Rapture Index at all-time high: End of the world again?

The Independent
October 15, 2011

Have you been feeling anxious lately?

Depressed by the incessant stream of gloomy headlines from around the world? If so, you can take heart – up to a point. It may not go on much longer. The explanation lies in a little-known measure of current affairs known as the Rapture Index which monitors the frequency and intensity of the end-time signs mentioned in the Bible.

This year, the Rapture Index – a Doomsday Dow Jones – has been at an all-time high. In August it hit an unprecedented 184. Thousands of Christians around the world are on red-alert for the Rapture and Judgement Day.

… Not surprisingly the fighting in Libya, continuing unrest in the Middle East, economic recession, natural disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis, are all being interpreted as signs that the last days are imminent.

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  1. The danger of this sort of thinking, in my opinion, is that it may easily lead to fear-mongering and possibly become a self-fulfilling prophesy. “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.” Mark 13:32 King James (Cambridge Ed.).

  2. The Rapture! What a bunch of fairy-tale crap from the bible.

    (from EvilBible Dot Com)

    According to the Bible the “End Times” Should Have ALREADY Occurred!

    Jesus and his apostles made MANY prophecies concerning the Armageddon. Christians would have you believe that it shall come as “a thief in the night”. Yet, the Bible is rather clear concerning when it would happen. Matter of fact, the Bible consistently said it would follow soon after Jesus’ death. When you point out such verses to Christians they will try to weasel it out of it by saying Christ was talking about his “future” apostles versus the ones he was directly speaking to. All it takes is a close examinations of the pronouns used in order to see that Christ truly did believe the end times would have happened nearly 2,000 years ago. Keep in mind that the Bible claims it is “fit for reproof’ and Christianity “lives and dies on the resurrection and end times”. If we are to believe these verses and accept that the end time prophecies failed then surely the whole book is invalid.

    False Prophecies About the Armageddon:

    Jesus’ Predictions:

    1) Jesus falsely prophesies DIRECTLY to the high priest (Caiphas) that he would live to see his second coming. Jesus uses the term “coming on the clouds of heaven”. This clearly negates the “coming” as the resurrection but as a return to the earth on CLOUDS, not his return in human form from the dead. Matthew 26:64 Mark 14:62.

    “But I tell you: From now on you will see ‘the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power’ and ‘coming on the clouds of heaven.’” (Matthew 26:64 NAB)

    Then Jesus answered, “I am; and ‘you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.’” (Mark 14:62 NAB)
    2) Jesus mistakenly tells his followers that he will return and establish his kingdom within their lifetime. Matthew 23:36 24:34

    Amen, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. (Matthew 23:36 NAB)

    “Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. “Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the gates. Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (Matthew 24:29-35 NAB)

    3) YET AGAIN, Jesus claims those standing RIGHT BEFORE HIM shall see the Armageddon. Matthew 16:28 “There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” Don’t let Christians lie to you and claim Jesus was referring to his modern day believers. The words “some standing HERE will not taste death” clearly refutes such nonsense. Obviously the people he was speaking to died, and curiously Jesus STILL isn’t here to claim his kingdom.

    4) Jesus falsely prophesies that the end of the world will come within his listeners’ lifetimes.

    Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (Mark 13:30-31 NAB)
    He also said to them, “Amen, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see that the kingdom of God has come in power.” (Mark 9:1 NAB)

    5) Jesus falsely predicts that some of his listeners would live to see him return and establish the kingdom of God.

    “Truly I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:27 NAB)

    6) Jesus implies that he will return to earth during the lifetime of John. (John 21:22)

    7) Jesus says that all that he describes (his return, signs in the sun, moon, wars, stars, etc.) will occur within the lifetime of his listeners. He purposely defines their generation and NOT a future one. Considering that NONE of those signs took place during the resurrection and that he uses the term of “Heaven and earth shall pass away”, Clearly Jesus is prophesizing that nearly 2,000 years ago Armageddon SHOULD have occurred. Luke 21:25-33

    “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.” He taught them a lesson. “Consider the fig tree and all the other trees. When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near; in the same way, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (Luke 21:25-33 NAB)

    [Editor’s note: Matthew 10:23 also has Jesus telling his disciples that the second coming will occur before the disciples finish preaching in Israel: “When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. Amen, I say to you, you will not finish the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.” (Matthew 10:23 NAB)]

    John’s Predictions

    John believes “the time is at hand,” and that the things that he writes about in Revelation will “shortly come to pass.” Revelations 1:1-3

    9) John quotes Jesus (1900 years ago) as saying he will come “quickly.” Revelations 22:7, 12 20

    10) John thinks he is living in “the last times.” He “knows” this because he sees so many antichrists around. 1 John 2:18

    11) John says that the antichrist was already present at the time 1 John was written. 1 John 4:3

    12) John quotes Jesus (1900 years ago) as saying he will come “quickly.” Revelations 3:11, 22:7, 12 20

    Paul’s Predictions

    13) Paul thought that the end was near and that Jesus would return soon after he wrote these words. Philippians 4:5

    14) Paul believes he is living in the “last days.” Hebrews 1:2

    15) Paul believed that Jesus would come “in a little while, and will not tarry.” Hebrews 10:37

    16) In 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Paul stated: “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: And the dead Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: And so shall we ever be with the Lord.” Paul shared the delusion, taught by Jesus, in that he expected to be snatched up bodily into heaven with other saints then living, who would, thus, never taste death. The use of “we” clearly proves as much. It is difficult to deny that Paul was certain that the end of the world was coming in the lifetime of his contemporaries.

    Other Prophecies About Armageddon:

    17) James thought that Jesus would return soon. James 5:8

    18) Peter wrongly believed that he was living in the “last times” and that “the end of all things is at hand.” 1 Peter 1:20 4:7

    • If you want to pick and choose and interpret then I guess you can make it say whatever you want it to.
      Apart from the occasional scrawling in the sand, Jesus never wrote anything down. He did not leave us with the Bible. He left us with the Church.
      The Bible is still being written. It is an unfinished collection of books.
      The part about ‘let no man add or take away’ refers directly to the book of The Apocalypse of Saint John, otherwise known as Revelations.
      Jesus also said something to the effect of, ‘when the Son of Man cometh, will He find, think you, faith on earth?’

  3. I forget the exact book, chapter, and verse this is from, but doesn’t it say somewhere that “Ye know neither the day nor the hour in which the Father cometh.” At the very least I’m paraphrasing.

    When Camping’s first prediction failed, he calls it a miscalculation, the second time, he calls it an invisible judgment, and now he claims that 6 days from the date of this post, we’re gonna go up in a blazing ball of death. Place your bets on his inaccuracy. You’re nigh-guaranteed to win.

    Be this fool as he may, there are signs about. World government, loss of freedom, one world currency, and the “chip,” known to Christians as the “mark,” are foretold in the Bible. The timing, however, is subject to change without notice, hence the Scripture mentioned above encouraging vigilance.

  4. Christians, if you stand down from the fight because of a 17th century American Puritan father and son Increase and Cotton Mather’s interpretation of the bible that a “rapture” will happen, go up on a hill like the seven day Adventists and wait…oh, I forgot, they did, sold everything AND WERE WRONG, but their pastor said he got the date wrong and they waited again AND WERE WRONG.

    Stand down and the PsyOp worked on you, dumbass. To be Christian doesn’t mean roll over, sorry but you’re here too, to stand and protect what is dear to you.

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