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The Parousia of the Son of Man
The Greek term παρουσíα/parousia has become a stumbling block to many in the modern Church, particularly so among those who teach a pre-tribulation rapture. However, Jesus and His disciples were consistent in its use, as this study will show.
Parousia is a noun, derived from the present participle of the verb pareimi, w
The End Times and the Exodus, Part 4
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The 7 Bowls: Godʼs Wrath Poured Out on the Nations
Preliminary, Exodus: “…the glory of the LORD appeared…” Moses entered the Tabernacle to take “the rod [of God] from before the LORD…” God soon used it and the Israelites to smite the heathen nations. Num. 20:6, 9 End Times: “…the Tabernacle of the testimony in hea
The End Times and the Exodus, Part 3
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The 7 Angelic Trumpets: Establishment of the Kingdom on Earth
All of the Exodus-era allegories for the 7 Trumpets consisted of seven rebellions by the Israelites against God, and his seven resulting punishments.
Preliminary, Exodus Antetype: Censer, altar, incense, fire from Godʼs Tabernacle/Temple. Lev. 10:1
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The End Times and the Exodus, Part 2
(Part 1 ended with the Judgment of the Elohim and the Beginning of Tribulation.)
The Flight of Godʼs People
Exodus: The Israelites fled “in haste” from Egypt, into the wilderness. Ex. 12:31-33ff. End Times: “…let those who are in Judea flee…” Matt. 24:16 “And the Woman fled into the wilderness…” Rev. 12:6
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The End Times and the Exodus, Part 1
Introduction
During the era of the Exodus, there were four times and levels of Godʼs judgment. These four judgments were types of four comparable, but much more extensive, judgments to come in the End Times. Briefly, they are symbolized in order by –
1) The 7 Spirits of Revelation 4 - 5. Rev. 4:5; 5:6 This t
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The Three Mass Resurrections of the Dead
FIRST:
John 5:25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour comes, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and the ones hearing shall live.”
“Hearing” here is meant according to the Hebrew verb shâmăh, which implies, besides hearing, also receiving and obeying the message heard. That m
The Prophetic Parable of Esther
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Chapter 1: A king of kings makes a great feast “for all the chiefs [sarim] and servants of the power of” his realm. Esth. 1:3; cf. Rev. 4, Luke
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Daniel 9:24-27 Examined, Part 7: Were Verses 26b-27 Fulfilled Historically?
Here is some of the historical viewʼs evidence, showing that Daniel 9:26b-27ʼs seven specific prophecies have already been fulfilled:
1-2) Vespasian, a widely-revered Roman military commander, arrived in the Holy Land in early 67 A.D. Emperor Nero had sent him to quell
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Daniel 9:24-27 Examined, Part 6: Do Verses 26b-27 Prophesy Future Events?
Daniel 9:26b “…and people of a leader/commander, the one coming in, he shall cause to destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end shall be with a flood of attackers, and unto an end of battle/warfare, desolations being decreed. 27 And he shall cause to prevail/confirm (or, shall
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Daniel 9:24-27 Examined, Part 5: Verse 27
And now we come to what may be the most variously translated – and mistranslated – verse of the Bible, Daniel 9:27. To quote from Part 1: “The translatorʼs dilemma is compounded when he has no clear understanding of the doctrine or prophecy being expressed! In such cases, the interpretation often reflects the pres
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Daniel 9:24-27 Examined, Part 4: Verse 26
וְאַחֲרֵי/Then after הַשָּׁבֻעִים/the weeks שִׁשִּׁים/sixty וּשְׁנַיִם/and two יִכָּרֵת/shall be cut off [Niphal Imperfect 3ms] מָשִׁיחַ/Messiah, וְאֵין/but not לֹו/for him(self) [ל: preposition-prefix “for;” ו: pronoun-suffix “him/his”]…
“Then after the 62 weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself
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Daniel 9:24-27 Examined, Part 3: Verse 25
וְתֵדַע/Now you should know [Qal Imperfect (incomplete action) 2ms with disjunctive ו prefix] וְתַשְׂכֵּל/and you should cause to be understood [Hiphil Imperfect 2ms]: מִן־/from מֹצָא/a going forth דָבָר/of a word/command לְהָשִׁיב/for the purpose to cause to restore [Hiphil Infin. Constr. with ל prefix] וְלִבְנֹ
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Part 2 Conclusion
“a time of an end”
Daniel 8:17 …כִּי/because לְעֶת־/for a time of קֵץ/ an end [is] הֶחָזֹֽון/the vision/revelation.
