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Post by MyWhiteStone on May 20, 2017 15:48:36 GMT
So, from the kingdom called "Lurkdom," huh? Wow, SoonAndVerySoon, what a great place to be from! Thanks for piping up here and posting. A great thing to wake up to this morning! Yes, as the old song goes, "We are family, all my brothers and my sisters and me!" And for this unbeatable relationship, praise His Holy Name!
If you have perused this thread you may notice, among my antics, that I'm quite expecting us to be caught up somewhere around Wednesday this week. I saw a video before going to sleep last night showing Air Force One taking off for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia... Momentous events going on in my estimation!
(Wednesday is the 40th day after Firstfruits, Jesus Resurrection)... I'm "all in" risking this expectation. But it certainly won't be the only time I've risked the "next-day wake up and crash" problem.
As they say in the movie Angels in the Outfield, "It could happen!"
Anyway, good morning!
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Post by morningstar on May 20, 2017 16:04:38 GMT
Welcome! soonandverysoon (BTW I like your name)happy you've decided not to lurk but to join us here. We always love to hear from new members, what their thoughts are and contribution they can share...so feel free to jump in at any time. God bless.
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Post by Gr8tful on May 20, 2017 16:47:16 GMT
HI and welcome soonandverysoon! Love that name, I use that term often. Glad you chose to come here w/'extended' family. Funny I did the same on Ritan....was a lurker for probably 2 yrs then signed up here after lurking for awhile. Doesn't take too long to come out of lurker mode, which I never expected to happen w/me.
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Post by soonandverysoon on May 20, 2017 23:23:03 GMT
Thanks for the warm and wonderful welcome everyone! I, like many of you, believe we are so very close to our blessed hope becoming our blessed reality. What a day of rejoicing that will be!
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Post by Gr8tful on May 21, 2017 0:51:46 GMT
Love your enthusiasm and your avatar! Yes, what a day, a yr., an eternity of rejoicing!! What an exciting thought, isn't it?! Praise the Lord!! Thanks for that post, I needed that 'boost' of encouragement right now. Always amazed how and who God uses to touch us when we need it!
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Post by shelayne on May 22, 2017 2:13:53 GMT
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Post by MyWhiteStone on May 22, 2017 14:24:52 GMT
Welcome yourself, our long-lost rockin' kitty! Yeah you, Shelayne! See ya' in the air, hopefully sometime this week.
Not expecting to see that likeness up there. How will we know you?
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Post by humblehorse on May 22, 2017 15:16:32 GMT
I thought I'd come and have a look what's going on over here too, as although I will post of Facebook, I would still have to abide by RITAN's rules...
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Post by Gr8tful on May 22, 2017 16:11:00 GMT
Glad to have you here HH! Welcome! If you don't mind my asking, what Ritan rules do you have to abide to? Love that avatar!! Again, WELCOME!!
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Post by humblehorse on May 22, 2017 16:30:42 GMT
RITAN changed their rules so that any speculation on Rapture dates was not allowed to include Visions, Dreams, Day counts or Patterns!!!
Only speculation from Biblical sources was allowed, which personally I thought was not on... Because My God is alive TODAY and still continues to speak to His people!
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Post by elizabeth on May 22, 2017 17:09:50 GMT
Welcome soonandverysoon, and humblehorse. It's nice to have you here.
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Post by humblehorse on May 22, 2017 19:40:36 GMT
NO!! Don't stop MWS... You were such an encouragement over at RITAN, I look forward to continuing in fellowship with you here!!
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Post by morningstar on May 23, 2017 1:16:25 GMT
Welcome Humblehorse good to have you here, looking forward to your comments and thoughts, so glad you can join us. God Bless.
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Post by peaceinthestorm on May 23, 2017 1:19:36 GMT
Hi, humblehorse. I remember your music videos. They have a great message. Welcome
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Post by humblehorse on May 23, 2017 11:29:37 GMT
Hi, humblehorse. I remember your music videos. They have a great message. Welcome Thank you peaceinthestrom, I'm just working a couple of new ones at the moment!! I've had a lot going on in my personal life but things are beginning to settle again and I have a bit of time on my hands. xx
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Post by Gr8tful on May 23, 2017 14:23:49 GMT
That's funny Peace! Every time I see Soonandverysoon's avatar, that song is in my head the rest of the day. That is a good thing for sure!
