Harold Camping explains new date for The Rapture: October 21, 2011

Self-proclaimed prophet, Harold Camping has reset the date for The Rapture, adding this time, the whole world will be destroyed.

The 89-year–old Bible scholar told on Family Radio that the Rapture is on October 21, 2011. His new revelation came with an explanation why the much-anticipated and talked about doomsday last Saturday did not happen.

Citing a report by the Daily Mail, Camping said, according to The BusinessInsider.com: He did not want man to suffer for five months, but he was here on earth, spiritually.

Camping admitted that he himself was left wondering why the expected Rapture did not come as he predicted.

“Last weekend became a very interesting weekend because May 21 came and has gone and all the dire predictions that have been talked about did not come to pass,” Camping was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail, noted the Business Insider.

He added: I can tell you when May 21 came and went it was a very difficult time for me – a very difficult time. I was truly wondering what is going on. In my mind I went back through all of the promises God had made. What in the world was happening? I really was praying and praying: “Lord, what happened” because all through this I’d been astounded how God opened door after door ...

Camping explained that God knew “no one would have survived had the Rapture came as warned”.

He said: “The great earthquake didn’t happen on May 21 because no-one will be able to survive it for more than a few days or let alone five months to suffer God’s wrath because everything will be leveled and destroyed after that earthquake and there will be no food or water to keep everyone alive ...”

With the new date, Camping said that the people had been informed with the first warning and the October 21 would have given more time to save themselves.

He underscored his group’s contribution in telling the world the news about The Rapture, highlighting how the media picked it up and therefore there will be less work for him on the new set date.

“We’re not going to be passing any more tracts or put up any more billboards or advertising in any way about judgment day – that’s all done. The world has been warned – we did our little share and boy, did the media pick it up. Now the world has been told that it’s under judgment,” Camping said of how his group has disseminated the warning to the world with media’s help.

Camping concluded: The great earthquake and rapture and the universe melting in fervent heat will be happening on the last day – October 21 2011... It’s all going to happen on the last day...

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