Is the year when the tribulation ends written in scripture?

[Al Touthentop]

But you wrote Revelation is not about Jesus's Second Coming.

It isn't. It says right in the beginning what it's about. John tells us. But why are you quoting Matt 24? That's not about his second coming either. It's a prophecy about the destruction of Jerusalem which he tells his audience will take place before they die. This question doesn't mean what you think it means.

In fact, right after he says these figurative, prophetic things, he says:

"Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. "

Not some of them, ALL of these things. Now since that generation has passed, we have to believe what Jesus said, not the first thing that comes into our mind about what he said. It doesn't SEEM to make sense, but he said they'd all happen before "this" generation, the people he was speaking to, passed, died. In Matthew's account he puts it a different way saying, "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom," while discussing the same subject.

In all accounts he's talking with his disciples. In Luke, he says this to them:

"Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

So, consider that he is addressing them personally and telling them what THEY need to look for in order to save THEIR lives. Obviously what he's talking about is not for some future generation. It's to them and he says that THEY will see these things and if they want to survive it they need to flee to the hills. And he's expecting them to tell others what he's told them, because he isn't going to be there when it happens, he'll have already been crucified and ascended.

If he's talking bout the end of the world and the judgement, how can this information help them? They just fly up into the clouds to meet him if this is the Judgement day. Running into the hills on the judgement day won't save anyone from anything. So clearly, he's not talking about the day of judgement. We have to consider that this "coming in a cloud with power and great glory" is not about the day of judgement but something else since he said some standing there and some of the current generation would witness these things.

 

[Douggg]

In Matthew's account he puts it a different way saying, "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom," while discussing the same subject.

That italicized quote (Matthew 16:28) you present is not in Matthew 24. It happened in Acts 1:9-10 as Jesus departed this earth as some of the disciples looked on, and in Daniel 7:13-14 to come into His kingdom.

You had said that Revelation is not about Jesus's second coming. I gave you verses directly from Revelation 22 that it is. And I gave you verses from Matthew 24, that reflect that it is as well.

Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Act 1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

All Christians know the Lord's prayer, which contains "thy Kingdom come". That prayer is talking about Jesus's Second Coming when he will bring the Kingdom of God to earth to rule over the nations. Revelation is about Jesus's Second Coming, when the Kingdom of God will rule over the nations.

 

[Al Touthentop]

That italicized quote (Matthew 16:28) you present is not in Matthew 24. It happened in Acts 1:9-10 as Jesus departed this earth as some of the disciples looked on, and in Daniel 7:13-14 to come into His kingdom.

Jesus didn't come on the clouds in those passages, he ascended and was covered by a cloud as he left. I didn't misquote a passage.

You had said that Revelation is not about Jesus's second coming. I gave you verses directly from Revelation 22 that it is. And I gave you verses from Matthew 24, that reflect that it is as well.

No, you gave verses that you interpret as the judgement day which can't be about his second coming because the word he uses there means a short duration of time. "I am coming quickly." The book of Revelation does contain a vision of the Last Day but it isn't about the Last Day. It's about what Jesus said it was about. A prophecy directed toward the seven churches in Asia of things "which must shortly come to pass."

You don't accept Jesus' words that these things were going to take place in a relatively short period of time.

Act 1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Those angels recognized the difference between the words come and go and used them in the appropriate manner.

All Christians know the Lord's prayer, which contains "thy Kingdom come". That prayer is talking about Jesus's Second Coming when he will bring the Kingdom of God to earth to rule over the nations. Revelation is about Jesus's Second Coming, when the Kingdom of God will rule over the nations.

The Lord's prayer was taught before Jesus had established the kingdom. Context matters. That people pray this prayer today, is not proof that the kingdom hasn't been established, it just speaks to sloppy reading of scripture.

Acts 2:30-32
Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses.


John 1:9
"I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ"

 

[Douggg]

Jesus didn't come on the clouds in those passages, he ascended and was covered by a cloud as he left. I didn't misquote a passage.

I didn't say you misquoted the passage (Matthew 16:28). I said that Matthew 16:28 that you quoted is not in Matthew 24. And refers to a different incident than Jesus's Second Coming.

