HI, JOHN & ALL DOVES.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME RESPONSES REGARDING SOMETHING THAT HAS REALLY

BOTHERED ME!  IN FACT, IT JUST PLAIN TOOK THE WIND OUTTA MY SAILS WHEN I

FIRST BEGAN TO QUESTION WHAT I THOUGHT GOD HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THIS!

WHEN I CAME BACK TO CHRIST AS AN ADULT ABOUT 9 YRS. AGO I WAS CONVINCED THAT

THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ALL-OUT HOLY GHOST INSPIRED, ON-FIRE FOR GOD INVASION

OF HEAVEN UPON THE PRE-RAPTURE CHURCH IN MY LIFETIME...A GREAT, GREAT HARVEST

OF SOULS COMING!  I WAS SOOOOOOOO ON FIRE FOR GOD, SO FULL OF FAITH AND

EXPECTATION!  I BELIEVED THIS MOSTLY BECAUSE OF JOEL 2: HOW THE YOUNG PEOPLE

WOULD SEE VISIONS, THE OLD WOULD DREAM DREAMS, BEFORE THAT GREAT & TERRIBLE

DAY OF THE LORD, ETC.

LATER I BEGAN TO SEE ANOTHER SIDE TO THIS ISSUE.  THERE ARE ALSO SCRIPTURES

THAT TALK OF DECEPTION, APOSTATE CHURCHES, AND THE GROSS DARKNESS THAT IS TO

BEFALL THE EARTH.  WELL, THIS IS ALL I SEE HAPPENING NOW!  I'VE SUSPECTED THAT

I HAVE BEEN WRONG ABOUT ANY GREAT REVIVAL THIS SIDE OF THE RAPTURE!!!

BUT THEN, AS I HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE BOOK OF REVELATION & ASSOCIATED BOOKS,

I DO SEE A GREAT HARVEST HERE!  I AM NOW MORE INCLINED TO BELIEVE A HARVEST

OF ANY MAGNITUDE IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR AFTER THE RAPTURE, AND IT WILL

BE THE NEWLY CONVERTED JEWS THAT BRING IT TO FRUITION!  YOU KNOW...THE TWO

WITNESSES ALONG WITH THE 144,000 AND OTHER TRIBULATION CONVERTS.  THIS WILL

BE THE HARVEST OF ALL HARVESTS FOR GOD, BECAUSE THIS TIME THE FRUITS OF THE

HARVEST WILL BE GIVING UP THEIR VERY LIVES FOR THEIR CHOICE.  WHEN YOU CONVERT

DURING THE TRIBULATION, THERE'S NO HALFWAY, HALF-BAKED CONVERSIONS!  EVERYONE

WILL KNOW THEIR LIVES ARE AT STAKE.  I BELIEVE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS,

BUT THIS CHANGE OF BELIEF I UNDERWENT OVER THE PAST 9 YEARS HAS REALLY DEFLATED

PERHAPS MILLIONS WILL BE SAVED DURING THIS TIME!

SO, IS IT OVER FOR THE CHURCH?  ARE OUR GLORY DAYS BEHIND US?  IS IT ALL OVER

EXCEPT FOR THE RAPTURE?  AND, OF COURSE, OUR OWN PERSONAL EFFORTS OF

EVANGELIZATION, UNTIL THEN?

WHAT DO THE DOVES THINK?  I DON'T WANT TO BE DECEIVED EITHER WAY!  THAT'S WHY

I WANT YOUR INPUT!  THANKS, EVERYONE!

M.A.P.
MY SPIRITUAL FERVOR!

THEN LATER, I BEGAN TO SEE ANOTHER SIDE TO THE ISSUE THAT SEVERELY DEFLATED ME!