Daniel's Prophesies: Michael. Warfare, and the Man Child

            

            As we conclude our summary review of Daniel’s prophesies we move forward now to the twelfth chapter of Daniel. The context of the chapter remains centered on the period of the tribulation. We read at verse seven in part: “…it shall be for a time, times and an half (3 ½ years): and when he (the son of perdition---Antichrist) shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.” (verse seven in part). These are the words of the “man clothed in linen” (verse 6) which is none other than the Lord seen by Daniel in this prophetic vision. His identity can be confirmed at chapter ten and verse four and compared both by appearance and action at Revelation 10:`1-6 which is a confirming passage. (two witnesses affirm it-Daniel and John). With this context in view let us go back to the first verse. We will be comparing Daniel twelve with Revelation twelve.

            “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble,(compare the words of Jesus at Matthew 24:21-22-great tribulation) such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.(Daniel 12:1) The angel Michael is introduced to as an active participant effectively and necessarily involved in this intense warfare and  this time of trouble. In order to gain understanding of what is transpiring with Michael standing up for thy people we must go to the twelfth chapter of Revelation.  We read first at verse seven the following: “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon: a and the dragon fought and his angels. And prevailed not: neither was there place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast unto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him”(Rev.12:7-9).

            Now that Michael and his angels have been introduced into this scene at the consummation of the age we will add for greet emphasis the reality of an intense and consequential spiritual warfare so significant that it results in the Devil and his angels being cast out of heaven after ages of access for accusation and condemnation of those who would seek to embrace the truth in Christ. The critical agent of victory in this spiritual war is the “man child”. And so who might that be? It is not Jesus Christ as dispensationalists would claim.

            “And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven (the Lord’s people)  and cast them to the earth and which  was ready to be delivered the dragon stood before the woman (the church), for to devour her child as soon as  it was born.” (vs.4) “And she brought forth a man child which was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.” (verse 5) “And the woman (the church) fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her here a thousand two hundred and three score days.” (verse 7) . In explanation of this text we see that a faithful remnant of the Lord’s people is birthed from the church and who because of their purity and faithfulness are caught up to the throne of God. There is a twofold precedent for this action of the Lord—Enoch and Elijah. They are godly and pure and as such are an instrument of Christ to cast the Devil out of haven with the assistance of Michael and his army. These people answer in kind to the church at Philadelphia (brotherly love) “I know thy works, behold  I have set before thee an open door, and no man shall shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and has not denied my name.” (Rev.3:8). “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will keep thee from the hour of tribulation, which shall come upon the entire world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.(verse 10).

             So we see a faithful and purified people (identified as the “man child”) birthed out from among the church which will be caught to the throne. Because God has found a people who are truly conformed to the image of his dear Son, they then become his instrument holding the spiritual ground for casting Satan form his presence in heaven to the earth. “And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony: and they loved not their lives unto the death;”.” (verse 11). Because of his great wrath he makes war with the saints in a time of unprecedented persecution and martyrdom. (3 ½ years of tribulation) This was confirmed by the quote of Daniel 12:1 and repeated in the words of the man clothed in linen (Christ) where we read his words at Daniel 12:7  “…and when he shall have accomplished to have scattered the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished as set forth in th verse  above as well as the context of Rev. 11:1-12. (Compare Daniel 11:35).           

          The time frame is confined again at the end of the chapter both for the abomination of desolation and the duration of tribulation. “And from the time that the daily (sacrifice -not in the original text) shall be taken away, (has nothing to do with animal sacrifice) and the abomination of desolation set up, shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days." (Daniel 12:12). We have explained the abomination of desolation in great detail in posting number five on my blogsite.  I repeat it has nothing to do with ritual or animal sacrifice as dispensationalists affirm.

            So without going into great detail in the book of Revelation this study provides us with an overview and the significant points contained in Daniel’s prophesies.  A much greater understanding can be reached by obtaining my book These Prophets and the Revelation where we go deeply unto the Revelation.

            This obviously does not conform to the conventional wisdom of the day, i.e.,a pretribulational rapture of the entire church, a seven year tribulation which is only focused on Jewish Israel, the fact that the body of the church as a whole will endure the tribulation which lasts three and one-half years, and many other details of the word of God. If you have been taught these things you have been deceived and especially if you have accepted them. My writings are tor he sole purpose of attempting to educate God’s people in the truth. I make no apology for their content for they have been diligently searched out and are always supported by Scripture.

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Daniel's Prophesies: Great Tribulation

                Finishing our study in Daniel will require two more postings.  Each one will be centered at the very end of the age at the time of the great tribulation.  The text will cover the last one-third of Daniel chapter eleven to the end of the book. Daniel 11:30-45 is where we will concentrate on the first of the two.  The last will be focused in the twelfth chapter of Daniel.  They will be different in content and emphasis but will fit together to cover the subject in some detail. If you have been following our study the previous posting was on the abomination of desolation. This is an important event to understand because it provides the entry point to the three and one-half years of tribulation. If you have not read it I recommend that you do so and if you have it might profit you to read it again.

            Moving to the current text of our considerations we find that the last third of the eleventh chapter is providing insights from the point of the abomination of desolation and carrying us forward through to the end of the age. The early part of the chapter gives us much history but is not written in manner which provides keys leading us to prophetic interpretation.

             Beginning with verse 30 in the eleventh chapter we read: “For the ships of Chittim (an islander, from the coasts opposite of Palestine--Strong’s Concor.) Shall come against him: therefore shall he be grieved and have * indignation (to be in great wrath, bitterness, vengeance) against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return and have **intelligence (to have understanding) with them who forsake the holy covenant. The verse depicts a great conflict both spiritually and in the temporal realm. Warfare is an ongoing process both militarily and spiritually in opposition to the covenant and expressed violently against those who embrace the covenant in the most intense sense.

            “Arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength and shall take away the daily (sacrifice) and shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.” (Verse 31 is explained completely in my previous blog).

            “And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries:

But the people that do know their God shall be strong and do (exploits) (verse 32).

“And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet shall they fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity and by spoil many days.”(verse 33).

