GLORY BE TO GOD WHO SITS IN THE HIGHEST!
Take heart in the Lord Pastor and be discouraged no more! I love Pastors and all servants of God very much. I know it is not easy to lead the flock of God, but we can do all things through our Lord Jesus who strenthens us. Hallelujah!
John 13:20 "I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me."
The Bible says, where there is no vision people perish and though the vision lingers, wait for it for it shall surely come to pass and will not delay. Take heart my Lovely Pastor! Even though pentecost came and went but at least you brought someone back on track. The reason you watched for a pentecost rapture, shows HOW MUCH CLOSE WE ARE TO THE RAPTURE. Amen! Human beings live by hoping for something, and where a person loses hope, he faces the danger of perishing. Human beings are people full of hope. Some hope for the bad things and some hope for the good things.The people of the world hope for only the earthly things. They hope how they can gain wealth and become rich and live well here on earth. But the children of God hope that one day they can live together with God in eternity and therefore their hope is in the Lord. Even as faith is believing for things not yet seen, hope is also expecting for things which are not yet seen.
The reason you had hoped for a pentecost rapture is because you are a watcher and what you did is what is known as watching. WHERE THERE IS NO VISION PEOPLE PERISH. Suppose we are told Christ will be returning 2000 years to come. You can be sure what will happen. Many will loose their hope in the Lord and some will return to sin and forget the Lord. Do not let your heart condemn you and neither should anyone discourage you.
2Corinthians 12: 1,9-10 I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revealtions from the Lord. But He said to me, "My gace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Thefore i will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hard-ships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when i am weak, then i am strong. IF THE THESSALONIANS WAITED FOR CHRIST'S RETURN IN THEIR TIME AND EVEN LOOKED FOR HIS RETURN DAILY, WHO ARE WE NOT TO DO THE SAME? WE SHALL WATCH EVEN MORE! HALLELUJAH!
Massive worldwide Disappearances( 1cor 10:31) puts it very clearly on the footnote of his posts. Them that hope for the rapture will purify themselves and live a holy life because rapture encourages one to walk worthy of Christ. Therefore rapture expectation encourages a Christian to carry his cross daily and follow Jesus Christ. AGAIN WHERE THERE IS NO VISION PEOPLE PERISH! Where there is no rapture expectation people loose hope. Death and rapture all lead a believer of Christ to Him. But naturally human beings seem to care less about death, especially when someone is healthy and wealthy. They feel as if death will never come upon them. Now with the expecatation of the return of the Lord which can be imminent, helps everyone to wake up from their slumber and preapre to meet their Lord at anytime He appears!
Since now pentecost is over, we should now expect Him probably on Rosh Hashana. Personally i believe the Lord can return even on a day other than a Jewish festival day. But again i believe He can still return on one of the festive days. I keep on seeing numbers 22 and 44 everyday and all the time on my phone clock and i strongly believe they point to Matthew 24:44 and Revelation Chapter 22. Matthew 24:44 "So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man wil come at an hour when you do not epect Him." The whole of Revelation 22 speaks about the Lord's coming for His Church.
I HAVE ALWAYS ASKED MYSELF WHICH IS THIS DAY WHEN WE LEAST EXPECT THE LORD? THIS VERSE CAN STILL APPLY TO BOTH THE RAPTURE AND HIS SECOND COMING TO SET HIS MILLENIAL REIGN.
Revelation 22:20-21 "He who testifies to these things says, 'Yes I am coming soon." Amen come Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen!
Waiting and watching for His return while calling the lost to Christ is the best thing that any Christian should be doing even right now. Hallelujah!
GIVING JESUS ALL THE GLORY, OUR PERFECT FRIEND WHOSE DAYS END NOT. AND NOW HE IS COMING VERY QUICKLY!
Watch and do not faint! May the Lord renew your strength. IN JESUS' NAME! AMEN!