Only God Knows

The end of the world and God’s judgment day has been on the minds of people for years. Some people have become confused about how God would bring about the events leading up to the second coming of Christ. On March 26, 1997, in a period when Comet Hale-Bopp was at its brightest, police discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group “Heaven’s Gate” who had committed suicide in order to reach an alien aircraft which they believed was following this comet. This group of individuals being led by Marshall Applewhite actually believed that if they committed suicide they would be taken up into this space craft. What a deception. In the year 2000 there was a huge scare known as Y2K. Because of the changing of numerical calendars going from 1999 to the year 2000 many people thought there would be epidemic and catastrophic computer failures that would cause the world to experience many problems. What fear that brought. More recently there was a man by the name of Harold Camping who predicted that the rapture of the church was going to take place on May 21^st of 2011. Well, May 21^st came and has gone and the rapture did not occur on that date. Jesus said that “no one knows the day or the hour.” We do know that we are living in the last days. We do know that the rapture will occur. And we do know that one day God will judge his creation. But only God knows when this will occur. God help us to be a people who are ready for His return!