Does December 21, 2012 and the Mayan Calendar have anything to do with the Christian Rapture?

by Bill
(Muskogee)

Thanks for the good question about the Mayan calendar and the rapture. Using the Mayan Calendar to date the Rapture is, in my opinion, an exercise in futility. I have Links at the bottom of this page which explore the Mayan Calendar and the Biblical Rapture.

There is no reason to believe that pagan Mayans who did not believe in Christ would have helpful insight into Biblical teaching about the Rapture. And there is no reason to believe that God would instruct Christians about prophetic events through pagan Mayans who were not Christians.

Is the Rapture of the Church
sound Bible doctrine?

There have been many date-setters over the years who claimed to have figured out the date of the Rapture. My old Pastor, Dr. Peter Ruckman, photo on this page, told me once, that there's "no way 1989 could end without the Rapture happening if our calendar is right." Of course, 1989 ended and the Rapture didn't happen.

False Rapture Predictions
Don't try this at home!

1. The Shakers predicted Jesus would return in 1792.
   
   
2. Adventists, led by William Miller, predicted Jesus would return on March 21, 1844. When Jesus failed to appear, Miller revised his prediction to October 22, 1844.
   
   
3. Jehovah's Witnesses, working from Miller's failed calculations, taught that Jesus would return in the fall of 1914. When Jesus failed to appear, they claimed He returned invisibly or secretly or spiritually. Jehovah's Witnesses' leader Judge Rutherford then claimed that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would return in 1925.
   
   Rutherford even had a mansion constructed in San Diego so Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would have a place to stay when they returned. Seeing no need to waste a perfectly beautiful mansion, Judge Rutherford moved in and lived there, waiting for the patriarchs but 1925 and 1929 ended and the patriarchs failed to appear. No problem since Rutherford enjoyed living in the mansion anyway, wink wink, nod nod, say no more.
   
   Jehovah's Witnesses then proclaimed that Jesus would return in 1975 but again, Jesus was a no show and their prediction was demonstrated to be false.
   
   
4. William Branham, the charismatic false prophet, expected Jesus to return in 1977 but Willie was wrong.
   
   
5. Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel movement, taught that Jesus would return in 1981 but again, Jesus did not show up on Chuck's schedule.
   
   
6. This group looks like some variety of Seventh Day Adventists. They said the Rapture would take place on September 21, 2009. Here's what was on their website as of September 21, 2009 at 9:00 p.m.
   
   WARNING: Will The Rapture take place on Monday September 21st 2009, at The Last Trump of Rosh Hashanah? FALL 2009 – THE END? Well obviously the fall of 2009 was not the end and the Rapture did not happen when they predicted it would.
   
   
7. Others predicted the Rapture would happen in 1989 and 1991 and 1994 and 1995. Pick almost any date and some nut somewhere thought the Rapture would happen on that date.
   
   
8. And of course, Harold Camping of Family Radio thought the Rapture would happen on May 21, 2011. When the world was not hit with the massive earthquakes Harold the false prophet predicted, he simply lied again.
   
   The Board of Family Radio must be a bunch of gutless wonders to keep supporting their false prophet. If they loved God and His truth, the Board of Directors would remove lying Harold from leadership.
   
   According to Harold, Jesus DID come back on May 21, 2011 but He came back spiritually, whatever that means. According to Harold Camping's latest false teaching, Jesus will come back physically on October 21, 2011. Why do people follow these Bible blockheads?

It's NOT nutty to
believe in the Rapture

It is nutty to try to predict the Rapture. The Rapture is the future event, which could happen at any moment, when Jesus returns in the clouds to catch up the dead in Christ and Christians who are alive at His coming, to take them to heaven, before the Tribulation begins, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.

It is nutty to follow false prophets who keep predicting the Rapture and getting it wrong and then change their mind and make yet another false prophesy about the Rapture. The fact that so many people made false predictions about the Rapture doesn't mean it's not going to happen. It just means they are not as smart as they think they are. The less reverent among us refer to them as Bible blockheads.


This page updated September 27, 2011.

Helpful links to
more Rapture information

Gracethrufaith defends the Pre-Trib Rapture

Everything you need to know to be RaptureReady

Biblebell on the Rapture

RaptureReady on the Rapture and the Mayan Calendar.

RaptureReady on 2012 Maya Prophesy

RaptureReady.com - Everything you've always wanted to know about the Rapture

Ephraem's Pre-Trib Rapture sermon from A.D. 373

Answering common objections to the Pre-Trib Rapture

A Scriptural Critique of Preterism

Pre-trib Rapture Myths - don't let them snow you!

Gracethrufaith defends the Pre-Trib Rapture

Everything you need to know to be RaptureReady

Who is Jesus?

Christs Bride will be with the Lord after the Rapture.

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