Posted on 03/14/2011 2:35:03 PM PDT by STD
There is no way to learn the absolute truth when all sides of the discussion are not heard.
Indeed, even the meaning of a ‘generation’ is hard to understand. Some serious theologians have tried to compute the exact length trying to set the length of a generation as the amount of time it takes an ‘average’ baby to grow up, get married and produce children of their own.
Other studious individuals try to use the Jewish standard of being 30 to 70 years old with 30 years being the lowest eligible age to begin serving as a priest and 70 the upper limit.
That 30 years eligibility is also often used to determine the ‘age of accountability’ deeming people less than 30 years old not mature enough to make rational and informed opinions.
Using that last standard, some may assume 30 years being the time span of a new generation moving into positions of authority.
The actual length of a generation may also reference the average lifespan of individuals living at that time under those particular conditions as opposed to the average lifespan of people living in advanced countries today.
I am of the opinion that we won't know exactly until the end times begin and then reach their conclusion. However, after saying that, I must also state that I personally believe that it refers to the lifespan of the particular generation living in the last days.
Just as much prophetic scripture is not understood, and seems nonsensical, until the generation which is to understand it comes on the scene.
As the angel told Daniel to go his way because the book was sealed till the end times, we won't be able to fully understand many of the prophecies until end time events give us the proper perspective.
Those alive before, during and even after Jesus time could not, did not, and will not fully understand those sealed prophecies until they are ready to be understood.
Even though we may not fully understand everything yet, events are happening which are starting to shed light on where in the prophetic calendar we are.
During the 50’s everyone was afraid of a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia (Soviet Union) and couldn't understand how world wide nuclear war and devastation could occur when there was only two countries with the ability to wage nuclear war and neither country was dumb enough to even consider a nuclear war fully realizing that such a war would mean their own destruction.
Today's environment is totally different with several countries possessing and trying to possess nuclear weapons and some of those countries believing that a world wide nuclear war will bring their long awaited Mahadi and therefore, they are obliged to start just a war to bring about the return of their long awaited Iman.
What seemed impossible just a short time ago now seems more than likely to occur under today's conditions.
The key to knowing which ‘generation’ ‘this generation’ is referring to is whenever a particular generation is capable of understanding how the prophecies begin to make sense and become possible.
The generation that can understand the ‘sealed’ prophecies is very simply the generation living when all the signs and prophecies become understandable.
Consider the following prophecy which was impossible to understand or even sound logical or possible in the past.
I , Zechariah, looked up and saw a flying scroll in (in the sky). And (the angel that was showing me these things) said, “What do you see?” I answered, “ I see a flying scroll; 34.3 feet long, and 5.5 feet in diameter.” Then he said, “This is the curse that will afflict the entire land of Israel. Every one that steals and every one that swears falsely by my name will be destroyed by it. “And I will bring it forth, says YHWH. This flying scroll that you see, will completely consume the timbers and stones of the house of the thief, and he that swears falsely by my name. It shall enter into the house, and it shall remain in the midst of his house.” Then the angel said, “look up and see what this flying scroll is.” And I responded, “What is it?” And he said, “This is a container that flies.” He said, “Furthermore, this is their appearance throughout the whole earth.” Then I saw a mass of lead and a fire offering, as it was lifted up and secured in the container. And he said, “The fire that you see being put in the container, is an evil fire offering.” Then he secured the fire offering in the container and put the lead mass in t he opening.
“Then I looked up and saw as two fires came out of the container, and the fires caused the wind to lift the container by its (stork like wings, from the earth into the sky. Then I asked the angel, “Where are they taking the container?” And he said, “To establish a place for it, and set it up in the land of Shinar.”
