Restarting Daniel's 70th Week

[Littlelambseativy]

Hope everyone enjoys this article. Truly no one knows the day or the hour of our Lord's return but this article has merit.

Restarting Daniel’s 70^th Week

By Carl Worline

A spectacular series of events are coming together in the heavens and in the news that are either an incredible series of coincidences, or else they are the prophetic fulfillment of Revelation chapter 12. I believe these signs are prophetic fulfillment, and they are telling us that Daniel’s 70^th week is about to begin.

Let me begin by saying that I have no idea when the rapture of the Church is going to take place. James, the brother of Jesus, told us that God is busy taking a people for Himself from among the Gentiles (Acts 15:13-18). The only thing that is holding up the rapture is the arrival of the full number of Gentiles which God has determined in advance (Romans 11:25 and Acts 15:13-18). We have no way of knowing what this number is, so we have no way of knowing when the rapture is going to take place. To make things even more impossible, we do not know how many people are already in heaven or at what rate they are arriving.

This article is not about when the rapture of the Church will happen. Instead, it deals with the beginning of Daniel’s 70^th week and the 7 year period of tribulation that begins at the same time, complete with 3 sets of 7 judgments upon mankind. If you should happen to believe in a pre-tribulation rapture, as I do, then you will know that the rapture can (and most probably will) happen sooner that most believers expect.

Astrology is a sin and is strictly forbidden by God. However, God does use the position of the sun, moon, and stars to indicate certain holy days, feast dates, seasons, and even how to calculate the length of months and years. God used a sign in the heaven to guide the wise men to the infant Jesus. I have always believed that the moon, the stars, the planets, and all of the other lights in the heavens, such as galaxies, nebulas, asteroids, and even comets, are God’s jewelry which He has put on display for our enjoyment and for us to wonder at as we ponder His immense greatness. God wants us to admire his magnificence in the heavens, but he does not want us to worship anything that is there, other than Himself.

At the moment the comet Elenin is passing through our solar system. In ancient times, comets were seen as being messengers that brought warnings of natural disasters and times of tribulation on the earth. Could Elenin be a sign of the beginning of the 7 year period of tribulation before the 2^nd Coming of our Lord, which we more accurately refer to as Daniel’s 70^th Week? Or is Elenin’s appearance at this time and place in the sky just a series of coincidences that only appears to be a fulfillment of Revelation 12?

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his head were seven diadems. And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. (Revelation 12: 1-4 NAS).

And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child (Revelation 12:13 NAS).

And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus (Revelation 12:17 NAS).

During the second half of September, the comet Elenin will be in the constellation of Virgo, the virgin. The sun will also be in Virgo, so the woman (Virgo) will be clothed with the sun. At the same time, the moon will be at the feet of Virgo. During the latter part of September, Elenin moves up the face of Virgo to a place where it would almost appear to be the tears coming from Virgo’s eye as she cries out in pain as she is about to give birth. Then Elenin moves further up Virgo’s face to rest on the top of her head, like a crown. Actually, it will look like a tiara among twelve stars above Virgo’s head. All of this will fall into place on September 29, 2011.

Comets are rare, and for one to appear in this scenario with Virgo, the sun, moon, Saturn, and Venus would be incredibly rare, indeed. But there is more. . .

The planet Venus is in the mid-section of Virgo as if it were a child in its mother’s womb. Saturn is also present and in the right position, as if it were a dragon waiting for the child to be born, so that it could devour the child.

Perhaps it is just coincidence, but in the world of legend and the occult the Roman deity, Saturn, has always been regarded as a dragon and was identified with the deity Cronus. According to legend of Cronus, he was to be killed by one of his children, so Cronus would wait nearby each time one of his children was to be born and then he would devour the child as soon as it was delivered.

In Revelation 12 the woman represents the nation of Israel. When the dragon persecutes the woman and makes war with the rest of her offspring we will be experiencing the 7 year tribulation period of Daniel’s 70^th week.

I am not attempting to predict the exact date that Daniel’s 70^th Week will begin. What I am saying is that a remarkable series of signs are coming together on the last couple of days of September that certainly seem to warn of the imminent resumption of Daniel’s 70^th Week and the 7 year period of tribulation on the earth which is a part of Daniel’s 70^th Week.

There is an excellent presentation of these events on You Tube by Anton Fiori of Crimson Pill TV entitled, Elenin & Prophecy: “Fulfills” Revelation Ch 12 on 9-29-11.

