Harold Camping's Strange "Biblical Numerology": Evangelical Critiques and a Catholic "End Times" View

• Who is Harold Camping and What Does He Teach?
• Evangelical / Reformed Critiques of Camping
• A Catholic View on "End Times" (Eschatology)
• List of Failed "End of the World" Predictions (1000 AD forward)

“When September 6, 1994, arrives, no one else can become saved. The end has come.” (1994?, page 533) “Thus, we must realize that October 21, 2011 will be the final day of this earth’s existence.” (We Are Almost There, page 33) “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only....” (Jesus Christ, Matthew 24:36; cf. Mark 13:32; KJV)

Who is Harold Camping and What Does He Teach?

“And now, we have no option. We can't say 'maybe' 'it's possible' 'it looks very probable...' No way! We have to say this is what the Bible teaches! This is fact! May 21, 2011 is the day of the Rapture, it is the day that Judgment Day begins....” (Harold Camping, 12-3-2008 on "Open Forum")

Evangelical / Reformed Critiques of Camping

A Catholic View on "End Times" (Eschatology)

List of Failed "End of the World" Predictions (1000 AD forward)

Evangelical / Reformed Books on Eschatology (End Times), Biblical Numerology, and Critiques of Harold Camping

• 1994? (1992) / Are You Ready? (1993) / The End of the Church Age...and After (2002) /  Time Has An End (2005) / We Are Almost There! (2008) all by Harold Camping
• Four Views on the Book of Revelation edited by C. Marvin Pate / Stanley N. Gundry, et al (Zondervan, 1998)
• Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond edited by Stanley N. Gundry, et al (Zondervan, 1999)
• Are We Living in the End Times? by Tim LaHaye / Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale House, 1999)
• End Times Fiction: A Biblical Consideration Of The Left Behind Theology by Gary DeMar (Thomas Nelson, 2001)
• A Case for Amillennialism: Understanding the End Times by Kim Riddlebarger (Baker Books, 2003)
• Biblical Numerology by J. J. Davis (Baker Books, 1968)
• Numbers in the Bible: God's Design in Biblical Numerology by Robert D. Johnston (Kregel Publications, 1990)
• Should We Leave Our Churches?: A Biblical Response to Harold Camping by J. Ligon Duncan and Mark R. Talbot (P & R Publishing, 2004)
• Dangerous Airwaves: Harold Camping Refuted and Christ's Church Defended by James R. White (Calvary Press, 2007)

Catholic Books on Eschatology (End Times) and Harold Camping

• Shockwave 2000! The Harold Camping 1994 Debacle by Robert Sungenis et al (New Leaf Press, 1994)
• The Rapture Trap: A Catholic Response to "End Times" Fever by Paul Thigpen (Ascension Press, 2001)
• Will Catholics Be Left Behind: A Catholic Critique of the Rapture and Today's Prophecy Preachers by Carl E. Olson (Ignatius Press, 2003)
• Rapture: The End-Times Error That Leaves the Bible Behind by David B. Currie (Sophia Institute Press, 2003)
• A Biblical Defense of Catholicism by Dave Armstrong (Sophia Institute Press, 2003)
• Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Ludwig Ott (TAN Books, 1974)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994, 1997), especially paragraphs 668ff 
• What Does The Bible Say About the End Times?: A Catholic View by William Kurz, S.J. (Servant Publications, 2004)
• Apocalypse: A Catholic Perspective on the Book of Revelation by Stephen C. Doyle (Saint Anthony Messenger Press, 2005)

Further Reviews and Criticism of Harold Camping

• Harold Camping with rebuttals, Science in Christian Perspective (1970) "The Biblical Calendar of History" (pdf)
• Gary DeMar, "Harold Camping: 1994 and 2011" (pdf)
• Perucci Ferraiuolo, "Could '1994' be the End of Family Radio?" (pdf)
• Stephen C. Meyers, Christian Research Journal  Review of '1994?' (pdf)
• Stephen C. Meyers, Review of 'Time Has An End' (pdf)
• James R. White, Christian Research Journal  "Dangerous Airwaves" (pdf)
• Dan R. Smedra, "The Emasculated Gospel of Harold Camping & Family Radio" (pdf)
• J. Ligon Duncan, Mark Talbot, Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals  "Camping's Folly" (pdf)

Audio Programs

• Harold Camping on September 1994 MP3 (Larry King Live, 03-08-1993)
• Harold Camping on May 21, 2011 MP3 (Open Forum, 12-03-2008)
• John Walvoord (premillennialism) vs. Harold Camping (amillennialism) debate on eschatology (1980)
• James White vs. Harold Camping debate on Is the Church Age Ended? (2009)

by PhilVaz -- (postponed -- until sometime before 2011)