BEYOND THE HARBINGER

At least one quarter of the Bible consists of prophecy, much of which has been fulfilled, demonstrating the veracity of the scriptures and the unseen hand of our great Creator that inspired them. The Bible contains many mysteries, some of which result from the figurative language used in dreams and visions in prophecy. As indicated by the Reformers quoted in the following many prophecies remained mysteries, until the prophecy was fulfilled which could then be understood through hindsight, as in the examples that we will explore in these pages.

2500 years is pure Eisegesis.

I'm having trouble with that one too, at least the part about "times" representing only another 1,000 years. This is the first time I've seen this theory, and I've been thinking about it all day.

I'm working on a timeline on another set of gentiles, the Constantine sect. From my efforts, I developed the idea that the term "a time" and "times" might possibly mean two separate frames of time, even if used in the same sentence or prophesy. Why else make the distinction in the prophecy, unless it was for some significant distinction?

To me it makes more sense than the obvious attempt of the author(s) here to bend 1,000 to fit their needs.

But what if "a time" indeed represents 1,000 years - I can buy that. And what if, as in what I'm working on, "times" represents an entirely different frame of time, lets say here "times" represents 490 years [70 sevens of years, per Daniel's 70 week prophesy - certainly a historical frame of time] times 2 - that's keeping with the general understanding of the meaning of "times" [multiply by 2 right?].

Therefore, a time (1,000 years), times (2 x 490 = 980 years), and half a time (1,000 / 2 = 500 years) gives us a total of 2,480 years, instead of the author(s) 2,500 years.

So instead of arriving 1967, when Jerusalem was recaptured, per the author(s) of this piece, we now arrive at another important time, perhaps even more important, when Israel became a nation state again in 1947, [In one hour, IIRC], exactly as prophesied.

"In 1947, the United Nations (UN) adopted a Partition Plan for Palestine recommending the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states and an internationalized Jerusalem. The plan was accepted by the Jewish Agency, and rejected by Arab leaders."

Please check to see that I haven't made a big goof up someplace. :)

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