What day did you say the Rapture would occur on?

June 2, 2008

Hi Pastor Riley,

I have posted one of your writings on the rapture on my website www.rapturewatcher.org

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.

Thanks,

Shelby Corbitt

Dear Sister in Christ,

To make it very clear what the Lord showed me: 

Nearly two years ago the Lord began to reveal to me from His Word that 2008 is the year of the Lord's coming to resurrect and rapture His people to glory.  I have since written eight Bible studies setting forth this truth.

Then on April 26th of this year the Lord showed me that there are only two Jewish festivals in the Jewish year that have anything at all to do with the resurrection and rapture of God's people.  Those two festivals are "firstfruits" and Pentecost.

Obviously this year, "firstfruits" is already past and gone.  Therefore, if the resurrection and rapture is going to occur on a Jewish festival this year, then that festival has to be Pentecost.

The Lord did not show me a "date."  He showed me "Pentecost" as the time of the resurrection and rapture.  Once the Lord showed me that the resurrection and rapture would occur on Pentecost, then I went to my calendar and looked up "the date" when Pentecost is to occur this year.  I think that is what any "normal" person would do.  The date shown on my Jewish calendar for Pentecost this year is June 8th.  If this date is correct, then Pentecost would begin at approximately 6 p.m. Jerusalem time on June 7th.  This "date"  may or may not be correct, due to a half dozen different dates being argued about on Five Doves website.  But the consensus of  "opinion" seems to be that Pentecost this year is somewhere between June 6th and June 17th. 

This argument over the correct "date" of Pentecost doesn't bother me one bit.  God's people have been waiting on the Lord's return to fulfill His promise given in John 14:3 since the day He ascended back to the Father some 2,000 years ago.  I have personally been waiting for my Lord to come for the past 54 years.  In the light of this what is another day or two, or week or two?  God have mercy!  "Children" will invaribly find something to argue about, 1 Corinthians 14:20. 

Dear sister, I hope my answers are plain enough that all of your readers can understand them.

Thank you for writing.  I'll meet you in glory in just a few more days.  God bless you.  Pray for me.

Pastor F. M. Riley