Rapture October 9th, 2024!

Religious people have been predicting the end of the world for thousands of years. This trend continues unabated today. The rapture event was supposed to happen in 1988, and when that didn't happen, it was for sure in 1989. Then Harold Camping came around in 2011 promising that the Bible guaranteed the rapture on May 21st of that year. Then in 2017, there was the alleged Revelation 12 Sign, and many believers thought the rapture event would happen then. And every year since then, there have been many rapture dates that have been set and then passed uneventfully. 

The rapture date speculation continues this year with October 9th being the next supposedly promising date. Daniel at the Blow the Shofar YouTube channel has produced a short film documenting his evidence, which you can view here. His buildup to this date reminds me of George at the Return of the King YouTube channel and his failed June 15th rapture event date a few years ago.

Needless to say, the rapture event will not be happening on October 9th of this year or any other date in the foreseeable future.

Scripture makes it very clear that Jesus Christ, the apostle Paul, and all of the New Testament writers clearly expected the rapture event and the end of the world to occur during their lifetimes. There are over 100 time statements in the New Testament that clearly limit the rapture event and the end of the world to the first century.

Jesus Christ plainly said that he would be returning before the people who were standing before him tasted death and before his disciples had made it through the cities of Israel.

Mark 9:1 NKJV

And He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power."

Matthew 10:23 NKJV

When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

And the apostle Paul makes it very clear that he expected to be alive when the rapture event happened.

1 Thessalonians 4:15 NKJV

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.

Notice that he says WE WHO ARE ALIVE. Clearly, the rapture event was supposed to happen back then, not 2000 years in the future.

Jesus Christ is best understood as a failed first century apocalyptic prophet, and the Christian faith began as a failed first century apocalyptic cult, and rapture event date speculation continues unabated today. 

But I predict that the 100 PERCENT FAILURE RATE for rapture and end of the world predictions will continue unabated long past October 9th of this year, for as long as religious people are around to predict THE END! And Jesus Christ will continue to fail to return because he is dead, and the world will stubbornly continue to exist despite the many end of the world predictions from the faithful.

And if you prefer the snarky version of this post, this is what I posted on Facebook yesterday:

WARNING!! The end of the world is near! Jesus is coming back in 1988! Oops...I really meant 1989! May 21, 2011 for sure!! The Bible guarantees it! Oops... September 23, 2017 is definitely the time! ... Oops... Any number of dates in 2018, Um... 2019! Uuh... 2020! Um...uh....2021 is the year for sure! Uh...2022! 2023 has to be the year! Nope... it's October 9th, 2024 for sure! It's written in the stars!! Glory! 

October 9th passes uneventfully and October 10th arrives without the rapture event or any other mythological religious event having occurred. 

Who will guess the next date so they can be wrong too? Stay tuned... 😂🙄😂