News reports are abuzz with a “Christian numerologist” suggesting that Sept. 23, 2017, is the fixed date for the end of the world. The first market for this sort of prophecy-as-publicity is outside the Christian church. One would be hard-pressed to find a church or a significant gathering of Christians who buy into the Sept. 23 date-setting. There’s a high cost to those who would, contrary to Jesus’ explicit command, fix dates and seasons to the end. History could, of course, come to consummation on Sept. 23, or on Sept. 24 or 1 million years from now, on Feb. 29.

Source: Washington Post September 22, 2017 11:02 UTC