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Harold Egbert Camping (born July 19, 1921) is an American radio and television broadcast host.
Camping teaches the Bible as the sole and authoritative word of God; of the imminent end of the world (his most recent prediction has the rapture on May 21, 2011) of the "end of the church age" (which asserts that churches are no longer the vehicle of God for salvation); according to which God determined before the beginning of the world which individuals are to be saved.
Central to Camping's teaching is the belief that the Bible is the Word of God and completely true. However, he emphasizes, this does not mean that each sentence in the Bible is to be understood only literally. Rather, the meaning of individual Biblical passages also needs to be interpreted in the light of two factors. The first is the context of the Bible as a whole. The second is its spiritual meaning: in Camping's words, "the Bible is an earthly story with a Heavenly meaning."
Harold Camping states that a number of Biblical passages point unquestionably to May 21, 2011 as the date of the Rapture...and October 21, 2011 for the end of the world.
This is not the first time Camping has made a bold prediction about Judgment Day. On Sept. 6, 1994, dozens of Camping’s believers gathered inside Alameda’s Veterans Memorial Building to await the return of Christ, an event Camping had promised for two years. Followers dressed children in their Sunday best and held Bibles open-faced toward heaven.
Camping teaches the Bible as the sole and authoritative word of God; of the imminent end of the world (his most recent prediction has the rapture on May 21, 2011) of the "end of the church age" (which asserts that churches are no longer the vehicle of God for salvation); according to which God determined before the beginning of the world which individuals are to be saved.
Central to Camping's teaching is the belief that the Bible is the Word of God and completely true. However, he emphasizes, this does not mean that each sentence in the Bible is to be understood only literally. Rather, the meaning of individual Biblical passages also needs to be interpreted in the light of two factors. The first is the context of the Bible as a whole. The second is its spiritual meaning: in Camping's words, "the Bible is an earthly story with a Heavenly meaning."
Harold Camping states that a number of Biblical passages point unquestionably to May 21, 2011 as the date of the Rapture...and October 21, 2011 for the end of the world.
This is not the first time Camping has made a bold prediction about Judgment Day. On Sept. 6, 1994, dozens of Camping’s believers gathered inside Alameda’s Veterans Memorial Building to await the return of Christ, an event Camping had promised for two years. Followers dressed children in their Sunday best and held Bibles open-faced toward heaven.