Vision in New Zealand, etc.

Dear friends

Yesterday I received an amazing story that I had to pray about whether to share it widely. I feel led to go ahead and share it.

A reliable source told me of a pastor in New Zealand, with whom he has communicated, who had a vision and visitation from the Lord in November 2000. The Lord appeared to the pastor in the middle of the night and spoke to him, saying that He was coming "very, very soon." The pastor asked for a sign, and the Lord replied that the last sign before the rapture is that Arafat will be removed. As I have the story, the Lord did not say how Arafat will be removed, whether by natural causes or by assassination (by his own people or Israel) -- just that he will be removed. I have the New Zealand pastor's name and e-mail address and am trying to get further details.

My "reliable source" is an orthodontist, Messianic Jew and long-time Bible prophecy teacher. He had an experience of his own on September 20, 2000. He says that he prayed an unusual prayer, a kind of prayer he almost never prays. He said to the Lord, "If you are coming back really, really, really, really soon (several reallys) -- before the fall of 2001 -- please give me a sign."

Shortly after that three bizarre things happened to him that were very personal and meaningful and he feels were a sign. In his spirit he believes they were an answer. Plus, he only recently realized that the autumn equinox is not until September 22, 2001, with Rosh Hashanah falling a few days before that on September 17-18.

In regard to Arafat, Barbara Richmond's Special Jerusalem Report received by me also yesterday, (coincidentally?) within minutes of receiving the pastor's story, points to that very near possibility about Arafat. In part, Barbara said

"PROFOUND IMPLICATIONS OF ISRAELI OPERATION AGAINST TERRORIST LEADER -- WHAT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND

"Ali Abu Mustafa was the notorious George Habash's successor as secretary general of the PFLP, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which hit the headlines in the seventies and eighties as the radical Marxist super-terrorist, hijacker of international airliners and hostage-taker. His liquidation by two Israeli missiles that crashed through the window of his Ramallah office near Arafat's headquarters Monday morning is the most meaningful and bold operation Ariel Sharon has thus far ordered since becoming prime minister last March.

"The successful assassination is being described by intelligence as a 'military threat to Syrian president Assad to keep his hands off the Palestinian intifada and a warning to Arafat that he takes his Intifada across the border at his own personal peril....'"

End of quote.

I should add that I helped my orthodontist friend speak with Pastor Ron Patterson, the father of 19-year-old Ronnie, who had the visitation of the Lord (also in September 2000), a visitation and word that points to the very, very near term for the rapture. (If you missed this recent story, see archives at http//insights.injesus.com.) Ron knows Dr. Eby very well.

(NOTE September 2000 is the VERY same month that Sharon visited the Temple Mount and the present Intifida began, and when CNN headlined, "THE BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM HAS BEGUN.")

Ron told my friend that in July, last month, Eby's heart stopped beating twice. He is obviously very sick. He believes this is a major sign of the soon rapture.

So we have

1. The New Zealand pastor's experience.

2. The orthodontist's experience.

3. Ronnie Patterson's experience.

4. Dr. Eby's failing health.

5. A reportedly recently discovered 1890 scholar's calendar calculations that the 6,000 years since Adam and 2,000 years since Christ does not end until September 2001.

6. The ancient Christian and Jewish predictions that Messiah would come after 6,000 years of history.

7. Hosea 62, about "after two days," and "on the third day."

Conclusion: There are many things pointing to September 2001. Let us be watchful for more signs and confirmations.

Jim