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From: ben segrest <bensegrest@mac.com>
To: F.M. Riley <fmrglbd5@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 3:44:31 PM
Subject: Thanks
Thanks Brother Riley for sending my message to Five Doves, hopefully people will
wake up. I am coping below the message I will send tomorrow.
11
Days to Rapture
Since
I have declared that God will not let the sun shine for two or three days
beginning at five o’clock on June 3rd I have been checking out
everything I know that caused me to arrive at that declaration. First
there are two witnesses that have come to the conclusion that Pentecost is the
time of the Rapture from two different directions.
As indicated from Brother Riley’s study that I sent yesterday he arrives at the time of Pentecost from a complete study of God’s word that considers feast days and up to and including the whole Bible. I come to Pentecost because that was the beginning of the Church age and I incorporate it into the seven thousand year plan of God. Of course there are many other reasons but these are the major directions of approach. All in all the Holy Spirit of God leads us into these directions.
Let
me say that anyone who believes in the evolution of mankind cannot believe in
the seven thousand year plan of God. I believe that God created the world
in six days (days as we know them to be right now) and rested on the seventh
day. I believe that God has appointed times within that seven thousand
year period to guide mankind to the truth of His word and in His being. I
believe that God appointed exactly two thousand years for the Church age
and that the beginning day was on the day of the first Pentecost when the Holy
Spirit was given to the disciples and to the world.
I
believe God’s time is measured in 30 day months and 360-day years.
Therefore I believe that any accurate measurement of time has to conform to
God’s time as given to us in His written word to us. And therefore all
dependence upon mankind’s time schedules are subject to error and primarily
because Satan will deceive mankind at any point to guide him or her away from
Salvation in Jesus.
Now
here is the one thing that sets me apart from most people in the world today.
After His resurrection Jesus said, “All power is given unto Me in heaven
and in earth” Math. 28:18 I believe these words of Jesus and no
power on earth or the knowledge of mankind will get me to deny those words in
any way. If The Father gave Jesus all His power and that is what Jesus said,
that is His business and not mine. My business is to believe Jesus because
I also know that The Father is glorified in Jesus. I can totally believe
in Jesus and know assuredly that I belong to God.
So
when I make a declaration from God along with another brother witness from God
it had better be taken seriously.
Ben
Dear Brother Ben,
I can assure you that there are far more than "two witnesses" who believe the Lord is coming on Pentecost. There was a couple of different fellows who posted that truth on Five Doves before I posted my study, even though their posts were very short with little or no explanation. My post stirred so many people, I guess, because I went into detail. Since posting my So Simple study, John Tng, who owns and operates the Five Doves website, has come out with two lengthy studies on why the Lord is coming to resurrect and rapture His people to glory in 2008. So the two of us are not standing alone. There are others.
Brother, I have always believed and taught that "no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation," 2 Peter 1:20. In other words, whatever truth the Lord reveals to one of His children, He will also reveal the same truth to others. No man gets the glory, or can boast. All glory for any revelation of truth goes to our precious Lord.
By the way, one of the reasons (among many) that I believe the whole earth is going to be darkened is because of the Lord's proclamation in Ezekiel 32:7. This passage appears to be in harmony with Peter's statement in Acts 2:20. It seems to me that almost none of the prophecy teachers pay any attention to the many, many passages in the Old Testament that speak of dark, darkness, thick darkness, gross darkness, black, blackness, clouds, cloudiness, etc. I made a study of these passages several years ago. That is how I came to the conclusion that the Tribulation will begin with total darkness over all the earth, and then during the next seven years it appears to me that the whole earth will be shrouded with clouds day and night, with only intermittent light from the sun breaking through from time to time. What a terrible depressing time that will be when men will go for days, weeks, or even months without seeing the light of the sun, and death and destruction occurring during all that time. Praise the Lord for His great salvation and the "blessed hope," Titus 2:13, of His promise of deliverance for New Testament believers, Luke 21:36; Revelation 3:10.
Look around and look up brother. Our Lord said, "And when
these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads;
for your redemption draweth nigh," Luke 21:28.
God
bless you dear brother. I'll see you soon in glory.
Bro. Riley