Hi, precious friends! Pastor Riley has written many Holy Spirit inspired articles during his many years as a preacher, but has no webpage of his own. Therefore, since he and I are both members of the same Body, I am making this page for him. Feel free to download the articles, share them, and pass them out... all to the glory of the Most High!  Pastor Riley can be reached via email at Fmrglbd5@aol.com. His snail mail address is: Last Call Gospel Ministry 3900 Clark Lane, Lot C-10 Columbia, MO 65202 Please let me know about any broken links so I can fix them.  Be blessed! Peggy Pastor & Linda Riley... click on thumbnail for larger image.

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CHURCH OF LAODICEA

DAYS OF NOAH

END TIMES/SIGNS OF THE TIMES

ETERNITY

EZEKIEL 38-39 WAR/ARMAGEDDON

FALSE TEACHINGS

GENERAL CHRISTIANITY

MISCONCEPTIONS

THE RAPTURE/RESURRECTION(S)

RAPTURE TIMELINE CLUES

THE TRIBULATION

CHURCH OF LAODICEA:

• Baptists In Bondage
  Posted 5/13/07

• I rest my Case...
  I am sometimes labeled as “negative” and “judgmental” in my teaching and preaching, for I don’t hesitate to point out the apostasy taking place in the ranks of so-called “Christianity” today.  Due to the stand that I take, occasionally some “Christian” websites refuse to post my studies, especially those studies in which I point out the Scriptural  corruptions and errors, false teaching, and outright “sins” of those who call themselves “Christians” today.  
  Posted 1/20/09

DAYS OF NOAH:

• Nephilim question/answer
  Question from a brother named Steve and answer from Pastor about the Nephilim and the last days.
  Posted 9/7/07

• There Were Giants In the Earth In Those Days (8/07 update... about the Nephilim!!!)
  Posted 8/20/07

END TIMES/SIGNS OF THE TIMES:

• The 220 Days
  This text is one of the most controversial passages in the prophetic Scriptures. Whole books have been written purporting to explain this passage, especially the 2300 days given in verse (Daniel 8) 14.
  Posted 9/5/07

• 9th of Av Events  
  This is a list of secular events that happened on the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av to the Jews. All these are verifiable in the history books.
  Posted 8/6/08

• Choosing Time Is Now (poem)
  Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! (Joel 3:14)

• The City on Seven Hills
  What city was under consideration when John was inspired of God to write down the 17th chapter of the Book of Revelation in 96 A.D.? What city will this be when it is finally destroyed in the coming Tribulation as prophesied in Revelation 17:16-17? These are the questions that we are going to consider and attempt to answer in this study.
  Posted 2/13/08

• The Coming Great Revival...???
  I want to make it very clear that I do believe in the "progressive revelation" of the Word. By that I mean that new revelations are being given to God's people today just as Daniel 12:4 predicted, but they are being given from the Word. The Lord is not adding something to His Word. He is merely opening up to God's people things that have been hidden in the Word for centuries.
  Posted 4/28/08

• Correlation Between Psalm 60:5 & Psalm 108:6
  Pastor answers:  "Is there any correlation between Psalms 60:5 and Psalms 108:6.  They read almost the same."
  Posted 12/3/08

• Course of Gentile World Political Supremacy
  Posted 5/3/07

• False Prophet Accusations
  Now I have a question. During those 40 + years that Jeremiah preached that the judgment of God was imminent, and yet year after year passed without the prophesied judgment occurring, was Jeremiah a false prophet?
  Posted 5/19/08

• Genesis – Declaring the End from the Beginning
  Genesis is the “book of beginnings,” exactly as the name implies.  Genesis lays the “foundation” for every book in the Bible.  By this I mean that  every truth stated or taught in all of God’s Word is first found in “seed” form in the Book of Genesis.  This includes the truth stated in our text; Isaiah 46:9-10.  It is literal truth that the Lord has “declared the end from the beginning.”  By God’s grace I want to demonstrate this wonderful truth for our readers…
  Posted 2/8/08

• Global Warming - Cause & Consequences
  Posted 6/1/07

• GREAT Signs In the Skies - Comet Holmes, Pollux, Medusa, & Perseus Conjunction
  News for August 1 (also Av 1)!!!
  Posted 8/1/08

• The Great Planet X Hoax? Is That So???
  The words translated as "with a great noise," literally means, "the sound of a mighty rushing." In other words, when these heavenly bodies come flying past the earth, they will be close enough that people on the earth at that time will hear a sound like a great rushing (blowing) wind.
  Posted 8/14/07

• In Search of the Crimson Worm  
  They need a particular color of red to make the belt for the High Priest, the scarlet wool attached to the scapegoat during Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, when the sins of the people are blotted out, and for the ashes of the red heifer needed for purification. They are looking for a particular crimson worm.
  Posted 8/18/08

• Invasion from Outer Space
  Posted 5/12/07

• Is Anyone Paying Attention?
  What happened in ancient Egypt is happening again today in America, and in most ( if not all ) of the countries of the world. Is anyone paying attention? Is anyone making the Scriptural connection between the ancient event in Egypt and what is occurring today?
  Posted 9/22/08

• More Light On the Nephilim
  Posted 10/5/07

• The Time Is Now  
  Now I am watching the "death throes" of this whole nation, and I know the end is coming very soon. 
  Posted 9/29/08

• The Olivet Discourse... IN CONTEXT 
  I am quite familiar with the above texts. I should be! I have had these verses quoted and misquoted to me dozens of times over the past 55 years. I can read just as well as the average person, and whole lot better than some folks. Not a one of these verses contains the words date, date setter, date setting, forbid, or forbidden. I wholeheartedly believe every one of these verses. However, I believe them based on the context in which they occur. I say without apology that there is not a human being on the face of this earth that can “rightly divide the Word of truth,” if they ignore the context in which a Scripture occurs. It cannot be done! Period!
  Posted 5/26/08