“…because the vision is for a time of an end.”
– not “the time of the end,” as this is generally mistranslated. (There is no ה/“the” before קץ.) That interpretation has imposed within it the presumption that
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Daniel 9:24-27 Examined, Part 2:
Daniel 8ʼs Original Vision of “the Pesha/Rebellion” of the Jews
Daniel 8:1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared unto me – I Daniel… 3 …[of] a ram… 4 …pushing westward, northward, and southward…[who] did according to his will, and became great… 20 “The ram which you saw: the Baal/[spiri
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Daniel 9:24-27 Examined, Part 1: Verse 24
This series of articles will provide a detailed translation of the Hebrew text of Daniel 9:24-27. The hope is that this more explicit translation will help clear up some of the confusion, arguments, and presumptions that have long been associated with this prophecy. Another hope is that these articles will inspire
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The Most Holy Place:
The Eighth-Day Solemn Assembly, Shemini Atzereth
Leviticus 23:34 …“The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. … 36 …On the eighth day you shall have a holy miqraw/convocation… It is an atzereth/solemn assembly… 39 …a shabbathōn/special sabbath.
This seventh and final
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The Most Holy Place:
The Feast of Tabernacles, a.k.a. Feast of Ingathering
Leviticus 23:34 …“The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. 35 On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. Exodus 23:16 … the Feast of Ingathering in the going out/forth of the year, when you have gathered in
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The Most Holy Place:
The Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hashanah
Leviticus 23:24 “…In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have for yourselves a memorial special sabbath of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
I Kings 1:39 Then Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the Tabernacle and anointed Solomon. And they blew with th
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The Tabernacle and Court, Part 4:
The Most Holy Place
Under the Mosaic Law of the Israelite Covenant, only the High Priest was allowed to enter into the Most Holy Place of the Tabernacle, and only on one day each year. Lev. 16:2, 34; Heb. 9:7 On that day, the Day of Atonement, he was required to enter the Most Holy Place twice:
Leviticus
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The Tabernacle and the Court, Part 3:
The Holy Place
The first two articles of this series showed that the Court of the Tabernacle consisted of two unseparated parts, representing the physical body and the soul, as well as the first two requirements of the Gospel:
1) A discipleʼs commitment to sacrifice his unholy desires of the flesh, and
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The Tabernacle and the Court, Part 2:
The Partly-Enclosed Court and the Laver
In Part 1 of this series, it was shown that the first, lowest area of the Tabernacle-Court complex held the Altar of Burnt Offering. It symbolizes the first stage of the Gospel: the sacrifice of all of a discipleʼs fleshly appetites that are contrary to Godʼs Commandments.
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The Tabernacle and Court: What They Represent
The Mosaic Tabernacle-and-Court (and later, Solomonʼs Temple-and-Court) is the Divine Pattern; is the Way; is the Gospel; is Man. All of the essentials of Godʼs Creation, as well as of His Plan of Salvation, are represented in the Tabernacle-and-Court, with its implements, ordinances, and sacred feast d
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The 1260 Days
Daniel 11:45 And he [the King of the North] shall
1) plant the tents of his pavilion between the seas at the glorious holy mountain…
2) 12:1 And at that time…there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation unto that same time…
Matthew 24:15 Therefore when you see
1) the abomination of deso
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The 1290 and 1335 Days of Daniel 12:11-12
Standard translation of Daniel 12:11-12
Dan. 12:11 And from the time that the daily/continual service shall be taken away, and an abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be 1290 days. 12 Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the 1335 days.
Literal translation of Daniel 12:11-12
And from t
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Antiochus Epiphanes and the End Times
Part 3: The Prophetic Fulfillment
Daniel 11:21-37 prophesied the most significant acts of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (r. 176 – ca. 164 B.C.), one of Daniel 11ʼs human Kings of the North, and also the acts of the Jews during his rule. “In the time of the end [of the age],” essentially the same deeds, in the same seque
