Lyle, it all depends upon the parable of the
fig tree, and what exactly "all these things
shall come upon this GENERATION" means.
2012 + 7 = 2019. But with the
shortening of the Great Tribulation (last 3
1/2 years of the 7 year Tribulation)-----see
Matt. 24:21 & 22 and Rev. 8:12----the days
of the Great Tribulation are shortened by one
third. So, by our present time standard
the Great Tribulation will be shortened by one
third of 3 1/2 years, which is 1 year and 2
months. Therefore 2019 would be 2018 by
our current time standard. 2018 is
exactly 70 years after 1948, so MAYBE this
year (2012) will be the year of the Rapture.
As you know, 70 is a number that appears
throughout the Bible! From the time
Jesus was born until the Jewish people were
scattered to the nations in 70 AD was right
around 70 years! And the parable of the
fig tree in Mark 11 deals with that time
period in history! It all depends again
on what a "generation" means for these End
Times. Although I do not like to think
of this, one possibility is how long a baby
can live from 1948. If that was the
case, then the Rapture could be in the 2020's,
2030's, or even 2040's on the high end!
Hopefully this will not be the case.
The war brewing in the Middle East I
think is going to be the "sudden destruction"
event associated with the Rapture, which means
the Rapture would have to be soon.
Again, I am thinking about Rosh Hashanah
of this year, which is now just 8 months away.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish feast most
closely associated with the Rapture.
Spring is always a secondary
possibility, as in the Song of Solomon the
bridegroom comes to get his bride in the
spring of the year.
Hope you are doing well!
Neil (alias Chester the Rapture Ready
Rodent)
P.S. I am sure you will not mind
that I am sending this e-mail to a few other
"prophecy friends" on the "blind carbon
copy". This way I do not have to
retype it! And as you know, rodents
are very slow at typing-----you ought to see
my paws!
P.P.S. Our country and Europe are
facing a financial disaster with all of the
debt, and this too will likely be associated
with the Rapture. The U.S. Supreme
Court will rule by summer whether or not
Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS can bring nudity and even
more cussing to evening programming.
If they rule in favor of the networks,
widespread nudity and lots and lots of
cussing could be starting this fall, perhaps
just in time for the Tribulation! I
just saw a video someone sent me of some
sitcom with two male gay parents with a two
year old adopted daughter, and the two year
old cusses on the sitcom! TV
programming is going to get raunchier and
raunchier as we approach the Rapture!
Also, one of the last things to befall
a nation, empire, or civilization right
before its downfall is the gay movement
moving to mainstream. This has
happened in America, indicating that it is
closing time! A high school very near
our house sponsors a "gay club" within the
confines of the school! Instead of
viewing the gay lifestyle as sin as the
Bible shows it to be, it is lifted up as an
"alternate" lifestyle that should be
respected! Make no mistake about it,
God's wrath is about to be poured out on
this sin-ridden world!
P.P.P.S. Sadly, very few Christians
know what is really in their Bibles (they
prefer the garbage of the humanism that
their pastors feed them on Sundays with very
limited watered down scripture to go with
the humanism), and they do not know that we
are living in the End Times as dictated by
scripture! And "people-pleasing"
pastors abound in our society, not wanting
to offend anyone from their pulpit!
After all, there are building funds
that need money, and if a congregant is
offended they will likely leave the church,
and less money will be coming in!
There are very, very few God-pleasing
pastors out there! If Daniel or
Ezekiel or Noah were living today, they
would mince no words about the truth of the
scripture of the Bible! And they would
not fear what humans would think!