Why I No Longer Believe in the 7 Years of Tribulation

Why I no longer believe in-------

SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION.

For more than twenty five years I was a staunch pre-tribulationist. You can read my testimony at http://www.propheticoutreach.blogspot.com . After reading the “Pre Wrath Rapture” by Marvin Rosenthal in 1998, I began a search for the truth regarding Bible Prophesy, and in particular------Bible Eschatology. I had known as much, or maybe more, about the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, that most PEW SHEEP in the “church” of America. I knew all about the “Seventieth Week of Daniel”, and the source of that late eschatology. The whole “SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION” hinges on Daniel 9:27, and the revelation by an Angel that reads as such-----“and he shall confirm the covenant with many for ONE WEEK [of years], and in the MIDST of the week [Shabbat—7], he shall cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease”. This verse has been translated by modern eschatologists to mean that the future ANTICHRIST will cause the [re-instituted] sacrifice [in the Tribulation Temple], to cease in the “midst” of the “seventieth week of Daniel” which is a FUTURE------SEVEN YEAR EVENT. Multitudes, upon multitudes, of books have been written about this particular eschatology. It has become so pervasive in contemporary Christianity so as to cause the words “seven years of tribulation” to spill off the lips of even the LEAST of prophecy students as cliché as “cleanliness is next to godliness”---------and just as un-biblical!

Let’s begin at the beginning; This same angel of the book of Daniel declares “seventy weeks [shabuah Shabbat/ 70-7s] are determined upon THY PEOPLE [the JEWS], and upon THY HOLY CITY [Jerusalem], to-----

1. finish the transgression

2. make an end of sins

3. make reconciliation for iniquity

4. bring in everlasting righteousness

5. seal up the vision and prophecy

6. anoint the most Holy

Then the passage goes on to say: “know therefore and understand---------that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, UNTO MESSIAH THE PRINCE shall be

A. seven weeks [seven 7’s]

B. three score and two weeks [sixty two 7’s]l
“the streets shall be built again, even in troublous times”. The streets were repaired during the FIRST WEEK [seven years] of the decree.

C. And AFTER [the] THREE SCORE AND TWO WEEKS [sixty two 7’s] shall Messiah be CUT OFF---------but NOT FOR HIMSELF”

Now here is where the confusion begins as the passage begins a description of the destruction of the SECOND TEMPLE [Herod’s Temple] in 70 ad.

D. “and the people of THE PRINCE THAT SHALL COME shall destroy the city, and the sanctuary------“

We’ll stop here for a close examination of this portion of the passage. WHO, may I ask,-----will destroy the Temple? It is “THE PEOPLE of the PRINCE TO COME” ! Now-----WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?----------They are the Syrian Wing of the ROMAN ARMY! That is an historical FACT!! Jesus prophesied this event just before he was sacrificed on the stauros. NOW-----------who was the PRINCE of these ROMAN TROOPS?---------IT WAS TITUS--------that is also AN HISTORICAL FACT, and yet modern eschatologists would have us to believe that this portion of the passage somehow LEAPS through a TWO THOUSAND YEAR gap between the “PEOPLE” who destroy the Temple, and their PRINCE-----who history shows to be the ROMAN PRINCE/GENERAL named TITUS. Let’s return to the passage:

E. “and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war; desolations are determined”

Other translations say “and UNTO THE END----desolations are determined”. NOW we have a legitimate “GAP” since “DESOLATIONS ARE DETERMINED UNTO THE END-------------end of WHAT?----------the SEVENTY WEEKS!

F. “and he [a personal pronoun] shall confirm the covenant with many-------“

The pronoun “he” refers to the LAST identifiable PERSONAL PROPER NOUN of the passage. This linguistic rule applies both to English, and Hebrew. The LAST identifiable PERSONAL PROPER NOUN of this passage is----------------MESSIAH! IT IS MESSIAH THAT CAUSED THE SACRIFICE and oblations FOR SIN----------TO CEASE, when he cried out------“IT IS FINISHED”, and the veil that separates the Holy Place from the HOLY OF HOLIES was RIPPED -----------TOP TO BOTTOM!

Heb 10:2
For then would they not HAVE CEASED TO BE OFFERED? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
It is clear in this passage that the SACRIFICES HAD CEASED to be offered, even before the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD. When the veil of the Temple was rent TOP to BOTTOM---------the sacrifices CEASED !