            “Now when they shall fall, they will be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.”(verse 34).”And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.” (verse 35). What is being depicted in verses 32 through verse 35 is a spiritual conflict that is extremely intense against the evil one and those allied with him. It is a conflict which includes great persecution and martyrdom being experienced by those who are being faithful to Christ. Some of them will fall away through deceit (flatteries) and yet many shall persevere This text can be cross-referenced to Revelation chapter 11:1-12 and is also referred to under the fifth seal in Revelation chapter 6:9-11. I recommend you read these texts to understand what is happening with the people of God during the tribulation period. It is notable to point out that the. corrupted message of today’s churches is that the saints are going to be raptured away before the tribulation escaping all consequence of the dominion of ‘the son of perdition.’ Through deception and acceptance of untrue doctrines they will succumb to deception believing that the “son of perdition” is the returning Christ.

            The text in the chapter beginning with verse 36 takes us to the person of Antichrist himself and his ongoing activities to conquer and establish his dominion on earth while receiving worship and honor from the masses of people who in their deception believing that he is the messiah. He shall do according to his own will and exalt himself above every god and speak blasphemies against the true God. We see in verse 37 that he is in fact a Jew as he does not honor the God of his fathers for the God of his fathers would be the true God.  In verse 38 we see that he will honor a god of forces, a god who his father’s knew not. And in 39 a “strange god whom he will acknowledge and increase with glory, and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.” This, of course, is in fact Lucifer assuming the place of God and occupying his sanctuary.

            The following verses in the text are expressing and explaining the conflict for a vast territory recovery in the Middle East by Israel. The recovery and possession of the ‘Promised Land’ is in view and other areas of the region will be affected, (verses 40, 41 and 42).This is the consummation of the Zionist plan for a “Greater Israel” being orchestrated by the World Zionist Organization and the compromised political and economic powers under their control worldwide  which will ultimately be consolidated into their planned NEW WORLD ORDER.  It will be centered in Israel and with its capitol being Jerusalem “And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain.” (ZION) (Verse 45. ) Jerusalem is located ‘between the seas’, i.e. the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean.The ‘glorious Holy Mountain is otherwise known as Zion.

            “…yet shall he come to his end, and none shall help him.” (Last phrase of 45)

                       

            These consummating events of the age are clearly prophesied by both Daniel and the Apostle John in the Book of Revelation.  They are also recorded in the annuls of the secular world.  The Oded Yinon plan drafted in 1982 is a precursor blueprint to all of the current conflict we have observed in the Middle East and it is not near to being over. America is the lackey servant of Zionism to  prosecute war and destabilization  for Israel to recover the Middle East establishing a ”Grater Israel” in the midst of world government.(Check it out on the internet under Oded Yinon Plan for Greater Israel).

            The solemn commentary to these realities is that America and evangelical Christians in the main are totally deceived by their enchantment with the nation state of Israel, and the so-called ‘chosen people’. It will prove to be the greatest deception every perpetrated by the devil on Christianity and the world at large. Jesus solemnly warned us of this at Matthew 24:24-25 and context.

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Daniel's Prophesies: The Abomination of Desolation

       As we move forward in the progressive revelations of Daniels’ several contributions to the prophetic paradigm which is vital to our understanding; we must deal with this most important subject.  It is not at all understood in theological circles and has been particularly distorted by evangelicals. So our purpose here is to define the abomination of desolation, to pinpoint the time of its occurrence, and understand its significant spiritual impact on the world as well as believers when it does occur.

            The best point of beginning is with the words of Jesus in Mathew 24 where we read as follows: “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet standeth in the holy place, whoso readeth let him understand.”  (Matthew 24:15). We see immediately that it is within the purpose of the Lord that we gain an understanding. As we would look forward in the text to verse  21 where we read: “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the word to this time no nor ever shall be.” So we see that the occurrence of the event is closely related to the time of ‘great tribulation’. Some expositors would claim that this text is related to Israel of old in the destruction of the temple, the city and the wall in 70 AD This cannot be the truth for if we follow the verses in the text down to verse 29 it is describing how to relate to it in the light of the coming of the Lord and the resurrection (See Matt.24: 29-31). What is seen is that the text takes us to the very end.  Our Lord has referred us to Daniel the prophet so we need to examine what he had to say about it.

            Daniel refers to it twice so for the sake of answering the question of timing we go to Daniel 12::11. “So from the time that the daily (sacrifice) in italics  in KJV as no word in the original text given for it) shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.” This then gives us a reference point of thirty (30) days prior to the onset of tribulation for we know from the context and many other references that the duration of the tribulation is 3 and ½ years.  (time, times and a  half = 3 and ½ years) at Dan.12:7 and also at Dan.7:25, two times in the Book of Revelation  at 11:2 (forty and two months) and at Rev.12:6 (a thousand two hundred and three score days). So we are discovering two truths here. First that the tribulation period is 3 and ½ years—not seven as dispensationalists claim and secondly the abomination of desolation is future and not past and it occurs immediately prior to the onset of tribulation according to Daniel 12:11, i.e.  before the three and one-half years of tribulation begins.  Having established the timing from Scripture as yet future it must be refuted totally that it involves she sacrificing a pig on the altar of the temple by Antiochus Epiphanes.  This is a Jewish fable adopted by dispensationalists with not one verse to support their interpretation. We will cover the meaning at Daniel 11:31 which serve to establish this fact.

            “And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary, and shall take away the daily (sacrifice, again no Hebrew word for sacrifice in the original text) and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries.” For clarification of meaning some word study is necessary.

         Arms=Figuratively, power or strength, any kind of support

         Daily=continually-- (important to note that the word sacrifice is inserted                 in the KJV with no original Hebrew word in the text to account for the                   insertion.

      Abomination—to detest, filthy, unclean- chiefly of things which cannot be          touched, idolatry

         Desolation—to be laid waste or made desolate, desolation

          (Nothing here remotely related to an animal sacrifice)

          Word definitions taken from Wilson’s O. T. Word Studies

            In summary of the above we would see first that the verse is not speaking of a physical sacrifice whether of an animal or otherwise. From the word definition for daily we would conclude that the meaning is speaking of something which has been continual and has now been ‘take(en) away’. This then has nothing to do with animal sacrifices being discontinued in the tribulation in the temple and most certainly has no reference to the offering of a pig on the altar of the Jewish temple. So what is the meaning of the abomination of desolation? We must go to the New Testament for our answer in the text of II Thessalonians 2:1-11.

