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Whisenant’s September 1988 rapture prediction

On Borrowed Time · “WHY THE FAITHFUL WILL NOT BE SURPRISED,” complete section; PDF pages 36–37, with both author footnotes

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On Borrowed Time, Book 2 in the combined electronic witness with 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988; copyright 1988. Undated later typesetting hosted by Internet Archive, PDF pages 36–37, section “WHY THE FAITHFUL WILL NOT BE SURPRISED,” complete with both author footnotes. This is an electronic transcription. Whitespace normalized and footnotes moved to the margin; visible spelling and reference errors retained.

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Perhaps the most ignored or disbelieved verse in the whole Bible is I Thess. 5:4: “But you, brothers (speaking to the Church), are not in darkness so that this day (the Rapture) should surprised you.” Jesus states in Matt. 24:36, 25:13, and Mark 13:32 that no man will know the day or the hour of His return (not the week, month or year). God told the Jew the exact time the Messiah was to be cut-off in Dan. 9:25,26. Would He do less for the Church than He did for the Jew? Heb. 10:25 says we will see the day approaching. God, in the last years of the Church Age, has let the Church know the year and the month and the week. The Body of Christ is being given time to get ready to meet the Bridegroom, but the exact time of the Rapture will remain unknown to those who are caught up in the world's affairs. There is a special Watchers Crown for those who are watchingfor His return. (II tim. 4:8). Every event of the 70th week of Daniel (the Seven-Year Tribulation Period) and every event of the Millennium were calculated by God to begin and end at specific points in time. Only the exact day and hour of Jesus' return for His Church is unknown. (Ps. 90:12, Isa. 42:9) The King James translation of the Bible gives two limitations to Jesus' return for the Church: “the day and the hour” (Matt. 24:36), and “the time and the seasons” (Acts 1:7, I thess. 5:1). The NAB translation, however puts these Scriptures in a different light. Acts 1:7 in this version reads “the exact times is not yours to know.” I Thess. 5:1 reads “as regards specific times and specific moments we (the Apostles) do not need to write to you.” The times and the seasons were not a limitation in the original Greek manuscritps. This mis-translation has hindered the Church from knowing the truth in this last generation about the times of the Lord's return for His faithful . Many have not read their Bibles closely enough to see by God's word the that tradition has been wrong. God, now in these times, has revealed to man all the details of the 70 th week of Daniel, the Millennium and the nesw heaven and the new earth.Daniel says it is sealed till the time of the end. When the 70 th week occurs, no man can say it happened without warning. However, in accuracy, this answer that “it is not for you to know the times and the seasons” is an answer to the Jewish question ask by Jewish apotles to the Jewish Messiah “will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6) The question had nothing to do with the Rapture. The Rapture was not revealed to the Church until I Cor. 15:51 when Paul the Apostles revealed the mystery of the Rapture to the Church first at Corinth at least 20 years later after the crucifixion of Jesus. In my research notes, 14 Bible examples verify that never in the entire history of man were the righteous of God ever surprised when the wrath of God descended on the wicked. Fourteen examples are given below: 1) Noah knew seven days in advance (See Gen. 7:4) 2) Lot knew the day before (see Gen. 19:12) 3) The Israelites in Moses's day had blood over the door when the death angels killed the Egyptian first born (Ex. 12) 4) At Jesus' crucifixion the Jew should not have been surprised (see Daniel 9:25,26) 5) The ancient Jewish bride was not surprised. She heard the shout given ½ block away. 6) No surprised for the faithful. (I Thess 5:4) 7) You see the day approach; no surprised. (Heb. 10:25) 8) Unfaithful surprised; so fiathful not surprised. ( Rev. 3:3, NIV) 9) The virgins not surprised. (Amos 25:6) 10) Prophets told first; no surprised (Amos 3:7) 11) Before they spring forth I tell you of them. (Isa. 42:9) 12) The Lord confides in those who fear Him. He makes His covenant known to them. (Ps. 25:14) 13) It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 13:11). 14) And none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (Dan. 12:10) Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord, which exercise loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. (Jer. 9:23-24)