Matthew 16:28 refers to Acts in Acts 1:9-10 as Jesus departed this earth as some of the disciples looked on, and in Daniel 7:13-14 to come into His kingdom.

In Acts 1:9-10, some of the disciples saw Jesus depart this earth disappearing into a cloud, to come into His kingdom in Daniel 7:13-14 with the clouds of heaven. The clouds were like a door; on one side of the door is earth. On the other side of the door is heaven.

Daniel 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

No, you gave verses that you interpret as the judgement day which can't be about his second coming because the word he uses there means a short duration of time. "I am coming quickly." The book of Revelation does contain a vision of the Last Day but it isn't about the Last Day. It's about what Jesus said it was about. A prophecy directed toward the seven churches in Asia of things "which must shortly come to pass."

I have never said "judgement day" anywhere in this discussion. That's something you have been saying, not me. I said "Second Coming". You have been making a claim that Revelation is not about Jesus's Second Coming, but it is about Jesus's Second Coming. The Lord's prayer that every Christian knows is about Jesus's Second Coming, as well.

The Lord's prayer was taught before Jesus had established the kingdom. Context matters. That people pray this prayer today, is not proof that the kingdom hasn't been established, it just speaks to sloppy reading of scripture.

No, it is because the Second Coming of Jesus is fundamental to Christian belief and is solid to the scripture. Your beliefs are apart from the norm.

Revelation 11:15 is future.

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
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Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Those kings are the ten kings in Revelation 13:1, the ten horns with their crowns, to rule with the beast for 42 months. Until Jesus returns at His Second Coming. All in the future.

 

[Al Touthentop]

No, it is because the Second Coming of Jesus is fundamental to Christian belief and is solid to the scripture. Your beliefs are apart from the norm.

The second coming, or Judgement Day or Last Day - are the same things. Jesus says the resurrection happens on the "Last Day." He says this over and over again. It's true that many so-called Christians do not accept this idea, they are still waiting for Christ to establish a kingdom that Peter said on the Day of Pentecost had most definitely been established as evidenced by Christ's resurrection. But that is because they have accepted the doctrine of men rather than Jesus and the apostles.

Revelation 11:15 is future.

Some of it. Some of it even is present and past, as it states in the text. This particular passage was PRESENT.

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

He is already the reigning king. He is called the king of kings not for nothing.

 

[Douggg]

The second coming, or Judgement Day or Last Day - are the same things.

No, they are not equivalent and interchangeable as saying the Second Coming.

It's true that many so-called Christians do not accept this idea, they are still waiting for Christ to establish a kingdom that Peter said on the Day of Pentecost had most definitely been established as evidenced by Christ's resurrection. But that is because they have accepted the doctrine of men rather than Jesus and the apostles.

You are twisting the Lord's prayer. "Thy Kingdom Come". The Kingdom of God becomes the ruling kingdom here on earth over all kingdoms at Jesus's Second Coming.

Jesus during that time will rule the nations with a rod of iron.

He is already the reigning king. He is called the king of kings not for nothing.

Jesus is not reigning from here on earth. And Jesus is not reigning the nations with a rod of iron, yet. Revelation is about Jesus's Second Coming.

 

[Al Touthentop]

No, they are not equivalent and interchangeable as saying the Second Coming.

The second coming is the resurrection. It is also judgement day. Jesus said this.

"Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

His teaching was effective because Martha quoted it back to him.

"Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”"

"He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day."

You are twisting the Lord's prayer. "Thy Kingdom Come". The Kingdom of God becomes the ruling kingdom here on earth over all kingdoms at Jesus's Second Coming.

It already is. The coercive power of every nation has ceased to have any affect over us. He conquered death, the greatest tool that the nations once had.

Jesus is not reigning from here on earth. And Jesus is not reigning the nations with a rod of iron, yet. Revelation is about Jesus's Second Coming.

His reign is from heaven. The scriptures say this, John acknowledges this in Revelation, but the sermon on the Day of Pentecost makes it plain that Jesus is king.

"Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne"

He IS king and was king and sits on David's throne as Peter told the crowd by guidance of God's Holy Spirit.

 

[Douggg]

The second coming is the resurrection.

This is the Second Coming.

Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

It already is. The coercive power of every nation has ceased to have any affect over us. He conquered death, the greatest tool that the nations once had.

