Thought-Sherds (It's a play on words, you know, "potsherds'' the little Earthenware fragments that Archaeologists find, with scriptures, notes, and things written on them,.... well if you have to explain it...... it's not so funny anymore)
Thoughtsherds: [thot '- surdz ] too small to be an article, but maybe big enough to make a difference.
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1.
Why is there a King of the North and a King of the South ?
As has
been mentioned several times on this Website; Satan will often
give you two opposing choices, Both
of Which are Wrong.
As
the End Process of this World gets under way, apparently a "Polarized
World" will come into play. With a Dominant, more overtly Evil,
"King of the North". And a soon-to-be Underdog "King
of the South". Persons living then will feel that there are two
choices. However, the 'Third Position', the one not offered, is what
True Christians will have to find: The Path of Personal Integrity.
AKA "The Narrow and Cramped Road".
Which takes us to
the next
"Thoughtsherd".
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2.
Who
are the Four Horsemen, Specifically the rider of the White horse
?
The
last three Horses/Riders
are easy:
Horse/Rider
Number 2
Red
Horse/Rider
with Great sword; War
all over the Earth.
Horse/Rider
Number 3
Black Horse/Rider
with Scales; Famine/Global
food shortages.
Horse/Rider
Number 4
Pale Horse/Rider
named Death; Enormous
World-Wide Deaths
(possible 25%)
(Actually, it's a Yellow-Green
Horse, ick)
Each of those Horse-Rider combinations represents
a Earth-Wide, Global Condition. In no case is a Specific Person
indicated or implied. It is in all three cases a Global
situation.
So, working
backwards from Horses/Riders
2, 3, &4, and applying the same principles of
description
to Horse/Rider
Number 1,
it is logical to conclude that the White Horse/Rider
with Bow is also a Global situation/condition
and not a person.
From the time that the End of this World starts
in dead earnest, it will be a Global challenge for all True
Christians to keep Integrity and Conquer the World as Jesus, (who also
rides a white horse, rev 19:11,14) did, which is the whole point
of the the
Tribulation/Endtimes
ennyhoo. (John
16:33, see also Dan 7:21)
So, It's not Jesus, and it's not the Anti-Christ:
It's
the Severe Global Challenge in the Endtimes for all Christians to
keep Integrity and "Conquer" the World as Jesus did.
Kinda
Obvious oncet yah see it, huh
?
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3.
Why
is Israel where Israel is ?
Location,
location, location.
Looking at a Globe, the two largest
land-masses on Earth; Africa & Eurasia, are only connected by
one
teeny-tiny bit of land, yup, the Sinai peninsula.
The
cross-roads of the Ancient World.
All major trade routes
funneled through there. And if you were in Eurasia and wanted to
conquer Egypt/Africa
or viceversa you had to go through Israel. Interestingly the ultimate
"choke-point" was the valley plain of Megiddo, yes, that
Megiddo, as in Har-Magedon.
And if you wanted a "Road-side
Stand" to spread ideas from, Israel would have been the best
spot on Earth.
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4.
Analytical Thinking
In our world the "Gold Standard" of thinking is 'Analytical Thinking'. Few intellectual complements are regarded higher than to say that someone is an 'Analytical Thinker'.
But let's do some Analytical Thinking about Analytical Thinking. Analytical thinking, i.e. analysis, is the process of reducing or de-structuring something into it's elemental or fundamental parts. In other words, it is a destructive process. For example; if you were to analyze the construction of a large beautiful building by disassembly you may rightly conclude that the fundamental component of that building is a brick. And you would be right.
But it's just a Brick.
The opposite of Analytical Thinking would be "Synthelytical Thinking". A word that apparently doesn't exist (Googled it, nuttin', the exact antonym for analytical doesn't exist. Funny Huh ?). Synthelytical Thinking is constructive thinking, it takes 'bricks' and creates Beautiful Homes.
God is a Synthelytical Thinker, thus; a Creator.
