The Seven Year Peace Treaty in Israel Has Been Signed.......... |

http://beforeitsnews.com/news/34247/The_Seven_Year_Peace_Treaty_in_Israel_Has_Been_Signed.html ^ | April 18th, 2010

[TaraP]

(Interesting Perspective)

Many students of bible prophecy have missed the signing of the 7 year peace treaty in Israel simply because they have not taken God's word literally. Before I go on let me quote the 2 main verses that reveal this event in prophecy.

Daniel 9:26, 'And after sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself: And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end shall be with a flood, and until the end of the war desolations are determined.

Daniel 9:27, 'Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week: but in the midst of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. and on the wing of abomination shall be one who makes it desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined is poured out on the desolate.

For those who are fairly new to bible prophecy I will be giving a little bit of boring information that is commonly accepted as truth during this presentation.

The word week here can easily be proved to mean weeks of years. One way to prove this is to go back to Genesis where Laban gives his daughters to Isaac for a week and it is revealed that he fulfills his 7 years. As well, the first 7 and 62 weeks where fulfilled exactly to the day when the Messiah was cut off and died when using the one day equals a year formula or the weeks of years rather than week. So then 7 and 62 weeks of years is equal to 483 years.

The 70 weeks in Daniel 9: 24 equals 490 years. The remaining 7 years that is the difference has never been fulfilled.

Note that it is not uncommon for scriptures to have undetermined allotments of time dividing one event from another. This is the case in this 490 years. Though the first 483 were fulfilled to the exact day when Jesus the Christ was crucified, the last 7 years has never in history been fulfilled to the letter until recently.

Now to understand who will make this covenant we must unravel Daniel 9:26. Here we are told that the prince of the people who destroyed the city will make the covenant.

In 70 A.D. Titus was given orders from Rome to take Israel into captivity and to destroy the city of Jerusalem. Judging from this then it was the Roman Empire that destroyed the city. So then the prince who will make the covenant is to be a prince of Rome.

Well many would say that the Roman Empire does not exist today, however , that is not entirely true. The Western Roman Empire fell to Germanic hordes in about 400 A.D. but the Eastern Empire remained in Constantinople until the 1400s. The main religion in Rome became Christianity by order of Emperor Constantine around 200 A.D.

At some point it was declared the Holy Roman Empire and popes were given rule over Rome. Though it is true that the Roman Empire did not exist after the 1400s, the Holy Roman Catholic Monarchy existed to this day. Now in our time we have the European Union whose 10 full member states all rule under the Holy Roman Catholic Monarchy, hence the Empire still exists to this day.

If you will do a study of the kingdoms that were to rule according to dreams and visions throughout Daniel you will learn that Rome was to be the final kingdom before the end of this age.

In Daniel 2 the statue with the head of gold was to be followed by the kingdom of silver and then bronze, then iron and then iron and clay. We know from Daniel 8 that the Gold represented Nebuchadnezzar, the silver was the Medes and the Persians, the bronze was the Greeks and history proves that the final kingdom was the Roman Empire.

Though there are 27 nations that belong to the European Union, there are only 10 that are full members with veto rites. The other 17 nations are lesser states. So then the prince that must confirm the covenant must come out of the EU.

Now the word 'prince' in Daniel 9:26 can be translated prince, commander, chief or any other title that could be considered an authority. This prince is to make a covenant with many nations so we see that he has something to do with foreign affairs.

The word covenant can be translated covenant or agreement. However, it does not mean 'peace treaty' as so many teach. This teaching stems from the idea that because first Thessalonians 5:4 says, 'And when they cry peace and safety, sudden destruction comes upon them'. If you study the context of Thessalonians you will find that it pertains to the time of the rapture at the end of the 7 years and has nothing to do with the topic at hand. No, in order top recognize the 7 year covenant you must realize that it is not necessarily a peace treaty.

Joveir Solana, whose office was Secretary General of the Western European Union, made separate agreements with many Middle Eastern countries over several years prior to 2007. These agreements would give each country the right to receive loans from the EU for the purpose of bringing stability in many areas of their governments. These loans would require substantial financial commitments from EU full member states and therefore had to be fixed into the EU upcoming budget. The term of the EU budget is 7 years and was due for renewal on Jan. 01/2007.

On this date Jovier Solana made a quick trip to the required office and gave his signature 'confirming' the agreements that he had set up prior to this date and therefore fulfilled all of the requirements that are called for in Daniel 9:26,27.

Now according to Daniel 9:27 he is to bring an end to the daily sacrifice in Jerusalem. Many have argued that there has to be a temple built in Jerusalem before he can do this. I believe you will find that this is not true if you pay close attention to the scriptures surrounding this issue. We know from second Thessalonians 2 that the wicked sits in the temple as god, however this event does not take place until the end of the 7 year covenant. Therefore it does not require a temple in the midst of the 7 years. Some say that he sits in the temple in the midst of the seven, but scripture says they set up an abomination and this is better translated an idol and cannot be translated as a person.