• The Political Race for President
  I couldn't care less about the upcoming political race.  Just as you have pointed out in your email, both parties and both candidates are representatives of the New World Order.  What part or portion then is there for God's people in this political mess?
  Posted 8/27/08

• Signs of the Times
  Posted 12/11/07

• The Temple Mount & Going Home
  Some emails between Pastor & I regarding the Jews giving up the Temple Mount, etc.  AWESOME!!!
  Posted 9/1/07

• There Shall Be Wonders In Heaven Above...
  Posted 5/8/07

• Thoughts on Isaiah 24
  Pastor answers email from a sister.
  Posted 4/29/08

• "When the Earth Begins to Shake" (by Pastor Riley)
  I immediately remembered that since we here in the Central Time Zone are about 8 hours behind Israel's time zone, this earthquake came about six hours before Passover is to begin in Israel. I just don't think that is "coincidence."
  Posted 4/19/08

• Who are the Sons of God?  
  The only clarification that I would add is her problem with the term, "the sons of God."  Sister, if God's people would pay close attention to what they are reading in God's Word, it is obvious that this term is never used to speak about anyone except a created being. Period!  Now let me explain this statement so that you will understand what I am saying.

• Who Owns the Holy Land?
  Posted 9/5/07

• Why the Republic of Georgia was attacked by Russia  <- AWESOME; INCLUDES MAP
  Now look at a world map.  We know that Ezekiel 38 - 39 explicitly predicts Russia coming down against Israel during the Tribulation.  By looking at a world map, it is very clear that when Russia brings her troops south into Israel, they MUST pass right through the nation of Georgia to get there.
  Posted 8/15/08

• Ye Are Not In Darkness
  Posted 5/12/07

ETERNITY:

• A Thousand Generations
  The first place in God’s Word where “perpetual generations” is mentioned is in Genesis 9:12, “And God said, This [ rainbow] is the token [ sign] of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations.” Could this be stated any more clearly? The occasion was when Noah came forth from the Ark after the flood. Almighty God right then made a covenant with mankind and with all the creatures that Noah had with him in the Ark, clearly stating that His covenant with them was to be for “perpetual generations.” Now folks have two options here…..they can believe this statement made by Almighty God Himself, or they can call God a liar. There are no other options. I choose to believe what God said. All flesh [ see 1 Corinthians 15:39] will continue to reproduce for “perpetual generations.”
  Posted 2/6/09

• Annihilation of the Soul
  Posted 8/14/07

• Ceaseless Ages
  Posted 5/14/07

• The Kingdom  
  As a young minister seriously studying God’s Word, I became so confused by the different dogmatic definitions given to “the kingdom” by different preachers and writers, that I determined to set aside all of their “definitions” [theories] and study the subject out in God’s Word for myself.   I proceeded to look up and study every passage in the Bible where the word “kingdom” is used, being careful to  study the context in which it is used.  In making that study, all of my confusion vanished.
  Posted 3/30/09

• The New Earth
  Posted 3/23/09

• The New Jerusalem
  Brother, the New Jerusalem is a "pyramid." I have no idea why so many of God's people have overlooked this truth in the Scriptures. Satan and his followers are well aware of it, and have been counterfeiting it for centuries. Look at the one dollar bill with the Illuminati symbol on it. Have you ever examined any of the books and literature written by Satanists, New Agers, Wiccas (witchcraft), Masonry, Spiritualists, etc.? Their literature is filled with references to pyramids and to "the Great Pyramid." Their organizational structure is often set up in the order of a "pyramid." Whoever built the "Great Pyramid" in Egypt (highly debatable) obviously built it as a minature representation of New Jerusalem.
  Posted 6/7/08

• Only One Life
  Special gift from me to Pastor... in honor of his Christian parents.
  Posted 9/18/08

• "Perpetual"
  A word study by Pastor Riley
  Posted 2/13/09

• Question If You Have the Time  
  Email question from Kelly of 5 Doves, RE: Yahshua preaching to the spirits in Sheol, where OT saints reside, etc.
  Posted 7/4/08

• The Reality of Eternal Punishment
  The Bible study you are about to read was given to me many years ago as I studied God’s Word and the Holy Spirit graciously enlightened me.  I have preached this message many times over the years.   The Lord has impressed me to put these truths into printed form so that more souls might be warned to “flee from the wrath to come.”  I have been obedient to that impression.  The result is the Bible study you now hold in your hand.  
  Posted 7/4/08

• The Resurrection of Believers - Old Testament and New Testament
  Brother Samson, the saints who came out of their graves after the resurrection of Christ were the "firstfruits" that the Lord Himself took with Him to present to the Heavenly Father, John 20:11-17; 1 Corinthians 15:21-23. This was a fulfillment of the "firstfruits" observance set in place by the Lord in Leviticus 23:10-14. Since these saints have already been resurrected, they must have already received their "glorified bodies," for "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God," 1 Corinthians 15:50.
  Posted 9/22/08

• Saved… Sealed… and Secure!
  I truly feel sorry for those in the ranks of Christianity who have a “maybe so, hope so” salvation, instead of having the “blessed assurance” that is clearly promised to God’s people. The statement in our Scripture text in 1 John 5:13 explicitly says, “that ye may know that ye have eternal life…”

• Two Peoples Forever
  You asked me what will happen to the believing Jewish remnant who survives the Tribulation? This is an easy one to answer. I can only wish that more of God’s people had searched this answer out in the Scriptures. Perhaps if they had there would not be so much confusion and so many vain theories being taught about “the ages to come,” Ephesians 2:4-7.
  Posted 9/29/08