There is persecution of Christians everyday. Evil and wickedness wide spread in the nations. Like in the days of Noah. When Jesus returns at His second coming, He will rule the nations with a rod of iron, Jesus present here on earth. Ezekiel 39:21, Jesus's future return to earth.

Ezekiel 39:
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
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Psalms 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

 

[Al Touthentop]

This is the Second Coming.

Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

If it is, then it has to have already happened since Jesus told the people standing there that the generation of which they belonged, "this generation" would not pass until it had taken place.

There is persecution of Christians everyday.

Which is proof of nothing other than that Jesus' words, that we would be persecuted, were true. It doesn't change the fact that he overcame the power of death so that we would also overpower it. You are interpreting prophecy through the veil that Paul said was removed when one understood that those prophecies and the law itself was about Christ.

 

[Douggg]

If it is, then it has to have already happened since Jesus told the people standing there that the generation of which they belonged, "this generation" would not pass until it had taken place.

Matthew 24:30, the Second Coming, has not happened yet obviously.

Your rationale is at fault, because you are mixing up text. Taking text from an earlier discussion by Jesus in Matthew 16:28 about some there seeing him come into his kingdom - which I have already pointed out to you is in Act 1 and Daniel 7, as some of the disciples saw Jesus leave this world disappearing in a cloud, and on the heaven side, Jesus arriving in heaven to receive his kingdom. The verses preceding Matthew 16:28 were about the eternal value of one's soul, and not to seek temporary worldly gains at the expense of losing one's soul, Matthew 16:26.

24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
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The parable of the fig tree is in Matthew 24, not in Matthew 16.

The Second Coming in Matthew 24:30, in the text, is preceded by the great tribulation, which will begin when the abomination of desolation will be setup to be worshiped, Daniel 12:11-13, which in Daniel 12:4 is a time of the end event.

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

 

[Douggg]

Which is proof of nothing other than that Jesus' words, that we would be persecuted, were true. It doesn't change the fact that he overcame the power of death so that we would also overpower it. You are interpreting prophecy through the veil that Paul said was removed when one understood that those prophecies and the law itself was about Christ.

That the world is full of violence, like terrorism, rooted in Islamic belief for example, is proof that Jesus has not returned to earth at His Second Coming, to rule the nations with a rod of iron.

Do you think Islam exists in heaven?

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

 

[Al Touthentop]

Matthew 24:30, the Second Coming, has not happened yet obviously.

Which therefore is evidence that he wasn't talking about his second coming.

Your rationale is at fault, because you are mixing up text. Taking text from an earlier discussion by Jesus in Matthew 16:28

Matthew 24:34
"Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place."

 

[Revealing Times]

IMHO the Rapture will mark the beginning of the last 7 years before Lord Jesus returns. We see the increasing birth pangs happening on Earth.I am a nurse and my specialty is obstetrics, so I know labor and delivery of babies. Lord Jesus said the end will be like birth pangs on a woman. So, imho,we can say that labor started in 1948 at(early stage)the establishment of the nation of Israel. Since then we have seen an incremental increase in severity of the parameters Lord Jesus set forth in Matthew 24. Some people labor slowly, others more vigorously, so no one can actually put a time on when the baby will arrive. So also imho, it is important to keep this in mind when thinking about the tribulation.

The Sorrows or Birth Pangs started in or around 70 AD, its about the SIGNS Jesus is giving us, like unto the SIGNS a woman's Baby is coming. The Famines, Wars, Pestilence {Black Plague etc.} are about the 2000 some odd year Church Age period signs that the 70th week is near to being birthed. We even see in verse 9 Jesus tells the Disciples that they will be delivered up, and killed for his names sake. That is AFTER the Sorrows begin.

Israel being born has nothing to do with the parable of the Fig Tree like most people think. The Parable simple shows us the Season we are in. It says when you see ALL THESE THINGS, you know the season is nigh. So the Generation that sees all of the signs, INCLUDING the Sun and Moon going dark, only that Generation can be the generation that sees the Son of Man {Jesus} return. In other words you have to be alive during the 70th week to see his Second Coming.

