HISTORY OF CATASTROPHIC PROPHECIES

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Ever wonder how long these "Doomsday" folks have been at it? Or, how their prophecies came out?


List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia ...


FIRST LISTED IS:

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[TD]66–70 CE[/TD]
[TD]Simon bar Giora,Essenes[/TD]
[TD]The Essene sect of Jewish ascetics saw the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 66–70 as the final end-time battle before the arrival of the Messiah. By the authority of Simon, coins were minted declaring the redemption of Israel.
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....and these notables......

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[TD]1528 May 27[/TD]
[TD]Hans Hut[/TD]
[TD]Predicted the end would occur on this day.[/TD]
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[TD]1600[/TD]
[TD]Martin Luther[/TD]
[TD]Predicted the end of the world would occur no later than 1600.
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[TD]1658[/TD]
[TD]Christopher Columbus[/TD]
[TD]Columbus claimed that the world was created in 5343 BCE, and would last 7000 years. Assuming no year zero, that means the end would come in 1658.[/TD]
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[TD]1689[/TD]
[TD]Pierre Jurieu[/TD]
[TD]This prophet predicted that Judgement Day would occur this year.[/TD]
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[TD]1901[/TD]
[TD]Catholic Apostolic Church[/TD]
[TD]This church, founded in 1831, claimed that Jesus would return by the time the last of its 12 founding members died. The last member died in 1901.[/TD]
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[TD]1954 Dec 21[/TD]
[TD]Dorothy Martin[/TD]
[TD]The world was to be destroyed by terrible flooding on this date, claimed this leader of a UFO cult calledBrotherhood of the Seven Rays. The fallout of the group after the prediction failed was the basis for the 1956 book When Prophecy Fails.[/TD]
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[TD]1977[/TD]
[TD]John Wroe[/TD]
[TD]The founder of the Christian Israelite Church predicted this year for Armageddon to occur.[/TD]
[TD][SUP][10][/SUP][SUP]:243[/SUP][/TD]
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[TD]William M. Branham[/TD]
[TD]This Christian minister predicted the Rapture would occur no later than the year 1977.[/TD]
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[TD]1982[/TD]
[TD]Pat Robertson[/TD]
[TD]In late 1976 Robertson predicted that the end of the world would come in 1982.[/TD]
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[TD]1991[/TD]
[TD]Louis Farrakhan[/TD]
[TD]The leader of the Nation of Islam declared that the Gulf War would be the "War of Armageddon which is the final war."[/TD]
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[TD]1994 Sep 6
1994 Sep 29
1994 Oct 2[/TD]
[TD]Harold Camping[/TD]
[TD]Camping predicted the Rapture would occur on September 6, 1994. When it failed to occur he revised the date to September 29 and then to October 2.[/TD]
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[TD]2000, April 6[/TD]
[TD]James Harmston[/TD]
[TD]The leader of the True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days predicted the Second Coming of Christ would occur on this day.[/TD]
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[TD]2014 Apr – 2015 Sep[/TD]
[TD]John Hagee and Mark Biltz[/TD]
[TD]The so-called Blood Moon Prophecy, first predicted by Mark Blitz in 2008 and then by John Hagee in 2014. These Christian ministers claim that the tetrad in 2014 and 2015 may allegedly represent prophecies given in the Bible relating to the second coming of Jesus Christ.[/TD]
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.....and, there are many, many more.......... :)

Some stuff ya just can't make up........

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Harold Camping had been predicting the end of the world his whole life and that was his career.
 
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True, I am getting tired of prophecies being spouted everywhere especially online about the end of the world....all I know is it's most important to be prepared to meet Jesus by living for Him as best as I can every moment. Prophecy may or may not happen it shouldn't affect our spiritual preparation though!
 
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Ultimatum77 said:
True, I am getting tired of prophecies being spouted everywhere especially online about the end of the world....all I know is it's most important to be prepared to meet Jesus by living for Him as best as I can every moment. Prophecy may or may not happen it shouldn't affect our spiritual preparation though!
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When the real prophecies start happening, the ones on earth will have to be able to switch gears and know the truth from the false.
 
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Chuckt said:
When the real prophecies start happening, the ones on earth will have to be able to switch gears and know the truth from the false.
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True but it may be too late for people (unbelievers) if the rapture happens (pre,mid, or post no matter what viewpoint....people will always be comfortable and put off salvation until they are smacked hard with reality/rock bottom...but in an end of world scenario I think the "window of grace" would be either very small or non-existent. Yes I know some will be saved 144,000 during the trib but I think for most they will be condemned b/c they heard multiple times in their life and choose knowingly not to accept Christ imo....
 
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Chuckt

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p_rehbein said:
:)

which is why I said (bottom of OP)......

.....and, there are many, many more.......... :)
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There needs to be Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons on that list.
 
Angela53510

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Harold Campings' big kick at the "end" also occurred for May 21, 2011. I remember because my DIL phoned me in a panic from California, where there were signs everywhere saying the end was nigh!