Satan is an Analytical Thinker, thus; a destroyer.
The highest form of thinking in Satan's world is Analytical, thus; destructive.
Analytical
thinking has it's place, but it's not the "Gold Standard"
of thinking.
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5.
The
Flip-Side of Free-Will
If
I give you a Million Dollars, I obviously have a loss of one Million
Dollars.
Put another way; financially, I'm One Million
Dollars poorer, and Emotionally I'm one Million Dollars
Richer.
When you give something from your heart there is
a loss and a gain. The Loss is real, so is the Gain.
When God
decided to give man free-will he knew He would experience some real
Loss. Loss of a certain amount of control, actually, He
was losing some of His
free-will.
But the gain was in knowing that the Gift He was giving was precious,
very.
Do you appreciate that ?
Please Give this some serious
thought, the more you think about it the more amazed you will
be.
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You
can exercise
your Free-Will, but you can't Will
your Free-Will.
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"People
don't resist change, they resist being
changed".
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God,
in his Great Love&Generosity, made us in his Image.
And in his
Great Wisdom, made us vewy,
vewy, small.
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6.
The
Greatest possession you own is your Free-Will.
The Greatest possession you own is your Free-Will.
And
rightly, when someone tries to take away your free-will (your most
valuable possession and gift from God) you get angry. And when you
try to take away someone else's free will (their most valuable
possession and gift from God) they get angry.
It seems that
all conflicts come from people either abusing other's free-will or
having their free-will abused.
And the abuse of dignity
too.
Why
dignity too ?
Our Dignity comes from our sense of self-worth due
to the fact that we are created in God's image.
When we hurt
someones Dignity we hurt their "Godishness". (compare with
Matt 5:22)
What deeper insult could there be than to imply that a
person is not in God's image, or that the God that they are in the
image of is is a worthless God ?
So, to take away someone's
Free-Will is to take away their Greatest
Gift and Possession from God,
and to hurt their Dignity is to take away their sense
of Worth and Who they are, that comes directly from God.
(and insults God as well).
The
abuse of Free-Will and Dignity would appear to be at the root of all
conflict.
Kinda
makes sense, huh ?
Please Take the time to think about
this until you can really feel
it ..... it's quite
important.....MeThinks.....
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7.
The
one who invented Language does NOT need to be corrected when he
speaks.
(oddly enough)
And
yet how often when different ones are explaining the Bible, do you
see a change from the
most obvious and clear meaning of the words that are right in front
of you,
to fit an agenda ?
We should conform our thinking to the
Bible, not the Bible's thinking to ours. (Ezk 18:25)
The
secret to interpreting the Bible is: Don't.
Just read what it says..... (yes, there are
exceptions, but let
them find you.
We shouldn't go looking for them.)
The simple, self-evident,
principles of all honest clear communication would by logical
necessity hold true for the words of the one who invented language
and communication.
That seems rather clear, yes ?
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8.
A
Time, Times, and half a Time.....
This
Phrase is somewhat unique in the Bible, in that it is one of the few
phrases that occurs in
each of the Three languages that the Bible was written in
i.e. Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek.
The word for time(s) in Aramaic
is; iddan
(Dan 7:25)
Strong's H5732
The
word for time(s) in Hebrew is; mow'ed
(Dan 12:7) Strong's H4150
The
word for time(s) in Greek is; kairos
(Rev 12:14)
Strong's
G2540
Kairos is never
translated
as "year".
Mow'ed is never
translated
as "year".
Iddan is never
translated
as "year".
All can
be correctly translated as "Season".
Thus, in this
unique phrase, the Bible actually has an internal, phrase-specific,
"Rosetta Stone" that precludes
the use of the word Year....