• The Two Resurrections  
  Most “professing Christians,” while claiming to believe in the resurrection of Christ, have never seriously studied the resurrection in depth.  Therefore many of God’s people [those truly saved] do not understand the different aspects of the resurrection as set forth in the Scriptures.  My purpose in writing this brief study is to point out some basic truths about the resurrection that are often overlooked or ignored.  May God bless His Word as we study together. 
  Posted 3/20/08

• What happens to our pets after the Rapture?
  Posted 12/24/07

EZEKIEL 38-39 WAR/ARMAGEDDON:

• Let's Put the Bear Where He Belongs  
  Most of these prophecy teachers have taught this theory for so long that most of God’s people now believe this theory as an established fact. Instead of looking at the many “signs of the times” that the Word of God plainly indicates would precede the rapture most of God’s people are looking for Russia to invade Israel. I have had some tell me personally that until Russia invades Israel there is no need to get excited about the rapture taking place. Hogwash!
  Posted 11/4/08

• Light on Ezekiel
  Can you explain Ezekiel 39:2 to me?  It talks about the Lord leaving back a sixth of the people who come against Israel.  I have heard different thoughts on this.  Is it the one-sixth that go to battle and five-sixths are left back? I do not understand.  Can you help me out?
  Posted 11/11/08

• More Questions... Ezekiel 39:2
  Posted 5/15/07

• Right Invasion! Wrong Timing
  Many prophecy teachers today are telling God’s people that Russia and her allies will invade Israel just before the beginning of the Tribulation.  Others claim that the invasion takes place just after the Tribulation begins.  Two conflicting views!  My! My! What confusion, 1 Corinthians 14:33.  Don’t they know?  Which view is correct?
  Posted 11/11/08

• Two Little Questions...
  The Word of God in Ezekiel 38-39 predicts a future invasion of the land of Israel by Russia and other nations allied with them.  This subject has probably been a topic of discussion throughout Christian history, but after World War II, due to the “Cold War” between Russia and the U.S., the subject was discussed with renewed interest.  Now, with the present situation in the Middle East, it has become a really hot topic of discussion.
  Posted 11/11/08

• Where Is Gog, the Land of Magog?
  Where is the land of “God and Magog”?  What is its exact location on this earth?  Can its location actually be determined?  Or…..is its location hidden by the Lord, not to be revealed until the fulfillment of the prophecies set forth in Ezekiel 38 – 39?
  Posted 11/11/08

FALSE TEACHINGS:

• Broken Cisterns
  Pastor Riley debunks the partial rapture, pre-wrath rapture, and First Fruits Rapture theories.
  Posted 4/9/09

• Has Anyone Considered…?
  Folks, this nation has in the process of turning away from God ever since the end of the second World War.  Abortion, homosexuality, same sex marriages, euthanasia, drugs, adultery, shack ups, illegitimate children, soaring crime rates; you name it!  It is all here!  But I truly believe that forcing our will [wickedness] upon Israel was “the final straw” that is bringing down God’s judgment upon this nation.  As a nation we are now reaping  our harvest.  Remember!  The reaping is always much larger than the amount of seed sown. reaping  our harvest.  Remember!  The reaping is always much larger than the amount of seed sown.
  Posted 12/10/08

• Pardon Me, Your Slips Are Showing  
  Folks, God’s Word is its own interpreter. It is Scripture that always explains Scripture. The Lord did not leave it up to men to understand, explain, and expound His Word on the basis of our own faulty personal opinions, ideas, theories, and “feelings.” In order to correctly understand and “rightly divide” God’s Word, God’s people [those truly saved] must compare “spiritual things with spiritual,” 1 Corinthians 2:13.
  Posted 7/17/08

• The Partial Rapture Theory
  Posted 5/12/07

• Partial Rapture Q/A
  Question from me and answer from Pastor about "partial" Rapture.
  Posted 9/7/07

• Purifying the Bride
  Posted 5/12/07

• Saturday Sabbath?
  The whole Book of Romans, the Book of Galatians, and even the Book of Hebrews points out this truth.  In each of these books the inspired writer was explicitly pointing out that New Testament believers are "free from the Law."  In Hebrews he was clearly emphasizing to the Jews that their whole Law was fulfilled in the person of, and by, the Lord Jesus Christ, and that they needed to believe on Him in order to receive the New Covenant [Hebrews 8:7-13; 10:16-18]. 
  Posted 1/13/09

• Secret of the New Covenant Unveiled
  The Book of Hebrews was written to and for the Jewish people living in this present “dispensation of grace,” Ephesians 3:2.  That is why it is specifically called “The Epistle to the Hebrews.”  This simple truth seems to escape many today who try to apply everything in this book to Gentile Christian believers.  But since this book, signified by the very title of the book, was written to and for the Jewish people, then the first application of truth in this book must apply to the Jewish people.  Is this too hard for God’s people to understand?
  Posted 2/24/09

• "Where I Stand!"
  Pastor defends his stance on America NOT being Babylon!
  Posted 11/27/07

• Why the 3½ Year Tribulation Theory Is Not Bible Truth!
  Posted 5/12/07

GENERAL CHRISTIANITY:

• Adoption
  Posted 5/7/07

• Age of Accountability
  What IS the age of accountability?  Pastor answers this question.
  Posted 5/19/08

• Are You Listening To Your Teacher?
  I am sometimes asked [ mostly by critics] why I place so much emphasis on the return of the Lord. The above text provides my Scriptural answer. I believe God’s people are supposed to listen to their teacher. In this study I want to examine this text and related Scriptures for the benefit of our readers. Not only should this study give Scriptural answers to my critics, but hopefully it will encourage all true believers to greater dedication in watching, witnessing, and praying while we wait for the coming of our Lord, Mark 13:34-37; 14:38; Luke 19:13.
  Posted 5/23/08

