There are some very strong arguments that without an emphasis of Jesus' second coming (a focus on eschatology), there is no Pentecost. Pentecostalism and eschatology go hand in hand.
But few are willing to put precise dates to this second coming....
Except for the man pictured, HAROLD CAMPING...a minister with quite an international following.
In today's link, we see Harold Camping laughing off the recent speculations that the world is ending in 2012, based on the ending of the Mayan Calendar and publicized through a recent Hollywood movie named 2012.
Why is Harold Camping laughing? Because God will have come back by then. In fact, Harold has done some "number crunching" based on biblical prophesy and he knows that the rapture will take place on May 21, 2011.
Never mind that he had previously predicted the return of Christ on September 6, 1994...
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One of the first things I learned as a new Christian was this: any one who puts a date or time for the return of Christ is probably going to be wrong. Probability of them being correct is very low, plus it makes the rest of Christianity look like idiots for believing in the Resurrection at all when the date forecasted comes and goes with nothing happening.
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