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1 | The AntiChrist | Dan 9:27 | NightJay0044 | 165122 | ||
Hi, my questions today refers to the 7 years of tribulation that will take place in the future. From the source of the series of movies called the "left behind series". They say he will confirm a convenant with many for 7 years. Now when I actually open up the bible and look into this reference and look up daniel 9:27. This is what the "new rivesed standard version" bible says: "He shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall make a sacrifice and offering cease; and in their place shall be an abomination that desolates, until the decreed end is poured out upon the desolator." Why does the bible say "one week" and other sources say 7 years of tribulation? Correct me if I'm wrong and which is accurate? Thank you. |
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2 | The AntiChrist | Dan 9:27 | DocTrinsograce | 165123 | ||
Dear NightJay, Answers to questions like this depend so much on one's eschatalogical (end-times) presuppositions that nobody will be happy with anyone else's answer. Perhaps your question could be addressed to the authors of the Left Behind books: http://www.leftbehind.com/ In Him, Doc |
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3 | The AntiChrist | Dan 9:27 | mark d seyler | 165137 | ||
Hi Doc, Do you really think that the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, and the other books of prophecy, cannot be understood? If we do have answers, is this because we have "presuppositions", or do you believe that it is possible to simply study the text and learn what it is saying? Love in Christ, Mark |
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4 | The AntiChrist | Dan 9:27 | DocTrinsograce | 165145 | ||
Dear Brother Mark, Welcome back from the holidays! I hope they were a blessing for you and your family. There are at least three broad eschatological categories extant today that would answer these questions differently. All three, in my opinion, have some degree of merit. (The fact that one of these perspectives has great mass appeal and generates a lot of money is not, to my way of thinking, where it derives most of its merit.) All three have little to say beyond attempting to interpret apocalyptic prophecies. Consequently they leverage an unhealthy curiosity in people, doing little more than generating a bunch of unsubstantiated hot air, fomenting argument, and encouraging pointless speculation. One might even argue that they burden us with a perspective that interferes with our deriving from these passages the encouragement and instruction that God intends. You asked, "Do you really think that the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, and the other books of prophecy, cannot be understood?" Nope, never thought that, never said that. Prophecy, by its very nature, is most clear after it has been fulfilled. I've no doubt we'll all be surprised, Tim and Jerry notwithstanding. I like what Octavius Winslow wrote back in the 1800s, "The declaration that 'our times are in the Lord's hand,' implies that the future of our history is impenetrably and mysteriously veiled from our sight. We live in a world of mysteries. They meet our eye, awaken our inquiry, and baffle our investigation at every step. Nature is a vast arcade of mysteries. Science is a mystery, truth is a mystery, religion is a mystery, our existence is a mystery, the future of our being is a mystery. And God, who alone can explain all mysteries, is the greatest mystery of all. How little do we understand of the inexplicable wonders of a wonder-working God, 'Whose thoughts are a great deep,' and 'Whose ways are past finding out.' "To God nothing is mysterious. In purpose, nothing is unfixed; in forethought, nothing is unknown; in providence, nothing is contingent. His glance pierces the future as vividly as it beholds the past. 'He knows the end, from the beginning.' All His doings are parts of a divine, eternal, and harmonious plan. He may make 'darkness His secret place; His pavilion round about Him dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies,' and to human vision His dispensations may appear gloomy, discrepant, and confused; yet is He, 'working all things after the counsel of His own will,' and 'at the brightness that is before Him, His thick clouds pass.' and all is transparent and harmonious to His eye." Mark, presuppositions are not necessarily bad things. John Hendryx puts it this way, "A presupposition is an ultimate assumption or foundational unquestioned principle which is or assumed to be true in the course of argument for the purpose of making other points. A presupposition is really an undergirding belief that precedes all other beliefs a person has; It is a belief that governs all our other beliefs or the most fundamental commitment of our heart and mind. Each person insists on some ultimate category of thought or conceptual framework which he must assume in order to make a sensible interpretation of reality. All of our arguments are ultimately settled only by appealing to the soundness of our first principles. Unbelievers start with the presupposition that man can be as God in the sense of being his own ultimate authority and erroneously believes he can do so successfully. For Christians we adopt the Word of God to evaluate all other beliefs, and must regard it with certainty. Reason must be the servant of Revelation (God’s Word). It is a view that places the Christian world-view and it’s basic assumptions over against the non-Christian world-view and basic assumptions!" When we use the word "presupposition" we do not necessarily imply anything disparaging. In Him, Doc |
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5 | The AntiChrist | Dan 9:27 | lionheart | 165146 | ||
Doc,Mark Happy new year guys. Well here we are another whole year ahead of us,another year closer to our Lords return.Revelation is'nt as complicated as we like to make it. We just finished a six weeek study of Revelation. I came away much encouraged and better informed than before. I think part of what gives some of us so much trouble is that we dont consider what was going on at the time John was writting Revelation. At this time the church was going through the most brutal of persecutions and opposition. They needed the encouragement an to realize that God and his people when all was said and done were going to be the ultimate victors. When God wins and he always does, so do his people. That was one of the big things I carried away from this study. If we take things in light of 2 Timothy 2:15 and 2 Peter 1:20,21 Revelation is'nt as complicated as we make it out to be,we can read this wonderful section of scripture and our hearts cannot fail to be thrilled for what God has done for us and will continue to do for us. Keep the faith brothers, lionheart |
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