            In the beginning of this text we are given assurance that the coming of the Lord is not immanent, but rather is to be preceded by the revelation of the Son of Perdition. i.e. ‘the man of sin’ which is also to be preceded by a great falling away or apostasy. (This denies the fantasy of a pretribulational ‘rapture’ of the church).Then in verse four we read: “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God showing himself that he is God.” Moving down to verse seven we pick up the text: “For the mystery of iniquity doth already work, only he that letteth will let until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders. And with all deceivable of unrighteousness in them those perish: because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.”

            So in a summary of defining and explaining the abomination of desolation we would assert the following: (1) It has nothing to do with the sacrifice of animals in the temple whether historically or in a future rebuilt temple.(2) It has everything to do with a future event  at the revealing of Antichrist and an extremely powerful deception which will cause people to  succumb to worship him as a returning messiah as well as his master Lucifer. It is a spiritual invasion of God’s temple and sanctuary, i.e. the minds, hearts and ultimately the spirits of people. This is an abomination of defilement leading to desolation and destruction when the spirit is captured.

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Daniel's Prophesies: "Seventy Weeks Are Determined"

           We continue our multiple part series in Daniel with Daniel, chapter 9 with an in-depth investigation of the final four verses in the chapter which have been designated as Daniel’s “Seventy Weeks”.  This is an extremely important potion of Scripture because an extended understanding of the eschatology of the Bible depends upon its accurate interpretation. The precise understanding of the truth of these four verses stands in complete opposition to the popular teaching in today’s evangelical churches. After we have interpreted the passage, verse by verse and phrase by phrase there will be an opportunity to expose the heresies of today’s apostate churches and the extent to which the truth of God’s word has been corrupted.

            As background before moving into the text (vss.24-27) we come to understand by the early verses in the chapter that the timing of Daniel’s revelation was in the first year of Darius the king of the Medes. This is significant as it marks the end of the Babylonian captivity and the beginning of the regime of the Medes and Persons.  The Babylonian captivity was imposed on Israel for a period of seventy years of judgment and Daniel came to understand that it was complete based on the words of Jeremiah the prophet. (See Jer. 25:12). An explanation of the weeks is necessary before we begin to expound on the meaning of the four verse text. The weeks are weeks of years in the understanding of the Hebrew law. So one week equals seven years and then by extension seventy weeks equals four hundred and ninety years (70 X 7= 490) (See Lev. 25:10 and context). We can now begin to interpret the passage.

            Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city.” The prophecy is to extend for four hundred and ninety years and it concerns only the Jews and the holy city which was at that time in total ruins. "…to finish the transgression, and to make an end to sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.” Clearly all of the above is the work of Christ in his death and resurrection. His anointing was at the time John the Baptist baptized him in the Jordan River and the Holy Spirit descended upon him. (vs.24).(See Matthew 3:16-17).

            “Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks and three sore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.” So we must have a beginning point to measure the seventy weeks. This is found in the seventh chapter of the Book of Ezra.  You would find it profitable to read the entire chapter for it is a confirmation of the fulfillment of the promised event “to build and restore Jerusalem” This is the essence of the prophecy in verse twenty five and its date of origin was about 457 BCE by Artaxerxes king of Persia.  It must be understood by the reader that the secular date may be slightly off because the measurement of time is according to the Hebrew colander.

            “And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, (This clearly speaks of the crucifixion of Christ.)But not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”  (vs. 26).  The city, the temple and the wall were devastatingly destroyed by an act of God’s judgment on apostate and wicked people. This was accomplished and executed by the Roman general Titus in 70 A.D.

            “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week, and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease. To those of you that have been deceived by the heresies of dispensational theology: this is not the Antichrist having made a covenant with the Jews at the outset of tribulation.  This is the Lord Jesus Christ, who having preached the gospel of the kingdom to the Jews for 3 ½ years was rejected and crucified, but many believed and followed him.  In the middle of the seventieth week he was crucified and by this act of redemption caused all of the Jewish ceremonial law including sacrifice and oblations to cease.  The vail of the temple was rent in twain. After his crucifixion his apostles carried the message using the power given by the Holy Spirit to further minister to the “lost sheep of the house of Israel”. A total of seven years (one week) was the gospel ministered to the Jews only. Its point of consummation is found in Acts, chapter seven when Stephen preached to the Sanhedrin---the council of elders of Jewry. His reward was to be stoned to death by the Jewish authority thus bringing an end to God’s dealings with ethnic Israel, i.e. Jewry collectively. The “seventy weeks” was complete at this event. “…and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even unto the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”  (vs. 27).  This is the judgment of the Lord on an apostate and Christ rejecting Israel. It was a complete desolation of their corrupted religion, their temple, their city and their priesthood. Further commentary on the passage is made necessary by the corrupted interpretation assessed by dispensationalists which includes the vast majority of evangelicals.                                                                                                 

            First we must emphatically state that the Antichrist does not appear anywhere in the passage contrary to their interpretation.  The phrase “in the midst of the week he shall cause sacrifice and oblation to cease.” This is accomplished by Messiah, i.e. Christ who forever put to an end to the offering of sacrifices. Also the alleged “gap” occurring after the sixty- ninth week is an aberration. The seventy weeks are obviously an unbroken continuum. There is no return to ethnic Jewry or Israel after the flesh with the inception of the New Covenant. Their heretical interpretation of the passage corrupts and destroys its true meaning. Zionism as it has emerged in the past century is attributed to the heretical doctrines of the dispensationalists and has corrupted the truths of Scripture as well as deceiving the people by the tens,if not hundreds,  of  millions  and  it is truly  The Israel Deception.(See my book). A  Zionist Trojan horse has invaded the Church and effectively destroyed it from within the gates except the Lord raise up a remnant.