Then consider the following possible interpretation:
Woman in a basket:
“Aisha- fire offering” and “Isha-woman” are the same consonants in Hebrew, and there were no vowel paintings in the original scrolls, the context determines the meaning. The sect of the Karaite Jews in the middle ages, who developed the Masoretic text, used the vowel point that interpreted this word as “woman” because they had no idea of its prophetic significance. For well over 1,000 years, every translation of the Hebrew Scriptures has been derived from the same Karaite Masorah-with the same dot under the Aleph-a dot that did not exist in the original text. From that same text, every translation, in every language has been resultant.
“Ephah” – is like a basket for a measure like in an orchard they would know what a peck or a bushel amount of a product would be. The idea is a container for an amount of something.
The flying “roll” – The word roll used here is from the Hebrew word “megillah”. A megillah is a singular scroll – such as the megillah of Ester. It was a small volume and does not require megillot-two scrolls, which are necessary for a larger volume, such as the Torah. A scroll is a cylinder that is several times longer than its diameter. Zechariah describes this cylinder as doing something which must have seemed very strange to him, 2,500 years before airplanes were invented-this cylinder was flying.
Then, the angel gives the dimensions of this flying scroll in the sky as the length of twenty cubits and the breadth of ten cubits.
The cubit used in the land of Israel through the time of Solomon is the measurement commonly referred to as either the “Divine Cubit” or the “Royal Egyptian Cubit” which is 29.62 British inches. The intact gates of Megiddo, Gezer and Hazor in Israel, which were built by Solomon, measure out to the perfect 29.62 inch cubit. This measurement may more properly be referred to as “the sacred cubit” as it was used in the building and furnishing of the tabernacle in the wilderness as well as the temple of Solomon. It was also the standard of measurement for the Great Pyramid of Giza, which was built long before the Egyptians attempted to copy the structure. Since the divine cubit is the predominant measurement in the Holy Scriptures, I think that it is safe using the 29.62 inch cubit as the standard of measurement in this prophetic description by Zechariah.
The 20 cubit length of this megillah is twice the 10 breadth, which would make this look more like a can of soup, than a scroll. If this prophecy originated in a Greek mindset or were written in Greek, then we could assume that the term “breadth” is referring to its “diameter”-a Greek mathematical concept and word. The Hebrew had a different method and terminology for measuring a cylinder. It is called “a line cast about” and it was the method for measuring circumference-such as the 12-cubit circumference of the brazen pillars of Solomon’s temple. If the 10 cubit “breadth” is describing the circumference-which we would assume to be a normative measurement in a formal Hebrew document, then we have the dimensions of a traditional megillah. Translating these dimensions into standard U.S. and Metric Measurements:
I see a flying scroll; 34.3 feet long, and 5.5 feet in diameter.
OR
I see a flying scroll; 10.5 meters long, and 1.7 meters in diameter.
For centuries, men have followed each other’s translations and completely missed the point of Zechariah’s vision. You can judge for yourselves the validity of what I am about to show you. I assert that the Word still goes forth from Zion.
7 Then I saw a mass of lead and a “fire offering”, as it was lifted up and secured in the container. 8 And he said, “This “fire that you see being put in the container, is an evil fire offering.” Then he secured the fire offering in the container and put the lead mass in the opening.
The container in which this mass of lead and fire offering is placed is 34.3 feet long and 5.5 feet in diameter. It flies. It will completely consume the homes of the disobedient in the land of Israel-including all of the wood and the stones. This fire offering is evil and it is encased in lead. That sounds like a missile with a nuclear warhead poised to strike the land of Israel.
Non-critical masses of U-235 uranium or other fissionable materials are encased in lead to protect friendly personnel from contamination before detonation. When the warhead is activated, a controlled explosion propels the non-critical masses together to reach critical mass. That creates the evil fire that produces a holocaust-a burnt offering of everything in the path of the fireball. Moments later, the vacuum left from the departing fireball sucks the smoke and debris back into the void, and a pillar of fire and smoke shoots up into the stratosphere, darkening the sun, moon, and stars.
Now the vision makes sense. The precursor to the upcoming war detailed in the 12th chapter, is the development and deployment of nuclear missiles against the land of Israel.
