"End of the world" talk

Just been watching a local TV preacher with all kinds of tales about the coming end of time, "the end of the world," he said. I say "all kinds of tales" because even he was getting confused on how to say it. He did affirm that the end of the world would come in 2012! Yet, he was bidding people to come to his land and build houses, plant gardens, and raise animals for meat - all, obviously to be done in two years. That left me with the question, if it is the end of the world, why build houses and plant gardens?

His view was that "so called" Christians who worshipped on the First Day, Sunday, were people God would tramp out because they were not keeping the Sabbath of the Old Law. Imagine that. Folks in New Testament, New Covenant times, worshipped on the First Day we are told.

This TV preacher was using Matt. 24, but that scripture obviously is speaking to something besides the end of time. Jesus refered to it as a time that part of the generation he was speaking to would be around when what was to happen happened (Matt. 24:34). Those folks are long since gone and we are still here.

It amazes me that people teach such stuff as they do. From my point of view, they are not well schooled in the scripture. Course that is my judgement but I believe it is in accord with the scripture as given. Yes, there will be an end time when we will all stand before judgement, but I believe it is as Jesus said in Matt. 24:36: "No man knows about that day or hour (could have been Jerusalem or end time), not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Certainly, this TV preachers announcement that the end of the world in 2012 would have to be off, based on what Jesus said.

What we all need to do is to read our Bibles in context. Know what the Word says before we attempt to tell others. I think that works. That is what ChuckOonreligion thinks. The main thing is to be ready whenever it comes, and that does not include going to this TV preacher's land and building houses and raising animals and planting a garden.