She knew nothing about eschatology, but it sure scared her to death. I spent about an hour explaining that because she is born again, whatever happens, Jesus is coming but no one can predict the end, according the Jesus. I also talked about this whole nonsense rapture business, and how we are to occupy till Jesus returns, and not sit stairing at the sky, waiting for the end to come.

I don't know how people get so messed up with this end of the world scenerios. If they read their Bible, instead of books scare mongers have written, they would be eagerly serving Christ, and confident and secure in the knowledge that Jesus is holding onto them, and will remember them when he returns.
 
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Angela53510 said:
Harold Campings' big kick at the "end" also occurred for May 21, 2011. I remember because my DIL phoned me in a panic from California, where there were signs everywhere saying the end was nigh!

She knew nothing about eschatology, but it sure scared her to death. I spent about an hour explaining that because she is born again, whatever happens, Jesus is coming but no one can predict the end, according the Jesus. I also talked about this whole nonsense rapture business, and how we are to occupy till Jesus returns, and not sit stairing at the sky, waiting for the end to come.

I don't know how people get so messed up with this end of the world scenerios. If they read their Bible, instead of books scare mongers have written, they would be eagerly serving Christ, and confident and secure in the knowledge that Jesus is holding onto them, and will remember them when he returns.
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When I see the man of sin drive Israel into the wilderness, I will began to believe that the end has began.
In the mean time, I will keep on keeping on.
 
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Look at the fig tree and the other trees. When it begins to blossom it's near the door. Jews and muslims are getting saved. The whole world isn't reached yet. There's a prophecy in Matthew, that one's correct.
The magicians and 2 people that prayed daily and Mary and Joseph knew when Jesus was coming. The rest didn't. The exact time was in Daniel though.
 
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I refuse to live my life worrying about the end of times. I take Jesus at his word, so I plan to live my life enjoying the wonders of the wonderful world that he has provided for me here, and look forward to an eternity in the unimaginably beautiful heaven that is waiting for me when he calls me home.
 
p_rehbein

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Billyd said:
I refuse to live my life worrying about the end of times. I take Jesus at his word, so I plan to live my life enjoying the wonders of the wonderful world that he has provided for me here, and look forward to an eternity in the unimaginably beautiful heaven that is waiting for me when he calls me home.
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:)

Heard a guy on TV one time......don't remember who, or the show....but what he said stuck with me........

He said: You can get busy dying, or get busy living....the choice is yours.
 
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p_rehbein said:
:)

Heard a guy on TV one time......don't remember who, or the show....but what he said stuck with me........

He said: You can get busy dying, or get busy living....the choice is yours.
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It's a line that comes up multiple times in Shawshank Redemption
 
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p_rehbein said:
Ever wonder how long these "Doomsday" folks have been at it? Or, how their prophecies came out?


List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia ...


FIRST LISTED IS:

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]66–70 CE[/TD]
[TD]Simon bar Giora,Essenes[/TD]
[TD]The Essene sect of Jewish ascetics saw the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 66–70 as the final end-time battle before the arrival of the Messiah. By the authority of Simon, coins were minted declaring the redemption of Israel.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

....and these notables......

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]1528 May 27[/TD]
[TD]Hans Hut[/TD]
[TD]Predicted the end would occur on this day.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]1600[/TD]
[TD]Martin Luther[/TD]
[TD]Predicted the end of the world would occur no later than 1600.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]1658[/TD]
[TD]Christopher Columbus[/TD]
[TD]Columbus claimed that the world was created in 5343 BCE, and would last 7000 years. Assuming no year zero, that means the end would come in 1658.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]1689[/TD]
[TD]Pierre Jurieu[/TD]
[TD]This prophet predicted that Judgement Day would occur this year.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]1901[/TD]
[TD]Catholic Apostolic Church[/TD]
[TD]This church, founded in 1831, claimed that Jesus would return by the time the last of its 12 founding members died. The last member died in 1901.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]1954 Dec 21[/TD]
[TD]Dorothy Martin[/TD]
[TD]The world was to be destroyed by terrible flooding on this date, claimed this leader of a UFO cult calledBrotherhood of the Seven Rays. The fallout of the group after the prediction failed was the basis for the 1956 book When Prophecy Fails.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]1977[/TD]
[TD]John Wroe[/TD]
[TD]The founder of the Christian Israelite Church predicted this year for Armageddon to occur.[/TD]
[TD][SUP][10][/SUP][SUP]:243[/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]William M. Branham[/TD]
[TD]This Christian minister predicted the Rapture would occur no later than the year 1977.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]1982[/TD]
[TD]Pat Robertson[/TD]
[TD]In late 1976 Robertson predicted that the end of the world would come in 1982.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]1991[/TD]
[TD]Louis Farrakhan[/TD]
[TD]The leader of the Nation of Islam declared that the Gulf War would be the "War of Armageddon which is the final war."[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]1994 Sep 6
1994 Sep 29
1994 Oct 2[/TD]
[TD]Harold Camping[/TD]
[TD]Camping predicted the Rapture would occur on September 6, 1994. When it failed to occur he revised the date to September 29 and then to October 2.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]2000, April 6[/TD]
[TD]James Harmston[/TD]
[TD]The leader of the True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days predicted the Second Coming of Christ would occur on this day.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
[TR]
[TD]2014 Apr – 2015 Sep[/TD]
[TD]John Hagee and Mark Biltz[/TD]
[TD]The so-called Blood Moon Prophecy, first predicted by Mark Blitz in 2008 and then by John Hagee in 2014. These Christian ministers claim that the tetrad in 2014 and 2015 may allegedly represent prophecies given in the Bible relating to the second coming of Jesus Christ.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

.....and, there are many, many more.......... :)

Some stuff ya just can't make up........

