Welcome to RITAN!

I very much like the topic picture ~ It’s always been a favorite ~~

It is exciting to see this beautiful format ~~

God bless everyone here ~~

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Wonderful welcome Watching&Waiting! May all our past members find their way here, to fellowship, and enjoy a more relaxed, intimate and caring format together as we have had in the past.

Thank you W&W, Richard and Bre for your creative abilities and hearts of love to make this happen.

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We need the rapture one. I saved it.

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Thank you! I missed this forum too. I’m thankful it’s back!

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I’m in too! Very happy about returningto the website. Thank you!  Lavoietheway – now simply TheWay

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Hello Watching & Waiting.  Watchman35 just driving by to say hello.  Happy to be able to exchange thoughts and ideas with like-minded brothers and sisters, and not get unkindly thrown off the site for mentioning the possibility of a high watch time…:)  My thanks to you and everyone else who had a hand in breathing new life back into this site.  Maranatha!!!  BTW.  Any thoughts on what causes the emojis to show up just as text rather than the actual characters?  Here I am 30 minutes back on the site with a technology question…some things don’t change.  LOL

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So glad to have this site back

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I like that TheWay!!!

Welcome back Blake7

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So happy to see everyone!  Thank you for making this site again! 

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Thank you for accepting me as a member

I also was a member of the old forum many years ago,i missed this forum  

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I am so very happy we have our site back. Been a member since 2011 and facebook got us by, but now it is good to be home.

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So good to see everybody again.

Thank you Watching &  Waiting.

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  This was me when I checked the facebook RITAN website for the first time in forever (haven’t had an account at all on FB for a while now) and saw that a new non-FB website is up!!!  Sooo thankful!!!  Praise the Lord!  He knew I needed to know this today – so happy to have someplace to go for more encouragement to keep hopeful in the waiting and stay focused on Him when I get a little stuck in the muck of worry & fear.  God Bless each and every one of you!  Thanks for coming together here!

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I feel like God led me to you over 2 years ago and cannot wait to fellowship and learn with such wonderful people much love!

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Yay!!! I was very excited to hear about this new site

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Welcome back to RITA dear daughter!!  

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Hello family!

Thanks to Watching&Waiting, Sabrenie and Richard for your hard work and determination in bringing RITAN back to this format, it’s very much appreciated.

Loz :]

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I am so happy about this, said to myself many times I miss the old site !

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Waving hello to all and thank you for the add!

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I am glad I am back ‘home’.

FB was toen dis-attracting. Now I van follow the subjects and conversations better!

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Tender Reed here, enjoying the reunion   May our love of Him continue to grow and flourish in this site, as well as for each other!

Love & blessings…TR

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Happy to be here!

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So happy they have created this site.  I was on the old site and somewhat disappointed that they moved to FB.  I did follow though.  I like the idea of a website separate from FB much better.

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It is so great to be back outside of facebook and to see so many familiar names! 

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Hello watching family!

So glad have this site back and “see” all of you! Looking forward to the fellowship and the watching together!

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I’m feeling all nostalgic…

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A hearty welcome, brother.  What took you so long? It’s been over a week already.

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So, so, so happy to have the site again! And so glad to see so many familiar names. I missed the fellowship of sisters and brothers who love one another, love Christ and love His soon return.  It feels like a family reunion! to those who made it happen!

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Now it’s time to plan a Ritan parteeeeey lol. Wow…being back at Ritan and seeing some of the regular faces again just makes me wanna do my rapture dance

A huge thank you to all that helped put this forum back up…now many of us that need breaks from Facebook can just jump on a sofa here at Ritan and commune with other fellow watchers!

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My heart could literally burst right now!! SO happy this forum is back! RITAN blessed me in so many ways and I know this new forum will do the same! For those that may remember me, I’m chrisnicolecj. Looking forward to growth, encouragement and fellowship! Love to you all! :)

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Having RITAN is just the beginning for me.  I’ll be looking for a hug from each of you, when we get there!

TR

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I can’t believe this site is back! I’m in shock!!!! Thank you our Heavenly Father and for the people who brought this site back!!! WOW!!!!!

