October 28, 1992
The Mission for the Coming Days and October 28, 1992
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Quick facts
- Predicted date
- October 28, 1992
- Who predicted it
- Lee Jang-rim, Mission for the Coming Days
- When announced
- 1991
- Reasoning
- The group's date was based on the leader's reading of Scripture and, according to press accounts, on a message that he said had been received in a vision. The sources consulted do not give a full technical account of th…
- What happened
- The date passed. The leader was arrested around the date on fraud-related charges and was later convicted.
- Historical status
- Well documented. The prediction and its date appear in primary or reliable secondary sources.
- Outcome label
- No documented event matching the prediction occurred
- Editorial certainty
- Low: thin or conflicting sources
- Editorial review
- Pending. This entry has not yet been checked line by line against its sources. Treat details as provisional.
Prediction
What did Lee Jang-rim predict?
A South Korean group taught that believers would be taken up on October 28, 1992. Press coverage recorded gatherings in Seoul and, afterward, legal action against the leader.
Interpretation by the author
Why did they believe it?
The group's date was based on the leader's reading of Scripture and, according to press accounts, on a message that he said had been received in a vision. The sources consulted do not give a full technical account of the method.
Scripture as used by the author
Biblical basis cited
Not documented in detail here. The movement drew on 1 Thessalonians 4 and on Revelation.
Historical record
Historical context
Press coverage from the time describes members leaving jobs and giving away property. Estimates of the number of followers range widely between reports. The case drew attention in South Korea and abroad as one of several end-times movements of the early 1990s.
Historical record
What happened when the date passed?
The date passed. The leader was arrested around the date on fraud-related charges and was later convicted.
Historical record
What happened afterward
Many believers left the group. The case contributed to public discussion in South Korea about the regulation of religious groups and about the financial affairs of new movements.
Scripture
Passages cited
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1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 (KJV)
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
Excerpts are from the King James Version (public domain). Listing a verse here does not mean this site agrees with how the author used it.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- Associated Press, The New York Times and other outlets. Press coverage, October and November 1992. 1992. Newspaper Specific article citations still need to be added and checked.
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