Hos 3:4-5
4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, WITHOUT A SACRIFICE or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim. 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They shall fear the LORD and His goodness IN THE LATTER DAYS NKJV

Hos 6:1-3
Come, and let us return to the LORD;
For He has torn, but He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
2 After TWO DAYS He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
NKJV

These verses clearly speak of the days of desolation determined on the Jewish people, their ability to sacrifice, and their Temple-----FOR TWO MILLINIAL DAYS as evidenced in the passage. -------from the days of Hosea----to THE LATTER DAYS.


HE-----------------MESSIAH--------caused the sacrifice for sin to CEASE!!------and desolations [for Jerusalem] were determined UNTO THE END!

Gal 3:15-18

15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

17 And this I say , that the COVENANT THAT WAS CONFIRMED BEFORE OF GOD IN CHRIST, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
KJV

This COVENANT was confirmed in the ENTIRETY of the seventieth week, consummated at the stauros-------and will be realized fully to Israel WHEN THEY SEE HIM coming in the clouds of glory. This is the fulfillment of Daniel 9:27





And now to the SEVENTIETH WEEK OF DANIEL

In 458 B.C., the decree of Artaxerxes went forth to rebuild Jerusalem [Ezera 7:11-16]. Ezra 7:12-8:1
12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellers have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.
21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellers, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

This was the BIRTH POINT of the SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL as revealed in Daniel 9:24. Adding the initial “SEVEN WEEKS [49 years]” for “rebuilding the streets”, to the following SIXTY TWO WEEKS [of years], we arrive at a total of SIXTY NINE weeks of years or------7 X 69 = 483 years from that decree, to the BAPTISM of Messiah in Jordan [Tishri 15/Tabernacles] in the year 26 a.d. [Luke 3:21-23 “and he began to be about THIRTY YEARS OLD”],------- having discovered the BIRTHDATE OF MESSIAH in Luke 1 and 2--------TABERNACLES, and confirmed in Luke 3:21-23, This baptism in Jordan was the beginning of the SEVENTIETH WEEK OF DANIEL---------and in the MIDST OF THE WEEK [three and one half years of Messiah’s ministry]---HE---------MESSIAH--------CAUSED THE SACRIFICE for sin TO CEASE-------and desolations were determined TO THE END. The FIRST HALF of the 70th week was fulfilled in Christ’s ministry, and death. We have ONLY the SECOND HALF of the week remaining to be fulfilled. If you doubt this, then I encourage you to find “SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION” in your New Testament-------GO AHEAD----------JUST TRY. AH AH now, don’t try adding together, those passages in Rev. [time, times, and a half----forty two months-----and “three and one half years”]. It is VERY CLEAR that these three time frames are SYNONOMOUS. FACT: There is not one reference to “SEVEN YEARS” of tribulation in the New Testament. Listen to the voice of the angel of the book of Daniel:


Dan 11:30-32
30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

Tell me this:------WHAT ABOMINATION [singular] WAS EVER SET UP IN THE PASSAGE OF DANIEL 9:27 ?-----it states “for the overspreading of ABOMINATIONS [plural]-----it shall be desolate”. ABOMINATIONS------PLURAL. The reference to Antichrist speaks of the ABOMINATION------SINGULAR-------being SET UP ! Do you see the STARK DIFFERENCE ?



KJV

Dan 12:6 - Hos 1:1
6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

KJV

It is abundantly clear that the time of TRIBULATION will be THREE AND ONE HALF YEARS. A “SEVEN YEAR” tribulation is FICTIONAL. That is why there is no mention of “seven years” in the most profound record of scriptural eschatology that we can rely on---------that being---Matthew 24/ Mark 13, the Olivette Discourse..

When Antichrist is revealed:

Matt 24:15-22
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
KJV
AND

2 Thess 2:1-4
2 Thessalonians 2

2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
KJV


SIR ROBERT ANDERSON

Much of the doctrine concerning a “seven year” peace covenant for the safety, and protection of Israel---------confirmed by Antichrist himself-----is the contrivance of Sir Robert Anderson. This eschatological SPIN was adopted into pre-tribulationism as that late eschatology took root, and eventually became the dominant force in the American church. Sir Robert is esteemed as NEAR TO GENIUS in his works in Bible apologetics. One OUTRAGEOUS work that he has done, is to proclaim the LAST SUPPER, as the Passover Seder-------and the crucifixion of Christ on the FIRST DAY OF UNLEAVENED BREAD [15 Nissan], which completely disregards MOUNTAINS of scriptural evidence otherwise. It is clear to me that Sir Robert postulates PRIOR to his studies, and craftily weaves his apologetics into his outrageous scenarios. Having said this ----------the challenge remains---------WHERE DO YOU FIND A “PEACE TREATY FOR SEVEN YEARS” in your New Testament? WHERE DO YOU FIND “SEVEN YEARS” AT ALL?