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Post by MyWhiteStone on May 23, 2017 15:48:47 GMT
NO!! Don't stop MWS... You were such an encouragement over at RITAN, I look forward to continuing in fellowship with you here!! Hey thanks, Andy! Encouragement? Yesss! It's nice to hear from a friend! Well you and my brothers and sisters here, and at RITA Now, and in real life, and in church, yes even those puzzled ones to whom we'll have to explain the Rapture on the way up, will never be discouraged ever again! I can't claim you heard it here first, but we won't be earth-bound by the end of next week, possibly even this week -- my favorite expectation. Hey, you recall that crushing pain the next day after those expected Rapture dates passed? Well I feel like life without risk is bland, so I'm crawling out on another limb. I am "all in" on this prediction! But not without deep defensible conviction. Primarily based in Scripture, and honestly deeply respecting and accepting the research work published by RITA's Heather Rivard. And an important bonus underpinning of my current expectation is someone's ongoing trip from Washington to Jerusalem to the Vatican to Brussels to Sicily and finally back to Washington. Wasn't it rich, powerful and ruthless men of Sicilian descent who used to say stuff like, "I'll make you a deal you cannot refuse! ?" So you said, Andy, "I look forward to continuing in fellowship with you here!! " Well fellowship up there will be better by far, no?? Maybe we'll actually meet each other in 2018 though, (finally). You could be right. And in any case we should encounter each other for the next many hundreds of years. For example, half of my fellow high school graduates have by now departed this earth, and so our 2014 50-year reunion was reasonably sparse; yet a RITA Now (and Rapture Forum) reunion could be scheduled at say 49 to 50 year intervals -- at least 20 of them -- on say annual Resurrection / Rapture Day observances. Love ya', man!
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Post by humblehorse on May 23, 2017 19:02:32 GMT
NO!! Don't stop MWS... You were such an encouragement over at RITAN, I look forward to continuing in fellowship with you here!! Hey thanks, Andy! Encouragement? Yesss! It's nice to hear from a friend! Well you and my brothers and sisters here, and at RITA Now, and in real life, and in church, yes even those puzzled ones to whom we'll have to explain the Rapture on the way up, will never be discouraged ever again! I can't claim you heard it here first, but we won't be earth-bound by the end of next week, possibly even this week -- my favorite expectation. Hey, you recall that crushing pain the next day after those expected Rapture dates passed? Well I feel like life without risk is bland, so I'm crawling out on another limb. I am "all in" on this prediction! But not without deep defensible conviction. Primarily based in Scripture, and honestly deeply respecting and accepting the research work published by RITA's Heather Rivard. And an important bonus underpinning of my current expectation is someone's ongoing trip from Washington to Jerusalem to the Vatican to Brussels to Sicily and finally back to Washington. Wasn't it rich, powerful and ruthless men of Sicilian descent who used to say stuff like, "I'll make you a deal you cannot refuse! ?" So you said, Andy, "I look forward to continuing in fellowship with you here!! " Well fellowship up there will be better by far, no?? Maybe we'll actually meet each other in 2018 though, (finally). You could be right. And in any case we should encounter each other for the next many hundreds of years. For example, half of my fellow high school graduates have by now departed this earth, and so our 2014 50-year reunion was reasonably sparse; yet a RITA Now (and Rapture Forum) reunion could be scheduled at say 49 to 50 year intervals -- at least 20 of them -- on say annual Resurrection / Rapture Day observances. Love ya', man! I think we've got a bit more to do here before we get to go there... but you know where I stand!! Peace Bro. x
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Post by MyWhiteStone on May 23, 2017 20:42:54 GMT
Yeah, you still stand on the opposite side of the pond, HumbleHorse. How about a wager? Just a gentleman's wager with nothing valuable at stake, and all outcomes eventually joyous? (Admittedly being sentenced here for something like another year frankly depresses this poor old woolley!) By the way, I have always admired your ability to recognize patterns -- among other of your obvious gifts... Sincerely! Dan
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Post by shelayne on May 23, 2017 22:01:51 GMT
Welcome yourself, our long-lost rockin' kitty! Yeah you, Shelayne! See ya' in the air, hopefully sometime this week. Not expecting to see that likeness up there. How will we know you? Love your optimism, Brother!! I surely would like for your prediction to be true! Oh, you will know me, as we will ALL instantly know everyone and each other- at least that is what I believe.😎 Now let's GOOOOOOO!!
