Hi John and Doves,  I have been reading Five Doves for many years, but have not written in about 2 years.  I believe Daniel Matson and others are probably correct in believing that 2017 (one complete Jubilee cycle from the capture of Jerusalem by Israel) is the probable year for the 2nd Coming of Christ.  I have always believed that the Rapture would take place approximately 7 years before that.

On the other hand, there seems to be much evidence towards 2007 being the possible year of the Rapture.  I read with much interest Chris' letter about the Lord telling him that the Rapture would be in less than 4 weeks, or no later than Sept. 14, 2007.  Sept. 14 will be the 2nd of 2 days for the 48-hour Feast of Trumpets, which I believe is by far the most likely day of the Rapture in any particular year.  On our calendar, EDT, I believe the 48 hours covers from noon, Sept. 12, until noon, Sept. 14, 2007.

The Lord's confirmation to this time that was revealed to Chris was that He would wake him up at 4:44 a.m. that next morning and that is what happened.  Then, Tom Heinitz wrote in that he also asked for confirmation and that he suddenly woke up at 4:44 a.m. the next morning.  Well, the same night that I read Chris' letter, it provoked me to spend one hour praying, mainly about the Rapture, and how REALLY close we might be.  Tom's letter asked if there were any others that Lord woke up at 4:44 a.m.

Yes, Tom, even though I was not asking the Lord for specific confirmation, I was another person who suddenly awoke, about 5 hours after I concluded my prayer, at EXACTLY 4:44 a.m. on my digital clock.  Today, my wife called me at home from where she works.  She never asks me what time it is, because she has a watch on her wrist and a clock on the wall where she works, but for some reason she asked me "What time is it?"  I looked at the digital clock and responded 4:44.  Then it hit me, as I have been asking the Lord for confirmation of my waking up at 4:44 a.m., just after reading Chris' letter and then talking with the Lord about the Rapture.  If my digital clock had read 4:43 or 4:45, either one of these two times, I would not be writing this letter.  It was 4:44 EXACTLY.

Needless to say,  I am going to be spending much more time with the Lord in the next couple of weeks,  making sure of my readiness and seeking God's will for my life as a watchman, in whatever time we have left.  It would behoove all of us to do likewise.

"Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." (Luke 21:36)

Maranatha!

Ron Reese