 

[Al Touthentop]

The Sorrows or Birth Pangs started in or around 70 AD, its about the SIGNS Jesus is giving us, like unto the SIGNS a woman's Baby is coming. The Famines, Wars, Pestilence {Black Plague etc.} are about the 2000 some odd year Church Age period signs that the 70th week is near to being birthed. We even see in verse 9 Jesus tells the Disciples that they will be delivered up, and killed for his names sake. That is AFTER the Sorrows begin.

Israel being born has nothing to do with the parable of the Fig Tree like most people think. The Parable simple shows us the Season we are in. It says when you see ALL THESE THINGS, you know the season is nigh. So the Generation that sees all of the signs, INCLUDING the Sun and Moon going dark, only that Generation can be the generation that sees the Son of Man {Jesus} return. In other words you have to be alive during the 70th week to see his Second Coming.

If the seventieth week has not happened, then the Messiah didn't come the first time.

 

[Revealing Times]

It's exactly what the text says. This is in the text you felt needed to be left out....

25.
"There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;"


26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

After three score and two weeks (and the seven weeks which preceded that), which makes this part of the prophecy speaking about the 70th week. It occurs "after three score and two weeks", not during. You know, language is important. "After" means after the 7 + 62 weeks had elapsed. Thus, no gap in this prophecy. After 69 weeks is 70. Jesus was crucified in the middle of the 70th week.

After 69 days means 69 days not 70. Likewise after 69 weeks means 69 weeks, not 70. You and your ilk add in the 1/2 week my friend, and thus you are in error. And why do you think its THREE PROPHECIES ? A 7 week Prophecy, a 62 week prophecy and a ONE WEEK Prophecy ?

Israel has been as Dead Men's Bones unto God for nigh 2000 years until 1948. God refused to recognize Israel as an Entity, did you realize that ? This there was no Israel, until God breathed life back into them, so that is why there is no Gap, there was no Israel.

You had the four Beasts, then the CHURCH AGE with a Dead Israel. Then the Church is Raptured and Israel is once again Conquered by the Beast, thus the 70 week begins via a false Peace and in the Middle of the Week we see Israel is Conquered. God's mind doesn't think like men's minds.

No, because you refuse to accept that the 70 weeks determined, by God, occurred exactly as was predicted. And if it didn't happen as was predicted, then God was mistaken and the Messiah didn't actually come. But he did. And he established the kingdom as was prophesied. I didn't say 2 and a half weeks. The prophecy says that it happens in the middle of the seventieth week, three and a half days, or 3 and a half years - the middle of the "week."

"But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering."

The sacrifices ceased their effectiveness when he was crucified. The law was nailed to the cross.

BEFORE the 70th week can come to pass, Israel has to REPENT. Not understanding this is on you brother. It leads you down rabbit holes.

 

[Revealing Times]

If the seventieth week has not happened, then the Messiah didn't come the first time.

Wrong, the 70 week judgment is about Israel, not Jesus.

 

[Al Touthentop]

After 69 days means 69 days not 70.

In an alternate reality perhaps. But 10 comes after 11 and 70 comes after 69.

Likewise after 69 weeks means 69 weeks, not 70.

And after 69 weeks is not still 69 weeks, it is 70 weeks, the time God determined for the prophecy to be fulfilled.

You and your ilk add in the 1/2 week my friend, and thus you are in error. And why do you think its THREE PROPHECIES ? A 7 week Prophecy, a 62 week prophecy and a ONE WEEK Prophecy ?

It isn't. It's one prophecy that tells of what will happen in the time that God determined it would happen.

 

[Al Touthentop]

Wrong, the 70 week judgment is about Israel, not Jesus.

Daniel tells us that in the 70th week comes Messiah the Prince. That's Jesus. If we are not past that 70th week, then he hasn't come yet and God's prophecies are untrue.

 

[Douggg]

Which therefore is evidence that he wasn't talking about his second coming.

Jesus was referring to his Second Coming in Matthew 24:30. That it has not happened yet, is evidence that your views are wrong and part from the norm, and the Lord's prayer.

Matthew 24:34
"Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place."

The generation of the parable of the fig tree, which that generation is the current generation which you are a part of.

 

[Revealing Times]

In an alternate reality perhaps. But 10 comes after 11 and 70 comes after 69.

