SA>Hi Daryl,

Hi, Steve...

SA>Apparently Iran has chosen August 22 because Aug 21 (Rajab 27, 1427)
SA>is the "Night of Sira'a and Miira'aj" - when the
"prophet" Mohammed
SA>"ascended to heaven" from the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
"Miira'aj"
SA>looks much like our word "mirage".

  They're seeing a mirage, thinking they'll defeat Israel "when they
come upon it like a storm". God definitely has other plans for those who
"touch the apple of His Eye".

SA>Furthermore, August 2nd is the start of mourning for the destruction
SA>of the First and Second Temples (9th of Av) ... it is almost too much
SA>to take in while I'm replying to your message, and it may be that
SA>August results in the destruction of the Mosque and the opportunity
SA>to build the Third Temple from which Antichrist will rule in his time.
SA>(Search in Google news for "devarim")

  I've often wondered if one of the Muslim nations will launch an attack
against Israel, and the rockets hit the Mosque Of Omar on the Temple
Mount...and they're able to trace that it came from that country. Can
you imagine the ramifications of that??!!

  It's purely speculation as to when the Rapture will occur, since Jesus
said "no man knows the hour"...but at His Second Coming
"every eye will
see Him". Jesus also added that "we could know the signs of His
Coming".

  Who knows?? Gabriel could be practicing for "his ultimate trumpet
performance", and the "kitchens of heaven" could be busily
preparing for
The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb. This is one "wedding reception" where
everyone goes home, and "lives happily ever after".

  However, as the Lanny Wolfe Trio song "One Day Too Late"
laments...millions gathered at the altar to get saved...too bad the
Rapture occurred the day before". Had Jesus given the day of the
Rapture, millions will have waited until the last second to repent. But,
the Rapture will happen so quick that people won't have a chance to bid
others "goodbye".

SA>I can only agree, and remember in 3) above that while we understand the
SA>Rapture as being a means of deliverance of the Church -from- judgment,
SA>others, such as followers of New Age beliefs, expect that "negative",
SA>"separatist" people (eg Christians) will be removed -in- judgment, as
SA>part of a process of "planetary cleansing" (or something like that).

  It'll be one extreme to the other...joy in Heaven...and woe on Earth,
during "The Time Of Jacob's Trouble".

Daryl

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