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Israel is God's
timepiece! It's almost midnight!
The clock is about to strike!
The Son of the day, the Son of light, is coming.
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Remember that
Chapter 12 is a elaboration of Daniel's
70th week which describe the coming of
the Antichrist onto the world scene and signs a firm covenant with Israel for ''one
seven'', which in context is a Seven
year period (Daniel 9:27).
In the middle of that ''Seven Years'' the Antichrist puts a stop to sacrifice and
grain offering which indicates that the Jews have reinstituted animal
sacrifices. The fact that the Jews were performing sacrifices indicates
there was a Temple at the time the Antichrist caused the sacrifices to
cease. Today (2004) the Jews do not have a Temple because the Temple Mount
is occupied by the Muslim Dome of the Rock, one of the 3 most holy
sites in Islam. Any Jewish attempt to rebuild the temple at this time would
almost surely lead to a jihad
or holy war between the Jews and Muslims.
So how could a Jewish Temple be
rebuilt?
One possible scenario is that the Antichrist signs
the firm covenant and guarantees Israel peace. Since Antichrist is the strongest
ruler (he worships the god of fortresses, and has all of the treasures of
Egypt) he could guarantee peace to the Jews and keep the Arabs from coming
against the Jews. A second, albeit less likely, scenario is that the Jewish Temple could be rebuilt
directly next to the Dome of the Rock, because there does appear to be
enough room on the Temple Mount for both structures.
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TIME
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
0CTOBER, 1989 |
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In
October 16, 1989 in Time Magazine the
following article appeared entitled
"Time for A New Temple?
Traditionalist Jews hope to rebuild their sacred edifice, but a mosque
and centuries of enmity stand in the way" The article begins by
saying "May it be Thy will that the Temple be speedily rebuilt in
our days . . . That plea to God, recited three times a day in Jewish
prayers, expresses a yearning that makes Jerusalem's Temple Mount
potentially the most volatile 35 acres on earth. Though 19 centuries
have passed since Roman troops obliterated Herod's gilded Temple, the
Mount remains the object of intense Jewish reverence. But for the past
13 centuries the same trapezoidal tract has also been Islam's holiest
site after Mecca and Medina: its Al Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock
honor the spot whence the Prophet Muhammad is said to have ascended..."
(Click
link to archive although full article must be purchased)
The
article tells how the Jews continually pray that God would restore the
Temple and that the Messiah would come.
''Temple reconstruction was no issue
until 1967, when Israel captured the Mount and the old city.''
It was not
even an option until 1948, when Israel was reborn and recognized as a
nation. Israel opened its doors to Jews from all over the world and
Ezekiel
36 began to be fulfilled.
Ezekiel 37 was being fulfilled because the Jews (''dry
bones'') were coming up out of their graves and returning to the land of
Israel. So Kay sees
Ezekiel 36-37 as having been and
being fulfilled in our lifetime! |
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Temple Mount & Dome of the Rock with Kidron Valley in bottom
right corner & Mt of Olives just out of picture at bottom right
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So for the first time since 70A.D. Israel has the potential ability to
rebuild the Temple! Quoting a
Temple Institute (click
for website) official:
''It may be a long
time before the building rises. No one can say how and no one wants to do it
by force, but sooner or later, in a week or in a century, it will be done
and we will be ready for it. Every day's delay is a stain on the nation.''
One way the one world ruler could get the Jews to come over to his side
would be
to guarantee that he would be their protector and that they could rebuild their
beloved
Temple.
So
Daniel 9:27 shows us that instead of just a 3.5 year period of time,
this period, the 70th Week of Daniel is 7 years long, and as you examine
parallel passages in
the Revelation, you will see several time periods that to the 3 1/2 yrs, to 42 months, to
''time, times, half a time''. You will see that some of these references fit
in the first 1/2 of Daniel's 70th week and others in the last 1/2.