I am sure this is just a coincidence as well, but during the second week in September the Palestinians are going to seek full membership in the United Nations based on the borders prior to the war in 1967, with East Jerusalem as their capital. God has made it very clear that He will not tolerate anyone taking land from His chosen people and He is particularly sensitive about His holy city, Jerusalem. I believe that if anyone wants to look for prophetic signposts they need to watch Israel, and particularly Jerusalem. God considers Israel, and particularly Jerusalem, to be the center of the world. I am not predicting that worldwide tribulation might break out because of these actions by the Palestinians. After all, things have been real peaceful and lovingly quiet over there for years – right? I am just glad that I will be on the opposite side of the planet on that day and if you find me hiding in a deep cave, that will just be a coincidence as well.

The Bible tells us that in the last days Israel will be all alone in the world with few, if any, friends. The Lord warned Israel that they would be hated and persecuted by all nations because of Him (Revelation 12:9). The United States is one of only five nations that have veto power in the United Nations. If the United States should fail to veto statehood for the Palestinians, this final piece of prophecy would come to pass.

Speaking of coincidences, the first day of Rosh Hashanah occurs on September 29, 2011 (Tishrei 1). This is the Jewish New Year and it also the day that some believe is the actual birthday of Jesus. This could certainly be as good of a time as any for Daniel’s 70^th Week to randomly begin ticking away again.

When the prophet Daniel was about 80 years old the angel Gabriel gave him a prophecy about the future. This prophecy is recorded in the chapter 9 of the Book of Daniel, and is often referred to as God’s Prophetic Time Clock. Israel was given 70 weeks of years (490 years) to accomplish 6 goals. It further says that after 69 of those 70 weeks (483 years) the Messiah would come but would be rejected and killed, the Temple would be destroyed, the prophetic time clock would stop, and the people would be dispersed. We know that during a gap in time of unspecified length God would take a people for Himself from among the Gentiles. When the full number of those Gentiles has “come in” God will turn His attention back to Israel, and the clock will start running again for the last week (7 years). This is where, I believe, we are now – just seconds away from the clock beginning to tick again.

Rosh Hashanah is also known as the Feast of Trumpets. In the New Testament there are two very special occasions for the blowing of trumpets. They are the rapture and the 2^nd Coming.

Rosh Hashanah takes place at the time of the new moon, rather than a full moon, when only a tiny sliver of its surface is visible. The timing of the new moon is difficult to predict, and a minimum of two visual sightings are required to confirm it. For this reason, Rosh Hashanah has come to be known as the feast where “no one knows the day or the hour”. It is also interesting to note that Jesus told us in 4 places in the Bible that “no one knows the day or hour” of His return. This is pure speculation on my part, but wouldn’t it be a remarkable coincidence if He was actually giving us a hint as to what day to look for His return?

Actually, I believe there are incredibly few things which occur in our universe that are truly random. Our God is an incredibly precise God and everything we see in our universe, from the motion of the planets and stars, to the microscopic world of the building blocks of life, to the infinitesimally small world of atomic particles, are incredibly precise. I believe that God rarely ever uses the word “approximately.” This is why I find it so hard to believe that either the rapture or the 2^nd Coming of our Lord will occur on a day which has no special significance other than being the day when the counter on the gates of heaven just happen to click on the pre-determined number set in advance by God. Several thousand years from now when we are all sitting around in the New Jerusalem reminiscing about how it was “back in the day” on the “Big E” (earth), I am certain that there will be armchair quarterbacks with their 20/20 hindsight who will be proclaiming how they cannot possibly understand why the people on earth could have missed all of the signs and not possibly known the exact day of both the rapture and the 2^nd Coming. What they will fail to realize is that looking backward is easy. Trying to interpret the signs of the times in advance is almost impossible because there are so many of them. There are so many signs out there it is becoming increasingly difficult to see the road.

There are many other events happening in the world at this moment that suggest the start of Daniel’s 70^th Week is at hand. Daniel’s 70^th Week will begin with a series of 3 sets of 7 judgments that will start off bad and get progressively worse until, the Bible tells us, all life will be destroyed if God does not intervene to stop them. The beginning of these judgments involves the four horsemen of the apocalypse which we find in chapter 6 of Revelation.

The first horseman rides a white horse and represents the anti-Christ, who goes forth conquering and to conquer (Revelation 6:2). The entire Islamic world is in turmoil at the moment and is without a leader. This huge power vacuum is going to be filled with somebody very soon because nature does not like a vacuum. I shudder to think who this person will be, but if he is the leader of all of the angry Muslims out there, he is not going to be a very nice guy.