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Post by MyWhiteStone on May 24, 2017 6:22:02 GMT
I asked your kitty there, Shelayne, about whether folks prediction of Rapture in the Fall was the right answer. Well you yourself can see how she feels about it. Yup, we're both thinking NOW! The kitty and I.
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Post by KolleenWhiteStone on May 25, 2017 19:50:40 GMT
I just want to say thank you for your sweet greetings for everyone; I am the newest newby it seems. I've noticed very woolly sheep around here posing as grown men?(smile) Actually,I am an ongoing non-refugee mod at RITA Now who Dan told to come over here to give him a hard time.
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Post by MyWhiteStone on May 25, 2017 20:13:14 GMT
Welcome Kolleen! You're brave to admit being my friend. Some of the folks here know the story behind why I'm "a Big Wool!" It's about my precious Bunny! Y'all may or may not know, depending on your familiarity with RITA, that Kolleen and I both live in the Denver area. There was a time at RITA when folks in the same geographic area were exchanging contact info through the mods. I met with Boulder95, for example, about 18 - 20 months ago. But tomorrow Kolleen and I are finally meeting for the first time for brunch, having been pen pals for a time. It's great to have brothers and sisters in Christ! Yess!!! Like almost all of you she's skeptical about my optimism -- about leaving this month -- but I told her it would be a risk to delay breakfast until June -- (crafty wolf in sheep's clothing that I am) -- and so she relented. Please, give Kolleen a warm round of welcome in the grand RF style, and wish her good luck with that crazy woolley! [edit - The fellowship here, Kolleen, is top-notch!]
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Post by Gr8tful on May 25, 2017 20:34:28 GMT
WELCOME Kolleen!! So glad to have you join. And VERY happy you here to help us keep Dan 'in line'; as you know, he's outta control! That's sooo neat you are going to meet up! I love that. Kolleen, as you know you may want to download a dictionary to take with you. lol Please share with us how your visit went! And again, welcome, welcome, welcome!!!
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Post by peaceinthestorm on May 25, 2017 20:53:48 GMT
Welcome. So glad you joined in. I recommend a new avatar. You appear a bit bald. But then again, I don't think that dolphins have much hair either.
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Post by KolleenWhiteStone on May 25, 2017 21:07:53 GMT
Pray for me for tomorrow, meeting with this woolley guy! He'll be so easy to recognize won't he!
A tad bit skeptical as Dan said at leaving this month, but I am always ready and waiting for our Lords call, with great longing and enthusiasm as you all are.
I actually signed on a long time back, but then didn't follow through so I knew nothing about Shiloh until it was posted on Rita. She was always special to me and I am so happy that she found a like minded home with you all here in the time she had left. We will all meet again.
Thank you so much Dan for your wit and kindness in making me feel welcome here.
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Post by Gr8tful on May 25, 2017 21:19:38 GMT
You're right Peace, I don't believe dolphins have hair, especially pink ones! Yes Kolleen, I do believe you will need prayer! But I too imagine he won't be hard to spot at all. A great big care bear!!! (He's not really a woolly sheep, we just go along with him on that.) Shiloh is sooo missed, still hard to believe really. Her and Leeza were wonderful, Godly women whom I am forever grateful to have known them. I know those 2 ladies would be giving you the biggest welcome!
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Post by KolleenWhiteStone on May 25, 2017 21:39:30 GMT
Gr8tful, thank you also for your warmth!! I'm thinking I might need reinforcements for tomorrow if you all could come too!! He is a handful for sure!! And I am familiar with that dictionary - I even told him so this morning! An education for all of us no! I will attempt to share on the visit, but Dan is the better writer. (I haven't found the smilies yet!)
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Post by morningstar on May 25, 2017 21:42:58 GMT
WELCOME!..I say..WELCOME Kolleen to our forum..this pic.should give you an idea of what it's like at times..... Yes, we miss Leeza and Shiloh tremendously, and like Gr8tful sometimes it's hard to believe they're not here with us, but are enjoying each others company just waiting for us all to meet...very soon I hope. Give Dan a big hug from us all when you meet him, it should be a fun brunch.
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Post by KolleenWhiteStone on May 25, 2017 21:46:54 GMT
peaceinthestorm; love that name! So we're all in the family with your hairless dolphin and my...hairless "alien!" Yes, that will have to go the moment I have time!
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