Hi John and Doves,

I have visited fivedoves for couple of weeks and saw the banner No letters for October 8 and 15. I would like to encourage everyone here NOT to lose hope and excitement of rapture.

Nothing happened in September (Rosh Hashana/Sep 23 Rev 12 sign/Yom Kippur/Sukkot) or till this point of time. It is natural to go weary and tired. But, I am here to tell you that never lose hope.

The main reason is I predicted that nothing might happen during September and I wrote a specific post to fivedoves during the month of June itself. If you would like to read that article, here is the link, Why rapture may not occur in September 2017?

   
Why rapture may not occur in September 2017?


In that I wrote, there is still hope of rapture in 2017 till the end of December. Even if rapture doesn't happen in 2017, one cannot ignore the importance of 2017 as such. This is the year of milestone and from here on the end time events will unfold gradually.

The problem with many of us is we try to predict the exact date or timing of rapture and Bible never teaches to do that. We are told to look forward for the blessed hope but we are not asked to find the exact date or time. In the process of attempting to find the date, we try to come up with various theories and try to fit them. But, often we fail to account for all the Biblical prophecies. We consider some of them and ignore others. We consider prophecies from Daniel like 70th week but fail to fit in Matthew 24. We speak about Revelation events but fail to check stuff about Anti Christ written in Thessalonians. One must account for all the prophecies in the entire Bible which is nearly impossible.

We often bend some of the important verses like "No one knows the day or the hour" in order to fit our findings of rapture dates. For that we explain some Jewish customs and end times. Let's try to take the Word of God at its face value and try to interpret.

Jesus didn't disclose the exact date and time of rapture but at the same time He gave plenty of signs regarding the end times in the gospels. Based on that, we realize this is the time and season. But, we need to consider one important fact that the gospel must be preached to the ends of the earth before the actual end comes as per Matthew 24:14.

There are still millions of people who never heard the gospel. For example, take the people of North Korea or some of the interior parts of Russia or China. Gospel must be preached to them as well. Our God is gracious. His grace is forever and ever. Accepting the gospel is up to the individual person who hears it and how God moves His heart and spirit. But, all the nations should hear it. Everyone should get a fair chance. Are we praying for that? It is the most important question we should ask ourselves.

I invite you to meditate on 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 which is the middle chapter of the middle book of New Testament where the important message about the revelation of Anti Christ and end times is written. I will also meditate and try to come up with another post.

With love YBIC,
Issac Samuel.