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THE LAST 1/2 OF DANIEL'S
70TH WEEK
IN CONTEXT WITH DANIEL'S OTHER PROPHECIES
DATES
ARE ACROSS TOP ROW &
CHAPTERS IN DANIEL ALONG LEFT COLUMN
NOTE: THIS CHART MAY NOT MAINTAIN IT'S
ORIGINAL PROPORTIONS IF REDUCED IN SIZE ON SCREEN |
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BC 626 538
331 146
AD32>7
TIME GAP
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Babylon
Medo-Persia
Greece
Rome
Stone Crushes
Dan 2
Head Chest
Belly
Legs
TIME GAP
All Kingdoms
Aramaic
of of
of
of 10 "Toes"
Gold Silver
Bronze
Iron
Da2:31-45 |
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Dan 7
Lion Bear Leopard Dreadful
& Terrifying (DT)
TIME
GAP
10 Horns
Aramaic
7:4
7:5
7:6 7:7
"Little Horn"
Da7:7-14,
23-27
One like a Son
of Man was
coming
To Him
was given...everlasting dominion
His
kingdom will not be destroyed |
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Dan 8
Ram Goat
Hebrew
Da8:3 One Horn
Alexander the Great
Da 8:4-8
4 Horns
Da
8:8
Alexander's Rather Small Horn
Kingdom Antiochus Epiphanes
Divided Into
Da 8:9-14, 23-26
4
Kingdoms 175-164 BC |
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DANIEL
9:24-27
Prince who is to come
Dan 9 444/445 7x7's
(49yr)
+ 62x7's (434 yr) (25-26)=483
years>Messiah Prince 32/33
"He"= Abomination
Hebrew Countdown Begins
City &
Sanctuary
TIME GAP
of Desolation
Artaxerxes'
Decree to rebuild Jerusalem (Neh 2:1-8)
Destroyed 70
AD
Da 9:27
Daniel's First 69 Weeks
Lk 19:38ff "Blessed is the King
Daniel's 70th Wk |
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Dan 10-12
Xerxes
I (486-465)
Alexander > 4 Generals >
Antiochus Epiphanes
King
does
(A unit)
Medo-Persia Greece
Divide Kingdom "Despicable person"
as
he pleases
Hebrew
Da 11:2
Da 11:3
Da
11:4
Da 11:21-35
TIME
GAP
Da 11:36-45
Maccabean
Revolt in 166 BC
Time of distress
Temple
Rededicated
Everyone... rescued
Dec
25, 165 BC
(Hanukah) Da
12:1
(Ro11:25-27)
Time of
Jacob's Distress
Je30:7 |
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Babylonian Exile begins TIMES OF GENTILES (Lk21:24) ends when Messiah returns
TIME
GAP
When fulness of
Gentiles comes in
All Israel will be saved
Deliverer comes from Zion
Ro 11:25-27 cf
Zec13:8-9 |
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Click for Chart Summarizing
Scriptures that parallel the last half of Daniel's 70th Week |
Daniel 12:1 "Now AT THAT TIME Michael, the great prince who stands [guard]
over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of
distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until THAT TIME;
and AT THAT TIME your people, everyone who is found written in the book,
will be rescued.
What does ''AT THAT TIME''
refer to? the last mention of
''time'' was in 11:40
Daniel 11:40 "And AT THE END TIME the king of the South will collide with
him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, with
horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow [them,]
and pass through.
The other KING of
Daniel 11:36-45 is the Antichrist, the LITTLE HORN of
Daniel
7, the one that confirms a covenant for one wk in
Daniel 9:27 but he is NOT the
Rather Small Horn (RSH) of
Daniel 8 because the RSH has come and gone
historically under the Grecian Empire. The RSH was indeed similar in
character and conduct to the KING (the Antichrist) of
Daniel 11:36-45. The RSH desecrated the sanctuary, set up an abomination of desolation and caused
the sacrifices to cease for 2300 evenings and mornings (see
Dan 8:23 "And in
the latter period of their rule, When the transgressors have run [their
course,] A king will arise Insolent and skilled in intrigue...his power will
be mighty, but not by his own power [energized by Satan like the
Antichrist]...he will magnify himself [minted coins with his figurehead &
title ''Theos Epiphanes'', god manifest]...he will destroy many [he
destroyed many Jews]...oppose the Prince of princes [he did by desecrating
the sanctuary]...broken w/o human agency [some say in fact he died
insane]...2300 years. This RSH, Antiochus Epiphanes is history (click
here for Kay's lecture on Daniel 8) and will not
stand again until he is resurrected to stand at the Great White Throne
Judgment to be cast into the lake of fire (see
Revelation 20:11-15 for final
judgment of those whose name is not found written in the book of life).
A TIME OF DISTRESS
DANIEL 12:1
1 "Now at that time
Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your
people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never
occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time
your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be
rescued.
2 "And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake,
these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting
contempt.
3 "And those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness
of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to
righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book
until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will
increase."
5 Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two others were standing, one on
this bank of the river, and the other on that bank of the river.