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Daniel's Prophesies: A Vision of the End

             Moving forward in our progressive series of Daniel’s prophesies we investigate the content of chapter eight which we have entitled a vision leading to the end. As we move forward through the book we find that additional details are provided to add to those previous revelations. With the exception of chapter nine they are increasingly bringing our focus to the end of the age and the consummation of all things as they relate so this present world system.

            As a foundation to show that what is being revealed is the course of the kingdoms of this world which are ultimately leading us to the eternal kingdom of Christ. Daniel first saw in this vision “a ram which had two horns and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. I saw the ram, pushing westward and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will and became great. (Daniel 8:3-5).This beast then again is representing the kingdom of the Medes and the Persians including the fall of Babylon. During this dominion the Persian king Artaxerxes made a decree along with provisions for the Jews who were so inclined to return to Jerusalem and the city and the temple were restored. This we will focus in more detail when we reach chapter nine. The Medio-Persian Empire prevailed for about two centuries.

            “And as I was considering behold an he goat came from the west on the face of the earth, and touched not the ground (i.e. very swiftly): and the he goat had a notable horn between his eyes. And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran into him in the fury of his power……and smote the ram, and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him to the ground and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. Therefore the he goat waxed great: and when he was strong the great horn was broken: and fromr it came up four great ones toward the four winds of heaven.”  Historically we have revealed for us the vast kingdom of Alexander the Great coming with his armies of Macedonians from the west where Alexander was king and Greeks and they came conquering the vast region all the way to India. Within a relative short time after his conquests Alexander was smitten with a fever and he  died at a young  age  (332 BCE) and this kingdom was divided among his four greatest conquering generals each one claiming a dominion to the north, to the  east,  of the south and  to the west of the vast empire. Israel was within the realm of the Seleucid kings.

            The vision here moves forward dramatically to the developments of the end of the age. “And out of one of them came forth a “little horn”, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.  And it waxed great even to the host of heaven; and it cast down of the host and of the stars to the ground and stamped upon them. (Daniel 8:9-10).  The geographic reference here is to take us to a focus on the resurgent state of Israel at the end of the age (“the pleasant land”). The references here of “the host” and “the stars” are to identify the saints of the Lord. This is confirmed from both Joseph’s dream at Genesis 37:9-10 and John’s vison recorded in at Revelation 12: 1-4 and following. Contrary to the popular evangelical doctrines of the day it is a fact that the main body of the church will be subjected to the tribulation (3 and ½ years) and not be delivered by a “pretribulational rapture” of the entire church. A faithful remnant will be caught up to the throne at that time. (See Rev.12:5).

            Continuing with the narrative of the text we read: Yea, and he magnified himself (Antichrist) even to the prince of the host (Jesus Christ). And by him (Antichrist) the daily sacrifice was taken away.” This has nothing to do with animal sacrifices resumed in the temple as is supposed by dispensationalists; but note the word sacrifice is in italics in the text and so was translated without a corresponding Hebrew word.  What this is referring to is the abomination of desolation which we will cover later in more detail in our study in Daniel.  But this portion of Daniel can be cross-referenced in the New Testament at II Thes. 2:1-12 where we see the revealing of Antichrist (“that Wicked be revealed”) and the stance he takes which is requiring from all to receive worship.

            Moving forward with the text we read: “And an host was given him (Antichrist) against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground: and it practiced and prospered.”(Daniel 8:12) This speaks of the intense persecution and martyrdom of the saints during the period of the tribulation and will be expanded upon in chapter eleven. Do you doubt this truth? Compare for verification Rev. 11:1-12 and Rev. 6:9-12 which occurs under the opening of the fifth seal. These contexts are both fulfilled during the tribulation.(3 and ½ years not seven).

            “Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spoke.  How long shall it be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” (Daniel 8:13-14). Under the current theological paradigms of confusion virtually none of the above is even remotely understood. It must come to be understood that the Lord must purify his people, i.e. “then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” The sanctuary is the temple of God that is to say his people. It must be a holy place for his indwelling! When these prophesies are to be fulfilled at the end of the age and before the resurrection he will most certainly undertake a period of subjecting  his people to an intense trial and persecution including martyrdom to effect the spiritual cleansing process. It will begin before the onset of tribulation and will continue through to its very end.  The resurrection occurs after the tribulation. (See Matthew 24:29-31, Revelation chapter seven and Rev. 11:11-12).

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Daniel's Prophesies: Vision of the Four Beasts

        The original posting in this seven part series was the content of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream which was revealed and interpreted by Daniel the prophet of God. This revelation provides us with an overview or summary of the kingdoms of this world up to the very end of the age but does not provide a great deal of detail of all that will transpire.  Subsequent dreams and visions of Daniel will provide us with additional details that are necessary to understand the course of this present age and its consummation. We will move now to chapter seven of Daniel to recover Daniel’s own night vision of the four beasts which will assist in the further progressive unveiling of the secrets given to Daniel by the Lord.

            In this vision which was apparently given to him in the form of a dream Daniel saw four great beasts coming up from the sea. They were diverse one from another.  “The first he saw was as a lion with eagles wings. Daniel beheld until the wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.”(Daniel 7:4). These phrases describe the dealings of God with Nebuchadnezzar explained in previous chapters. It must be understood that these ancient kings and rulers were regarded as deity.  But under the hand of God and his dealings we see that a humbling of the king was accomplished and so the explanation of him being given the heart of a man has been realized. (See chapter four of Daniel to discover the details).

            “And behold Daniel beheld another beast, a second, like unto a bear, and it lifted up on one side and had three ribs in its mouth and between the teeth of it: and they said thus, arise and devour much flesh.”(Daniel 7:5)  This is a representation of the kingdom of the Medes and the Persians which overthrew and defeated Babylon. It was a coalition kingdom and the three ribs in its mouth represent the three previous empires in the region which include Egypt, Assyria and Babylon.  The Medio-Persian Empire prevailed for at least the next two centuries.

            “After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a foul; and the beast, had also four heads; and dominion was given it.”  (Daniel 7:6). This is a representation of the conquest and subsequent kingdom of Alexander the Great coming out of the western regions with armies of Macedonians and Greeks totally devouring the Medes and Persians(about 332 BCE).  Alexander’s life was short-lived as he died of a fever in his early thirties but he was strengthened by his four major generals (the four heads) among who were divided the spoils and territories of the vast kingdom from west to east. The divisions of the kingdom are significant historically.

            After this I saw in the night visions, a fourth beast dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: and it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all of the beasts that were before it: and it had ten horns.” (Daniel 7:7).The prophecy given here skips over the extensive and lengthy Roman Empire and takes us to the very end of the age where we observed in the dream of the image given Nebuchadnezzar at the very end of the age will be represented by the ten toes partly of iron and partly of miry clay.  That metaphor is paralleled in the verse as it “had ten horns.” This description of the beast is confirmed in Revelation 13 in the first few verses where we see the beast rising up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns.

            “I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, from whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes kike the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.” (Daniel 7:8)  This is the final kingdom of this world’s system.  It is the consolidation of the entire world under a system of collective tyranny having ten regional units of government and a centralized monetary and political system to be ultimately ruled over for a brief period by the Antichrist. He is seen here as having the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great things in blasphemy against the true and living God. I identify the ‘little horn’ as the present nation state of Israel which is destined to be enlarged into the borders of the original Promised Land and emerge as the center of this future NEW WORLD ORDER now under an ongoing and progressive agenda to unify the world under a single political and monetary system.  Lucifer’s goal is to unify the world and bring it to a state of devotion, submission and worship of himself through the agency of an antichrist.

          “I beheld and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; until the Ancient of days came and judgment was given the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. Thus he said, the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth and shall tread it down, and break it in poesies. And the ten horns out of his kingdom are ten kings that shall arise and another shall arise after them: and he shall be diverse from the first, and shall subdue three kings.” (Daniel 7:21-24).

            We discover then form this prophecy that there is an emerging worldwide kingdom which shall dominate the earth for a brief period at the very end of the age and it will be controlled by Lucifer and his earthly agency which is represented by Antichrist.  It will be a time of great suffering, persecution and martyrdom for those who are found faithful in Christ. Yes, the church is going through the three and one-half year period of tribulation preceding the coming of the Lord to bring judgment upon the earth and all of those who have made a covenant with the evil one via the mark of the beast. Many more details will be added as we proceed through the remainder of Daniel’s prophesies. Stay tuned.

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Dabiel's Prophesies: Nebuchadnezzer's Dream

            A thorough investigation of the prophecies revealed to Daniel will provide

us with much knowledge about the history of the world from his time up to and including the very end of the age.  His recorded revelations are progressive as they unfold in seven of the twelve chapters of Daniel which are primarily prophetic in nature.  The other chapters provide history concerning Babylon and other details of the experiences of Daniel and his fellows as captives of the Babylonians.

            Initially we must focus on Daniel himself as an instrument of God because of his faith and unwavering devotion. Daniel along with multiplied thousands of Jews was carried away into Babylon as an act of judgment upon them for their departure from the laws and precepts of their covenant obligations. Daniel no doubt was among the innocents for we see that his faith and devotion were steadfast from the beginning as he would not partake of the king’s table even though he had been set aside for special nurture under the king’s provisions. Daniel was very young when the captivity began, likely in his teen years and he lived the entirety of his life in Babylon. He had three special companions; Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who were tested for their faithfulness when they were thrown into the fiery furnace. They emerged unscathed as the Lord delivered them as he did likewise for Daniel when he was cast into the lion’s den. With this brief background we must move on with Daniel’s prophesies which began on the occasion of a dream experienced by Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon.(Daniel-chapter two)

            The dream troubled him greatly but he could not remember the content much less  know the interpretation so he called for the Chaldeans, sorcerers and magicians to provide him with the content of the dream as well as the interpretation. They were unable to do so pleading their cause that if the dream was given them they could provide the interpretation. For their failure the king decreed that they should be put to death. Desperate for understanding the king called upon Daniel and Daniel assured him that given the time he would provide the content of the dream and the interpretation. Daniel called a prayer meeting with his fellows and in a night vision the dream and its meaning was given Daniel by the Lord. So approaching the king through the proper channels he came before Nebuchadnezzar beseeching him to spare the sorcerers and magicians as he was now able to reveal the dream and its interpretation giving credit to his Lord. So here is the dream and its interpretation.

            “Thou, O king, sawest and beheld a great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and from thereof was terrible. This image, whose head was of gold, his beast and his  arms of silver, his belly and his thighs , brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken into pieces together, became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.” (Daniel 2:31-36). Daniel told the king that this was his dream and that he would show him the interpretation of it.

            Then following through the remainder of the chapter we see that God had given Nebuchadnezzar a great kingdom and he in fact was that head of gold. Then following him there would be an inferior kingdom represented by the silver and we find that to be identified as the kingdom of the Medes and the Persians. Then followed a third kingdom represented by the brass and that was the kingdom of the Grecians and Alexander the Great. The forth kingdom revealed to be the legs of iron was the Roman Empire which was later divided and carried down to the feet and toes of the image.                  The feet of iron and the toes of iron mingled with clay    provides us with clues for the final world empire which will come into existence at the very end of the age.  It will be composed of ten world regions associated as a confederation held together as one by the miry clay. The sovereignty of nation states as we now know them shall be done away with in favor of a unified world government. It has frequently identified as the NEW WORLD ORDER. America as we have known it will be emerced into this one world government destroying totally any concept of constitutional rights or freedoms.

             If you are observant of geopolitical developments worldwide you will be aware of destabilized nation states in Europe threatening their sovereign status through massive migration of Muslim invaders creating violence and terror. At the same time America is divided politically in a manner never before seen and efforts to undermine and overthrow government is at a historical peak. Economic issues with the petrodollar as a world currency are under attack and in jeopardy of financial collapse. The Middle East has been in turmoil and strife for more than a quarter of a century and the destabilization of the region continues.

            What we have discovered thus far in this the first of a series of studies in the book of Daniel is an overview of world history from Daniel’s day as a captive in Babylon.  Then we move through the entirety of all of the world kingdoms with one final one in the process of formation even now.  We will enlarge upon these concepts and provide much more detail as we move through the book of Daniel.

