Are there false modern day prophets lurking amongest us? Yes!

Question:

Did Chuck Smith the founder of Calvary Chapel predict that the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ would occur in 1981?

Answer:

Yes he did, he was wrong, Our Lord Jesus Christ did not come back in 1981, therefore he is a false prophet - http://calvarychapel.pbworks.com/w/page/13146568/1981

The founder of the Calvary Chapel system is the charismatic Pastor Chuck Smith. Some years ago, he published a book entitled End Times. On the jacket of his book, Smith is called a "well known Bible scholar and prophecy teacher." In this book he wrote: "As we look at the world scene today, it would appear that the coming of the Lord is very, very, close. Yet, we do not know when it will be. It could be that the Lord will wait for a time longer. If I understand Scripture correctly, Jesus taught us that the generation which sees the 'budding of the fig tree', the birth of the nation Israel, will be the generation that sees the Lord's return; I believe that the generation of 1948 is the last generation. Since a generation of judgment is forty years and the tribulation lasts seven years, I believe the Lord could come back for his church anytime before the tribulation starts, which would mean anytime before 1981. (1948 + 40 - 7 = 1981) However, it is possible that Jesus is dating the beginning of the generation from 1967, when Jerusalem was again under Israeli control for the first time since 587 B.C. We don't know for sure which year actually marks the beginning of the last generation." (pages 35, 36). This same viewpoint was published by the popular Pastor Hal Lindsey in his widely published book entitled The Late Great Planet Earth (see page 43). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfulfilled_historical_predictions_by_Chris...

Deuteronomy 18:20-22 - "But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' And if you say in your heart, `How may we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?' -- when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word which the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you need not be afraid of him."

2 Corinthians 11:13 - "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ."