In 2 Peter 3 God speaks of the flood of Noah's day (only 8 people out of th whole world are saved), and then speaks of the day of the LORD (heavens and earth being consumed with fire) or Judgment Day. This verse separates those 2 events: "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." Remember, the flood occurred in 4990 B.C.
2007-02-08 07:58:00 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well .... on the info you provided I still can't figure out how you zeroed in on 2011.
Regardless, as someone pointed out ---- we are told to keep on the watch --- no one knows the day or the hour.
The only groups or individuals that try to pinpoint a specific year , I think do it for a sense of urgency ... to try to whip up a quick response and following . Normally this thinking is based on error, ignorance or bad intent.
WHen it says a day with the Lord is as a thousand years with man .... because he is eternal you can't really compare his age or timeline to present day man's. He could have written that a day with the Lord is as two thousand years or ten thousand years so.......
As with all things I would imagine that God has his own timeline and .... it's not for man to know the specific hour, day year or even century ..... of his purposes being fulfilled.
2007-02-08 08:11:49 · answer #1 · answered by burlingtony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says no man knows the day or the hour. I believe the date you are referring to came from a book written by Harold Camping. I think that's how you spell his name. Anyway, this is not the first time he has tried to pick a date for the return of Christ. I know he believes it will happen in 2011. Ask yourself this though. Do you really think man can know when God will do anything? Unless God has put it in the Bible how could we know?
2007-02-08 08:06:38 · answer #2 · answered by Stacey B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you believe about the tribulation. Man our dates are real close.
I believe that Jesus will return at the end of the 7 year tribulation. If I am right, it is 2007 now + 7 = 2014. That would be the soonest. I place the flood about 4575 years ago.
If Jesus returns mid-trib, you may have it real close. That means the tribulation may start sometime in 2008. Scary ,Man.
2007-02-08 08:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by DATA DROID 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God tells you not to look for the day nor the hour of His return for He comes as a theif in the night called the rapture when Christ takes the believers into Heaven. We should live our days as if they were our last. I will look for the verse that pertains to what I am saying and let you know more.
2007-02-08 08:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by Nisi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think any single DAY has the potential to be the end of the world, especially looking at the Doomsday Clock set on 5 minutes to midnight (doomsday) in relation to the possibilities of nuclear warfare between countries.
And actually, WellTravelled, I think I saw somewhere that there was potential evidence for a great flood at that time, but only in a restricted area.. I don't remember the exact details, it was just something on the discovery channel on tv a while ago, lmao. :P
2007-02-08 08:09:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any time is possible. It states no on knows the time or day. Why 2011? Is that significant to anyone? Or some silly conspiracy?
The flood occured in 4990? Wow! No one else knows this how do you?
Did you do the geneology? Sure hope the translators got down every person and their exact ages.
2007-02-08 08:03:18 · answer #6 · answered by Jim R 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Is 2011 A.D. a Biblically plausible year for the return of Jesus Christ and Judgment Day (end of the world)?
YEP!
Every year is!
2007-02-08 08:00:50 · answer #7 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christ stated that no one knows for sure when the end is.... not even Christ himself... only the Father knows. The end could come tonight as easily as 2011. For those that try to place a time or date are just guessing. No one knows. Just know this that if you have given your heart to Christ, no one can seperate you from Him. Take comfort in his pure love and faithfulness. Trust him.
Be blessed. Janie
2007-02-08 08:06:49 · answer #8 · answered by jmrkillgore 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO year is a plausible year for the return of jesus.
He's dead -- gone, finished, worm food (if he ever existed at all). He's not coming back. A person who has died "returning" is as unplausible an event as there could possibly be.
Remember, there was no "flood." There is no geologic, paleontologic, archaeologic, or historical evidence for it other than the bible story (which is itself a simple re-tooling of similar myths from other cultures existing at the time). There is *considerable* evidence, to the point of being incontrovertible, that humans have been around in huge numbers for hundreds of thousands of years, well beyond the biblical timeline.
Religious people have been predicting either the "return" of some beloved holy person or the arrival of a "messiah" for thousands and thousands of years...and it's never happened. Given the evidence, it's as implausible as anything can possibly be that it ever will happen.
How about trying to make the world a better place, rather than trying to hasten the end predicted by superstitious texts written by ignorant primitives thousands of years ago?
2007-02-08 08:05:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Churches or people that attempt to know the exact date of the return of Jesus are in error. 1st Thessalonians 5, Matthew 24 you can only know it is close! Jesus said He didn't know, only the Father. You have to take into account there is a Jewish calander and the Julian calandar. You have to be Ready! Be of good faith, obeidient to God to the bitter End and believe in the Lord Jesus
Book: Messiah by Grant R. Jeffery and Combat Faith by Hal Lindsey
2007-02-08 08:13:51 · answer #10 · answered by Sassy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