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Dispensationalism's Doctrines of Deception Part 7. The Deceptions of Calvinism

              The previous six postings in this series have been devoted specifically to the exposure of the major heretical doctrines which make up dispensational theology, i.e. also known as Christian Zionism. The series was intended to be a summary study to enlighten the multitudes in the Christian community who embrace this totally false paradigm. The church in America and indeed at least the western world lies in a state of extreme apostasy largely as a result of the widespread and prevalent acceptance of Zionism. It is a spiritual cancer which has not only produced death through a prevailing apostasy but has also laid the foundation for the powers of darkness to advance their agenda for a Zionist centered New World Order. This will ultimately become the deceptive kingdom of the Antichrist.

            Underlying all of the unscriptural and deceptive doctrines we have previously examined and exposed lies anther deception which provides the foundation for all of those already identified. That deception is the subject matter of this final presentment in the series and is defined as Calvinism. Let me state up front that dispensationalists are not pure Calvinists but they have embraced two of the five tenets of Calvinism which provided the basis to assist them in the perpetration of their theological error. In April of this year I posted a five part series covering the five major tenets of Calvinism defining and refuting each one separately. Because theological issues are not well understood by the vast majority of religious people it is necessary to break down theological systems and expose and explain the errors contained within them by testing them against the Scripture. The two main tenets of Calvinism which give pillars of support to dispensational theology are first unconditional election and then perseverance of the saints. Dispensationalists have termed the second of these as the “doctrine of eternal security.” These can be reviewed in full from my previous postings as the second and fifth posting in April respectively.

            Looking first at unconditional election we find that dispensationalists have applied it first to all Jews or the people of Israel at the end of the age including the tribulation and extending into the millennial age. This rests entirely on their ethnicity assuming them to be the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob which they are not. And, therefore, claiming to retain the right of inheritance of the earthly kingdom encompassing the “Promised Land.” This then means to them that they are a “chosen people” or in other words they have been selected based entirely on the Calvinist doctrine of unconditional election. It should be obvious even to the casual student of the Scripture that even the people of Israel under the Old Testament were not unconditionally elected. Witness first the death of virtually all of that first generation which exited Egypt after the Passover.  Then witness the numerous judgments executed against them by the Lord in the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities and their subsequent total dispersion at the hands of the Romans. Yet they are allegedly now being gathered and destined to be unconditionally elected to possess the future kingdom. The second major problem is that the vast majority  of “Jews” on the earth today are Ashkenazim and are not the descendants of Abraham. We have previously exposed and destroyed all of the secondary arguments.

            Now what can be said to debunk the Calvinist doctrine of perseverance of the saints otherwise identified as the doctrine of “eternal security.”? Literally dozens of scriptures deny this false doctrine adopted by dispensationalists to support their corrupt paradigm. Those who hold to this doctrine will proclaim from thousands of pulpits in America and probably elsewhere that to be “born agsin” is to be “saved”. That is salvation and the new birth are equal to and the same as each other. To preach this heresy is to deceive and completely disarm the new believer in Christ for he has been assured that he has been “saved” regardless of what his subsequent life experience or conduct may be. He can safely ignore the following:

          “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling……(Phil.2:12 in part). Or “If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel…(Col. 1:23 in part).”It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and tasted of the heavily gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, if they shall fall away to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh and out him to an open shame”. (Heb. 6:4-6). “Wherefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before lest ye be also led way with the error of the wicked fall from your own steadfastness.” (II Peter 3:17).“Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these things (several enumerated in the previous context) cometh the wrath of God on the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. (Speaking to believers). (Eph 5:6-7).”For if we sin willfully after that we have received, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin, but a certain fearful looking for judgment and fiery indignation which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses law died without mercy under two or three witnesses; of how much sorer punishment suppose ye, shall be thought worthy, who have trodden underfoot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath dome despite unto the Spirit of grace?” (Heb. 10:26-29). There are many, many more throughout the New Testament.

             So are you hearing from the preacher or teacher “once saved, always saved” or to be “born again” is the sum total of salvation stating the two are equal? For that person is guilty of deceiving you and is endorsing a false gospel assuring those who have been born again that they are “saved” and “eternally secure” because of the false Calvinist doctrine of perseverance of the saints. If you are being subjected to any of these heresies you should depart from that place for it is placing your soul in dire jeopardy of God’s judgment.

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Dispensationalism's Doctrines of Deception Part 6. The Deception of Modern Israel

             This posting will be a continuation of Part 2 where we examined the question is modern Israel a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy?  That presentment was a denial of the question above with a provision of relative facts to establish the rebuttal of the Zionist view of a restored Israel as an unfulfilled promise of God and the Scriptures. There is much more to be discovered and my intention is to delve into those further truths under this heading.  As an aside before we move forward with the topic I do highly recommend that you obtain two of my books to assist in assimilating the many details of the premise from a completely scriptural perspective. The book titles are The Israel Deception and Christian Zionism and the Scofield Reference Bible.

            Our argument is that the modern state of Israel is not only a counterfeit but a subtle deception orchestrated by Lucifer himself designed to capture the minds and hearts of people whether professing to be Christian or just those in the world at large. The introduction of dispensational theology some one hundred and fifty years ago and the subsequent publication of the many revisions of the Scofield Reverence Bible have been a major source of this mass deception.  The modern state of Israel founded in the precise location of ancient Israel does have an extremely significant role to play in end time prophecy. But not in the sense that it is an instrument of restoration for Jewry to prevail in a future age which the Scriptures identify as the millennium.  The exact opposite is true.  This is that Israel as it exists today in the Middle East has been orchestrated entirely by a deceptive and false paradigm that they are the ‘chosen people’ of God and they have a right of possession as a restored Israel because the “Promised Land” was given to them by God under the tenets of the Old Testament. We have before proved that the old covenant was replaced and all of God’s promises to that earthly people were fulfilled in the Person of their rejected Messiah, Jesus Christ.

            So let’s look at recent history revealing what is transpiring today, and what the prophetic future reveals concerning modern Israel. The land of Palestine was given “Jews” after World War I via the Balfour Declaration by Great Britain on November 2, 1917.  This was fulfillment of a deal and promise made by the government of Great Britain to Zionist “Jews” seeking a homeland if they could persuade America to join them in the war against Germany which they were able to successfully orchestrate. Give credit to traitor President Woodrow Wilson. Note that I have placed the word “Jews” in quotation marks because the in fact or not really Jews according to their DNA and genecology.They are in fact Ashkenazim which call themselves"Jews" because they adopted Orthodox Judaism and the occult Babylonian Talmud centuries ago. They in fact are practicing Luciferians. America’s evangelical Christians have beam totally duped by their Zionist theology. Thanks again in major part to the corrupted Scofield Reference Bible gaining a foothold in Christian Bible schools and seminaries across the land.

        Advancing forward to current times we can then project forward into the prophetic Scriptures which reveal the satanic agenda for world domination and the revelation of Antichrist.  Much more detail can be discovered in my books. Athoroughly documentable agenda is well advanced  although not yet complete in the world bath politically and economically for a NEW WORLD ORDER centered in a “Greater Israel” and its capitol Jerusalem. Witness the wars and conflicts in the Middle East ever escalating which were prophesied by Jesus in Matthew 24.  The region must be destabilized on behalf of Israel. The Muslim nations must be compromised sufficiently to allow the emergence of Israel’s dominance. This means a continuation of these conflicts as Syria and Iran must be defeated or weakened dramatically.  America is the dominant military ally of Israel for it is controlled both politically and economically by the Jewish international banking cartel headed up by the Federal Reserve and soon to be the IMF with the collapse of the petrodollar. America provides the proxy army and military power to assure Israel’s ultimate victories over the nations and peoples in the region.

            Looking to the future and the consummation of this world government Antichrist agenda we can go to the Scriptures for our verification. The prophet Daniel is our chief commentator. The objective of Lucifer and his Zionist counterfeit “Jews” is to recover the entirety of the territory which encompasses the “Promised Land” (See Genesis 15:18) from the Nile to the Euphrates. In accomplishing this deception of the world will be complete. The Luciferian empowered Antichrist certainly must be the returning Christ. Right? Jesus warned us solemnly in Matthew 24 “Be not deceived.” It would be well for you to read that text for He reveals much more concerning the tribulation and end times.

            Daniel’s prophecies from chapter seven and forward provide us with all of the keys to understand the unfolding of events up to and including the period we understand to be tribulation. We can also discover that the “little horn” spoken of in both chapters seven and eight is undoubtedly modern day Israel “towards the South and towards the East ant towards the pleasant land.” Its existence now is a sliver of land along the Mediterranean. However, Daniel reveals a future conquest (chptr 11 vss.41-42))which will ultimately incorporate Lebanon, Jordan, most of Syria, the lower half of Iraq, upper Saudi Arabia and Egypt up to the Nile River.  This is the plan and destiny for a “Grater Israel” as we come to the end of the age being orchestrated by Lucifer on behalf of the Zionist Talmudic and counterfeit “Jews”. This deception will be the greatest of all perpetuated by dispensationalism as they will believe that this is an act of God on behalf of his “chosen people”. If you are a truth seeker and you would like to understand these important prophesies contained in Daniel and Revelation I also recommend my book These Prophets and the Revelation. All of the details are explained there.

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Dispensationalism's Doctrinal Deceptions Part 5. The Earthly Millennial Kingdom Hoax

            There are some complexities to be discovered in this consideration, but a good place to begin is with the footnotes in the Scofield Reference Bible (1967 revision) which appear below the text of II Samuel 7:8-17.  In this portion they have set apart and proclaimed it to be the Davidic Covenant.  The notes read in part: the Davidic Covenant, upon which the future kingdom of Christ, “of the seed o David according to the flesh” (Rom.1:3) was to be founded, provided for David (1) the promise of posterity to the Davidic house; (2) a throne symbolic of royal authority; (3) a kingdom to rule on the earth; and (4) a certainty of fulfillment, for the promise to David “shall be established forever.” Dispensationalists would proclaim then that David is to sit upon a throne and reign over the earth “forever” after the millennial kingdom is established of the seed of David “according to the flesh.” So when you examine their theology closely they contend that Christ will reign from geographical Jerusalem after his return so apparently he will need to share the throne with David as a kind of co-regency.  Where can we find even one Scripture that will support this heresy?

            When you read the text of the so-called Davidic Covenant it leads you to some very different conclusions. In verse twelve of the text we read: “And when thy days be fulfilled and thou shall sleep with thy fathers. I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of tine own body, and I will establish his kingdom.” The notes would lead us to believe that the kingdom is to be provided for David. Is it not clear that what is in view is not David but a seed from his posterity? That seed is obviously Christ. So the kingdom which is in view is first that of Christ. The genealogy found in Matthew, chapter 1 verifies that Christ is the seed of David “according to the flesh” genealogically. Nowhere in the text does it say that the kingdom is to be established is on this earth so number (3) above is a false statement. The reference in verse twelve states: “I will establish his kingdom” that is to say it is Christ’s kingdom to be established not David’s kingdom. So what becomes clear is that the footnotes totally contradict the content of the text of what they call the Davidic Covenant.  This is typical of their wresting of Scripture.

            Tracing this kingdom concept forward into the gospels we find that here is an endorsement of two kingdoms in footnotes under Matthew 3:2, i.e. John the Baptist’s proclamation that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” I won’t quote thenote for it is a nonsensical attempt to designate two kingdoms.  One being the “kingdom of heaven” and the other mentioned elsewhere “the kingdom of God”.

        This effort to produce two kingdoms is an ongoing persistent deception to establish an earthly kingdom for Israel or Jewry. At John 18:36 Jesus declares to Pilate: “My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world then my servants would fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.” The Scofield note on page 1153—1967 revision is typical in its denial of the clear testimony of Christ and also the Scriptures at large. It states in response so the clear statement of Jesus: “The verse has erroneously been taken to mean that Christ was disavowing that his kingdom would be established on earth. Apart from the incompatibility of such a view with the clear testimony of Scripture it conflicts with the remainder of the verse.” We will investigate further the clear testimony of Scripture.

