Re: Fay (20 Sept 2020) Reply to Greg W
“All noise and conjecture”
Fay:
Gap between Daniel 9:26 and 9:27:
Please refer to the article that I posted
in response to Garry B on September 20. It is titled
Covenant Time. My essays are full of scripture
citations which I believe moves the propositions from pure
speculation to reasoned arguments. There is
substantial divine precedent for time gaps in God’s counting
methods.
The Time of Jacob’s Trouble is seven
(7) years. Daniel’s last week of
Daniel’s 70 Weeks prophecy (Daniel 9:27) is one
(1) week of years or seven (7) years. Great
Tribulation is the last 3.5 years of that period. (Daniel
12:6; Revelation 12-6-7, Matthew 24:15-16) A
temple will exist in Jerusalem at the time Great Tribulation
begins. This is the literal understanding of Daniel
9:24 and Matthew 24:15-16)
In Daniel 9:26 the prophecy of temple
destruction occurred in 70 A.D. This completed the
prophecies of Daniel 9:26. This happened in the gap
period. If you read my paper on Covenant Time you will
understand the reasoning and biblical support for the
gap. Israel was out of a covenant relationship with
God after the nation’s 30 A.D. Nisan 10 rejection of
Messiah. Covenant time was suspended.
The Daniel 9:27a “he” is God in Christ
who confirms the balance of the Abrahamic promises during
Daniel’s week. This dispensational change follows the
Resurrection/Rapture of the Church.
Jesus’ exact birth year is unknown.
His crucifixion occurred in 30A.D. based on Roman
accounts. Forty years later (Jewish time of testing)
the Temple was destroyed and Jewish nation dispersed as per
Deuteronomy 29.
The Lord’s ministry was longer than 3
years and shorter than 4 years based on the Vinedresser
parable of Luke 13:6-9.
Daniel 9:24 is specific: It
was not 70 years. It was 490 years. 483
years transpired with the crucifixion of Messiah. (Daniel
9:26) Israel has never managed its relationship with
God. He married Israel at Sinai and gave her
papers of divorce. (Jeremiah 3:8)
Fast forward to the future:
Jacob, based on biblical typology, has two seven (7) year
periods of trouble. Study his trouble with Laban
and see the pattern. Israel’s end of the age trouble
with the Satanic Nazi’s was a 7 year time of trouble which
triggered the establishment of a Jewish homeland in
Palestine circa 1947-1948. Israel has another 7 year
period of trouble, 3.5 years of which will be Great
Tribulation. The remnant nation of Israel will finally
get Jesus!
God may defer his actions: The
seventy year periods from 1948-2018; 1949-2019; 1950-2020
have all been good candidates for the Church age to end
based on God’s use of 70 year patterns with
Israel. Daniel, recognizing that God could
extend the 70-year Babylonian exile says: “O Lord…defer
not”.
In closing, I say this: (I
Peter 1:9-11)
9 Receiving the end of
your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
10 Of which salvation the
prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who
prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
11 Searching what, or what
manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them
did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of
Christ, and the glory that should follow.
God expects us to be watching and
searching. Afterall Daniel’s 70 Weeks prophecy begs a
counting, just as the Feast of Pentecost.
If you wish to respond to me, I would
appreciate biblical citations. The words of God go a
long way to support our views. It helps our community
(fivedoves) learn how to analyze the Scriptures. It is
of a great more value that a site which acts as a news
digest.