Thanks to the well-publicized prediction of a Northern California radio host, millions of people were waiting — some more seriously than others — to see if the world would end on May 21, 2011, at 6 p.m. The prediction, obviously, proved to be false.

For analysis of the situation, KTLA news turned to Erik Thoennes, an associate professor of biblical and theological studies at ºÚÝ®ÊÓƵ, to weigh in on the coming of Christ.