And 11, and 12 and 13 and 14 infinity.

So is it 700 week ? The bible is specific, Jesus is killed or CUT OFF after 69 weeks, not 69 and 1/2 weeks, you and others add tat because you don't understand the Prophecy.

And after 69 weeks is not still 69 weeks, it is 70 weeks, the time God determined for the prophecy to be fulfilled.

No 69 x 7 = 493 years. And 403 x 360 = 173880 days. So Jesus is killed just like the bible says, after 493 years, not after 496 1/2 years.

It isn't. It's one prophecy that tells of what will happen in the time that God determined it would happen.

My old blog on this is spot on....

Daniel’s 70 Weeks Decree against Israel

In Daniel 9:24, Daniel prophesied that these six things must come to pass before this judgment against Israel would be fulfilled. Some think Jesus fulfilled all of these, most seem to think, as I do, that these things have not come to pass, and when they do that will be the end of the age.

1. Finish the transgression {Israel still has not turned from her Rebellion and MUST before the 70th week can end}
2. Make and end of sins {This means DAILY SINS, not Sin Nature, during the 1000 year reign Daily sins are no more, men desire the ways of God, of course they will still have SIN NATURE.}
3. To make reconciliation for iniquity {Israel MUST REPENT before the 70th week can end.}
4. Bring in everlasting righteousness {Jesus must bring in Everlasting Righteousness}
5. To seal up vision and prophecy {All Prophecy MUST be fulfilled before the 70th week ends}
6. Anoint the most Holy {Jesus will be Anointed King of kings}.

1. The Hebrew word used for transgression denotes revolt or rebellion. The Jewish people chose to reject God, many chose to stay in Babylon once they were freed. It also denotes their rejection of Jesus Christ. Jesus prophesied in Matthew 23:39 that the Jewish people would not see him again until they accepted him. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. So in order for Jesus to return, Israel has to repent of their rejection of God and Jesus, and Israel will open their hearts to the Messiah, as Paul, Isaiah and Zechariah (Zechariah 12:10) prophesied, among others.

2. This is fairly straightforward, Daily sins can only end when the millennial reign starts, so by the time this 70 week decree is over, Jesus will have returned to set up his kingdom, ushering in the millennial kingdom where there will be no Daily sins. Since the tribulation week is the last week of the 70 weeks decree, that makes perfect sense, as soon as the tribulation period ends, or the “time of Jacob’s trouble”, then “ Daily sins will end”.

3. Israel has to be reconciled unto God before the 70 weeks have been fulfilled. There is no doubt that Jesus died for all of our sins, thus the atonement for sins has been made, but there is a conditional requirement for all of us to receive that atonement, we must accept Jesus as our Savior. When Israel accepts the Messiah Jesus, as their Messiah, then the atonement for sins will have been completed, and Israel will have been reconciled unto God, thereby ushering in the millennial kingdom.

4. This 70 week decree has to bring in everlasting righteousness, and we know this can not happen until Jesus sets up his Kingdom. This world has always had sin, and always will until Jesus is Lord of Lords and King of Kings. By the time Daniels prophecy ends, it must usher in everlasting righteousness.

5. Seal up vision and prophecy, the word used here denotes to close up, meaning that before this 70th week can come to an end, all prophecy must be fulfilled or closed up. This will only happen when Israel accepts Jesus as their Messiah and he lands on Mt. Zion to rule over this wicked world with a rod of iron.

6. The very last goal that this 70 week prophecy has to usher in is the anointing of the most holy. The bible says most holy, many try to add holy place, but whether it is the temple being anointed, or Jesus Christ as Lord of Lord and Kings of Kings as I suspect, we know this must happen before the 70 weeks decree is fulfilled. And Jesus must return and rule on earth.

All six of these things have to happen before this prophecy is fulfilled. These are six spiritual goals that have to come to pass or this prophecy will not be finished or sealed up. We know these things have not come to pass yet, but we also know they are very near to happening, therefore watch, for Israel is now a nation again, and the world is against her, soon she will need her Messiah s help, then she will call upon him, and he will save her from this wicked world.

These things have to be studied in depth brother. We can't just follow what others tell us. The 70th week is a Prophecy about Israel.