Think on this: And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14)
Pray on this: Father, help each and everyone of us to stand firm until the end. We long for your appearing. Amen.
Amen, we long for His coining and bring His Shalom to Israel and to YERUSHALAYIM. As we wait we want do His will and tell others about Yeshua.
Shalom,
Rosemary
The popular “seven year” tribulation view is a human invention of Daniel 9:27, and is not plainly stated in the prophecies; but, is instead a contrived interpretation of Daniel 9 established about 200 years ago. Here is the passage:
“Seventy weeks [70 X 7 = 490 days] are determined upon thy people [Daniel’s people; tribes of Israel; today’s Jews] and upon thy holy city [Jerusalem], to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy [clearly, end-time Messianic promises]. And he [Antichrist] shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate,” Daniel 9:24, 27. This translation is easier to understand: “And at the temple he [Antichrist] will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him,” Daniel 9:27 (NIV).
Why is the “seven year” tribulation a contrived interpretation of Daniel 9:27? That’s simple: it is not found in the context of the chapter, the verse or the Hebrew language, but deduced by former students of prophecy who turned the literal “week” of seven days into “years” and split them off from the other 483 days (also turned arbitrarily into years). To add insult, they claim the 483 days (no… years, they say) have already been fulfilled almost two thousands years ago, while the last week (of years) is yet future. There is absolutely no contextual evidence to either turn the days into years, or to break the 70 week prophecy into two parts, separated by centuries. If this were not such a widely accepted view among Evangelicals and theologians, anybody suggesting it as a new prophetic interpretation today would be laughed out of town. Just because it’s popular, doesn’t make it so!
It’s time we allow the Scriptures and God’s prophetic Word to say what it means, and to mean what it says. Once we do, exciting mysteries begin to unfold to the last generation of saints, just as the prophet Daniel was promised in Daniel 12:9-10! God does not want us to be ignorant of His mysteries (Romans 11:25; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; 2 Peter 3:5, 8; 1 Corinthians 2:10).
I am reminded of this quote from a wise scientist and student of the prophecies: “About the times of the End, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition.”― Isaac Newton 1642 – 1747
For more details and to see The Kingdom Calendar that incorporates all the timelines of Bible prophecy into one chart, which fits between the Biblical/Jewish Festivals, visit http://www.focusontheprophecies.org.
We as believers in CHRIST need not fear the TRIBULATION PERIOD. The RAPTURE as described in 1st THESSALONIANS 4:13 – 17 states we will be swept up in the twinkling of an eye to meet JESUS in the air to be with HIM for ever escaping the dreadful 7 years to follow.[1st CORINTHIANS 15:52}. No words of PROPHECY in GOD’S HOLY SCRIPTURES is of man’s invention [ISAAC NEWTON] included. As stated by our LORD JESUS in REVELATION 22:18-20, if any man adds to, or takes away the words of the prophecies of this book, GOD shall add the plagues and take away his part out of the book of life. We must remember, that the wisdom of man and this world is foolishness with GOD. The words of the PROPHET DANIEL are in tact just as GOD intended.