All that is required in the temple grounds for Daniel 9:27 is a place to do sacrifice. Israel has this now. They have just finished building an alter of sacrifice recently that fits requirements laid down in old testament law. As we speak Israel is calling on Jews world wide to send money to purchase lambs for sacrifices they are planning this June. Sometime in mid June is the middle of the 7 year covenant. They exact date is unknown because scripture tells us that the sacrifice will be stopped 'around' the middle of the 7 years.

From Daniel 11:21-31 we know that the king of Syria is responsible for the command to take away the daily sacrifice. According to history the king of the North in this scripture is this king of Syria. We are told in the verses mentioned that he will move against the king of the south, which history and the scriptures tell us is Egypt. Scripture tells us that he is stopped by ships from Kittim, which today is Cyprus.

He will be angry at the covenant, probably because if the covenant was not in place these ships would not be there. We are told that he has intelligence against those that transgress the covenant. This is very likely the fact that they are doing sacrifices of thousands of lambs which I am sure is contrary to UN laws governing the handling of sheep. The EU is tied to the laws of agriculture put forward by the UN. Daniel 11:31 then tells us that 'arms rise up on his part and take away the daily sacrifice and set there the abomination that causes desolation.

Notice that arms rise up on his part. In other words he squeals but someone else does the dirty work. In Daniel 8:11 we find that it is the Little Horn that actually takes away the daily sacrifice and sets up the abomination that causes desolation.

More about him in a minute.

Recently Syria has been trying to mend fences with Egypt, however, more recently they have had a parting of ways. We can only watch and see how this drama unfolds. But know this, that we are approaching the midst of the 7 years. Everything is in place for prophetic scriptures to unfold as we speak.

Now concerning the Little Horn there is much debate on who this could be but if we look at scripture we can narrow it down quite a bit and I believe his identity is obvious once you have the right information. First of all Daniel 8 :8,9 points you at the geographic region that he must come from.

The male goat here is said to come from Greece in verse 21. It followed the Medes and the Persians in verse 20. History tells us that this goat was Alexander the Great and that 8:9 is speaking of the 4 generals that divided his kingdom. So from here we can see that the Little Horn is not the president of the USA or an up and coming king of England etc... He is coming out of the Middle East. There are a couple of clues here that could not have been recognized many years ago but are now definite give aways.

Now understand that the main countries today that should be watched, considering the 4 generals territories, are Greece, Turkey, Syria, Assyria, Iran, Palestine and Egypt.

First the Little Horn waxes great toward the east, south and the pleasant land. In recent months Turkey has been calling on Muslim nations to form what I will call a union. If he succeeds it could be said that he has waxed great toward Iran, Egypt and Syria and Palestine.

Second he rises up among the 10 horns of the EU. For several years Turkey has been trying very hard to be accepted as a full member of the EU and if he does will be the first Muslim member. He will also have risen up among them as 'another Little Horn'. It should also be noted that he is the only country in the territories of the 4 generals who is even trying. 9 out of 10 of the existing members support his membership.

Now once he joins he must devour three of the former horns. This has been taught to mean that he forces himself on three members but what if he rather is supported by three members and is handed their support through intrigue and a silver tongue?

Watch and pray that you might be found worthy of that day.

[Genoa]

You assume that the Church Age has to end before the seven years begin. The post-tribs don’t accept that model. They (the futurist post-tribs) hold that the seven years are the conclusion of the Church Age.

[fso301]

Again, your stated literal interpretation of the flood mentioned in Dan 9:26 as being a "LIGHT" (illuminating) event both contradicts scripture and is not in keeping with the spirit of literal interpretation you said was so crucial to understand prophecy. This is fatal to your theory.

Daniel 9:26, 'And after sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself: And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end shall be with a flood, and until the end of the war desolations are determined.

-snip-

The term of the EU budget is 7 years and was due for renewal on Jan. 01/2007. On this date Jovier Solana made a quick trip to the required office and gave his signature 'confirming' the agreements that he had set up prior to this date and therefore fulfilled all of the requirements that are called for in Daniel 9:26,27.

If as you say the flood in Dan 9:26 refers to a brilliant "LIGHT" event, how then do you explain Zech 14:4-8 in which the Mount of Olives will break in two, there will be no light and water will flow from the Mount of Olives to the east and west?

Zech 14:4

"On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south."

Zech 14:5

"You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake [fn] in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him."

Zech 14:6

"On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost."

Zech 14:7

"It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime--a day known to the Lord. When evening comes, there will be light."

Zech 14:8

"On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half to the eastern sea [fn] and half to the western sea, [fn] in summer and in winter."