The angel gives specific details to Zechariah so that we would know the things that must come to pass in the last days. Knowing that God has told the end from the beginning gives us great confidence that he is the master of time and space, and we can trust Him with our children’s lives in the times of trouble ahead.
9 Then I looked up and saw as two “fires” came out of the container, and the “fires” caused the wind to lift the container by its “stork like” wings, from the earth into the sky.
Zechariah saw two fires come out of the container that propelled the missile into the sky. A two stage nuclear missile is a very common bird among the nuclear arsenals of the world. India’s nuclear missile is a two-stage device (two fires) that is named “Agni” which in Hindi means “fire.” The missile that Zechariah was watching has short wings that resemble the wings of a stork. Every missile on the face of the earth has that same feature.
4 And I will bring it forth, say YHWH (the LORD of Hosts.
Jewish scientists created each of the three varieties of nuclear warheads on the planet. In fact, it was the lineage of Levi that developed this modern “fire offering” technology. As the scriptures say in Genesis 49:5
Simon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
Finally, Zechariah asks a question of the angel that is absolutely critical for our understanding.
10 Then I asked the angel, “Where are they taking the container?”
11 And he said, “To establish a base for it, and set it up in the land of Shinar.”
The land of Shinar encompasses parts of modern day Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Jordan.
I realize that there may be typos in what I have posted, but I seriously have to run and go somewhere right now.
I will rejoin this conversation later. Daniel
WRONG.
That the generation that saw such things beginning would see the whole of them is a
MUCH MORE BIBLICAL
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MUCH MORE PLAUSIBLE
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MUCH MORE ACCURATE TO HISTORY
interpretation.
Indeed.
Such idiotic notions never follow to their logical and Biblical conclusion . . .
so soon, the weasel words have to set in.
Hmmmmmmmmm
I could believe that ‘generation’ could mean before the last person from that cohort died.
2016 would be plenty plausible, however.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
IN terms of . . .
1. # of campaigns?
2. raw number of dead on both sides?
3. Per capita population dead?
what?
Good points, imho.
THx.
I can't believe the abuse that fellow Christians have for one another, We are commanded to love one another. That applies specifically to our Brothers & Sisters in Christ Jesus.
I'm not judging them Lord, I want them to wake up. Let them see that your return is at hand. The Word tells us that we will exerience Persecution.com for the sake of truth and the Gospel. No other barb stings as bad as those fired by those who profess to follow Christ Jesus.
Ten years of medical school & residency down the drain.
What is the JUBILEE YEAR?
How is the year related to debt, Jesus and America?
Not only is there a weekly Sabbath, there is a Sabbatical (Sabbath) year that occurs every seven years and a Jubilee year every fifty years. This article examines the Biblical Jubilee and Sabbatical Years.
Land Sabbath law similar to the weekly Sabbath In Exodus 23 we are told that the purpose of letting the land (including vineyards and olive trees) "rest" every seven years is so the poor may have something to eat:
"Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.
"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed." (Exodus 23:10-12, NKJV throughout unless noted) This practice of letting the land rest was not limited to a specific time in history or to a particular place like the land of Palestine. God intended the land Sabbath law AND the weekly Sabbath to be in force together for all man.
Fruit Trees are treated differently Leviticus 19 shows that the first three year's of a tree's fruit should be considered "uncircumcised" and not eaten. The fruit of the fourth year is also holy to the Eternal. The fruit produced from the fifth year forward could be eaten:
"When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as uncircumcised. Three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten. But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to the Lord. And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am the Lord your God." (Leviticus 19:23-25)
The Land must keep a Sabbath Rest Leviticus 25 describes the land Sabbath. Sowing is not permitted in the seventh year and neither is pruning of a vineyard. We are also told not to reap or gather up to store that which grows of itself. Yet, we are allowed to eat fresh anything that grows of itself in the seventh year:
"And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the Lord. Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit; but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land.