• Believer's Access
  Outline with Scriptures
  Posted 2/21/08

• Doctrinal Significance of Biblical Numbers
  Chart of numbers in the Bible and their meanings.
  Posted 5/30/08

• Genesis Chronology
  Posted 12/10/07

• Hand of God  
  This was such a precious story!  Peggy. 
  Posted 6/11/08

• Has Anyone Considered…?
  Folks, this nation has in the process of turning away from God ever since the end of the second World War.  Abortion, homosexuality, same sex marriages, euthanasia, drugs, adultery, shack ups, illegitimate children, soaring crime rates; you name it!  It is all here!  But I truly believe that forcing our will [wickedness] upon Israel was “the final straw” that is bringing down God’s judgment upon this nation.  As a nation we are now reaping  our harvest.  Remember!  The reaping is always much larger than the amount of seed sown. 
  Posted 12/10/08

• A Letter of Appreciation  
  I am writing this letter to express my heartfelt appreciation to everyone who responded to the request for financial aid made by Brother Jack Parrish on my behalf.
  Posted 11/21/08

• Matthew 24:28 Q&A
  Answer from Pastor to Simon's 5 Doves posting about Matthew 24:28... "Where the body is, there will the vultures gather."
  Posted 9/24/07

• The Meaning of Names
  Email between Pastor and a "brother".  Excerpt: Yes dear brother, every name in the Bible has a meaning. I have tried for years to encourage my congregations to get a good concordance and look up the meaning of the Bible names, for many times the names convey a message from the Lord that is not in the immediate surface text where the names occur. For instance.....
  Posted 5/26/08

• The New Birth  
  Question:  Does a person have to be submerged in water to be born again?  Is there a difference between being a Christian and being a born again Christian?
  Posted 9/22/08

• P-E-I-R-A-S-M-O-S... a Greek word study…  
  Following are the actual Scriptures where the word is used.  The study of these Scriptures should be very enlightening to every child of God [true believer] who is watching for “the blessed hope” of our Lord’s return to rapture His people to glory. 
  Posted 12/25/08

• Scriptural Answers - Christmas
  Sister, quite often this subject of observing Christmas [ and Easter] comes up among believers. Sadly, the discussion of it is almost always dogmatic and often angry. I have come to believe that it is a human [ fleshly] tendency to become “self righteous” when one learns the truth, to the extent of trying to “force” the truth upon others. Such is terribly wrong.
  Posted 1/22/09

• The Sign is true!  
  From my earliest memories as a child the “sign” was there. Every single day of living in my parent’s home, I saw the “sign” when I got up in the morning, during the day, and before I went to bed at night. It hung right there on the wall where anyone coming or going could see it. I finally left home to go into public work when I was 17 years of age. I didn’t see the “sign” daily anymore after I left home, but I never forgot the message written on that “sign.” Over the years it had been indelibly burned into my heart and mind.
  Posted 9/22/08

• What Does God Look Like...?  
  From the Word we can know that God’s anatomy [body] resembles our own, for we were created in His image, Genesis 1:26-27.  And yes, even though God is a Spirit [John 4:24], He does have a body.  His Word says so, 1 Corinthians 15:44.

• Who Is a Jew?
  Posted 8/29/07

MISCONCEPTIONS:

• “America is Babylon!”  Is that so…??
  Posted 11/16/07

• Democracy is a Dangerous Form of Government  
  Thank you for having the courage to say what I have been preaching to congregations for 40 years.  They never liked it either, but I preached it anyway and stood by it.  But the facts are...
  Posted 9/29/08

• Legalistic Religionist
  I pointed out that SOME "Messianic Jews" today are trying to make the "commandments of Christ" synonomous with the Ten Commandments and the 613 commandments of Jewish Law, and they are not the same at all. 
  Posted 2/6/09

THE RAPTURE/RESURRECTION(S):

• Are New Testament Believers Bound By Old Testament Law?
  [Pastor answers this question...] Do you believe that the teaching found in the Torah the first 5 Books of the Bible such as the 10 commandments and the other 613 were for salvation?? If that's what you think, you are mistaken, they were never given for "justification", or "salvation". They were given as a teaching for how to live a moral life in the eyes of God.
  Posted 12/24/08

• The Blessed Hope In the Book of Job
  It may come as a surprise to some of our readers, but some 4,000 years ago the beloved old Patriarch Job believed in and spoke of what we believers living today refer to as the pre-millennial, pre-tribulational resurrection and rapture of God’s people.  We know this to be true because Job set forth this truth in the above verses.  In this study my desire is to demonstrate this truth for our readers.
  Posted 8/29/08

• Covenants & the Dead In Christ
  If true believers who lived under the Old Covenant are not going to be resurrected at the same time as true New Testament believers, then when are they going to be resurrected? I’m so glad you asked…
  Posted 3/20/09

• Expectant Believing Mothers at the Rapture
  There are two women in my church who are pregnant. What will happen to the lady who is due to give birth in November? What will happen to this baby? I know we will be changed in an instant. But will these women have their babies? Will the child die? What will happen to the unborn children? That is my question. Do you have any suggestions?
  Posted 9/22/08

• Honoring Saturday As the Sabbath?
  [Pastor answers a woman's question...] Pastor Riley, Seventh Day Adventist teach that christians should honor Saturday as the Sabbath.? Their explanation being that Catholics changed it from Saturday to Sunday.? What is your opinion on this.? 
  Posted 12/24/08

• I truly believe this was a "3-day warning"!!!  
  This morning I had a series of dreams just before I got up. They were centered about Bible prophecy and world-renown teachers/preachers on television.
  Posted 9/29/08