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There’s just something so very special about a Homecoming and coming back to see familiar , remembered, beloved  names/faces  who also remember the same memories we share from the past, yet ready to add on more of His Beloveds and share new memories in the making.   Even the emojies were missed!  Many had developed special memories–both good and bad  that we had shared and asked for prayer as we dealt with life’s issues on our way.  that bonded us in His Name and Love forever.    For we had shared in personal ways that helped us grow in Him.  The common theme of Jesus is interwoven  around  us in a special bond– not to be forgotten but forever celebrated for each has a God spark that unites us in some special way.  It’s such a special bond and here we celebrate looking for Jesus soon coming together and His special love bonds as we watch together.  It truly is a God thing that we once again have the opportunity to interact and share , to celebrate this special bond as we prepare to meet in reality one day soon.

Leenie was to oversee the Ritan table for us in Heaven.  A purpose she took seriously–as long , of course, Jesus agreed.  What a wonderful experience to celebrate and remember for all of eternity.

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Welcome back sis, you’ve been missed. A re-gathering and new gathering of us all, hopefully right before the Rapture!

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Oh wow… I am shocked and so thankful to see RITAN has been resurrected. I’m seriously so happy I could cry.

vto

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Welcome VTO!

TR

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Yay! I missed the Ritan forum so much I am glad to be back!

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Glad your back as well!

TR

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Hey y’all!

Oh my goodness! I am so, so very excited to have found y’all again! Last night, I was typing in a different rapture website and slipped in my typing… this website popped up in the search bar and I held my breath. I figured the search had picked up on the old website that I missed so much. Lo and behold, it was this new website and I almost started crying. Oh how I have missed y’all. My heart broke when RITAN moved over to facebook. My husband and I are not on social media of any kind and even though I loved the RITAN forum, we chose not to open a facebook account. So thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing this forum back! Years ago, when Lisa Leenie was still blessing us all and praying for each of us, this was a daily source of encouragement and comfort in my life. I cannot even remember how long it has been… 4 or 5 years I think? The time that has past has only seen our world grow more dark and it is such a huge encouragement to have a body of believers to talk to as the days grow darker before Christ comes for us. I am very happy to be back with y’all. I found RITAN in 2011 when I “woke up” and realized all the convergence that was going on in the world. As we continue to watch for Christ to return and are busy about our work for Him, I am so very thankful to be home here with y’all again, my RITAN family (still excited about our heavenly RITAN gathering room). My family has gone through tremendous struggles these last few weeks. Right as one trial finishes, another comes crashing over us and we have felt like we were barely keeping our heads above water, so to speak. It has been amazing to see how Jesus has sent friends into our lives to encourage us, pray for us, and send us scripture. He truly carries us through the hardest trials of life and now He has brought me back here. I feel very blessed. I am excited to catch up with everyone!

Love in Christ,

Heather

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I was just so excited when my daughter emailed me stating she had found your link again. I have so missed you. When you opted to move to FB that was sad to me as I removed myself from social media for personal reasons. I have so missed this great family. I am ecstatic to see so many familiar folks, Watchman 35; RitaMay, Loz, Tender Reed, Yohanan, Cherished, My White Stone, oh my and others… I miss Lisa Leenie but know she is certainly preparing our tea time table. I have so missed the encouragement that I have always found on RITAN. As the days are getting so much the more crazy, it was God’s timing to have you appear in my life again. The toil of life has me wondering if I’m just crazy as I know my Lord is coming back and so very soon, I feel this, yet so many around me scoff and tell me “no, there is still much work to be done”, “we have time to harvest”, another 10 years, on and on. I am so full of joy to be reunited with believers who truly see the hand writing on the wall and know the King is coming and we the Bride will soon take our flight upward.

My cup runs over with gratitude that you are back! Please don’t leave again, unless it is the upward flight of course  I can’t wait to catch up, I have prayer request, thoughts to share, and joy to be here again!

love the new emoji too. May the Lord bless you and keep you, may the Lord shine his face upon you!

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New here! But excited to be a part of this dynamic community. Ger7 told me about it. By the way, I LOVE the red banner. It’s just beautiful.

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Welcome Sis, and blessings. Always glad to meet a member of the family!

TR

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 Jenny!   Glad to see you here!