"And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you, for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land — all its produce shall be for food.'" " (Leviticus 25:1-7)
If we observe the seventh year God promises we will dwell in the land safely, and have plenty of food to eat (Leviticus 25:18-19). God promises a blessing in the sixth year (Leviticus 25:20-22).
The Seventh Year is also called the Year of Release In Deuteronomy 15 the seventh year is called the LORD'S release, where ALL debts are to be forgiven. The reason for this law is to be merciful to the poor and to give all those in debt a chance to start anew:
"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts. And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release . . .
"For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs . . .
"You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. For the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’
"If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. " (Deuteronomy 15:1-2, 6-8, 10-12)
Exodus 21:1-6 describes how Hebrew servants were to be released in the seventh year, unless they voluntarily desired to be lifelong servants. At the end of the seventh year, at the Feast of Tabernacles, the law of God was to read to all (Deuteronomy 31:9-13). This would properly teach former debtors and servants God's Law so they might not have to become poor again.
The Fiftieth Year is the Jubilee Year Leviticus 25 describes the fiftieth, or Jubilee, year. "Jubilee" means "liberty." The Jubilee year is proclaimed with the sound of a trumpet on the Day of Atonement, so that all know the holy year has begun. God owns the land, and in the Jubilee, He wants the return of every man to his possession. Men, who have worked as a servant to pay off their debt, must be freed and allowed to return to their own land and to their families:
"And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land. And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee to you . . . For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat its produce from the field.
"In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession. And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not oppress one another . . .
"If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you. You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
"And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave. As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee. And then he shall depart from you — he and his children with him — and shall return to his own family. He shall return to the possession of his fathers." (Leviticus 25:8-14, 35-41)
Leviticus 27:14-34 describes the redemption of gifts and tithes, which are calculated based on the number of years to Jubilee. Numbers 36:1-9 says that the purpose of Jubilee is to keep the inheritances separate, preventing dispossession. Ezekiel 46:16-18 states that even the prince of Israel is not to dispossess people of their inheritance. Gifts from the prince shall revert back to the family of the prince at the year of liberty.
Why did Israel go into captivity? Leviticus 26 tells us plainly that one of the main reasons Israel went into captivity was for not letting the land rest:
"And after all this, if you do not obey Me, but walk contrary to Me, then I also will walk contrary to you in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
"I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste. Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths. As long as it lies desolate it shall rest — FOR THE TIME IT DID NOT REST ON YOUR SABBATHS WHEN YOU DWELT IN IT.
"The land also shall be left empty by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; they will accept their guilt, because they despised My judgments and because their soul abhorred My statutes." (Leviticus 26:27-28, 33-35, 43)
Jeremiah 34:8-17 informs us that because Israel reneged and did not free their Hebrew servants, God would proclaim "liberty" unto these cruel taskmasters to the sword, pestilence, famine and captivity. 2Chronicles 36:14-21 describes how Judah mocked God's prophets and so were carried away captive to Babylon, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths. Israel rested seventy years before the Jews returned from captivity.
The Ministry of Jesus Christ and the Jubilee Year Isaiah 61:1-11 compares the Millennium with the Sabbatical or Jubilee years. In Luke 4 the Savior began His ministry by preaching a "Jubilee" message:
"So He (Jesus) came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
“'The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed. TO PROCLAIM THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD.'
"Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, 'Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.' " (Luke 4:16-21)
Since the Jubilee year began on the Day of Atonement, it is most likely the Sabbath on which this message was given. True liberty can only be had by accepting our Savior as Master and Lord.
The United States, Liberty, and the Jubilee Year
America's Liberty Bell The bell was initially cast in 1752 A.D. and recast the following year. The Liberty Bell, currently located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an iconic symbol of American independence. The bell's first inscribed line quotes part of the Jubilee call found in the King James Bible version of Leviticus 25:10. The entire text of the Bible verse, with the part inscribed on the bell's top line in capitals, is:
"And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT [ALL] THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family."