• The Importance of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture… Truth or Fiction???  NEW!!! 
  Is the position on the rapture, taken by one who claims to be “a Christian;” Pre-trib, Mid-trib, Pre-wrath, Post-trib, Past-trib [preterist], Non-trib, really important, or does God’s Word just leave it up to the individual as a matter of personal choice? What about it?  Have our readers ever seriously considered this question in the light of God’s Word? No? Then I suggest you prepare to be enlightened to the real truth about one’s position on the rapture…
  Posted 6/23/09

• Is the Rapture Doctrine New?
  This theory that the pre-tribulation rapture is a relatively "new" teaching is commonly put forth by the replacement theology crowd.  It is a lie, and sadly, they know it is a lie.  If you want to check out the writing of the so-called "church fathers" [I think you can find them on the Internet if you go to the "Chiliast" websites] you will find that Hippolytus who lived in the 4th century wrote about the pre-tribulation rapture.
  Posted 2/6/09

• Lukewarm Christians
  My question is what about the “lukewarm Christians” that Jesus says He is about to spew out of His mouth? Are they “worthy” enough on the day of the rapture to be gathered together with the rest of us, or do they have to buy gold from Jesus in the fire of tribulation before they can come out of the Tribulation and gain heaven?
  Posted 4/3/09

• More On the Partial Rapture  
  Dear brother, I stand by what wrote in my answer to the brother. The Lord Jesus Christ has invested His very life's blood in every true New Testament believer. And yet He is going to leave some behind when the rapture occurs? To be "purified" by the Tribulation, which obviously means that His own precious blood was not able to "purify" them? Sic! God have mercy on such prideful ignorance!
  Posted 12/11/08

• Possible Warnings?
  In these Scripture texts are two warnings that may or may not relate to the coming of the Lord to resurrect and rapture New Testament believers to glory. But due to the fact that thousands of God’s people all over the world are expecting the rapture of God’s people to occur on Rosh HaShanah this year, I think it is worth taking another serious look at these two warnings given in God’s Word.
  Posted 9/12/08

• The Pre-Trib Rapture Doctrine New???
  I know you written some excellent material on the rapture, and I wonder if you have a response to this email I received last week (I was being attacked by a Seventh Day Adventist for holding dearly to the doctrine of the pre-tribulation rapture).  He said... [Pastor responds to an email in which Tim O. explains how he was attacked by a Seventh Day Adventist for his pre-Trib Rapture beliefs!]
  Posted 12/24/08

• Rapture Questions
  Sister, every saved person is going to be taken in the rapture.  It doesn't matter about their degree of faithfulness.  We are all individuals, and the Lord deals with us as such.  There has never been a time in this dispensation when all true believers had the exact same degree of faithfulness.  Some of God's people are far more dedicated to the Lord than others.  Some are more or less dedicated.  Some are hardly dedicated at all.  But if they are God's people [true believers] they all have one thing in common.  Their salvation!  Read Jude 3.  Therefore, when the rapture occurs they will be taken, whether some want to believe it or not.
  Posted 5/18/08

• The Reality of the Blessed Hope
  Posted 5/12/07

• Spring Rapture or Fall Rapture?
  Pastor Riley, what has happened? I so thought Jesus would have come before now. I haven't seen any new studies on Five Doves...
  Posted 2/6/09

• The Truth About Rapture '88
  Posted 5/12/07

• Who Is Going In the Rapture?
  The Overcomer: Why do men try over and over again to attach this term to "works?"
  Posted 12/15/07

• Who Is Going In the Rapture?
  The Overcomer.....Why do men try over and over again to attach this term to "works?" 
  Posted 4/1/09

• Worthy…?? Not Hardly!!
  Every few days I receive an email or letter or phone call from someone quoting [or misquoting] Luke 21:36, and expressing their hope that they will be “found worthy to be taken when the rapture occurs.”  …..or, dogmatically stating that only those of God’s people [true believers] who are living faithful, dedicated lives for the Lord will be “worthy” to be taken in the rapture. [Sic!].
  Posted 3/30/09

RAPTURE TIMELINE CLUES: <- AWESOME!!!

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NOTE FROM PEGGY: I have divided this group of Rapture Timeline Clues articles from the rest and numbered them 1A-5, because this is how Pastor Riley grouped them on 5/8/08. (Pastor's words when sending to John Tng of 5 Doves for posting: I am sorry I haven't sent these sooner, but have been overwhelmed with work.  Brother, I am attaching each of the studies I have written setting forth 2008 as the time of the coming of the Lord...)

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• 1A - A New Beginning
  Posted 8/25/07

• 1B - A New Beginning, Part 2
  If you haven't already read "A New Beginning", read it above.  It will give you chills of excitement if you're a true child of the Most High!!!  Breathtaking!!!
  Posted 11/29/07

• 2 - Another look at Anna...
  We are now at the end of the present dispensation, and within days or weeks the rapture of God’s people is going to occur and the Tribulation is going to begin on the earth. It is well known that, just as it was in the days of Anna, there is a remnant of the Jewish people today who are fervently looking for their Messiah to come at any time.   Today Israel and the Jewish people are right on the threshold of “rising again” as spoken of by Simeon, and “redemption in Jerusalem,” as spoken of by Anna the prophetess so many centuries ago.  It is time to speak again, just as Anna did, of the Lord Jesus Christ “to all them that look for redemption in Israel.” How is the Lord going to bring this to pass?  By raising up “two witnesses” again, just like He raised up Simeon and Anna.  See Revelation 11:1-12.  Glory! 
  Posted 3/10/08

• 3 - Why 2008? Here's Why...
  I want to thank you for writing. You asked me several questions about the timing of the Lord’s coming to rapture His people to glory. If I understood your questions correctly, what you really want to know is “why I believe that the rapture will occur and the Tribulation will begin in 2008 [ or before]?
  Posted 1/18/08