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1000 BCE0100015001800190020001988–1993 · “at the outside” 1993 · Predicted date · Edgar Whisenant, 1989: the rapture by 1993 at the outside, within the five years 1988–1993Sunset 11–13 September 1988 · Predicted date · Whisenant expects the rapture during Rosh Hashanah1989 · WBS, Nashville · Interpretation recorded · Edgar Whisenant publishes The Final Shout: Rapture Report 198931 August–2 September 1989 · Rosh Hashanah · Predicted date · Edgar Whisenant: the rapture on Rosh Hashanah, 1 September 198922–23 September 1989 · 23 hours from sunset · Predicted date · Edgar Whisenant: World War III from sunset on 22 September 1989, lasting 23 hours24 September 1989 · fifteen days after the peace pact · Predicted date · Edgar Whisenant: the Antichrist receives his kingdom on 24 September 198923 September 1996 · Day of Atonement · Predicted date · Edgar Whisenant: the Battle of Armageddon on the Day of Atonement, 23 September 199612 December 1996 · sunset, Thursday · Predicted date · Edgar Whisenant: the Millennium starts on 12 December 1996
  1. 1988–1993 · “at the outside” 1993Edgar Whisenant, 1989: the rapture by 1993 at the outside, within the five years 1988–1993 Predicted date · stated 1989Responds to Whisenant expects the rapture during Rosh Hashanah (Sunset 11–13 September 1988).
  2. Sunset 11–13 September 1988Whisenant expects the rapture during Rosh Hashanah Predicted date · stated 1988Edgar Whisenant: the rapture on Rosh Hashanah, 1 September 1989 (31 August–2 September 1989 · Rosh Hashanah) responds to this date.Edgar Whisenant, 1989: the rapture by 1993 at the outside, within the five years 1988–1993 (1988–1993 · “at the outside” 1993) responds to this date.
  3. 1989 · WBS, NashvilleEdgar Whisenant publishes The Final Shout: Rapture Report 1989 Interpretation recorded
  4. 31 August–2 September 1989 · Rosh HashanahEdgar Whisenant: the rapture on Rosh Hashanah, 1 September 1989 Predicted date · stated 1989Responds to Whisenant expects the rapture during Rosh Hashanah (Sunset 11–13 September 1988).Edgar Whisenant: the Battle of Armageddon on the Day of Atonement, 23 September 1996 (23 September 1996 · Day of Atonement) derives from this date.Edgar Whisenant: the Antichrist receives his kingdom on 24 September 1989 (24 September 1989 · fifteen days after the peace pact) derives from this date.Edgar Whisenant: World War III from sunset on 22 September 1989, lasting 23 hours (22–23 September 1989 · 23 hours from sunset) derives from this date.
  5. 22–23 September 1989 · 23 hours from sunsetEdgar Whisenant: World War III from sunset on 22 September 1989, lasting 23 hours Predicted date · stated 1989Derives from Edgar Whisenant: the rapture on Rosh Hashanah, 1 September 1989 (31 August–2 September 1989 · Rosh Hashanah).
  6. 24 September 1989 · fifteen days after the peace pactEdgar Whisenant: the Antichrist receives his kingdom on 24 September 1989 Predicted date · stated 1989Derives from Edgar Whisenant: the rapture on Rosh Hashanah, 1 September 1989 (31 August–2 September 1989 · Rosh Hashanah).
  7. 23 September 1996 · Day of AtonementEdgar Whisenant: the Battle of Armageddon on the Day of Atonement, 23 September 1996 Predicted date · stated 1989Derives from Edgar Whisenant: the rapture on Rosh Hashanah, 1 September 1989 (31 August–2 September 1989 · Rosh Hashanah).
  8. 12 December 1996 · sunset, ThursdayEdgar Whisenant: the Millennium starts on 12 December 1996 Predicted date · stated 1989

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