And Yet it is Universally
accepted that "A Time, Times, and half a Time" is Three and
One Half Years. But that's NOT
what the Bible says. God certainly had access to the word "Year"
if he wanted to use it.(*and see ThoughtSherd No.7)
But
if you use the more correct term "Season" in
all three
Scriptures (Dan 7:25, Dan 12:7, & Rev 12:14), (keeping in mind
that a season in the Middle East is 6 months not
3 months, only two seasons there; summer & rainy) it becomes One
Year and 9 months,
or, Half
of Three
and One Half
years.
The King of the North's total
world domination of a "Time, Times, and Half a Time",
mentioned in Dan 7:25 can only begin after
Dan 11:40 (King of the South destroyed). And the Third woe, (which IS
about 3½ years; 1260 days) begins many
verses earlier
at Dan 11:31. So, Dan 11:40 & Dan 7:23,25 are harmonious only
if the correct word "Season" is used.
Daniel
7:23 also lends support that the "Time, Times, and Half a Time"
is after
total ("Whole")
world domination is achieved, thus, after
Dan 11:40.
So,
The "Time, Times, and Half a Time" of Dan 7:25 & Dan
12:7 refer to the
LAST
half of
the third woe. (Note: In the Vision, it is after
Michael stands up to protect Israel
that "The Man in Linen" is asked 'For How much longer?',
and he then
says 'for a time, times, and half a time'.)
And "The
Time, Times, and Half a Time" of Rev 12:14 refers to the FIRST
half
of the third woe:
The Woman, (She would appear to be Israel, as
she produces the Messiah, and Satan pursues her seed, both
Natural and Christian. Really, who else could it be?) , is
away
from the face of the Serpent
for the first
half
of the 1260 days that she is fed in the wilderness, But
Michael has
to stand and protect her
from the
face of Serpent for the last
half
of the 1260 days (Dan 12: 1).
Yes, She is Fed in the Wilderness
for the full 1260 days, but She is only "away
from the face of the Serpent"
for
the first half of that time,
Her "Feeding" continues under
Michael's protection
for the last
half
of the 1260 days, or stated differently; For the next
3½ seasons .
This would seem to indicate that the
"Tribulatio
Magna" will be
about One Year and 9 months. (actually one year and 10
months. see #9
below)
(Oooh.... Me head
Hurts, I have to stop now.... There will be a longer article later...
ooooh,
my head
....)
* See
Lu 4:25 & Jas 5:17; when God wants to say three and one half
years,
He says what he means, Clearly.
(These are the Biblical words for Year :
Hebrew Shawnah H8141, Aramaic Shenah H8140, Greek Etos G2094 & Eniautos G1763)
see below
too......
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9.
Who'd
A-thunk it ?
Once you see that the "Time, Times, and Half a Time"
is referring to Seasons, and not years, you can make an interesting
discovery.... or should it be said "A
Very Interesting Discovery"
?
(simplified version April 30, 2012) :
Starting with 'The time that the Daily Sacrifice is Removed' (Dan 12:11, 12) and using the 1335 day limit shown in verse 12, you simply combine some very well-known Bible/Spiritual principles with the Idea of the Three and One Half Seasons.
First: Subtract 40 Days, using the Principle of a 40 Day/Year intro to any Major Biblical "sea-change", to mark the Beginning of the Mid-Week of Daniel Chapter 9 (3rd Woe), thus; 1335-40(inclusive) = 1296 Days
Second: Using the "Three and One Half SEASON" Principle, (thus, Half of Three and One Half years[1260 days], hence; 630 days.) Subtract 630 days from 1296 days = 666 days....
So, the "Calculation" of "The Man's Number" (Rev 13:18) i.e. 666, would appear to not refer to his Name, but to the Length, in Days, of his Absolute and Total Global Reign of Terror.
So, It
Prolly goes like This:
1.
Absolute Total Global Power Begins After/At
Dan 11:40
(King of South Gone/Occupied, this is the
mid-point of Woe 3. The Beginning of the 666 days)
2.
Disturbing Reports from North and East heard at about day 630 (End of the 3½ Seasons)
(Resurrection of
Ancient Christians Begins ?)