On July 8th, 1776, the bell rang out summoning the people to hear the reading of America's Declaration of Independence.
Unfortunately, the United States has not obeyed the Law of Jubilee. It is widely believed the bell cracked in 1835 A.D. while being rung. The crack, which occurred roughly fifty years after America's War of Independence ended in 1783, was severe enough to cause the bell never to be rung again. Periodic economic depressions have occurred in the United States about every fifty years (The Digest of Divine Law, pages 109-110).
History of the Jews in relation to the Sabbatical and Jubilee Years
In Josephus' book Antiquities (History) of the Jews he describes historical events, in relation to the Sabbatical year and Jubilee, that involved or impacted the Jews . Antiochus besieged Judas Maccabeus and Jerusalem's Temple during a Sabbatical year. The war between Ptolemy and Hyrcanus happened in a Sabbatical year. Taxes were not paid to Caesar during the seventh year. Josephus also states that Herod the Great's plundering of the wealthy and the dead for silver and gold to give to Anthony occurred in a Sabbatical year. In the thirteenth year of Herod the Great there was a great famine and pestilence. In Whiston's footnotes to Josephus, he says this famine was worse than the famine of the days of Ahab, and even worse than the days of Jacob, and that this was a Sabbatical or Jubilee year.
Meaning of the Sabbatical and Jubilee Year The significance of the Sabbatical and Jubilee year is not limited to the rest of the land and rejuvenation of the soil. It is to remind us, as does the weekly Sabbath, that the Eternal is the Creator. Just as it took faith for Israelites not to farm on the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, so today it takes faith to trust Him for sustenance. Man is not the sole owner of the soil, and he does not hold property in perpetuity but only under the Almighty's trust (Leviticus 25:23). We own nothing by inherent right, for like the children of Israel, we were slaves in spiritual "Egypt" (Deuteronomy 15:15). Out of gratitude to the Eternal for our liberation, we must extend liberty to our debtors and servants.
The word translated "release" in Deuteronomy 15:1 can also mean "dropping." The seventh year is a year of dropping, or cancellation, of debts. What better time than the seventh year to settle debts with people and to move on. We were on spiritual death row, waiting for execution in the lake of fire. Then, the Almighty in His great mercy, called us and forgave us. Through His Son the Messiah, all charges were dropped against us. This should be a cause for rejoicing.
If a nation observed the Sabbatical and Jubilee years it would be tremendously blessed instead of cursed. There would be no crushing debt nor an imbalance of the very rich and the very poor. Land values would be relatively stable, and inflation and depressions would not occur. The Law of God would be taught in detail every seventh year, which would result in good government and prosperity. But we will have to wait for the millennium for the good results of national obedience to the Almighty's laws.
When will the next Jubilee Year occur? According to William Whiston's footnotes to Josephus, 24 B.C. was a Sabbatical year and 23 B.C. was a Jubilee year. This would mean that A.D. 27 was a Sabbatical year and A.D. 28 was a Jubilee year. If this is true, then Sabbatical years would occur in 2016, 2023 and 2030 A.D., with the next Jubilee year occurring in 2016 A.D.
The Jews today are in confusion as to Sabbatical and Jubilee years. True fifty-year Jubilee years were only counted during Temple times. Some Jews believe that every 15th and 65th years of the world era are Jubilee years. Thus, 1955 and 2005 A.D. would have been Jubilee years. And 1976 and 1983 A.D. would have been Sabbatical years.
Why are the Jews confused? Because THEY DID NOT OBEY GOD. They admit that when the First Temple stood a full fifty-year cycle was used. The next year after the Jubilee was the first year of the next fifty-year cycle of seven seven-year cycles. Because the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh were exiled, tradition says, the Jubilee was no longer in effect, because it was for " . . . all the inhabitants thereof," (Leviticus 25:10). The Jubilees were not properly calculated, and a 49-year cycle was instituted where the "Jubilee" year was also the beginning year of the next seven year cycle. Jubilee is counted by the Jews exactly as they erroneously count when to keep the day of Pentecost each year.
