pastoral response to rapture

Though the supposed rapture had come and gone already, I'd like to thanks to Jacob T who shared this very pastoral article by Timothy Dalrymple, please read it if you found yourself troubled by what did - or did not - happen :

a-letter-to-harold-camping-and-those-who-expected-judgment-day

Why am I still here?

Unfortunately I slept through the rapture...

Harold Camping instead of admitting to being a false prophet, has "spiritualised' the prophecy now:

Here (GIZMODO)


If you want to know more of the background to this, you can read it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_end_times_prediction

Some people obvioulsy not too phased by the prediction....







The positive side, is that for some of us, it made us think about our mortality and 'what if' we knew we going to die within 24 hours. It's sometimes a healthy excercise to put things into perspective.




I'll leave you with two verses:


Matthew 24:36 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."





1 Thessalonians 5:2: "for you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night."