The Rapture Report
Donald Cantrell
First Thessalonians 4:13-18
I - The Misgivings of the Rapture (2 Pt. 3: 3 - 9)
II - The Mention of the Rapture (Jn. 14: 1 - 3)
III - The Mystery of the Rapture (1 Cor. 15: 51 - 52)
IV - The Method of the Rapture (1 Thess. 4: 13 - 18)
V - The Modeling of the Rapture (Lk. 17: 26 - 29)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Predictions of the Rapture are Premature (Washington Post - 1989)
When Sept. 1, 1989, came and went, Edgar Whisenant was still here. So were millions of others who expect to be taken into heaven during the rapture they believe is prophesied in the Book of Revelation the rapture that Whisenant said would happen Sept. 1.
Whisenant, a retired NASA engineer, originally predicted that the rapture would take place Sept. 13, 1988. A book he wrote on the subject, titled "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988," raised $200,000 in profits for the publisher, the World Bible Society in Nashville. About 4.3 million copies of the book were distributed, including more than a million that were given away.
When last year's date came and went, Whisenant recalculated and came up with the new date. He and the publisher issued a new work on the subject, but this time they hedged their bets, titling the pamphlet "The Final Shout/Rapture Report. 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993."
When this year's prediction also proved wrong, Whisenant's reaction was, "I guess God doesn't always do things the way man thinks He will." In a telephone interview from his home outside Little Rock, Ark., the author told Ray Waddle of the Nashville Tennessean that "there's evidence all around, but ol' Ed Whisenant just can't name it.
My job is done. The end is near, and I had to get the message out. Like Paul Revere, I did the job I was supposed to do."
Whisenant, whose latest work sold only 30,000 copies, said he isn't planning any more books about the rapture or the end of the world. "Now ...
Donald Cantrell
First Thessalonians 4:13-18
I - The Misgivings of the Rapture (2 Pt. 3: 3 - 9)
II - The Mention of the Rapture (Jn. 14: 1 - 3)
III - The Mystery of the Rapture (1 Cor. 15: 51 - 52)
IV - The Method of the Rapture (1 Thess. 4: 13 - 18)
V - The Modeling of the Rapture (Lk. 17: 26 - 29)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Predictions of the Rapture are Premature (Washington Post - 1989)
When Sept. 1, 1989, came and went, Edgar Whisenant was still here. So were millions of others who expect to be taken into heaven during the rapture they believe is prophesied in the Book of Revelation the rapture that Whisenant said would happen Sept. 1.
Whisenant, a retired NASA engineer, originally predicted that the rapture would take place Sept. 13, 1988. A book he wrote on the subject, titled "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988," raised $200,000 in profits for the publisher, the World Bible Society in Nashville. About 4.3 million copies of the book were distributed, including more than a million that were given away.
When last year's date came and went, Whisenant recalculated and came up with the new date. He and the publisher issued a new work on the subject, but this time they hedged their bets, titling the pamphlet "The Final Shout/Rapture Report. 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993."
When this year's prediction also proved wrong, Whisenant's reaction was, "I guess God doesn't always do things the way man thinks He will." In a telephone interview from his home outside Little Rock, Ark., the author told Ray Waddle of the Nashville Tennessean that "there's evidence all around, but ol' Ed Whisenant just can't name it.
My job is done. The end is near, and I had to get the message out. Like Paul Revere, I did the job I was supposed to do."
Whisenant, whose latest work sold only 30,000 copies, said he isn't planning any more books about the rapture or the end of the world. "Now ...
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