In the same vein, if Jehovah announces the date of Armageddon many will serve him out of selfish interest and not because they genuinely love Him. Would you like your spouse to love you only for your money? No! We like to be appreciated genuinely by who we are, not by what we have. Our Organization has had some false expectations, but that doesn't mean the end will not come. This false expectation of a pregnant mother on delivering the baby, will it make her stop believing the baby is coming? No, it is certain the baby will come, just at a time she doesn't know. The pregnant woman rushes to the hospital as the contraction pain announce the coming of the baby. Thus we should not put undue emphasis on the date of the end. Although the interpretation on the Mayan prediction failed because it was not inspired by God, it showed that even if God would have decided to reveal in advance the date of his great day of vengeance, most likely people would not take any action, and it would not give a boost to our message. Really, most people didn't take them seriously. But how did people react? It didn't look like the majority were preparing for a global cataclysm. In the past, there have been other similar predictions. In 2012 there was a lot of hype regarding a Mayan prophecy saying the world would end on December 21st.
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