The second horseman rides a red horse and is going to take peace from the earth (Revelation 6:3-4). I can certainly see how the Middle East is ready to explode into war and pull the rest of the world into the conflict. In fact, I am truly amazed that we have had peace for this long.

The third horseman rides a black horse and is going to bring famine and economic collapse (Revelation 6:5-6). As I sit here and type, there are 12 million people in Africa who are starving in the severest drought in 60 years. In fact, this drought has been declared the worst humanitarian crisis in all of history. North Korea is also experiencing severe famine, as well as parts of China, India, Pakistan, and many other parts of the world. As for economic collapse, most of the world’s countries are in serious economic trouble with Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Portugal on the verge of default. The United States is not doing real well at the moment, either.

The fourth horseman rides a pale horse and brings death, followed by hell (Revelation 6:7-8). One-fourth of the world’s population will die in the seal judgments (Revelation 6:8), and a third of those who survive will die in the trumpet judgments (Revelation 9:15). I can certainly see how deaths could easily number into the hundreds of millions as a result of the first three horsemen riding forth. I can also see how hell could follow closely behind. There will be incredibly few believers around when the four horsemen start their ride, especially if the rapture of the Church has already occurred. Unbelievers who die go to hell, yet I seriously doubt that there are any unbelievers in hell once they get there.

When I look at conditions in the world at this moment, I cannot help but wonder how things could have become this bad without Daniel’s 70^th Week actually starting, but we still have to see someone confirm a covenant, or series of covenants, with Israel (Daniel 9:27).

I am sure that it is also a coincidence, but September is when the “don’t ask, don’t tell” restrictions will be officially lifted in our military and homosexuals will obtain the special, privileged status they have sought after for so long. September is also when Egypt is scheduled to have its elections in which the Muslim Brotherhood is expected to win. September 11, 2011, will also be the 10^th anniversary of when our nation was attacked.

God has given each of us gifts in this life and we are expected to be good stewards of both our lives and these gifts. If we think that we know the date when our Lord will return, it is important that we continue to be good stewards of our lives and our gifts until the Lord actually arrives. It is also very important that we do not cause any of our brothers or sisters to be harmed by our guessing. The most important thing for us to do is to be ready when the Lord does arrive.

If anybody should happen to read this article and wants to either agree or disagree with me, my e-mail address is oaktree3168@aol.com.

[Babbler]

I don't believe this foolishness about the seventieth week is even worth spending the time to read. The errors and misunderstanding of the type of literature Daniel and Revelation is will never cease.

[Littlelambseativy]

What part of the seventieth week do you disagree with? The Bible does not make mistakes. It is our understanding of the Word that is in error not the Word itself. So, what do you disagree with?

[nChrist]

I don't believe this foolishness about the seventieth week is even worth spending the time to read. The errors and misunderstanding of the type of literature Daniel and Revelation is will never cease.

It's called Bible Prophecy, and all of Bible Prophecy will be fulfilled most perfectly at God's Appointed Time. There is nothing foolish about it, with the exception of some of the readers. Why did you read it and take your time to respond? Do you think that Daniel and Revelation are fairy tales? Or, maybe you think that you can do better. If so, start a thread and give it a try.

Is this a fairy tale also:

Isaiah 2:1-5 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. 4 And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

Isaiah 9:2-7 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian. 5 For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire. 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

Micah 4:1-3 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

[Bold Believer]

I think his point is that the 70 weeks is past. Likewise the 12th Chapter of Revelation is an overview of events at the birth of Messiah when Satan tries to destroy Jesus. which has happened already.

[nChrist]

I think his point is that the 70 weeks is past. Likewise the 12th Chapter of Revelation is an overview of events at the birth of Messiah when Satan tries to destroy Jesus. which has happened already.

Negative - the 70th Week has not begun yet. That's the 7 year Tribulation Period, the time when about 75% of the world population will die. The Second Coming happens at the end of the 7 Year Tribulation Period.

[Bold Believer]

I think his point is that the 70 weeks is past. Likewise the 12th Chapter of Revelation is an overview of events at the birth of Messiah when Satan tries to destroy Jesus. which has happened already.

How do you know that it is not a future event or a deception as the enemy counterfeits everything that Christ has done. I am wondering if Rev. 12 is referring to the antichrist being released along with the hordes of fallen angels (demons).

