Dawn breaks on Saturday, September 23, 2017 . . . then what? Some people will spend the entire day looking upward, awaiting the return of Jesus Christ. Why? Because someone has convinced them that they know something Jesus Himself did not know:
Matthew 24:36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 37 For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.” (NASU)
In a blog (“What Will Happen on September 23, 2017?”) posted on the Answers in Genesis web site, Dr. Danny Faulkner replies to this new date-setting trend by just simply examining its claims—the so-called evidences. This new set of date setters doctor their YouTube videos, ignore Scripture, and fail to properly prepare themselves (see 2 Peter 3:11–18). They are not blameless—they proclaim false evidences and deceive others.
What will happen? The sun will rise at 7:39 AM and set at 7:43 PM. As for myself, I will continue to look forward to the September 30 SEMBEQ Seminar on the Subject of Origins in Montreal (if the Lord wills, James 4:15). I will still be praying, “Come quickly, Lord Jesus.” He may come before September 23 or after September 23. No one can plan on a specific date any more than they can know when a thief will break into their house or their car to steal their possessions.
Deuteronomy 18:21 “You may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?’ 22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.”
Oh, yes—something else we can say with absolute certainty: When the sun rises on September 24, we all will know who have been “presumptuous” and who are false prophets. They join the ranks of over 200 date setters—like Michael Drosnin (The Bible Code, 2012), Harold Camping (May 21, 2011), Ronald Weinland (April 17, 2008), Dan Millar (September 21, 2000), Lester Sumerall (2000), Edgar Whisenant (September 13, 1988), etc.—ad nauseam.