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This passage tells us about false gods, but also implied is that we should do away with all falseness with regard to our relationship with God. A well-known preacher used to ask people he visited in hospitals, "How are things between you and God?" It is a good question in or out of a hospital.
In 1988 Edgar Whisenant said the Rapture would occur sometime between September 11 and September 13. Over 3.2 million copies of his book On Borrowed Time were distributed. Whisenant asserted in this book "we know the exact day that the Millenium begins and ends, as well as the dates of the events in between.... Now we'll just sit down in front of the evening news and watch the events unfold." Later Whisenant was to say that he had the date wrong and that it was October 3. That was Whisenant's last prophecy. Teachers reported that some school children were anxious. People predicted such things when 1000 A.D. came and when Columbus landed in the New World.
The Seventh Day Adventists owe their origin to William Miller, who concluded that Christ would return in 1843. People gathered on a hill in Ohio, but obviously nothing happened. Miller rechecked and said it would be 1844, but again nothing happened.
For 30 years Herbert W. Armstrong predicted major things would occur in 1975. When nothing happened, Armstrong said he did not mean exactly 1975.
In 1988 Edgar Whisenant said the Rapture would occur sometime between September 11 and September 13. Over 3.2 million copies of his book On Borrowed Time were distributed. Whisenant asserted in this book "we know the exact day that the Millenium begins and ends, as well as the dates of the events in between.... Now we'll just sit down in front of the evening news and watch the events unfold." Later Whisenant was to say that he had the date wrong and that it was October 3. That was Whisenant's last prophecy. Teachers reported that some school children were anxious. People predicted such things when 1000 A.D. came and when Columbus landed in the New World.
The Seventh Day Adventists owe their origin to William Miller, who concluded that Christ would return in 1843. People gathered on a hill in Ohio, but obviously nothing happened. Miller rechecked and said it would be 1844, but again nothing happened.
For 30 years Herbert W. Armstrong predicted major things would occur in 1975. When nothing happened, Armstrong said he did not mean exactly 1975.