MATTHEW HENRY

Matthew Henry [though a historicist] certainly exceeds the “genius” of one Robert Anderson. He, AS MANY OTHERS, recognized the MINISTRY of CHRIST as being the FIRST HALF of the Seventieth Week. Of course he errs, as do ALL historicists, in concluding that the entire 70th week is an historic event.

COINCIDENCE?

Is it simply a COINCIDENCE that the ministry of Jesus began at Jordan ON HIS THIRTIETH BIRTHDAY, and that his baptism occurred at the conclusion of the SIXTY NINTH WEEK?. Is it mere HAPPENSTANCE that he was crucified EXACTLY THREE AND ONE HALF YEARS LATER----------TO THE DAY---------HALF THE WEEK! It is beyond MY mental ability to DISMISS such evidence. Is it some sort of FREEK EVENT, that the veil of the Holy Place was torn top to bottom exactly three and one half years from that time when the Spirit of God descended upon Messiah at Jordan? TOO MUCH-----JUST TOO MUCH for me to believe that these things are coincidence.

ALL OF THESE THINGS------

All of these things MUST OCCUR INSIDE the Seventy Weeks!

A. finish the transgression

B. end sin

C. Reconciliation for iniquity [Is.53:4-5]


Isa 53:6
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him THE INIQUITY OF US ALL.
KJV

Some proclaim that these Messianic verses of Daniel 9, are concluded at the END OF THE AGE, as Israel is collectively redeemed. Let’s see what the New Testament says;

1 Peter 2:24-25
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: BY WHOSE STRIPES WE ARE HEALED[a reference to Isaiah 53] .
KJV ------------This is a CLEAR reference to the historicity of the fulfillment of that RECONCILLIATION promised WITHIN the Seventy Weeks of Daniel. It is therefore IMPOSSIBLE that the sacrifice of Messiah could be OUTSIDE the 70th Week--------and within that renowned “GAP”.

1 Cor 15:3-4
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
KJV

Gal 1:4-5
4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
KJV

Heb 1:3-4
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
KJV

1 Peter 2:24-25
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
KJV

1 John 1:9-10
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
KJV

1 John 2:2-3
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
KJV

1 John 3:5-6
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
KJV

1 John 4:10-11
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
KJV

Rev 1:5-6
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
KJV

D. bring in everlasting righteousness

E. seal up the vision and prophecy [Jn.19:30] “IT IS FINISHED”

F. and to anoint the most Holy


John 1:32-33
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
KJV

Luke 3:22-23
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
KJV

Mark 1:10-11
10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
KJV

Matt 3:16-17
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

Luke 4:18-19
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, BECAUSE HE HATH ANOINTED ME to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.

19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.-------“AND TO ANNOINT THE MOST

HOLY”--------DAN.9

KJV



THE GAP

Remember that the angel that spoke to Daniel revealed that the above CRITERIA for the mission of Messiah --------MUST TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE SEVENTY WEEKS! In modern eschatology, there is a TWO THOUSAND YEAR GAP between the end of the Sixty Ninth Week-----and the beginning of Seventieth Week. Since the 69th week ended BEFORE Christ’s crucifixion---------this places the REDEMPTION OF MANKIND ----------IN THE GAP! There can be no redemption outside the Seventy Weeks-----hence, No redemption at all.

Of course we know that we have been redeemed at the Stauros-------the crucifixion. The question is; Was this redemption acquired INSIDE the Seventy Weeks-------or in that now renowned “GAP”?

THE TRIBULATION


It is clearly stated in the Old, and New Testaments; that the demarcation point for the Tribulation is the ABOMINATION spoken of by Daniel. Jesus emphasizes; “let the reader UNDERSTAND”! There is NO “SEVEN YEAR PEACE COVENANT” for the “safety, and protection of Israel”, This is nothing but non-biblical drivel which has been published abroad. Isaiah clearly refers to a COVENANT WITH HELL-------but NEVER attaches a “SEVEN YEAR” timeframe to that covenant.


Isa 28:15

15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
KJV
-----------NOTHING of a “SEVEN YEAR PEACE COVENANT”!


This is why it is critical to understand NOT ONLY, that Babylon will be destroyed prior to the Great Tribulation, but the Gog/Magog conflict will take the world QUICKLY into the GREAT TRIBULATION as Antichrist rises to SAVE THE WORLD from chaos, and to persecute the Church for forty two months.