• 4 - The Holy Days & the Church <- EXCELLENT!!!
  I too agree that the Jewish Holy Days are extremely important, for they foreshadow and outline prophetic events of great importance to God’s people. However, I do not agree with most prophecy teachers that Christ only fulfilled the Spring holy days. The truth is, the Scriptures themselves plainly teach that Christ fulfilled every one of the Jewish Holy Days.
  Posted 5/7/0

• 5-The Days of Noah (WAS entitled "2007")
  December 31, 2006 marked the end of 2006 years of this present "dispensation of grace," Ephesians 3:2 (Gentile calendar). If we superimpose "the days of Noah" upon this present dispensation, we can then conclude that December 31, 2006 also marked the end of "the days of Noah" (Gentile calendar).
  Posted 5/13/07

• 2008 Confirmations
  After reading Pastor Riley's awesome article entitled "Why 2008? Here's Why...", I wrote and asked him how were things confirmed to him for SURE that 2008 is THE year of our going Home, and here was his response.  Even so, come Lord Yahshua!!!

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• "111"
  For several weeks [or months] this multiple number has been discussed on the Five Doves website. Many people have reported seeing this number over and over again in about every conceivable way. A few people have attempted to tie it in with Scripture and prophetic fulfillment.  Most have just reported seeing it when they awaken at night and look at the clock, seeing it on buildings, on license plates, in advertisements, etc., and have audibly wondered if it has some “spiritual” significance?
  Posted 1/29/09

  The 42 Months
  I agree with you 100%.  However, I think you are stopping short of the full message as far as Bible Numerics are concerned.  I’d like to clarify your findings just a wee bit.  We both know that on the calendar year parts of the Jewish years overlap the Gentile years.  So may I suggest that we look carefully at these 42 years laid out in the following manner…..
  Posted 1/20/09

• The "ACTUAL" Pentecost Date 
  The date of June 7th is highly significant, just as I pointed out in my Bible study. I don't think the significance of that date is any coincidence. June 7th was the date that Jerusalem was restored to the Jewish people in 1967 during the Six Day War. It is also the end of the 41st year since the "generation" began in 1967. I did state in my study that it was the end of the 40th year. That was a mistake. I'm not too proud, nor ashamed, to admit my mistakes. [ After all, my critics must have something to scoff at]. By actual count the 41st year ends on June 7th, and the 42nd year begins on June 8th. Very significantly, 42 is the Bible number for "the coming of Christ."
  Posted 5/21/08

• Calculate This...
  If some reader is capable of making this calculation, this should tell God’s people exactly how many days have to pass in 2008 before the 7 good years are fulfilled.
  Posted 2/1/08

• Calculate This... (revision) .1971 days
  Posted 2/4/08

• The Day & Hour of the Lord's Coming
  I want to assure our readers that I wholeheartedly agree that no man knows the “day and hour” when the Lord is coming to resurrect and rapture His people to glory. But my agreement is not based on the same motives that I have observed in some of my critics. Rather, I believe that no man knows the “day and hour” when the Lord is coming for the following Scriptural reasons...
  Posted 1/18/08

• The Early & Latter Rain
  Posted 5/14/07

• Here Is My Statement!
   NOTE: Includes the Scriptures mentioned in the article, spelled out for your convenience. Peg 
  The Lord didn’t come on June 8th or the 15th, projected dates for Pentecost. Nor did He come on June 20th or 21st; the Summer Solstice, as some speculated that He might. Now that Pentecost is obviously past, I have been asked by a number of readers to make a statement. What follows these introductory remarks is my statement.
  Posted 7/1/08

• How Soon..??
  If you really want to know how close we are to the fulfillment of these events, then consider these easily documented facts.
  Posted 2/27/09

• Israel’s L-o-o-n-g Night! 
  Many years ago I recognized that the statement of the Lord in John 9:4, “…..the night cometh, when no man can work,” had to [prophetically] relate to the Tribulation period at the end of this age.
  Posted 8/21/08

• It All Fits!
  Pastor answers Ben Segrest's questions about the '220 days', the '2,290 days' and the '2,335 days'... awesome!!!
  Posted 10/7/08

• Jephthah... the Real Story  
  Just how long is this period of time?  If we apply the day for a year equation explicitly  set forth in God’s Word, then the length of time from Israel’s rebirth as a nation until they enter the Tribulation is exactly 60 years.  So from 1948 when Israel became a nation again, until they enter the Tribulation 60 years later is what? 1948 + 60 years = 2008!  

• July...??  NEW!!! 
  In other words, throughout human history when God permitted mankind to enter times of great peril and crisis, those times were an incentive to motivate men to “seek the Lord.”  Right now mankind is in just such a time of peril and crisis again, and is on the very threshold of entering an even worse time; the very worst time of peril and crisis that has ever or will ever occur in human history.  Read on…

• Just Loving His Appearing!
  I am writing to tell you and all true believers that I still stand by the truth that the Lord directed me to on April 26th, just as I stated in my So Simple study posted on Five Doves on May 10th.
  Posted 6/16/08

• The Last Pieces of the Puzzle!  
  It is absolutely undeniable that the Lord wanted His New Testament believing disciples to KNOW His great plan of the ages, including the time of  His coming to resurrect and rapture His people to glory, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4.  It is very obvious from the above Scripture texts that these truths can be known!  It is also very obvious that many “hidden truths” of Bible prophecy are being revealed to true believers today exactly as promised in Daniel 12:4, for no other reason than that they are serious about studying the Word of the Lord and “love His appearing,” 2 Timothy 4:8. 
  Posted 9/30/08

• Look At the Numbers
  All of these numbers are interesting, but now look at "69." 
  Posted 9/29/08

