodies', same 'dna', different 'dust', different worlds (Hebrews) YET EXPECTING THEMSELVES TO BE RAPTURED INSTEAD?DO SO OUT OF THEIR OWN LUSTS, & THE PREACHING OF ANY RAPTURE FROM HERE ACTUALLY ARE THE MOCKERS OF THE TRUE APOSTOLIC TEACHINGS OF A PENTECOSTAL JESUS (whom they falsely claim themselves to be serving). Those following a 'different' Jesus, Holy Spirit, Gospel are the mockers of Jesus Christ themselves!

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+2 #10 vmarks750 2011-05-25 23:15

i don't believe we should mock anyone, we should pray for them instead. .....but i do feel that this did get alot of people thinking about the rapture & "what if Jesus did return today". I pray it causes people to search their hearts & draw closer to God in these last days. For we are not promised tomorrow. Whether you go by natural causes or by the rapture you need to always be ready to meet the Lord each & every day.

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-3 #9 B.J.Stone 2011-05-25 04:43

This above article would be timely and appropriate ONLY if they themselves, ALL of us would become more Biblically literate as to what's next for this planet. We ALL must go from HERE into awaiting our "resurrection" in flesh and blood bodies FIRST, before any watching for a 'bridal only' rising FROM the resurrection (which MUST COME FIRST). ALL from this earth has their 'order in resurrection' (some to everlasting life, some to eternal damnations, most to living out that 'next life' Jesus taught clearly FROM here! A child THERE still a child at 100, with max. life a millenium THERE. If when 'bridal raptured' FROM THAT NEXT LIFE, it's only then about that 'instantanious' from 'mortal to immortal' AND NOT POSSIBLE FROM HERE ON THIS cursed life in sinful flesh in this 'dirty now and now' INITial EXISTENCE INTRODUCTION only TO future 'eternal ever expanding universal' existence either with God or without God SEPARATIONS.

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+5 #8 Sheree 2011-05-24 11:40

Praise God for the churches extending a hand to reach out and help them in a forgiving and graceful way! yeh let's be a people of unity and help each other through the tough times. I am sure we have all made mistakes it's just that these people have done it publicly for the whole world to see. God uses all things together for good!

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