Along with never, never, ever, ever, ever date setting or putting my trust in a "man" again.
There have been and always will be false prophets in the world bringing upon themselves swift destruction... by damnable heresies.
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
2Pe 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even
denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
This is why when we spend time in the Word, the Word will in turn spend time in us,giving us the ability to discern the spirits.
1Co 2:12 Now
we have received,
not the spirit of the world, but
the spirit which is of God; that
we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Since God is the cause of all things [including Mr.Camping's false beliefs] and He Himself brings people and circumstances into our lives, we must always be aware of just why these things are brought about,and the reason is...
1Jn 4:1 Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but
try the spirits whether they
are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
When false prophets come into our lives this is just one way how the Lord gives us the discernment or belief of things in and of His Spiritual Truths.Our God is showing us through His Word how
He proves all of
us ...out..., as to whether or not we love the LORD our God with all our hearts and to do what He says.
Luk 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
God is not proving us to see what we will do,He already knows what we will do.
But what He does do,is
to prove 'to us' Spiritually, within ourselves, whether or not we will follow His Doctrine and not the doctrine of men. He does this by causing us to try the spirits, to see within ourselves if they be false,of a false prophet,or of the truth, from the True prophet. This is how we learn Righteousness from unrighteousness,by walking after the Word and putting evil away.
Deu 13:3
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams:
for the LORD your God proveth you,
to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deu 13:4
Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Deu 13:5 And
that prophet, or that
dreamer of dreams,
shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which
the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
The proof is in the pudding and if that pudding is of the Lord, we have nothing to fear.
Presumptuous false prophets who shall presume to speak [in lies] on behalf of the Lord,these false prophets lies will surely not come to pass in His Truth,and of course, the end result is death.
Deu 18:20 But the prophet,
which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even
that prophet shall die.
Deu 18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which
the LORD hath not spoken? Deu 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD,
if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, [but] the prophet hath
spoken it presumptuously: thou
shalt not be afraid of him.
And where does all this lead us?
A prophecy which comes to pass is to be tried against the word of God to see whether it is of God,Scripture will always prove this out. But a prophecy which does not come to pass should be recognized immediately for the heresy from which it comes. When we try the spirits from which they come,the Lord will always show his chosen few the true intention of His Word, within Spiritual minds.
Gods truths will never fail.
Joh 4:23 But
the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for
the Father seeketh such to
worship him.......
...and not some type of a false prophet...
Peace...Mark