Michael Colunga (30 Nov 2013)
"RE:  Jim Bramlett (22 Nov 2013)--"A 2013 rapture?""

 
Hello, John and Doves,
 
Well, Jim, I just watched the entire video--what an encouragement!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QWhepc7P6g
 
I have reviewed in my mind and spirit the events of the past few months.  I have been saying to God in prayer, and to others at my place of work, that people seem to more and more often exhibit a marked lack of both inhibition and wisdom/common sense.  This results in rampant sin, murders, blasphemies, etc.  That's all not to mention the traffic on your local highways and byways.  lol  Oh, and more and more people are moving here and there to find cheaper places to live.  As many times as some poor folks have had to move, they still (!) lose a chair on the highways every time or two!
 
This indicates to me that the Devil may already have been kicked out of Heaven.  Now he is on pins and needles, waiting for the Rapture, having had to formulate and re-formulate his plans--for the day and hour of the Rapture are hidden as yet.  I really do think that ALL our posts, taken in toto, are freely allowed by our Abba, Father in order to confuse the enemy.  If we are confused and frustrated, how do you think Sat-On (my nickname for Satan, since had to cry "Uncle!" at the Cross) feels?  That old goat's ears have been pinched and twisted eight ways to Sunday, don't ya know, y'all!!!
 
Our God Reigns!
 
~Blessings,
Mike
 
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http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2013/jim1122-1.htm
Jim Bramlett (22 Nov 2013)
"A 2013 rapture?"

Dear friends: 

A few days ago I forwarded to many of you an unusual video message link titled, "Official Announcement : The Rapture is in 2013."  It was by a Hispanic fellow named Rody Dominquez

"Official Announcement"?  What chutzpah!   The man is driven by deep conviction.

I do not know him but I was impressed with his message, his fervor, and his sincerity.  The link was at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QWhepc7P6g. I urge you to watch and pay attention to it.  It may be most important and profound videos ever.

The message was so radical I was not surprised that I got almost no response.  The silence was deafening.  One reason is that the message violated a usually misunderstood mantra of most prophecy writers -- that "no man knows the day or the hour."  But this fellow did not claim a day or hour, just the year -- 2013.  There is nothing unscriptural about that,  I felt his message was very credible and well stated. 

One dear lady did respond saying that the Lord has been saying the exact same thing to her, that the rapture will be in 2013.

I failed to emphasize then but I want to emphasize now that the fellow did include some impressive confirmation, as follows:

1.  After the year 2013 was revealed to him, he asked the Lord for confirmation.  He said, "Lord, If 2013 is really the year of the rapture, please let me randomly open my Bible to some chapter 13."  There are about 30 places in the Bible with a chapter 13,  He then opened his Bible randomly and -- surprise -- he was at Mark 13:20!  It says,
“And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days."

What are the odds?  But there is more.

2.  He decided that one confirmation was not enough and he wanted another.  He opened his Bible at random again.  It landed on Luke 13:25, which says, "When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from..."  Again, he landed on chapter 13.

Again, what are the odds?  But there is more.

3.  Notice: Both Scripture verses above relate to the end times and/or the rapture.

Again, what are the odds?  But there is more.

4.  Someone posted underneath the video that it just happened to be exactly 15:51 minutes long, and that the classic rapture verse in the Bible is 1 Corinthians 15:51.  Bet you missed that.  My own computer counted pnly15:50, one second off, but I won't quibble over one second., which may have been just an anomaly.

Again, what are the odds?  But there is more.

5.  Someone else noticed that Mark 13:20 is 2013 backwards.

Again, what are the odds?  And what are the compound odds for all the above?  I cannot calculate. 

6.  For many reasons, Bible prophecy students all over the world are looking for a near-term rapture, possibly between now and April 2014.  A 2013 rapture is surely in that ballpark. 

There is just too much here to be accidental or coincidence.  There is a rabbinic saying: "coincidence is not a kosher word."  I am hoping that this fellow did, indeed, hear from God.  If he did, time is about up.  We could be out of here in just days, or minutes, or seconds.  I am excited!

Come, Lord Jesus!

Jim