• "Look Up" and "Keep the faith"
  I never believed that the rapture of God's people would occur on September 23rd.  I have seriously wondered if September 23rd would be a 7 day warning similar to the 7 day warning that the Lord gave to Noah preceding the flood.  But I never bought the argument that some presented that the rapture would occur on September 23rd.  I found no Scriptural evidence for that whatsoever.  And I do go by the Scriptures plus nothing minus nothing, to the best of my understanding and ability.  The "opinions" and "theories" of men amount to no more than "spitting in the wind."  It is God's Word and only God's Word that gives us spiritual light and truth. 
  Posted 9/29/08

• More Pieces!  
  Folks, I’m not the “brightest bulb” in God’s storehouse, but I have wondered for many years how so many of God’s people could make such a total mess out of “interpreting” these two verses?  Do these two verses say, in both the Hebrew text and the KJV English, that this vision concerns “the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation” or do they not?  Well…?? 
  Posted 10/6/08

• The Next Few Months
  As you probably know, I have been anticipating and writing about the coming of our Lord in 2008 for nearly two years.  I haven't specifically written anything on Psalm 108, which correlates with 2008, but I realized long ago that the Psalms correlate with the years of the 20th and 21st centuries.  Just one of my reasons for believing so strongly that the Lord is coming in 2008 is the 108th Psalm.
  Posted 8/14/08

• Pentecost Revisited <- FOLLOW-UP TO "SO SIMPLE"
  In this study I want to “revisit” the Scriptures dealing with the observance of Pentecost.  I invite our readers to join us and see what the Lord has yet to reveal to us in His wonderful inspired Word.
  Posted 4/17/09

• See What You See
  2008 was a very significant year.  The Lord has now shown me where and how it properly fits into the prophetic picture, and I hope to finish a study I am writing on this soon.  But as to this information on RITA.....Whoever wrote this was making some good observations, but came a little short of proper applications in every case.
  Posted 1/12/09

• “So Simple!” (Pastor F.M. Riley)
  In this study I want to share with God’s people a revelation from the Scriptures that the Lord has shown me about the time of His coming, trusting that the Lord will use this study to encourage the hearts and minds of every reader who has “seeing eyes and hearing ears,” Matthew 13:16.
  Posted 5/9/08

  This Is the Year
  I still believe I had a visitation from the Lord, for never before in the 54 years I have been in the Lord's ministry have I ever had an experience like that one.  There had to be a reason for it.  If the Lord doesn't come on Pentecost, during these present days, then I will continue to look for Him.  However, I'm not going to jump way ahead to Trumpets or Tabernacles until the other notable Jewish days have come and gone.  
  Posted 6/12/08

• The Three Days of Darkness
  All of these critics claim to be “Bible students,” and they don’t know where the three days of darkness came from…?? Well I’ll just be glad to show my readers. [ The critics are welcome to sneak a peak too, that is, if they are not afraid of “learning” something from an ignorant old “date setter”].
  Posted 6/4/08

• Time Periods of Daniel
  While I highly regard you as a brother in Christ, and have been blessed by some of your posts on Five Doves, I still reserve the right as a child of God to disagree with you when what you are presenting as “truth” just doesn’t harmonize with what the Scriptures actually and literally say and teach.
  Posted 10/13/08

• Toil or Trusting...?? 
  Notice that this event occurred immediately after the feeding of the 5,000, at which there were gathered up 12 baskets of fragments. The feeding of the 5,000 with five loaves and two fishes is a spiritual picture [prophetic type] of the feeding of the masses of humanity with the gospel of the grace of Christ [the five loaves] during this present dispensation of 2,000 years [the two fishes], with a remnant of the 12 tribes of Israel [the 12 baskets of fragments] being gathered together as this dispensation draws to a close.
  1/12/09

• Welcome to 2009
  Folks, all of the above is not coincidence!   Is this the year we [true believers] shall see the King in His beauty, and shall be made like Him?
  Posted 1/5/09

• What day did you say the Rapture would occur on?
  Email between Pastor & Shelby Corbett - Excerpt from Shelly's email: I have people writing me asking exactly what day do you think the rapture will happen. Please clarify this for me. For I do not want to quote you incorrectly.
  Posted 6/3/08

• When Kings Go Forth To Battle
  (Pastor’s words to me) I am also sending you a corrected copy of my study, "When Kings go forth to Battle." When I typed that study up, I made an error in the dates towards the end of the article. I used the calendar date for last year instead of this year.
  Posted 3/18/08

• Which Is the Correct Date?
  What I do know is that the Lord is coming this year; 2008. This has been confirmed to me so many times in so many different ways that there is no longer the slightest doubt in my mind. As far as I am concerned these confirmations of 2008 are sufficient.
  Posted 1/14/08

THE TRIBULATION:

• The 7-Year Tribulation Has Started?  
  The question you posed.....has the Tribulation started?  I would have to say that the answer is "No!"  But it is going to start very soon.
  Posted 9/10/08

• The Ages To Come
  Over the years I have been repeatedly asked about the 144,000.  Who are they? 
  Posted 5/7/07

• Are We In the Tribulation Yet?  
  Pastor answers this question:  Hypothetically, IS IT POSSIBLE, that Rosh Hashanah 2008,  the Dead in Christ have risen, and Daniels 70th week has kicked off ???? IS IT POSSIBLE, that those of us who are alive and remain, will be caught up AS SOON AS THE LAST Dead in Christ person has risen to meet the Lord in the air ???
  Posted 11/18/08

• Day of the Lord
  It is then "before" the last half of the Tribulation that "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood; before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come," Joel 2:31.  This places the fulfillment of this prophecy right smack in the first half of the Tribulation, exactly where Revelation 6:12-17 says that it will occur.
  Posted 8/14/08

