Hi Rick
In reply to your question http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2008/rickh1128.htm regarding Brother Sal’s beliefs, I would like to suggest that you, or anyone else interested please check out his web site http://chn-net.com/ or write him chn@chn-net.com , rather than judge him for anything that I say – because I may get something wrong.
However, having said that, I would like to clarify a few things from Rick’s post. See my comments in red font below:
Rick Hedrick (28 Nov 2008)
"To Barbie Marrs & Simon-Philippe.....40 day warning"
(These are Rick’s words) You quoted Bro. Sal as saying:
(These were Barbie’s words) In a nutshell, Sal demonstrates from the Bible that many of the dead will be raised on the feast of first fruits (the day Christ rose) and will walk the earth and warn people for 40 days. At the end of the 40 days, the rapture takes place.
(This is an excerpt from Sal’s article) That is the warning sign God gave us to know that our redemption is only 40 days away! Just as Nineveh knew EXACTLY what day God's wrath would come down upon them if they did not repent. They had 40 days, and that was it! Scripture is saying that the people of this world will get a 40 day warning before God's wrath begins, and all those who repent will be saved!
(These are Rick’s words) Is Bro. Sal one who believes in a mid-Trib Rapture? The reason I ask is because God's wrath isn't poured out until mid-Trib, and Bro. Sal is saying here that it will be poured out immediately following the 40 day warning. If the Rapture is pre-Trib, then the world has at least 3 1/2 years until God's wrath is poured out.
I have never heard Sal preach a mid-tribulation rapture and I’m quite sure that he does not believe that. Again, I do not want to speak for Sal. However, the above paragraph simply says to me that NIVIVAH’S wrath would come down IMMEDIATELY after 40 days (which was true) – and that WE will get a 40 day warning before God’s wrath BEGINS. I think that many (if not most of us) on this site would agree that although the wrath will culminate at 3.5 years, it BEGINS at approximately 7 years. I hope this helps.
Barbie