3.
During the next 30 Days forces are Gathered to Har-Magedon
4.
As per 1 Thess 4:16,17 Christ's Bride taken to Heaven at about Day
660,
(the 1290th
day of Dan 12:11)
5.
False Christians/Religions DO NOT ascend to Heaven,
which
makes them look really Stupid,
and
as
a consequence nobody fears them anymore,
any control and power they have is gone,
G-O-N-E.
Thus the nations, without fear, turn on Them/Her.
It
is Fierce and fast
and they Get Killed in "One Hour",
as per Rev 18:9. It's prolly a 6 day event, or less. It is
led
by Man of Lawlessness/Beast as the last act of His Reign of Terror. This is the
Destruction of Babylon the Great. It will be a whoreable
event for Her.
6.
Consequentially, a declaration of "Peace and Security" is
made,(1Thess
5:1-3).... And thus concludes His/AntiChrist's/Man of Lawlessness's
Rule.
P.S. Very Simplified Version:
Subtract the 3½ Days that the Two Witnesses lay in the Street After the end of The second Woe, (Rev 11:7-10) from the Beginning of the Third Woe. Start
your removal of the constant feature there, at the beginning of the Third Woe (Dan 12:12, 1335 days), and divide the remaining 1332
days in half using the Three and one Half SEASON
principle; Volla.... 666 days. And Remember it Ends at Tisha B'Av (2029)
So, there are Two 666 Day periods. The first 666 Days are GENERAL World Domination by "The Beast", and the Second 666 Days are Absolute/Total World Domination.
Thus the Mid-week of Dan Chapt 9:27 begins at the beginning of the
third Woe. And half-way through the third Woe the 666 Days of Total
World Domination Begin.
'anyone with intelligence can interpret the number of the beast' -rev 13:18 see njb and any interlinear
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Anything Truly New, Learned for the First Time, is Learned Slowly.......
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10.
A
Little Riddle
Many
higher critics of the Bible jump on any apparent inconsistencies in
the Bible so as to prove that the Bible is not really
"God-Breathed".
An example of this is the first part of
Genesis. Because of what appears at first to be a cobbled-together
narrative, these Bible Critics have claimed that there are multiple
sources/authors
to Genesis.
And actually, at first glance they seem to be
correct.
Read Genesis Chapter 1 through Chapter 2 verse 7. Verses
5 and 6 seem to Pop out of nowhere as a true Non-sequitur.
Go ahead and read those verses, I'll just wait right here.
Funny
huh ? It really doesn't make sense does it?
So, a person that was
looking for a flaw in the Scriptures would seem to have found one.
But let's look at it in context.
Moses had just finished
telling the story of Creation to Israel, an agrarian
people. Now a city person would think that the story was
over,
but to Ag people he had raised some questions. Farmers know that many
agricultural products just don't exist in wild forms.
Wheat, rice,
chickens, sheep, etc. etc. as
farmed,
don't exist, and generally can't survive or be found in their
cultivated form in the wild. Farmers
know this.
So, Moses was simply anticipating what he knew would be their
next question.
Read carefully
verse 5: 'There was yet no plant
of the FIELD.'
'There was no Man to
Cultivate the ground'.
A
very dear friend who was a Professor of Agriculture once said, "There
is no Agricultural product that can achieve the
level
of quality or variety
in it's wild form as it can under the cultivation of Man".
Now
if you don't mind, please read Verses 7-9, &15 with special
note
of verse
15.
So, Gen 2:5-6 is not out of sequence, and Gen 2:7-9,
&15 is not out of sequence.
Gen 2:5,6 simply acknowledges that
the plants etc., in
the cultivated form
that the Israelites were farming, as field plants, did
not begin to exist until the end of the 6th day.
And
Gen 2:7-9 &15 clearly describes the creation and placing of the
Cultivator (Adam) in
a God-designed
Garden/Field
laboratory
(vs8), who
then began, under God's gentle teaching, to produce Cultigens,
etc. etc.
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11.
There
are NOT 66 books of the Bible
Just
a pet peeve here: But, there are NOT
66 books of the Bible !
First
off, doesn't that just sound wrong ? 66? sounds too much like
666.
And, in fact, there are not 66 books of the Bible, There are
70. Very easy to prove....
Look at the Superscriptions at:
The
Beginning of The Psalms, It says; Book
One;
Psalms 1-41
At Psalms 42 the Superscription says;
Book
Two;
Psalms 42-72
At Psalms 73 the Superscription says;
Book
Three;
Psalms 73-89
At Psalms 90 the Superscription says; Book
Four;
Psalms 90-106
At Psalms 107 the Superscription says; Book
Five;
Psalms 107-150
So, there are FIVE Books of
Psalms, not One,
By
the Bible's own counting .
By counting The Five books of Psalms, instead of just One, you get 70
Books of the Bible. A much more correct and Biblically complete
sounding number, don't you
think ?
The Point ?
Well none really, but we should pay
attention to details...... as they say, "God is in the
details".....
Also, you might consider this:
The number 6 is an uncomplete spiritual number, it's usually the opening phase of a spiritual process. (see) As in the creation on Earth etc. And Seven (7) is the full accomplishment of that event.
If there were actually 66 books of the Bible, that might cause some persons to think that it is an incomplete Spiritual Compendium. That is not the Case. By being 70 Little Books (7 x 10) it would seem to signify that it is in fact a complete Library (2 Tim 3:16,17). (Seven (7) being Spiritual completeness and Ten (10) being Earthly Completeness.)
And if nothing else, you can win some
bets.....
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12
Absolute
proof
At
some point in many people's progress towards Faith, an ugly little
"Bugaboo" rears it's ugly little head:
"How can
you know for an Absolute
certainty", or "You can't Prove
that!", or "You can't prove
creation!" or other
challenges of the nature: 'You can't provide Absolute
proof'.
And
that's true, you can't.
And for many persons, at this point,
they "Go off the Rails", and growth towards Faith ends.
But
perhaps we can help 'Re-Rail' the 'De-Railed' ?
In real life,
"Absolute Proof" is
simply never used:
When you eat, do you require "Absolute Proof" that
there is really nutrition in that bite ? No.
When you drive your
car do you require "Absolute Proof" that when you turn your
steering-wheel to the left that your car will go left ? No.
But
What
is
Required
?
That it's "ESTABLISHED BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT", NOT "Absolute Proof"
Why
should we hold the Bible, a book about real life, to a standard that
does not exist in real life ?
Many
truths in the Bible, as well as the Bible itself, can be well Established
Beyond Reasonable Doubt ..... Which is all
anybody ever
really requires of anything......
OKay, "Up yah Go"..... back on those
Rails...... Ahhhh...... much
better.....
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13
Why
did Jesus have to put up with Judas ?
Very
simply:
Jesus Pictured God while he was on Earth.
God has to
deal with Satan on a regular basis.
So, Jesus had to have a
Satan-like person to deal with on a regular basis to illustrate how
God, in heaven, deals with an intimate associate who's a
pill.
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A
Relationship with God
If
you find yourself having trouble with your view of God, or
developing a Relationship with God, consider this:
Compare your
view of God with your View of your Real Father (or lack thereof) and
it's usually surprisingly similar.
How to Fix ?
Most
things in this world can't be completely repaired, BUT they can be
IMPROVED.
Generally, a simple awareness that you're
projecting a flawed view of your human Dad onto God helps. Also, talk
to people that you know that have a very good relationship with their
human Dad, and see how they view God, You'll find it very
interesting.
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15
God
vs. Satan
God
promotes Pleasure.... Satan promotes Pleasure...
God promotes
Wealth.... Satan promotes Wealth...
God approves of sex....
Satan approves of sex...
God promotes good food.... Satan
promotes good food....
Just about everything God Approves of....
Satan Approves of.
So, what's the difference ?
God
Promotes "Big picture Thinking". i.e. considering
not just what you're doing,
but the long-term
broad effects of what you're doing,
and it's beneficial or deleterious effects
on others and yourself.
(see: "everything
you need to know about life" on this website)
Satan
Promotes immediate
short-term self-centered benefits with no true consideration of
others.
That's
the Difference.
Satan would have you think that God just wants
to ruin your day, and that he, Satan, is the source of all Fun.
But
it Just ain't
so.
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16.
Cosmic
Do-Si-Do
Just a fine point here...... but....
God always keeps His word.....
And God promised Jesus that he, God, would place Jesus's enemies, at Jesus's feet (see Psalm 110:1 'Sit at my right hand while I place your enemies at your feet').
Now, draw your attention to what seems like an anomaly here.
In verse 1, Jesus is at God's right hand, and in verse 5, God is at Jesus's right hand...... hmmmm.......
Verse 1 corresponds to Dan 7:9 & Rev 11:17 Wherein God himself begins active dynamic rulership on Earth at the beginning of the Third Woe. (note: Dan 7:9 is more towards the end of the third woe)
Appx. Three and one Half Years later God hands over a subdued Earth (at Jesus's feet) to Jesus, which would correspond to Verse 5 of Psalm 110 and Dan 7:13,14 & Rev 14:1 and the END of the Third Woe. Thus, He would give Jesus a "Turn-Key" (Ready-to-Run) Kingdom.
Note too, that it is God NOT Jesus, who "Judge[s] nations and heap[s] up dead bodies" (NIV .ps 110 vs 6). Jesus is left to deal with the obdurate 'leftover' nations for 'a time and a season' after the Beast and False Prophet are gone, (Dan 7:12) but they are securely 'under his Iron Rod' by that time....
By-the-Bye, there is only One Universal Kingdom; God's Kingdom, Jesus Runs it for the Thousand years and then gives it back to his Dad. (1Cor 15:24-28)
Any other kingdom(s) would be a subset, or subordinate to that Kingdom.
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17.
Hour, Day, Month, & Year... (Rev 9:12-15)
In the book of Daniel (10:13,20), it would seem to teach us that every national Group, or Nation, has an Angel (or Deamon) that acts as it's "Prince". Michael for Israel, etc. etc.
Using this same principle for the Four Angels at the River Euphrates In Revelation 9:15, , one makes an interesting Discovery: There are only Four Nations that physically touch the Euphrates River ! Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. (who knew ?)
Apparently this is describing the first Major War during the endtimes (see Timeline), and also marks the beginning of the second Woe. 200 million warriors are involved, which sounds Huge, and it is, but even WWI had appx. 65 Million troops. 1/3 of the Men are killed, which could refer to the Soldiers, or the general population, the Guess here is that it's the Soldiers. So, if you're looking for the BIG war involving Iran, it's a looong time after the war of Dan 11:13.(which Iran will be involved in too)
And this Major War begins at a Specific Hour, Day, Month, & Year, i.e. The Beginning of the Second Woe. And it is also the "time" mentioned at Daniel 11:24 as well. (June 14, 2022 ?)
By-the-Bye, the Fire, Smoke, & Sulphur ?
The Bible is here simply predicting the use of Gunpowder in this coming war (with bullets/projectiles), One Thousand years before the Chinese even invented Gunpowder. Think about it; Fire, Smoke, & Sulphur. Helluuuu.....Made me feel kinda dumb once I realized it.... sometimes it's too obvious.
Note: the bible obviously does indicate you WILL know the Hour, Day, Month & year of this event. hehe
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It Has Been said:
"Power tends to corrupt, and Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely"...
But the truth is:
Power tends to test Integrity, And Absolute Power is the Absolute test of Integrity....
If this is True, then by this Absolute Measure God has proved His Integrity. (see)
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18.
Mind The Gap
.
.
After Dan 11:13-19 begins PLEASE be aware that there will most likely be a substantial Gap within Dan 11:21-24 wherein the Earth enters into a period of Global "Tranquillity" (see Dan 11:21&24)
This is also the same time-period that "The Whole World is at Peace" as mentioned in Zec 1:11 that precedes the rebuilding of the Temple. This is NOT the "Peace and Safety(Security)" of 1 Thess 5:3, that is much later. (Note: 1Thess 5:3 is not a long State of Peace, it is a specific Announcement of "Peace" at a specific moment in time.)
It will very likely be a 4 Year gap.
There will be a lot of Biblical head-scratching until people realize this.
Prepare to enter into a long "Cone of Silence", Prophetically speaking.
(Dan 11:13-19 should start about 2018, 'stay tuned' for updates.).
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19.
Howcum ?
.
.
Whenever there is a Major "Sea-Change" in the Bible it is Always, Always, Always, preceded by a "40": i.e. 40 days (flood, Jesus's ministry, etc.), 40 years (entry to the promised land, first king of Israel, first king from tribe of Judah etc. etc.).
So where's the forty year preamble to the Biggest Biblical "Sea-Change" ever: "The End of the World"?
It is noteworthy that in Daniel Chapter 11 EVERY SINGLE EVENT from vs. 6 on is calibrated with direct reference to the King of the North; i.e. the Soviet Union.
And what WaterShed event relative to the Soviet Union would be the best candidate for the beginning of the Forty Year period ?
Interestingly, Revelation makes a Big Fat Hairy Deal out of the "Wild Beast" because, "One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished" Rev 13:3 And the same Beast (oh yes it is) and same event is mentioned again at Rev 17:8:"The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction".
This is the collapse and revival of the Soviet Union !
So there's your Marker Point. The disintegration of the Soviet Union.
It is Noteworthy too, that the Soviet Union's nascent revival Officially began Twenty Years to-the-Day from it's collapse. (Jan 1, 1992)
So there's still twenty years to go..... (heavy sigh)
And from the beginning of the Second Woe until the Uber-End is the last 10 years (see Timeline)
So there's 10 years to go from now (Jan 2012) 'til the End starts. (Dan 11:13-19 will not be the beginning of the End per se, the Real beginning of the End will start about 4 yrs after Dan 11:13)
So, said differently: it's 10 years from now until the "business end" of The End begins. (Kinda makes yah wanna "frow-up", huh?)
Thus, the generation that saw the Soviet Union disintegrate will still be around when it's all over, 40 years later. Just like in the first century......
I think I'm gonna be sick........
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How Long is "This Generation"?
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Some would reply, "No, How Long is a China-man".
And really, is that kind of humor appropriate for a subject this serious ?
....Ahem.....
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The phrase, "This (that) Generation" is used in the Bible for two (and by extension three) groups of people.
1. The "Generation" that left Egypt. = 40 yrs. Ps 95:10, Acts 13:18, Heb 3:9,10,17, (note phrase in vs 10 "this generation"),
2. The "Generation" that Jesus spoke of in the First century. = 40 yrs. Matt 24:34, Mark 13:30, & Luke 21:32
"Ummm...." you say, "I thought Jesus died in 33 AD, and the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD. That's only 37 years".
Well, actually there are TWO very well supported dates for His death; 30 AD and 33 AD.
Neither one presents a problem. Here's Why:
If He died in 30 AD, then the 40 years 'til 70 AD just pops out at you. However, if He died in 33 AD then the Generation simply started when He began His three-year ministry, again, in 30 AD. (note in Acts 13:18 Paul says, "about 40 years", so, there's a little 'wriggle-room' here too.)
Ergo:
3. The Current "Generation", that saw the Soviet Union disintegrate (in 1991-2) = 40 yrs. Matt 24:34, Mark 13:30, & Luke 21:32
Easy, huh ?
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