             If it were possible that we could find any evidence whatsoever that there are two kingdoms of God, i.e. one on the earth for Israel and one in heaven for the Church; it would be clearly revealed in the Book of Revelation.  Dispensationalism is very weak in the interpretation of Revelation for their major premise of interpretation is that from chapter four through chapter nineteen its content is an explanation of the tribulation period. The scope of the coverage goes far beyond just the tribulation and includes the heavenly kingdom, the resurrection, and the Day of the Lamb’s Wrath bringing destruction to this present earth.  There is this general ignorance of the subject matter including their own used to an advantage because the content of the book is not widely understood.  This is also true of Daniel’s prophetic revelations. While there is not one verse in the Revelation to support an earthly kingdom after the tribulation and the Day of the Lord it is to be expected that they will deny this truth.  At the bottom of page 1363 -1967 revision the Scofield notes declare that Rev. 11:15 where it states that the kingdoms of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ is “the beginning of Christ’s reign on earth.”  The dishonesty is blatant as an examination of the passage says nothing about Christ reigning on this earth.

            An earthly kingdom reign of Christ or David or the Jews or anyone else is quite impossible for in the Day of the Lord immediately following the resurrection this present earth is to be totally destroyed.  It is to be replaced as part of God making “all things new “by creating a heavenly Jerusalem (not one on this earth).

         Peter declares at II Peter 3 beginning at verse seven: “But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept n store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgement and perdition of ungodly men.” Then following the text down to verse ten: “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the havens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”

            Revelation 21:1 following the white throne judgement states: “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away, and there was no more sea.” Two clear testimonies from Scripture declare this present earth is to be destroyed in the day of God’s judgment.  So it is impossible that there can exist on this earth a kingdom of any description including one ruled over by the earthly state of Israel.

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Dispensationalism's Doctrinal Deceptions Part 4. The Pretribulational "Rapture"

         Since the previous posting was an explanation in detail of Daniel’s “seventy weeks” and their fulfillment was at the first advent of Christ it would seem logical to deal with the alleged pretribulational rapture. The reason for that is because dispensationalists have moved the seventieth or last week to the end of the age.

           This provides them the opportunity to say the last “week” or seven years is the returning of the Lord’s dealing with national Israel to restore and then bless them after a time of trouble, i.e. a seven year tribulation completing the “seventy weeks”. We have previously proved that this theory is completely flawed so it is necessary to examine both the tribulation and the alleged “rapture “of the church from the Scriptures to establish the truth. First the seven year tribulation is destroyed if it is arrived at by superimposing Daniel’s “seventieth week” at the end of the age because that simply is not true as it has already been fulfilled.

            Let us examine a few Scriptures that prove the tribulation itself to be only three and one-half years in duration and not seven as they proclaim. First we have Daniel’s prophetic testimony as he refers to the tribulation.  A reference to the text of Daniel chapter twelve dealing specifically with the end of age reveals the duration of the tribulation to be three and one-half years.  First in verse seven we read in part:…”and sware by him that liveth forever that it will be for a time, times, and an half (3 ½ years) and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.” The time is again referenced at the end of the chapter translated into twelve hundred and ninety days (3 ½ years plus one month) which includes the setting up of the abomination of desolation (see vs.11)one month before the onset of tribulation.  This time is verified by more references in Revelation, chapters 11 and 12. At 11:3-4 we read: “But the court which is without the temple leave out and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under forty two month (3 1/2years). And I will give power unto my two witnesses and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three sore days (3 1/2 years) clothed in sackcloth.” Another reference to a time, times, and a half of time is cited at Revelation 12:14 to connect this passage to Daniel twelve and verse seven.  I am here not interpreting the passages but simply connecting the references to the period of the tribulation. These portions being prophetic in nature in that they occur during the tribulation are not immediately clear to the biblically uninformed.  So if this is something which catches your interest I recommend my book These Prophets and the Revelation where they are explained in detail.   My only point here is that there is not one verse in Scripture to support a seven year tribulation. It has been hypothecated by misinterpreting Daniil 9:24-27 with dispensational theology.  Now we can look at the “rapture “issue.

                 Dispensationalists rely very heavily on the passage of Scripture found at  I Thes. 4:13-17 claiming this to be the biblical account of the pretribulational rapture. The text says in part beginning at verse 15:”For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which arrive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (vss.15-17) This passage is describing not a rupture but in fact the resurrection after the tribulation. It will be proven first by the context and secondly by comparison with other Scripture describing exactly the same event. The context actually includes the first portion of chapter five (the chapter designations are artificially added). Chapter five and verses one and two tell us that the foregoing event, i.e. the resurrection leads us to the Day of Lord whereas if it were the “rapture” it should lead to the tribulation according to their doctrine. Verse two in chapter five sys: “For yourselves know perfectly stat the day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night.” Read the entire context form 4:13 through 5:2.  Several other texts prove the post tribulational resurrection. A few will follow.

            Matthew 24: 29-31 precisely parallels I Thes. 4:13-17 as does Mark 13:26-27. Compare also Luke 21:27-28. The Matthew passage reads: “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: and then shall appear the sign of the Son of main in heaven and then shall the tribes of the earth morn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds (earth) and from the ends of heaven together.” All of the above references are complimentary and verify the resurrection (not rapture) after the tribulation.

              Also we would find two places in the Book of Revelation verifying the resurrection occurring after the tribulation. These references are somewhat more obscure because most people have little or no understanding of the Revelation. Chapter six of Revelation details events that occur during the tribulation while immediately following in chapter seven is a depiction of the resurrection.  Also, in chapter eleven at verses eleven and twelve we find another short account of the resurrection after the tribulation. These Revelation passages ae not readily discerned as dispensational theology proclaims that chapters 4-19 of Revelation cover only the tribulation but they do not discover the resurrection. The result being that there exists almost a complete blindness to interpretation.

            So in conclusion we find clearly that this doctrine of dispensationalists, i.e. the pretribulational rapture of the entire church is completely false and is disproven by the testimony of Scripture. 

David Lance Dean                                     many more details of dispensational error

                                                                found in my book: Christian Zionism and the                                                                      Scofield Reference Bible