Dear friends:

Recently I was able to listen to one of the best Second Coming sermons I have ever heard. It was by Pastor Creflo Dollar of World Changers Church International.  The message is available online at http://interactive.creflodollarministries.org/broadcasts/archives2005_t.asp?site=CDM (go to December 11, 2005).

He usually does not dwell on this subject, but this time he spoke with a great anointing and sense of urgency rarely heard.  I believe it was God's message and timing.

Just a few points...

1.  He describes the various raptures in the Bible, such as Enoch, Elijah, and Jesus, then says, "Now it is about that time for the fourth one, and this will be the rapture of the church." (Emphasis supplied.)

2.  "The return of Jesus is very near," he says.  (Emphasis supplied.)

3.  "You don't have to read the newspaper.  I'm getting ready to read from the Bible and it's going to tell you exactly what is going to happen over the next 3-4 years -- over the next few months -- what's going to happen this time next year..." (spoken in 2005).  (Emphasis supplied.)

4. He discusses at length the birth pangs described by Jesus and how the birth pangs are increasing in both intensity and frequency.  For example, he said, "Between 1920 and 1990, a 70-year span, there were 10 major earthquakes.  But in 1990 to the year 2005, a 15-year span, we have had 13 major earthquakes." Source quoted: Associated Press, October 9, 2005.

"The U.S. Geological Survey data indicates earthquake occurrences are increasing. In 2000, there were 22,256 recorded earthquakes worldwide. That number has steadily increased to 31,199 earthquakes in 2004."  Source: Tom Ambrotose, WorldNetDaily, Octber 9, 2005,  http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46739

This sermon was followed by one of the strongest, clearest and most urgent salvation appeals and hell-avoiding messages I have ever heard.  It was soul-stirring and enough to scare the hell out of all but the hardest of hearts. :)
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Bramlett note:

I find these earthquake statistics interesting and confirming .  Proponents of uniformitarianism persistently deny such a trend change.  For ten years I have been quoting J.R. Church's excellent 1996 data but have been desiring some updated figures, which this provides. Definition of Uniformitarianism: "The theory that all geologic phenomena may be explained as the result of existing forces having operated uniformly from the origin of the earth to the present time."  (Ain't so.)

I don't agree with Creflo, nor anyone, on everything, but he is a unabashed Jesus-preaching, blood-preaching, Word-honoring, Holy Ghost-honoring preacher who says that Jesus is coming soon, and I appreciate and thank God for him.

JB