Antiochus Epiphanes is the first great persecution of Jews recorded, but he
is nothing compared to the ''TIME OF DISTRESS'' and in fact between Daniel's
69th and 70th week many persecutors of the Jews have occurred. For example,
the Crusaders put Jews to death with a cross in one hand and a sword in the
other saying ''in the name of Christ we are killing you''. No wonder the
Jews don't understand Christianity. They have only seen hatred in the name
of Christianity. They have seen Satan disguising himself as an angel of
light (2Cor 11:14-15) and they thought it was true Christians. You also have
the anti-Semitic Turkish rule, the holocaust of WWII. All of these don't
compare to the ''TIME OF DISTRESS''.
AT THAT TIME
= important phrase because
"Everyone of your people who is
found written in the book will be rescued"
Dan 12:6 ''man dressed in linen'' is the angelic being that appeared
to Daniel in
Chapter 10 to give him an explanation of the vision, of what
would happen at the end times.
He asks how long will it be until the end of this time of distress?
Daniel 12:7-13
Daniel 12:7 And I heard the man dressed in
linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right
hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever
that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as
soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these
events will be completed.
8 As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, "My lord,
what will be the outcome of these events?"
9 And he said, "Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and
sealed up until the end time.
10 "Many will be purged, purified and refined; but the wicked will act
wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have
insight will understand.
11 "And from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished, and the
abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
12 "How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days!
13 "But as for you, go your way to the end; then you will enter into
rest and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age.".
Daniel 12:7 = time, times, and half a time = 3.5 years.
So when those alive at this time see some ruler shattering the power of the
holy people, the Jews, they will know that Jesus Christ is coming soon.
Daniel 12:9 ''And
he said, "Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up
until the end time"
We can understand them now because Israel is
back in the land.
Daniel 12:11
"And from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished, and the
abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days."
This from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished takes us
back to Dan 9:27 where the Antichrist puts a stop to sacrifice and the grain
offering in the middle of the week. And there will be another abomination of
desolation.
What happens in ''time, times
and half a time''?
Scripture records that the
power of the Jews is shattered. From
Daniel 7
(see timeline above) we know that the Little Horn
rules over them for ''time, times and half a time'' and then Christ comes.
THE 70TH WEEK OF
DANIEL = TIME OF DISTRESS: WHERE IS THE CHURCH?
These Scriptures all describe THE LAST 1/2 of Daniel's 70th Week and help us
to see what happens when Christ returns.
Jeremiah 30:3-9
Jeremiah 30:3 'For, behold, days are coming,' declares the Lord, 'when I will
restore the fortunes of My people ISRAEL AND JUDAH.' The Lord says, 'I will
also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers, and they
shall possess it.' " [both are coming back now]
4 Now these are the words
which the Lord spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah,
5 "For thus
says the Lord, 'I have heard a sound of terror, Of dread, and there is no
peace.
6 'Ask now, and see, If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man
with his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth? [the picture is one
of incredible agony, pain, distress, labor pains] And why have all faces
turned pale? 7 'Alas! for that day is great, THERE IS NONE LIKE IT; And it
is THE TIME OF JACOB'S DISTRESS, But he will be saved from it.
This correlates well with all we have learned...Jacob (Israel) will be
distressed but will be delivered from the distress by the return of
Christ...WATCH ISRAEL, GOD'S TIMEPIECE.
Jeremiah 30:8
Jeremiah 30:8 'And it shall come about on that day,' declares the Lord of
hosts, 'that I will break his yoke from off their neck...9 'BUT THEY SHALL
SERVE THE LORD THEIR GOD, [this is what the Jews will in fact do when
Jesus Christ rules as King of kings over His earthly messianic kingdom.]
and David their king, whom I will raise up for them."
Revelation 12
(Click
here for more discussion)
Rev12:1 And a great sign
appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under
her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
2 and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to
give birth.
3 And another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having
seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.
4 And his tail swept^ away a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to
the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give
birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations
with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
As was discussed in a
Daniel lecture 11,
The sign of the woman pregnant with a male child. She brings forth this MALE
CHILD Who is to rule all nations with a rod of iron, but that child is
caught up to God and to His throne. We know that when Jesus Christ ascended
into heaven, He ascended from the Mount of Olives and the angel said in Acts
1:11
"Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus,
who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way
as you have watched Him go into heaven."
His return is at the end of the 3 1/2 years of distress
Rev12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place
prepared by God, so that there she might be nourished for one thousand two
hundred and sixty days.
WHEN DID THE WOMAN FLEE?
Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation,
and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ
have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses
them before our God day and night.
11 "And they overcame him because of the
blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did
not love their life even to death.
12 "For this reason, rejoice, O heavens
and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil
has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short
time."
13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he
persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
If the ''when'' is when Satan
is thrown down, then when would that happen?