[Genoa]

There are some post-tribs (like the late J. Barton Payne, The Imminent Appearing of Christ, and Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy,) who hold that all of Daniel's seventy weeks of years are past, and that it was Christ who put an end to the sacrifice through his own atonement. They don't look for a future seven-year tribulation period. Just sayin'.

[xjcsa]

. . . Occurring at the time of each believer's death, yes? I think your teaching is that we are living in the new heaven and the new earth now, is that right?

Correct.

I've read about this view. It is potent medicine.

Yes, it is. I've only held this view for a couple of years; it has caused me to reevaluate my theology in many areas.

I think I agree with those who suggest it is outside the realm of orthodoxy.

If orthodoxy is defined by creeds (i.e. the "Apostles'" Creed), then yes, it's outside of orthodoxy. If orthodoxy is defined as adherence to Scripture, I would obviously disagree. But I do not consider church creeds binding - only descriptive of the beliefs of those who wrote them.

It also requires a lot of nonliteral handling of the Word. To each his own.

All eschatology requires quite a bit of "nonliteral" reading. I actually believe Preterism requires less of it, in many ways. But I think the real strength of Preterism - which I have begun trying to apply more consistently to all of Scripture - is its approach to hermeneutics. It's an approach of reading Scripture as it would have been read by its immediate audience, rather than reading it as if it was written to us. Scripture was written for us, but it was not written to us. We are a secondary audience.

One thing I always try to note: Preterism is dependent on an early date for the writing of Revelation - probably around 64. The "traditional" dating of Revelation in the 90s is not compatible with Preterism. But I'm pretty thoroughly convinced of the earlier date.

[fso301]

Using God's Word as a ouija board to predict the future is an exercise in futility that only serves to make the gospel look fatuous, inane, and totally irrelevant.

Well said.

[TaraP]

As I said::: A Flood of Light or Knowledge...you don’t think there was a *Flood* of knowledge?

[Lee N. Field]

I think that date has to do with the Prophecy/Prediction by Mark Blitz and JR Church that the 2nd Coming of Jesus will be in 2015 based on the Blood Moon Eclipses and the Jewish Festivals.

Available through the WorldNetDaily store?

Hey, What d' you know?

[Iscool]

There are a few different theories about “the one who restains.” Some say the Holy Spirit, that is, at the pre-trib rapture of the church. (But how do people get saved during the following period?)

Matthew 23, 24, 25, etc...5, 6, 7, etc...James...Hebrews...

By works and faith...Without grace...Without the guidance of the Holy Spirit...

[TaraP]

Yes, then we get into the *Last Generation*

This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled” (Mt 24:34...

IMO we really do not have much to fullfill until the last 7 years.....

[TaraP]

Matthew 24 and 25, Mark 13, and Luke 21, describes major events that will impact the Jewish people just before the Lord returns to set up His Kingdom.

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great gloryNow learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. -Matthew 24:30-36

[Genoa]

There’s plenty of predictive prophecy in God’s Word. Look at all of the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah’s First Coming that were literally fulfilled in history. Call us fatuous, inane, and totally irrelevant if you must, but we have no reason to think that prophecies of the Second Coming are any less applicable to real-time events.

[fso301]

As I said::: A Flood of Light or Knowledge...you don’t think there was a *Flood* of knowledge?

A flood of light would contradict Zech 14:6 "On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost."

Now you introduce a flood of knowledge as the literal meaning of flood. Sorry but you are outside the parameters of literal interpretation. There is nothing wrong with this, just recognize it for what it is, adjust your worldview accordingly and continue to grow in grace and knowledge.

[fso301]

Read my other posts on this thread and you’ll understand where I’m coming from.

[Genoa]

I think that Payne and other non-futurists (meaning non-futurist concerning the fulfillment of most of the seals and trumpets of Revelation) would put these "this generation" prophecies in the fulfilled category, A.D. 70: partial preterism, which still allows a lot of future fulfillment, just not as much as dispensational teaching has (but a lot more than full preterists allow). They still look for the future, imminent appearing of Christ, the rapture of the church, and the millennium with Christ ruling on earth. (I'm not firm about timing, but I'm not dispensational, as you can tell.)

[TaraP]

1 minute = 70 beats
60 minutes(1 hour) = 4200 beats
1 day (24hours) = 100800
365 average days per year (1 year) = 36792000 beats

70 years = 2,575,440,000 beats

Based on your heart beats a minute..70

A Generation..(Maybe)

[TaraP]

I dis-agree with you..respectively....

[Quix]

GOOD POINTS.

THX.

[Genoa]

you’ll understand where I’m coming from

I'm sorry, but where would that be? Unlike RJR_fan, neither your handle nor your rhetoric affords us obvious clues.

[Quix]

i THINK it’s highly plausible that the beginning of the Tribulation 7 years will entail the overt beginning of the reign of the AntiChrist over the overt world government.

That seems to be getting awfully close.

[Uri’el-2012]

See Psalm 90:10

10 As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach