The abomination of desolation.

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Historic events certainly do put us in a better perspective and vantage point to comment with confidence after the fact, since we have the better hindsight as a result of past events as our evidence. If we solely depend on this approach we can fall into the complacency of negating future events altogether, because one is deterred from Speculating. What I am saying is this, that prophesy would be meaningless to give in the first place, if it were only for the benefit of hindsight after the fact, however many times throughout scripture prophesy is given to warn of up and coming events, so that people do not get caught unawares and fall into complacency.

Having said all the above, I truly believe that end day events will involve the Jewish people once again, yet this time, it will be a shaking paralleled to no other historically speaking, neither one to come afterwards. After all, scripture does make such declarations....

1And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. (Daniel 12:1)

If we take eschatological study from a historicist perspective, then we need to take in all historical events past. We can discern from Daniel verse above that this event spoken of is a time of Jacob's trouble never paralleled before, since there was a nation called Israel, as it relates to Daniel's people, the Jews. Notice in this final chapter, we see the book of life being opened at the end, in the same way it is described in Revelation 20:12......

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the bookof life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

The reason why I quoted the historical rabbinical authorities, is to highlight that a nation Israel has once again risen, that leads to the possibility of a climactic end time Abomination that maketh desolate and that lends itself to the possibility that this time around it will be the most devasting one to hit the sons of Jacob and one that would possibly fulfill the prophesy of Daniel 12:1, that has yet to be fulfilled the way that it was told to Daniel.

Notice the message to Daniel is that after this final event, Daniel's people as a race will finally come as the 11th hour workmen to be delivered towards the end of the great harvest of God.

I know much of what I said is speculative, because from a historicist point of view, there is no benefit of hindsight to go by as far as past historic events are concerned, but if we at least consider that the pieces are all in play and there is that possibility of another abomination of desolation that many will embrace, in place of God the Holy Ghost who dwells in the born again believers.

There is very little in Revelation that is not a regurgitation from the OT, prophesy extended; the same can be said of the teachings of Christ. The future can be predicted from the past because history repeats itself. The powers that be know this and that is why they rewrite history intending to change the future; this ties in with Daniel's prophesy - they will change laws and times. But I get your point; why does Go not only tell us once; why does He tell us over and over, keep the Law, enter in to the covenant; I believe it is so when all is said and done and the wicked are burnt like chaff, God will be blameless.

It is through the fulfilment of Prophesy that God and His covenant and creation is confirmed and because prophesy extends to eternity it keeps the whole thing alive; If I didn't see prophesy fulfilled daily my view of reality would be different.

The Bible and the covenant is to do with Israel; but important to note is the Jews today are not Israel for many reasons; one reason is depending on which Jew is counting, there are between 15 million and 50 million Jews world wide; prophesy says Israel numbers the sands of the sea; also Ismael numbers the sand of the sea; certainly more than 50 million. Further, the Israel of God are those who enter into the covenant.

You use "Historism" differently to me; my use is simplistic; Historism isn't Biblical, it became a useful distinction when the Papacy created the save the Pope doctrines called Preterism and Futurism.