2,000 Years of Second-Coming Predictions That Never Came to Pass

For centuries, Christians and other religious movements have linked wars, disasters, celestial events and political upheavals to the expected return of Jesus Christ. Many groups also set specific dates, only for those dates to pass without the predicted event. Examples include expectations around 500 CE, 1000 CE, 1533, 1666, 1843–1844, 1914, 1975, the year 2000 and Harold Camping’s widely publicised 2011 prediction. Historic crises such as the Great Fire of London, the Y2K scare and the COVID-19 pandemic also renewed end-times speculation. In recent years, some Nigerian preachers and commentators have connected inflation, fuel-subsidy removal, currency reforms and food insecurity to biblical warnings about economic control. These interpretations remain matters of religious belief, while the long history of failed date-setting has led many believers to caution against predicting an exact time for Christ’s return.

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