The Seventy weeks have already past. All of the things which Daniel said would happen did. The abomination of desolation happened outside of the seventy weeks in the siege of Jerusalem which Jesus spoke of in Luke 19:43, and again in Luke 21:20.

Rev 12 has nothing to do with "antichrist". THERE IS NO ANTICHRIST DICTATOR. Notice please: I didn't say that there was no antichrist, I said there is no antichrist dictator. There is no Mr 666 coming at the end of time to make everyone take some computer chip. Nero was 666. His name adds up to 666. Antichrists (plural) were Gnostic teachers. John is the only one who ever mentions antichrist. Jesus never does. Paul never does. Peter never does. This in itself should be significant enough to make us wonder what the fuss is all about.

Rev 12 is an overview of the First Advent of Moschiach as told BY Moschiach TO John. The woman is faithful Israel. She is preparing to bring Messiah into the world. Then the Evil One shows up (wonder # 2). He in turn drags 1/3 of the angels down WITH HIM. The dragon is ready to devour the Moschiach as soon as he comes into the world. Did this happen? ABSOLUTELY! In fact, the wise men were warned by an angel to take another path out of the area to prevent Herod from finding Moschiach (Matthew). Israel (represented by faithful Miriam) delivered Moschiach Yeshua who was to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. An angel then instructs Yusef to take Miriam and the baby Yeshua to Egypt (described in Rev 12 as the wilderness) which we have yet another account of in Matthew. Yusef, Miriam and Yeshua stay in Egypt 3.5 years. While all this was happening on earth, there was a war in Heaven happening at the same time, resulting in the expulsion of Satan and his angels from heaven by Michael. Interestingly, Jesus said that He saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Since Satan was cast out of heaven, the loud Voice is able to say that salvation and strength and the Kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ had come into the world (v 10). Jesus was here to fulfill his eternal purpose and Satan was unable to stop Him. Satan, unable to forestall Messiah's coming to earth, attacks Israel. How? I had to think about that, but after reviewing the text, I believe that the attack was with false doctrine. But Jesus brought proper teaching during his 3.5 year ministry (hence the Spirit saying that Israel was nourished in the wilderness for 3.5 years)...the ministry of Jesus lasted 3.5 years and fed faithful Israel despite the dragon's flood of lies and false teachings. Satan then continues to attack the people who believe in Christ (referred to as the remnant of her seed in the text) who keeps God's commandments and have the testimony of Jesus. Ch 12 then continues on into Ch 13 which speaks of Rome and Nero and their evil relationship with the dragon (Satan).

[Bold Believer]

Thanks Bold Believer for that explanation, however, prophecy is known to have dual fulfillments, also literal as well as symbolic meaning, as I'm sure you know therefore, it is interesting yet controversial.

I'm not sure whether I buy into the theory of dual fulfillment. As for symbols, they explain a reality. All of the things in Rev 12 happened literally; Israel brought forth Moschiach, Miriam gave birth to Moschiach, Satan was thrown out of heaven, the Devil tried desperately to kill Moschiach and so forth and so on, but Rev 12 explains the literal with symbols from Torah and Navi which faithful Jewish Believers of the time would understand. If more Believers spent time in Torah and Navi, Revelation would not be so much a mystery and more of a blessing.

[nChrist]

I'll say again: NEGATIVE - the 70 weeks have NOT passed. Further, the Second Coming of Christ has not happened yet. The 70th Week is a week of years - thus 7 years - and it is still FUTURE - just as the Second Coming of Christ is still future. We are currently living in a time where the prophetic time clock has stopped - between the 69th and 70th Week of Daniel's Prophecy. Some call it the Church Age or the Age of Grace. When this age ends, and it will, the 70th Week of Daniel's Prophecy will begin. It's a serious ERROR to say that these things have already happened. Obviously, they have NOT.

Future - HASN'T HAPPENED YET:

1 - The 7 Year Tribulation Period - Daniel's 70th Week

2 - The Second Coming Of Christ - at the End of the Tribulation Period

3 - The Millennial Reign Of Christ from the Throne of David in Jerusalem.

Obviously, these things have NOT happened yet, just as the following portions of Scripture have NOT been fulfilled yet:

Isaiah 2:1-5 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. 4 And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

Isaiah 9:2-7 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian. 5 For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire. 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

Micah 4:1-3 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

[Littlelambseativy]

nChrist!