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The Jehovah Witnesses predicted Armageddon with boring regularity. Charles Russell their founder started the ball rolling when he claimed the combatants in WW1 were the Generation that would not pass away that Jesus spoke about.
When many had passed away forward planning was put in action and the teaching was changed to those who were only born in 1914 which gave the JW's a bit more time to peddle the message. Since most if not all have now passed away they keep quiet about it. Joseph (Judge), Rutherford, Russell's successor was so convinced he had homes built for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The most famous flop was for 1975. Many JWs left the movement afterwards.
 
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Martin Luther? Wow. He probably just thought it was the end of the world because the Pope was gaining more power.
 
4enlightment

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Well, they are just listening to the wrong prophets.


  • Then love shall die and marriage cease And nations wane as babes decrease.
  • {Failure of marriages and divorce. Decrease in population (in Europe) and wholesale abortion in America. Could be a future time when birth rates plummet due to radiation, earth changes or volcanic ash.}
  • And wives shall fondle cats and dogs And men live much the same as hogs.
    {Sounds like a very female point of view here!}
    The king shall false promise make;
    And talk just for talking’s sake.
    And nations plan horrific war;
    The like as never seen before.
    And taxes rise and lively down;
    And nations wear perpetual frown.


    • In nineteen hundred and twenty-six Build houses light of straw and sticks. For then shall mighty wars be planned And fire and swords shall sweep the land.
    • {Mistimed prophecy for World War I or WWII? Of course she may still be correct, as this is the period of time in which the NEXT great war is being PLANNED. In this same approximate time-frame, Hitler andRudolph Hess are in jail together writing MEIN KAMPF.}
    • When pictures seem alive with movements free, When boats like fishes swim beneath the sea. When men like birds shall scour the sky. Then half the world, deep drenched in blood shall die.
    • {Television ! Submarines, aircraft and then death through War.}

      • For those who live the century through In fear and trembling this shall do. Flee to the mountains and the dens To bog and forest and wild fens.
      • {After the 20th century is over, people will live in fear and flee to mountains, dens & forests for refuge.}
      • For storms will rage and oceans roar When Gabriel stands on sea and shore, And as he blows his wondrous horn Old worlds die and new be born.
      • {The Last Trumpet. The Biblical Revelation. The destruction of this civilization and creation of a new one - the so called “End Of The World”.}
      • A fiery dragon will cross the sky Six times before the earth shall die. Mankind will tremble and frightened be For the six heralds in this prophecy.
      • {Appearance of a series of six comets and a probable collision with earth as indicated in the Bible and by Nostradamus. In the last 20 years alone we have seen at least four spectacular comets or “fiery dragons”: Halley’s, Kahoutek (a bit of a dud), Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp. But it appears here that she is referring to a SINGLE OBJECT that grazes the atmosphere before a collision, like the near asteroid miss we had last week, looping around us six times over seven days before a collision with Earth.}
      • For seven days and seven nights Man will watch this awesome sight. The tides will rise beyond their ken. To bite away the shores and then The mountains will begin to roar And earthquakes split the plain to shore.
        Prophecies of Mother Shipton



        Decades before the rest of the world was thinking about the enormous impact that China would have upon the global stage, Edgar Cayce predicted great things for China and its people. On one occasion, Cayce told a group of people that eventually China would become “the cradle of Christianity, as applied in the lives of men.” (3976-29), suggesting that the personal application of spiritual principles would become paramount to the Chinese people. Cayce then went on to caution that it would take a long time to manifest but that it was the country’s destiny: “Yea, it is far off as man counts time, but only a day in the heart of God – for tomorrow China will awake.”

        On another occasion, when a thirty-six-year-old book publisher asked about the destiny of China in 1943, just prior to his own trip to the country to serve in the capacity of a missionary, Cayce promised amazing changes in the country that would lead to more democracy and greater religious freedom. He also suggested that eventually the height of civilization would move from the West to the Chinese people: “And these will progress. For, civilization moves west.” (#2834-3)


        The Cayce readings had much to say about the life of Jesus—covering the “lost” years that were never addressed in the Bible. But Cayce also spoke of Jesus’ return and here is an excerpt on that subject:
        “What is meant by “the day of the Lord is near at hand”? (A) That as has been promised through the prophets and the sages of old, the time – and half time – has been and is being fulfilled in this day and generation, and that soon there will again appear in the earth that one through whom many will be called to meet those that are preparing the way for His day in the earth. The Lord, then, will come, ‘even as ye have seen him go.’” Edgar Cayce reading (262-49) July 9, 1933

        Seven Prophecies Yet to Come Edgar Cayce A.R.E.
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