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Harold Egbert Camping (July 19, 1921 – December 15, 2013) was an American Christian radio broadcaster and evangelist. [1] Beginning in 1958, he served as president of Family Radio , a California -based radio station group that, at its peak, broadcast to more than 150 markets in the United States.
A Family Radio truck promoting its end-times predictions with the claim "The Bible Guarantees It" Central to Camping's teaching was the belief that each sentence in the Bible is not to be understood only literally, but rather conveys multiple levels of cryptic meanings. In Camping's words, "the Bible is an earthly story with a Heavenly meaning."
Camping suggested that it would occur at 6 p.m. local time, with the rapture sweeping the globe time zone by time zone, [4] [5] while some of his supporters claimed that around 200 million people (approximately 3% of the world's population) would be 'raptured'. [6] Camping had previously claimed that the rapture would occur in September 1994.
The Good News: Only God can provide you true peace of mind, so it's important for you to put your faith and trust in Him at all times. Woman's Day/Getty Images Psalm 23:4
Harold Camping is a nearly 90-year-old Bible teacher. For most of those nearly 90 years, he was little-known outside of the Evangelical Christian community. He sat by his microphone every weekday evening and took phone calls from (mainly) Christians who called in with questions, usually about Bible passages or moral issues.
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Camping suggested that it would occur at 6 pm local time, with the Rapture sweeping the globe time zone by time zone, [111] [112] while some of his supporters claimed that around 200 million people (approximately 3% of the world's population) would be raptured. [113] Camping had previously claimed that the Rapture would occur in September 1994.