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This month of February FulfilledProphecy.Com will be two years old. And last month three major milestones were reached -- I began asking for donations, a new discussion board was installed, and FulfilledProphecy reached its first million hits. Asking for donations was a big step for me. You see, I've always wanted to provide the information I have completely free. And if I hadn't have been pushed into a financial corner, I never would have asked for donations. But, this has been the story of how God works with me. Many times he allows me to go all the way to the edge before acting. And I'm pleased to report once again God acted just at the right time. Not only did your generous donations surprised me, they were just enough to carry me through the month. In fact, I was so encouraged by your response to my request for donations I took another step of faith. I added a discussion board to FulfilledProphecy. But soon I discovered I had made a big mistake. I thought my only cost would be about $10.00 per month. But after I had the board up and running, I found out it was going to cost much more. The $10.00 was just for a small basic amount of traffic. And on its first day the discussion board was already over what was allowed at that price. Yet once again this may be the hand of God. You see, without making that mistake, I would never have installed the discussion board. And the reason I'm telling you about this is so you will continue to help support FulfilledProphecy. I'm going to need it more than ever. If you've been to the discussion board you already may know why it's there. Most of the big other end-times discussion boards won't allow us to discuss different opinions on things such as the rapture. Our discussion board allows this. However, already there have been some negative results that concern me. It hurts me to see how the issue of the timing of the rapture has become such a divisive issue to some Christians today. Too often the debate turns into arguments and the arguments turn into personal attacks. The obvious answer is to do what the other boards have done and forbid the debate. But, I've decided I will remove the board before I'll tell people what to believe on this issue. So, please use our board to debate, not to fight. And keep in mind, if we love Jesus we're on the same team and we need to love each other. Now for the really good news. FulfilledProphecy.Com reached its first million hits for one month in January. The interesting thing about this is on January 15, when the discussion board went up, the number of daily hits fell substantially. At first I though everybody was mad at me. But I soon realized FulfiiledProphecy was now sharing its hits with another site hosting the discussion board. This means, from now on I won't be able to provide the exact number of hits anymore. But this I can say with certainty -- not even counting all the hits that went to the discussion board, FulfilledProphecy.Com received well over a million hits last month! But the real story isn't about the donations that came in just when needed. And, its not about FulfilledProphecy's discussion board, or about the amazing number of hits. The real story is the fact that its been two years now and FulfilledProphecy is still going. You see, the reason I created FulfilledProphecy.Com back in February 2002 was because I wasn't able to find a publisher to promote my book. I had to find a way to get the information out about the Western European Union's Assembly Recommendation 666. And thanks to all of you who have so faithfully stayed tuned these two years, that information is finally getting out. I almost forgot. Thanks to the efforts and talent of a reader -- someone who doesn't want to be recognized, FulfilledProphecy.Com has a new logo and look! Herb 02-01-04
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