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It is so great to see the resurrection of the RITAN forums!  I have truly missed the conversations and the wisdom of those who participate.   Great to see so many familiar names and faces.  Looking forward to participating!  Thank you for all your hard work to get this back up and running.

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Welcome Jenny, looking forward to having you as part of the RITAN family.

Numbers 6:24-26 “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

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Always glad to welcome a Brother in Christ to the family.

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Hi everybody!

I can’t begin to tell you all that I’m so very ecstatic to see that Ritan is back!   Felt bad went it went only to Facebook, though I understood why.  It’s just that everyone has something that bugs them, and Facespy  was my one thing.  LOL!  Anyway, I remember most of you.   Sure have missed the fellowship

I don’t know if you all remember or not, but my Dh had suddenly gotten ill with a brain tumor.  I think my last post at the old board was requesting prayers for him.  And thank you for all of your prayers.   I never did get a chance to reply, as things just started moving and going downhill so fast with his condition that I never had the time, and he passed away shortly after my last post.  Only 1 month after his diagnosis.   My Dh owned a business.  He was a relatively young guy, so he didn’t have a continuity plan for his biz in place, and it was up to me to keep things going for awhile, until I could decide what to do.  His biz was fairly high tech, which I am absolutely not, and had never run a business before!  Fortunately he had lots of good employees that were able to guide much of my decision making, but suffice it to say, I had my hands full, and during that time RitaN moved to facebook.  Well, just thought I’d give you a brief update on what’s been going on with me, and let you all know that I’m doing okay.

I have sure missed everyone.  Been looking through the posts, and see lot’s of familiar and  beloved brothers and sisters in Christ.   One name that I haven’t seen yet is “Dan”.  He was a mod on the old board, Is he still with us, and just busy taking care of the Facebook part of Ritan?

Well, looking forward to fellowshipping and praying, and watching for the return of our blessed Savior with you all.  I have to tell you that He was with me every step of the way during my Dh’s illness, and afterwards, and still through today.  God is so good.  Hallelujah, what a Savior! 

Love you all!

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I’m Dan Whitestone on the FB site, Chris, a mod there and here now, more like a lurker/mod, but never was one on the old site.  So maybe it was another Dan way back then.  Nice to have you back!

My wife of 47 years, Linda, died nearly five years ago.  I thought I would die of grief.  Then, right about the time we went to FaceBook here, I finally met Kolleen at a brunch.  She was NoOtherRock on old RITA.  We’ve been married almost 2 1/2 years now.  Surprised by joy…

I expected the Rapture for sure in 2012.  And many times since.  I wonder if excitement and anticipation of thrilling events is going to cease in Glory.     This ride hasn’t been a lot of fun sometimes, but I’m still really excited.

God bless you, dear.

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Hi Dan,

I remember your moniker, “my white stone”, on the old board, but don’t think that I knew your real name was Dan.  I think I had your name and David’s name mixed up in my mind.  Been a long time.

I’m very sorry to hear about the passing of your wife Linda, and extend my condolences.  I understand your grief.  But my, the Lord is so good, He brought you Kolleen!   I do remember Kolleen as well.  My hearty congratulations and best wishes to both of you!

I’ve been expecting the Rapture since the 70’s, and am still excited thinking about it.  Every day is a new experience when looking at the News headlines.  I think that we’ll always be excited about new and thrilling things, even, and maybe especially in Glory.  That’s the way the Lord made us, and I don’t think that is ever going to go away.  I can’t begin to imagine all of the new and exciting things that we’ll witness and participate in on the other side of the Rapture.  Gets my imagination sparking just thinking about it.

Good to see you again, and God bless you as well. 

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Was on the old site way back for several years, and lost you when you went to Face Book but found you again. Glad to be back. Have continued to be a fervent ‘watcher’ through all this time and excited that these recent COVID events are setting the stage for tribulation….and we’ll be outa here before the wrath begins……When you being to see these things begin to happen, look up for your redemption draweth nigh….horay!

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Hello Ritans,

It’s Goldenknight, so exciting to see the site back. I use to be a members years ago and then the site went away. Boy, do we have a lot going on now prophetically speaking than we did back then! I saw Loz and Yohanan (sp) – hopefully I will see more from the past.

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Welcome back!