Around 153-105 B.C. an apocryphal book called the Book of Jubilees was written. It divides the history of the world into "Jubilees" of 49-year periods (seven weeks of years). The biblical idea of the Jubilee year, the 50th year following the seven weeks of years (Leviticus 25:8-12) is ignored. Thus, the Jews accepted this erroneous idea and are confused as to the true Jubilee. As the New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, Nashville, 1962), article "Jubilee, Year of," admits, the so-called Book of Jubilees completely disregards the original and true Jubilee Year:
". . . in the official count of Sabbatical Years in the Maccabean and post-Maccabean periods the Jubilee Year was omitted entirely and the Sabbatical Years followed each other in uninterrupted succession every seven years. Moreover, certain later, rabbinic authorities likewise reckoned a Jubilee period as of only forty-nine years, although a majority adhered, quite naturally, to the biblical reckoning of the period as of fifty years."
Jews began to believe that the Law of Jubilee did not apply to them because the land of Israel was not fully occupied by them. Today, Rabbis have relaxed the Sabbatical year because of "economic hardship." Land is "sold" to Moslems and leased back. It is observed only ceremonially, not in reality, in order to perpetuate the memory of the Sabbatical year.
Jews, however, still believe the Son of David will come on the last Jubilee:
"The precept of the Jubilee is often regarded as one of the basic precepts of the Torah! There are seven basic precepts: offerings, tithes, shemittot, Jubilees, circumcision, honor of father and mother, and study of the Torah." (Judaica, page 582)
When is the Jubilee year? When is the Sabbatical year? The issue is of major importance. Israel went into captivity for not obeying this law. If God will send modern Israel into captivity for the same reason as ancient Israel, knowledge must be increased, and the modern-day children of Israel must be warned (Amos 3:7, Daniel 12:4, John 7:17). We look forward to the time when we will understand, and witness, the fulfillment of the Land Sabbath and Jubilee year.
Let's all come together and praise the Lord Jesus. His reign shall not be one of a suffering Messiah. We can expect the King Jesus to kick ass and take names.
Mao killed at least 30 million.
Stalin . . . Lenin . . .
PRINTING IT OFF AND ARCHIVING IT.
THX TONS. GREAT JOB.
A quick google search should show up the sites quoting it as well as the originating site.
I do not want to take credit for someone elses discovery. I simply want to pass along what at least one highly educated individual believes is the correct understanding.
I don't imagine God deals with percentages, remember the parable of the lost sheep. Every soul was precious to the Shepard. Souls are eternal, so numbers really matter to King Jesus!
Please feel free to contact me at daniel@dglang.com.
I am eagerly looking forward to reviewing what you have.
I believe that the Jewish Rabbbi’s do have much to contribute to help us understand the prophecies.
Back about 10 years ago, I became aware fo about 70 Rabbi’s in Israel itself who have come to the conclusion that Jesus is the messiah.
I do have a friend who is in Israel working with various Jewish groups. I was blessed to go on a tour of Israel back in 2000 with this individual. We were going up near the Syrian border when Israel was withdrawing from Lebanon.
As we were travelling north, we passed them on the road while they were rtavelling south.
We were also blessed to be able to go to Petra on this same trip. I am hoping to go back to Israel again and see even more places.
I know critics will claim that I work for the SA. That would be a black lie. I serve the Lord Jesus, who knows the status of my heart. Contribute as you feel driven. Many of us are stressed in the current economic envrironment. Nobody knows better than the Lord. Remember, out of her poverty the Widow gave two mites. Jesus defended her contribution, because it was all she had. Go forward in this spirit and whatever you contribute will be magnified ten fold.
I love all of you guys!
In Christ Jesus, I pray!
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