• The Future Ministry of God's Two Witnesses
  In this study it is my desire to share prophetic truth which is familiar to our readers, yet which is seldom studied in depth; the ministry and identity of God’s “two witnesses.” The right understanding of the role of these “two witnesses” in endtime events will clarify other portions of God’s prophetic Word.
  Reposted 3/26/09

• Just a Statement  
  I remember a post of yours that was in agreement with one particular point of his/hers regarding a portion of the tribulation running into the beginning of the millenium (right?). 
  Posted 6/24/08

• The Salvation, Sealing, and Ministry of the 144,000, Part 1 (newer version)
  The glorious appearing of the Lord caused Saul to totally lose his sight for three days, Acts 9:8-9. Significantly, just as Saul was physically blind for three days, so unbelieving Israel has been spiritually blind for the past three thousand years. That is three days in God’s great week, 2 Peter 3:8. Proof of this truth is found in Isaiah 42:18-20 and 59:9-10. The prophet Isaiah ministered to Judah, the southern kingdom of Israel, nearly 800 years before the first coming of Christ. Spiritual blindness had already come upon the Jewish people before Isaiah began his ministry. So there is no question that just as Saul was in darkness for  three days, so the Jewish people have now been in spiritual darkness for three thousand years; three days in God’s great week.
  Posted 3/17/08

• The Salvation, Sealing, and Ministry of the 144,000 (Part 2)
  Who are the 144,000 of Revelation 7:1-8 and 14:1-5?  They are 144,000 natural born Jews!  Period!  
  Posted 3/18/08

• Salvation during the Trib and After
  When the Holy Spirit is "taken out of the way" of the man of sin [2 Thessalonians 2:7] at the time of the rapture, that doesn't mean that He is "taken out of the world."  Most people try to read that into that Scripture, but that is not what the Scripture says.
  Posted 2/4/08

• The Second Witness
  Posted 5/8/07

• The Secret of the Seven Sealed Book
  Posted 5/12/07

• Seven Year Tribulation
  The seven year Tribulation is set forth in God's Word from Genesis clear through Revelation.  I am not trying to be offensive, but how anyone can seriously study the Scriptures and miss it is beyond me.
  Posted 8/14/08

• Seven Year Tribulation (different than the one above)
  There has been a lot of debate lately about the length of the Tribulation period. God’s people [true believers] throughout this present dispensation have always taught a future seven year Tribulation. But those who advocate a shorter Tribulation have come out in force lately, “reinterpreting” Daniel 9:26-27 and Revelation 11:2-3, and insisting that the Tribulation period is only 3½ years in length. They scorn and ridicule the teaching of a seven year Tribulation, claiming that “there is not a Scripture in the Bible that says that the Tribulation will be seven years in length.” Oh! Is that so?
  Posted 10/1/08

• Shortened Days In the Tribulation  
  What is your take, Pastor, on the verse that states, unless those days be shortened, no flesh would survive, but for the elect sake they'll be shortened?  Do you think the actual hours in a day could be shortened due to some catastrophic meteor event?  Such as Wormwood?  I have never given it much thought, but a gentleman at church mentioned it to me.
  Posted 11/5/08

• SPECIAL REPORT:  Kuwait Readying for War in Gulf? - Middle East Times
  In Psalm 108:6 you will find the word "delivered."  This word is translated from the Hebrew word, "chalats."  This Hebrew word literally means, "to remove; draw out; take away; withdraw; set free; loose; pull off or away; go out; go away; to be delivered; to rescue; be rescued."  See Gesenius Hebrew - Chaldee Lexicon, page 283, Strongs No. 2502.  Sister, notice that this is in the 6th verse, correlating with the end of 6,000 years of human history.  Our Lord is coming and we are going home. This Psalm teaches the rapture of God's people as a certain event for 2008.  Glory!
  Posted 8/14/08

• Spreading of the Gospel During the Trib and the Sabbath Year of 2008
  Pastor answers email questions.
  Posted 6/18/08

• Suffering for Christ vs. Tribulation Suffering
  I too believe Corrie Ten Boom was a dear Christian lady.  But I don't believe she understood the difference between suffering for Christ in this present dispensation [Philippians 1:29], and the terrible judgments that God is going to pour out upon the wicked during the coming Tribulation period. 
  Posted 8/22/08

• When Kings Go Forth to Battle
  Posted 8/20/07

• Why the 3½ Year Tribulation Theory is not Bible Truth
  One such theory is the “3½ year Tribulation theory.” The teaching of this theory has done nothing but spread confusion in the ranks of Christianity, and is doing great damage to “rightly dividing” Bible prophecy and to the cause of Christ.
  Posted 8/14/08

• Will the Antichrist be a Homosexual?
  God’s people are currently debating the above question on Five Doves and possibly some other Christian websites. The source of the debate is the statement made in Daniel 11:37, “Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.” All kinds of opinions, theories, ideas, and explanations have been put forward to explain this phrase, some very dogmatically claiming that this statement does not teach that the Antichrist will be a homosexual and others just as dogmatically claiming that it does.
  Posted 11/18/08

• Will God’s People Go Through ANY of the Tribulation?
  There is no Scripture whatsover that even suggest that God's people saved in this present dispensation will go through any part of the seven year Tribulation, and the Word of God explicitly teaches that it will be a seven year Tribulation. To even suggest that we are already in, and have been in, the Tribulation for six years is totally ridiculous and unscriptural.
  Posted 2/21/08

• You Asked for It!
  Posted 10/5/07

• You Cannot Burn a Pearl
  There are even some of God’s people [ true believers] today, who seem obsessed with having the “church” go through part of the Tribulation to “purify it” before it is caught up to meet the Lord at the rapture. Folks, such a false teaching is both Scripturally [ spiritually] and physically impossible! Why? Because the Lord’s church is symbolized by the “pearl of great price.”
  Posted 1/3/08

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