A LIKELY SCENERIO

The most likely scenario follows;

1. America/ Babylon attacks Iran [Persia of Ezek.38]

2. Syria attacks Israel under their alliance with Iran

3. Israel retaliates with a devastating nuclear reprisal [Isaiah 17]

4. America/Babylon burns under an all out nuclear attack [Rev.!7:16-17]
promoted by TEN [would be] kings.

5. The Gog/Magog war begins [Ezek 38]. America has been neutralized [Ezek 38:10-12, Isaiah 18, Rev. 17:16-17]

6. Antichrist/the Beast intervenes and saves Israel from Islamic annihilation
[Ezek.38:21]
7. Israel begins to build the THIRD TEMPLE, and sacrifices begin

8. Antichrist desecrates that Temple and STOPS THE DAILY OBLATIONS [Dan.11:30-31]


Dan 11:30-31
30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

KJV
9. . Just as Jesus caused the sacrifices for sin to CEASE in the midst of the Seventieth week-------------Antichrist will STOP THE [re-instituted] SACRIFICES. and abominate the Temple [or Tabernacle], and cause the final HALF of the week to run to it’s conclusion.

10. The GREAT TRUBULATION begins



BURN WITH FIRE FOR SEVEN YEARS



Ezek 39:9-10
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD
KJV


It has been suggested that the Ezekiel account of Israel burning the weapons of Gog for “seven years” is a STRONG INDICATION that following the destruction of the Gog forces, there will be a “peace agreement” for seven years, and that it is during THIS “seven years” that Israel will be burning the remains of those abandoned weapons of the Gog forces. I would like to point out some challenges to this proposal.

1. Jesus said to those in Judea: “when you see that abomination”-----FLEE. Don’t turn back for ANYTHING.


Matt 24:15-22
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
KJV


2. The book of Revelation tells us clearly that Israel will be in HIDING in the “wilderness”, where God has a place prepared for them to survive for the duration of the Great Tribulation.


Rev 12:5-17 [5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
KJV

* It seems unlikely that the Jewish people will be burning such a vast array of arms during that time when they will be in FLIGHT from the agents of Antichrist. I believe that these “arms” will be destroyed during the first seven years of the Millennial Reign. The earth will undergo a massive restoration during this time, and the Land of Jacob must undergo that cleansing as well.

Rev.13:5-9
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue FOURTY AND TWO MONTHS.

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
KJV

* In this passage there is described a time-frame of FOURTY TWO MONTHS in which Antichrist will reign.



Rev 11:2-3
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
KJV

* In this passage it is clearly indicated that the “TEMPLE” has been re-built at this point, which clearly places the timing of this command BEYOND the point of an alleged “Peace agreement” which begins an alleged “SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION”. What is the significance of these passages?-----They clearly indicate that the THREE AND ONE HALF YEARS thrice mentioned in the book of Revelation are EMPHATICALLY-------SYNONOMOUS ! Why is this important to know?-----Because there are those who, in a desperate attempt to DEMONSTRATE a “seven year tribulation”, will attempt to conjoin TWO of the three time-frames mentioned, in order to reach a SUM of “seven years”. A careful reading of the three references will clearly demonstrate that these three time references are synonymous----------and that there is NOT ONE SINGLE REFERENCE TO “SEVEN YEARS “ OF TRIBULATION IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, or indeed----the entire New Testament----------NONE !!



To those who scoff at this eschatology I say---------WHERE IS YOUR SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION in the New Testament? Christ fulfilled the FIRST HALF of the 70th week in his ministry from Tabernacles, 26 ad-------to his crucifixion, Passover 30 ad----------EXACTLY----------HALF THE WEEK! Just as Israel had FORTY YEARS in the wilderness, to work through their rebellion to God, so also the Jews of Jerusalem had EXACTLY----------FORTY YEARS---------[from Nisan 14, ad 30,-------- to Nisan 14, ad 70 when the army of Titus surrounded the city just as Jesus had prophesied]----to repent of their sins--------but they refused, hence--------the destruction of 70 ad., and the NINETEEN HUNDRED YEARS of exile

Time will vindicate. It always does. If there is a “SEVEN YEAR COVENANT” which is betrayed at the midpoint---------and there is a Temple abomination at that time--------Oh Well-----been wrong before! BUT------IF THIS ESCHATOLOGY that I have presented IS CORRECT, then you are headed at LIGHT SPEED toward the GREAT TRIBULATION.


Danny McDowell