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Was Yiye Avila a False Prophet?

Yiye Ávila,  one of the most influential preachers in Latin America, referred to by many as the Latino "Billy Graham",  took on the subject of the imminent return of Jesus on the clouds and the rapture as the center of his preaching.  From his pulpit at his church he would repeatedly ask his members "te va a llevar a ti?" "Is Jesus going to take you?" He had just told everyone that Jesus was coming soon. He had told everyone that Jesus was going to take him up in the rapture. He felt extremely confident that his live of total dedication to bring thousands to Jesus and to let God use him as an instrument of healing others demonstrated that his faith met the requirements for he to participate of the rapture. He wanted to urge people to reflect upon their own lives. His questioning may have sound very powerful to the ears of many Pentecostals but the reality set in one day when on   June 28, 2013, Yiye Ávila died from cardiac arrest at the age