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whats the significance with the september 13, 1988 date? besides being my 15th birthday.


There was a big thing going around in many "independent charismatic" and AoG churches regarding a book called "88 Reasons The Rapture Could Occur In 1988"...and the book predicted that Jesus would return on 13 September 1988 (based on it being 40 years since Israel's founding, etc.--in fact, it was even specific in claiming Jesus would return on 13 September at exactly 11am Israel Standard Time!)

Needless to say, Mr. Whisenant's prediction didn't come to pass.

I remember it as I was starting my process of walking away at that time, had largely convinced myself a lot of what was being taught in my church was bunk...but at the same time there was that teeny fear in the back of your head, and I remember praying silently for repentance "just in case". :cheeky

I did know people in my church that literally gave all their money and possessions away to the church, quit their jobs, kept their kids home from school, etc. because they felt Jesus was going to return on that day, and ended up literally destitute because of it :(

Anyways, links for those curious about that particular pentecostal panic:

www.isitso.org/guide/whise.html
www.watchman.org/reltop/rapt.htm
www.apologeticsindex.org/r16.html