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  1. Barraco

    The Sealed Scroll and Israel's Restoration

    I have been studying a possible interpretation of the seven seals in their relation to the restoration of the nation of Israel. Jesus said in Matthew 24:32-34 that the generation seeing the signs He spoke about earlier in the chapter would not pass away until all those things would be complete...
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    Silence in Heaven

    I have reason to believe the silence in heaven that comes after the Lamb opens the seventh seal is the Time of Jacob’s Distress, as mentioned in the Olivet Discourse. “When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.” - Revelation 8:1, NASB1995 “And...
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    Seven Seals

    Hello all. I've been hitting the books hard lately. I believe the signs in the skies are telling us something BIG is coming. That brings me to my topic: The seven seals. There is good reason to believe the seven seals revolve around Israel and Jerusalem while the seven trumpets revolve...
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    Mystery Babylon

    Hello everyone. Been hitting the books a lot, and still getting at it. I think I am changing my opinion on who Babylon is. For the longest time, I looked at it as Rome, Istanbul, or some other Gentile Empire. I am now under the opinion it is Jerusalem. I did not come to this interpretation...
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    Possible Fulfillment of Prophecy

    I want to suggest the possibility that prophecy is being fulfilled before our very eyes. I say possibly because my lack of knowledge of Jewish culture and how they traditionally conduct war. What I have noticed, though, is that Jesus made a very specific prophecy about Jerusalem’s desolation...
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    Sodom and Egypt

    Recent events have led me to consider the possibility that Jerusalem being spiritually called Sodom and Egypt in Revelation 11:8 is in regard to the oppression of the Jews by their neighbors rather than the state of the Jewish people. Sodom was known for its injustice and abuse, which Hamas...
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    The Seven Trumpets and the King of the North

    I was looking at alternate possibilities and came upon something interesting. Daniel 11:36-44 seems to line up close with the Seven Trumpets. The Seven Trumpets, like the blasting of trumpets for seven days during the battle of Jericho, represent to complete liberation of the Jews, Jerusalem...
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    Seven Plagues

    If my interpretation is correct that the seven plagues start when the two witnesses begin their testimony, then I think we will the seven plagues starts within a year from now. Of course, it’s an interpretation, so take it for what it’s worth. If I’m correct, though, we will know beyond a...
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    77 Years

    I was studying the duration of the independent reign of the Hasmoneans today and noticed they ruled 77 years before the Romans conquered Jerusalem and made Judea a puppet state (140-63 BC). I also noticed that 77 years from the time Israel was restored in 1948 is 2025. With Israel going to war...
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    Mystery Babylon

    "The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth." - Revelation 17:18 NIV
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    The Two Witnesses

    Revelation 11 covers a time when Ephraim and Judah come together as one nation and are granted military success, as detailed in Ezekiel 37, Joel 3, and Zechariah 12. The imagery of fire coming out of their mouths and devouring anyone that tries to harm them can be seen from how Israel...
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    The Ten Horns of Revelation 17’s Beast

    I believe the global jihad is the image of the beast of Revelation 13, the ten horns of Revelation 17’s beast. https://share.newsbreak.com/553rh8hy The beast’s ten horns, as shown in Daniel 2’a images as toes of clay and iron mixed together, are the residue of the Roman Empire. The Roman...
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    Joel 3

    With everything going on between Israel and Palestine as well as a ring of fire eclipse coming during a new moon, I wonder if we are possible seeing Joel 3 fulfilled before our eyes. I’ll post a few verses instead of the whole chapter, so that I’m not belaboring the point. ““In those days and...
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    The King of the North (Not Russia)

    The war going on in Israel has caused many to revisit end-time prophecies and ponder if this is a sign the Times of the Gentiles is coming to a close. While I was pondering the idea of Gog of Magog and the king of the North being Russia, the evidence seemed to point to Turkey instead. This...
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    An Alternative Interpretation to Time, Times, and Half a Time

    Greetings. I've been studying the Time, Times, and Half a Time mentioned in Daniel 7:25, Daniel 12:7, and Revelation 12:14. This is synonymous with the Times of the Gentiles, or the distress upon the people of Israel, mentioned in the Olivet Discourse of Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. I...
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    New Interpretation of Name of the Beast

    Hello everyone, I wanted to provide a new interpretation of how 666 relates to the beast’s name. I’ll post the passage and then comment on it. “This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.”...
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    Zechariah 11 - An Interpretation

    While the prophecy in Zechariah 11 has been connected to Jesus and there have been interpretations about who the worthless shepherd is, I would like to pose an interpretation that I have not seen yet. The interpretation explains who the three shepherds and the worthless shepherd are. My...
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    Mark 13:6-22 Inclusio?

    For those that don't know, an inclusio is a literary method where words, paragraphs, or even narratives are used as brackets to emphasize the information inbetween them. An example: [I like music]. I like rock, blues, jazz, funk, pop, country, and punk rock. I especially like classic rock...
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    Could Daniel and Revelation be forgeries?

    After several years of researching prophecy, I found that the apocalyptic writings of Daniel and Revelation leave more questions than answers. Yet, these books are considered authoritative and perfect for spiritual growth; not to mention the Word of God. But are those books really the Word of...
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    The Curse of the Law

    I've noticed many suggesting a semi-justification by obedience to the Torah, like some Galatians did when Paul wrote to them. I wanted to point out something. I wanted to draw from Matthew 18:21-35's parable about forgiving seventy times seven. The parable was about the nation of Israel, not...