Dear John Tng and all Doves,
      Thank you, Kay, for your recent remarks about the planet Mercury. The phrase morning star is one of the terms to describe the Christ. Perhaps the rapture will have already happened before the transit of Mercury begins. It may happen after sundown in Israel just starting 11-8-2006 for them. I hope to be prepared earlier, just in case.
      When the Messiah told the story of the bride and her ten friends he was speaking of young people under the ages of 12-14. They married so young then. What if the majority of the living who will be raptured wlll be children under the ages of  9 or 13? The adults will be the Philadelphians. They are the members of the one congregation in the book of Revelation of the 7 promised the open door into the literal Kingdom in Heaven. Then and now, the children are the true innocents and spiritually pure in heart. They are too young to know the difference between good and evil. Perhaps this group will be the hundreds of millions who vanish? Our Christ told us not to keep children from faith or trust in him. But for one generation of children he can literally take them to him. None of the horrors of the period of tribulation would happen to them!  Abba Father and Christ may choose departure for them. Would this not be profound mercy and safekeeping for the most innocent of us all? That is one reason people will turn to faith after the rapture. They will want to be reunited wilth their children and/or grandchildren. Other people will hate the Messiah for coming as "a thief in the night" and taking them away without their knowledge or permission. There will be two groups and two beliefs. The Christ is all mercy for the kids or he is the man they will not allow to be king over them. They will not consider him Mr. King of love and mercy. To them, he will be Mr. King of Thieves. They fight him at his second coming. The reasoning is that if he took their kids away before, what will he do to them?
      May each and all of us always know and remember who loves us best. Our Christ does. He is the best friend a child or adult can ever have. Praise him forever.

                                                                 Jean Stepnoski