TR

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Ola.

Newbie here.

I am going to teach until I get banned or Christ returns.

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Hi! New here. I think  your community is very enjoyable, active, and intelligent.

Thanks for the approval!

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Welcome Sis!  We welcome getting to know you!

Love & blessings…TR

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Hello Everyone.

Looking forward to posting and fellowship with other believers.

I’ve been a “lurker” on this page for about a year and finally decided to join up…that is I came to read posts without joining, lol.

I’m frequently hitting up Now The End Begins, Rapture Ready, and The Cloud Church amongst other sites.

Thanks for the onboard!

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Blessings, glad to know you and welcome to the group!

TR

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Whew! My goodness! The Hard Work it took to get into this Forum, but oh so worth it! I have no idea what the problem was but that awful enemy was trying hard to get me to give up after a swarm of blocks in accessing this forum. But, we have a BIG GOD! Nothing can keep us separated from Him. This forum is part of the church and has the Lord’s blessing and I was determined to get in here and thanks to a wonderful and patient moderator helping me access the forum, IM HERE! Praise God! I look forward to fellowship. Everyone here. Whoever helped me with registering and logging in multiple times, thank you and God bless you. Now, let’s give glory to God and exalt our Lord Jesus together.

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Glad you’re here!

TR

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Shalom and welcome Rose.

I, too, have trouble logging in from time to time and constantly have to change my password. I can’t log in on my iPad and only on my phone. It’s definitely frustrating but the community here is great. Soon and very soon, we are gonna see the King!

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Me too  had sign up problems as #8 … which made me #9.   This is what I notice… after creating a password and then carefully retyping it once again for verification … the software system removed my password and replaced it was a generic one … so I had to retype it again in the first slot so they were both in-sync and matched up and only then did I pressed the enter key to continue.  So perhaps this is the same problem Rose is facing with the software switching it to a generic one?

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A hearty welcome to you Rose!

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I was AMA for a while but thought about this forum and thought to drop in to say hello and God bless you. I’ve tried to get acquainted with the site but I can’t  figure out how to open a thread to post yet. I also noticed the prayer section is closed to new prayer requests, so does that mean new prayer requests aren’t allowed anymore??

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Hi Rose, no it’s just that we had so many threads that it became cumbersome to moderate so we consolidated them into two; Main Forum and News You Can Use. Feel free to post prayer requests in the main forum. Also, to post a new thread just scroll to the bottom of the main page. You will see “Create New Topic in Main Forum” followed by a field with a the header “Topic Title (Maximum Length: 80):” Place your topic title in there. Then, under that you will see a large text box to post the body of your subject. Be sure to read the forum rules and please do not post in all caps!  :) After you’ve filled out the main body of your post go down to the field that says “Topic Tags:“. In this field list approximately three words or phrases, separated by commas, that people can use to search for your thread. For instance, if your topic was “Jesus died on Calvary” then in the “Topic Tag” field you would want to put something like “Jesus, Calvary, Crucifixion” That way it can be searched later. You can put more than three, but try to get at least three, though sometimes it’s hard to do that but give it your best go. Hope this helps!

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Blessings Rose!  Please let us hear from you on the main forum!

Love ya, TR!

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Hi and thanks for accepting me on RITAN.

I trusted Christ as my Savior years ago, and when I heard of the pre trib rapture I just knew this was how it would really happen and not mid trib, or post trib.  Thanks to Christ’s finished saving work dying and rising for me I have a wonderful eternity of praising and serving God as part of his bride. What more could make me happier than that! 

Phil

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Howdy, I stumbled across Ritan when looking for Christian forums recently.  I wouldn’t have found you on Facebook as I do my best to avoid all of those social media sites.

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Hi Mugre! Welcome to the forum! We’re glad you joined us and are looking forward to you being in the community.

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Looks like Mugre and I had the same idea and maybe impetus to join — I recognize his name from another spot on the internet.  Thanks for accepting us and I’m looking forward to getting to know the folks here.

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Welcome aboard Greg! Glad you are here.

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Greetings Mugre  and Greg.

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Indeed the family grows!  Welcome one and all!  Lurkers invited to put your feet up and rest a spell!

You’all come back now, hear/here!

TR

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