The Apostle Paul told the Thessalonians that the lawless one would be revealed after the restrainer was removed. He was telling them that things they see going on around them would be their notification. We see the effects of lawlessness happening now more that ever. We should be watching the things going on around us. The whole 2020 election was lawless and that lawlessness is seen as lies coming from the government, the media and big corporations. Thank you for the comfort Rick. I totally agree Rick, the abundance of general signs of the times are out there giving us very good reason to look up. I can easily see conditions lining up for seals 1-6 opening over the next few months. War. Inflation with food shortages appararently imminent. Widespread death possible by an experimental therapy that many participated in. Reports of the poles moving by 5 miles per month predicting a total pole shift no later than a year from now could very easily be a indicator of 6th seal events. The facts are there and general signs abound. I guess what I was wondering is will we get anything more than this, as in a specific sign or message? And what would that look like? In the past such warnings were issued by prophets, but maybe not in the church age because all believers are filled with he Holy Spirit, so maybe there will be no one prophet with that singular message, since the Spirit is in all true believers, in that regard, maybe TR’s speculation could hold some weight . And maybe there will be no warning, who knows? I have often joked, a little warning would be nice because it would be nice not to be in the shower or in the restroom when it happens - that would be awkward! And point of clarity to above - if we see the conditions for the seals to open soon, obviously we are outta here before then, lest anyone take that the wrong way. 2 Timothy 4:18 - "Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." If the Christians who are actively watching and longing for Jesus' appearance are going to be rewarded with a crown, maybe they will also be the ones who will be granted the privilege of a forewarning of Jesus' arrival, although I don't know how long beforehand - maybe a few hours or minutes?? I imagine that He wouldn't grant that privilege to the Christians who aren't watching and longing for His appearance, and who even don't want it to happen for a long time or maybe not at all - they would prefer to live out their earthly lives to old age and hope that the Rapture won't interrupt it. So they would not react well to a sudden heads-up that the Rapture is about to happen and that would be insulting to Jesus. But the watchers would rejoice! :yahoo: who like me feels strongly about the following: that the lockdowns, lack of entertainment, spectator sports,..................was used by God to get people's attention cause the hour is really late. People are always distracted with entertainment, sports and other stuff and all that was shut off for an extended period of time to get people to think of other stuff. It woke some people up. Some got saved by getting online to try to figure out what was going on, but others just got sucked further in to the deception. I totally agree with you Heidi, when the lockdowns and all of that started happening a couple of years ago I could almost feel something stirring in the spirit as if a division were happening - it was as if God was trying to tell people- time to get serious and as if He was dividing those who are serious about Him from the unbelievers and even the make believers. I don’t think we are going to get a specific warning just prior to the rapture, but I believe we already have been given a huge heads up! It is amazing that the Ritan Facebook site has grown so quickly to 44,000 members over the last couple years. It seems that the Lord has truly grown this site which makes me further believe that we are on the right track. We watchers are blessed to know the truth and to be able to share our faith on this site. :rose: One reason the Facebook RN grew and is growing fast in this last year, is that Facebook changed some things to where anyone wanting to register, only needs to make a preview comment on any post before we mods have approved them - and Facebook calls those people automatic "members." Not easy to explain, but it is causing rapid growth. So, a good portion is Facebooks doing, which we wade through daily for proper registrations. 
What are we seeing? We see Trump and his followers saying things that parallel what we know to be truth. There is a convergence of such between what we know to be of God and what we know to be of man. "Your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven". We can see that convergence is happening now. Paul told us to wake up, Trump's followers are saying the same thing, wake up. Paul said to be ready, Trump's followers are saying to be ready. Paul said we are children of the light, Trump's followers say to expect 10 days of darkness. Even now with Trump's truth coming out they are saying the darkness will happen very soon. We can feel that Jesus is coming for us very soon. Our eyes are not to be fixed on Trump, but on Jesus. We know that Jesus is using Trump and has been since Trump was born 70 years, 7 months, and 7 days before he took the office of President of the United States. We can see the happenings around Trump and can understand it's God who is in control. I think it is very exciting to watch what is going on. I feel that our blessed hope is very close, any day now.
