Time Has An End, A Biblical History of the World 11,013 BC - 2011 AD by Harold Camping ... Family Stations

Preface

This book is a study of the Bible that is concerned with the entire history of the world. We will learn from the Bible that God has pre-determined and pre-arranged and pre-planned in exquisite detail the entire program for this world including irs salvation. We will understand that whenever anything happens, it has been precisely pre-planned by God. God is the Creator of time, and therefore, He is the Ruler of time (Colossians 1:16-17).

We will discover that the timeline of history is not governed by the rise and fall of civilizations or social structures, or anything else that mankind may consider of great value or importance. Rather, it is governed by the unfolding of God's pre-planned salvation program. It was planned and initiated in eternity past, unfolds in time, and will continue into eternity future (Romans 11:36; Ephesians 1:10). Between these two eternities are the approximately 13,000 years of existence in this universe which, of course, includes our planet Earth.

Our purpose in this Bible study is to examine this timeline of God's pre-planned salvation program. This, of course, means that we will identify dates which may relate to the timing of the end of the world. Our conclusions, even those which relate to the future, will not be formed capriciously or of the purpose of getting undue attention. As we discover important milestones along the timeline of history, we will see their strategic relationships to what the Bible discloses about future time events.

The Bible is a Book that is absolutely true and trustworthy. It is the centerpiece, the keystone of this study. There are many principles that should be kept in mind as we study the Bible, two of which are very important as we attempt to set forth the history of the world according to the true data set forth in the Bible.

Correction by the Bible

The first principle is that the Bible is the teacher and corrects the student of the Bible. The Bible declares in 2 Timothy 3:16:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

As we study the Bible, our conclusions are always subject to being corrected by the Bible. As a captain keeps a great ship on course by making very small adjustments in the ship's forward progress toward its destination, so t he Bible keeps the student on course to truth by making correction in the student's thinking and doctrine whenever necessary. The Bible is the authority. It is the final word (Matthew 24:35; John 6:68). Without it, or if the student goes contrary to it, the student will most certainly stray off course (Psalm 119:105).

The necessity for these corrections is the result of the fact that however carefully we have studied a particular subject in the Bible, there is s second principle that also must be kept in mind. That is the principle which we can call "progressive revelation".