Posted on 01/20/2005 1:01:34 PM PST by missyme
The Scenario The war will start in 2007. The antichrist will stand in the Jewish Temple of Jerusalem and declare that he is God. The Bible calls this the 'abomination of desolation'. Shortly after this the Arab nations will unite against Israel. Egypt will lead Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan - every nation with a border with Israel - against it. Russia and its allies will join on the side of the Arabs. During the fight the US and Russia will use nuclear weapons against each other. The war will leave 2 billion dead.
When will it happen? This is a quote from Mark 13:14-28:
But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. And let him who is on the housetop not go down, or enter in, to get anything out of his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to get his cloak. But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babes in those days! But pray that it may not happen in the winter. For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of creation which God created, until now, and never shall. And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect whom He chose, He shortened the days. And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here [is] Christ; or, lo, [he is] there; believe [him] not: For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if [it were] possible, even the elect.
But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. The fig tree is Israel. This is because in Jeremiah's prophecies he used 'Figs' as a symbol of the children of Israel. If figs are the children, Israel must be the father, the fig tree.
'When her branch Is yet tender' means that Israel will still be a new state (it was founded in May 1948). 'Putteth forth leaves' could mean when Israel recaptured all of Jerusalem in June 1967. 'Summer is nigh' means that the end of the world is near.
So soon after Israel takes Jerusalem the end of the world will occur. It says 'this generation shall not pass till all these tings be fulfilled'.
A generation in the Bible is 40 years, so the end of the world will be 40 years after 1967: 2007.
This is a key passage - Ezekiel 39: 1-6: Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that [is] with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and [to] the beasts of the field to be devoured. Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD. And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.
It says all but a 'sixth part' of the invading army will be destroyed. Israel's army could not do this, but Israel is known to have nuclear weapons so these could be used against an invading force
Conclusion So that is the evidence. In 2007 the Battle of Armageddon will take place, there will be nuclear war and Jesus will return. However, some of these interpretations of the text are fairly loose, so if in doubt read through them again and make your own mind up. Whether you believe in this or not is largely a matter of faith, and either way, we will know in 6 years.
Are you gnostic, prophetic or foolish... I can come up with dozens of senarios that predict dates. Probably should stay away from fixing dates since "no man knows the hour...".
The hour not the year. I don't claim to know when Jesus will return but there are many clues that GOD has foretold to the prophets for us to have insight with. Study Daniel's 70 weeks, Ezekiel, there is nothing wrong or ungodly with studying prophecy..
Apparently, you didn't write this missy.
It has no merit. Do not be deceived by it.
What you said.
I remember when it was said, on good authority, the world was going to end, oh, about 20 years ago. Or was that 30 years ago? All of these predictions tend to run together after the end of the world has been predicted with such regularity these last few decades.
Missy, you find and post the whackiest, nuttiest, most embarrassing things.
This is PRECISELY the sort of thing the prophecy-fuzzing neo-RC amills point to in trying to discredit applying grammatico-historical principles to interpreting prophecy.
You really could have gone all day without posting this.
Dan
What about Daniel's 70 weeks xzins?
Many people have heard of Daniel's 70 weeks, and know that they have to do with prophecy or related to the Book of Revelation. We will try and explain them a little further.
Each week is actually 7 years; 70 x 7 = 490 years. During this time the national "chastisement" must be fulfilled and the nation re-established in everlasting righteousness
(Daniel 9:24) "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make and end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to annoint the most Holy"
What we must remember is that Daniel was a prophet of the Jews, and the Jews only. His vision of the seventy weeks as mentioned earlier were not "continuous" there are gaps in time. The current gap seems to be at 2000 years right now.
As of now, November of 2000; 69 of those weeks have been fulfilled and we are waiting for the 70th week which we know deals with the tribulation and eventually Jesus' return.
People have been predicting the end of the world for thousands of years. I think it's a sign of vanity that they always think it will happen in their lifetime.
Jesus would be very dissappointed. But he forgives.
That would be an understatement.
You know me the Prophecy Hunter!
But really I have been reading about Daniel's 70 weeks, do you give that any creedence?
moonlight dimmed from cloud of comet dust? comet dust falling to earth making falling stars?
Didn't Jesus say something about the Final Days coming like a theif in the night, that attempting to predict its onset would be frivolous?
OTOH, the MSM loves to wave articles like this as "proof" that RedStaters are all a bunch of crazy fundies waiting for the Mothership to arrive. Why give them the ammunition?
Centuries, millenia.
For example, do a Google on the Millerites.
NO ONE knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but ONLY the Father. Matt 24:36
followup - cute cat in your profile :)
Well then why would he give us the Book of Revelation? or the Prophepts in the OT... To keep us in the dark?
I believe verse 30: "Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place."
In other words, it happened in the first century.
Let me ask you this:
Is a generation in the Bible 40 years or not?
Missy, Dan is correct. It would have been better not to post this. It has no merit.
For example, find in the bible where it SAYS that a generation is 40 years. Explain to me why the arbitrary date of 1967 was selected.
Again Dan is correct, opponents of premillennialism use this kind of post to discredit our biblical doctrine.
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