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Throughout history, many people have tried to determine when the rapture will happen, mainly by analyzing the Bible and correlating what it says to events that were happening around them. A recent analysis by Harold Camping, a radio evangelist and founder of eBible Fellowship<ref>[http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/ Bible Fellowship]</ref> computed May 21, 2011 as the day of the rapture, although he uses a drastically different calendar for dating his events that support his view and states that the tribulation began in 1988.

Throughout history, many people have tried to determine when the rapture will happen, mainly by analyzing the Bible and correlating what it says to events that were happening around them. A recent analysis by Harold Camping, a radio evangelist and founder of eBible Fellowship<ref>[http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/ Bible Fellowship]</ref> computed May 21, 2011 as the day of the rapture, although he uses a drastically different calendar for dating his events that support his view and states that the tribulation began in 1988.

The practice of date setting has drawn criticism in some circles. Critics have pointed to verses such as [[Mark 13:32 (Translated)#Chapter 13|Mark 13:32]] and [[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)#Chapter 24|Matthew 24:36]], which indicate that no one knows the date of the rapture except for God Himself. History knows many examples. Many uneducated persons in the Christian world were gripped with terror as the year 1000 approached. Nothing unusual happened. The followers of William Miller in the 19th century experienced the [[Great Disappointment]] when Jesus did not come as Miller predicted, on two separate dates! When one date was not fulfilled, he revised his calculations. Jesus predicted that "many false prophets will arise and deceive many people" regarding the date of the rapture ([[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)#Chapter 24|Matthew 24:11]]). Advocates of date setting (such as Harold Camping) have interpreted these verses in ways different to their isolated literal expression. Furthermore, critics of date setting point to Deuteronomy 18:20-22 and Acts 1:7 as proof that those who set the date of the end are by that very fact already proven to be false prophets.

The practice of date setting has drawn criticism in some circles. Critics have pointed to verses such as [[Mark 13:32 (Translated)#Chapter 13|Mark 13:32]] and [[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)#Chapter 24|Matthew 24:36]], which indicate that no one knows the date of the rapture except for God Himself. History knows many examples. Many uneducated persons in the Christian world were gripped with terror as the year 1000 approached. Nothing unusual happened. The followers of William Miller in the 19th century experienced the [[Great Disappointment]]<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Disappointment#Miller_claimed_the_Second_Coming_of_Christ_imminent Miller claimed the Second Coming of Christ imminent (wikipedia.org)]</ref> when Jesus did not come as Miller predicted, on two separate dates! When one date was not fulfilled, he revised his calculations. Nothing happened. Jesus predicted that "many false prophets will arise and deceive many people" regarding the date of the rapture ([[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)#Chapter 24|Matthew 24:11]]). Advocates of date setting (such as Harold Camping) have interpreted these verses in ways different to their isolated literal expression. Furthermore, critics of date setting point to Deuteronomy 18:20-22 and Acts 1:7 as proof that those who set the date of the end are by that very fact already proven to be false prophets.

"'''And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.'''"

"'''And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.'''"