That would happen right in the middle of Daniel's 70th week, during the last
3 1/2 years when he is shattering the power of the holy people.
Revelation 12:14 And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, in
order that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was
nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the
serpent.
15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after
the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.
16
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up
the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was
enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her
offspring, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of
Jesus.
During this last 31/2 yrs when power of Jews is shattered, the ANTICHRIST is
going to first break the covenant that he made with the Jews, will stop the
sacrifice and will begin to persecute the Jews. When that happens, look at
Matthew 24 to see what the Jews are to do during this ''TIME OF DISTRESS''.
Note that the TIME OF DISTRESS is not 7 years but 3 1/2 years. Why? Because
that is what the Word of God says!
Matthew 24
CONTEXT: In
Mt 24:3 the 4 disciples have asked Jesus
what would be the sign of His coming and of the end of the age and Jesus
does not directly answer but instead gives them an admonition to
''See that no one misleads (leads astray by deception) you.'' (Mt 24:4)
People will be deceived as shown in this headline from Florida on July 18,
1990.
''Cult Linked to Desertion Arrest: Pensacola, Fla. Six soldiers here to kill
the antichrist.''
These 6 soldiers were deceived, being motivated by ''religion not
espionage.''
They had been told that if
they were not on the beach in Pensacola when the Rapture occurred, that they
would not go to heaven! They were DECEIVED into thinking that it was men who
would kill the antichrist but it is the Son of Man Who will do this. Why
were these soldiers misled? Because THEY DID NOT KNOW THE WORD OF GOD! Only
those who know their God will be strong and take action.
Matthew 24:6-15
Matthew 24:6 "And you will be hearing of WARS and rumors of wars; see that you
are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet
the end.
7 "For NATION will rise against nation, and KINGDOM against
kingdom, and in various places there will be FAMINES and EARTHQUAKES.
8 "But
all these things are merely THE BEGINNING OF BIRTH PANGS.
9 "Then they will
deliver you [NOTE: Jesus is talking to JEWS] to tribulation, and will kill
you, and you will be hated by all nations [this is true...the Jews are in
fact hated by all nation] on account of My name.
10 "And at that time many
will fall away [apostasy--even as we read about in the day of Antiochus
Epiphanes] and will deliver up one another and hate one another.
11 "And
many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many.
12 "And because
lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.
13 "But the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved. [This is the one
who is not going to compromise his belief. He is not going to apostatize. He
is going to be willing to stand fast and love not his life even to death.
The ones that will be willing to die rather than to deny their faith in
God. His endurance does not save him but simply proves his faith is genuine].
14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world
for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come.
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
Matthew 24:15 "Therefore when you see the
ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
[this can't be a reference to the abomination described during the
reign of Antiochus Epiphanes
because that is past history] which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet [just as Antiochus set up an abomination in Daniel 8 & 11, we see
Antichrist set one up in Daniel 12] standing in the holy place (let
the reader understand)"
WHAT CAN WE KNOW WHEN WE SEE
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION?
That in 3 1/2 years the Jews will be
shattered and Jesus will return. The extra 30 days could be time for the
cleansing of the Temple but this is speculation.
Matthew 24:16-31
Matthew 24:16 then let those who are in Judea FLEE to the mountains; [this
parallels Revelation 12 when Satan is thrown down and goes after the woman,
Israel.]
17 let him who is on the housetop not go down to get the things out
that are in his house; [suggests that the Antichrist will have
pitched his tent in the Beautiful Land].
18 and let him who is in the field
not turn back to get his cloak.
19 "But woe to those who are with child and
to those who nurse babes in those days!
20 "But pray that your flight may
not be in the winter, or on a SABBATH
[in the days of
Antiochus Epiphanes
the Jews who resisted his hellenization and rebelled were slaughtered in
their caves on the Sabbath bc they would not come out to defend themselves.
So Jesus could be addressing future Orthodox Jews who would not break the
Law by running on the Sabbath.]
Matthew 24:21 for then there will be a GREAT
TRIBULATION, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until
now, nor ever shall. [Any reader of Daniel would immediately recognize from
Mt 24:15 and the passages that follow what Jesus is saying]
22 "And unless those days had been
cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect [Kay
thinks Jesus is referring to the Jewish elect. Matthew of all the Gospels is
the most Jewish.] those days shall be cut short.
23 "Then if anyone says to
you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is' do not believe him.
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"For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs
and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect
25 "Behold, I
have told you in advance.
26 "If therefore they say to you, 'Behold, He is
in the wilderness,' do not go forth, or, 'Behold, He is in the inner rooms,'
do not believe them.
27 "For just a