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Recent content by tranquil

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    Chronological Summary of The End Times

    Both 1290 days and 1335 days have the same start point (the stopping of the daily) but different end points (which is to say, one is 45 days later). "From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. Blessed is...
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    Chronological Summary of The End Times

    I think the standard understanding is that the daily is cut off via the abomination, in other words, they are simultaneous. My understanding is that it is deliberately ambiguous, so I don't disagree with your understanding of the translation. Although I wouldn't limit the meaning to just the...
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    Chronological Summary of The End Times

    The 7 Seals are the 'beginning of birth pains', not the birth pains themselves which are the 3 woes. (We know that the 7th Trumpet is the 3rd woe because of Revelation 8:13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who...
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    Futurist Only 2 Covenants in Revelation?

    The following is purely hypothetical, yet I feel is a very reasonable approach to understanding Revelation. With this approach, we can see how potential timing would integrate contextually with items in the news, such as the Israel/ Hamas peace deal, Daniel 9:26, and the Apophis asteroid. Plus...
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    In Dan.12.11; Is it a sacrifice that’s taken away and an abomination set up for 1290 days? The Hebrew doesn’t actually mention a “sacrifice.”

    In general, I agree with your larger themes - faithful not being 'raptured' which is to say that the faithful are individually persecuted/ killed, but corporately saved. Also your points about the giving over and not 'sacrifices' necessarily. On specific timeframes, I would disagree. I imagine...
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    Nuclear weapons in the Bible?

    It's strange that people want this passage to be talking about nuclear missiles... Maybe there is nuclear war in the end time, but this passage is not proof of it. The 'flying roll' is the 'covenant' of Dan 9:27. It's massive size indicates the scope of God's wrath (the curses) for the breaking...
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    Does the Hebrew grammar of Daniel 9:24–27 support Christian Widener’s “double seventy-weeks” interpretation?

    2 Cor 11:14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. Rev 12:9 9And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
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    Does the Hebrew grammar of Daniel 9:24–27 support Christian Widener’s “double seventy-weeks” interpretation?

    The graph indicates that the Daniel 9:27 covenant is made 30 days after the abomination in Jerusalem - 30 days after the start of the 1290 days. The covenant is 'cutting the great tribulation short'. The 1260 days of the 2 witnesses are the exact 1st half of the covenant. It is occurring after...
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    Does the Hebrew grammar of Daniel 9:24–27 support Christian Widener’s “double seventy-weeks” interpretation?

    They aren't the same word, but the root word for 'confirm' in Dan 9:27 is 'gabar' which translates as 'to make strong'/ 'make mighty' - hence the 'Mighty' Angel.
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    Does the Hebrew grammar of Daniel 9:24–27 support Christian Widener’s “double seventy-weeks” interpretation?

    As to the timing issues: so if 1542 was the start, we should have seen something in 1976 (marking the 62nd week), which I can't find. Treaty with Egypt in 1975, 1977, 1978, but nothing really notable. I'm totally open to the idea of 2025-2032 finishing out the 490 years, but I just don't see...
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    Does the Hebrew grammar of Daniel 9:24–27 support Christian Widener’s “double seventy-weeks” interpretation?

    I appreciate your diligence here. But if we are going to go with various non-standard interpretations, we need scriptural witnesses to back up these hypotheses. In other words, does Revelation back up this interpretation? I have said this a billion times, but no one seems to be willing or able...
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    Daniel 11:40-44, followed by Armageddon

    The prince of Tyre and king of Tyre are not 2 different entities. They are one and the same. Before a king is a king, he is a prince. The prince of Tyre is an angel who becomes a king. Dan 9:26: And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Itsf end...
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    List of our different views about the Antichrist

    Why are you trying to misrepresent my view? There are many antichrists. You are oversimplifying things way too much. And don't put me down as anything on your list.
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    List of our different views about the Antichrist

    This question is meaningless as the term, 'antichrist' is literally nowhere to be found in the Old Testament or anywhere in Revelation... So what are you asking? You have to be more specific. Do you mean the person who confirms the covenant of Dan 9:27? Do you mean the person who attacks...