Fellow Doves,For 25+ years I've always believed there was going to be a Peace treaty with Israel, signed (or confirmed) by the Antichrist, which we will begin the 7 year tribulation. I also firmly believed we would be raptured before the AC appeared on the scene....you could say i was a 100% pre-tribber. Until I studied the Word of God for myself.Here's what we already know:
- Dan 9:24-27 says the AC will arise and confirm a covenant (agreement) with the many. While I disagree with Ron Reese and Mathman's 2008-2015 timeline, i believe they were on track by naming Obama as the AC...but i believe they are looking at the wrong starting date as the beginning of the final 7 years.
"Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate..." (verse 27).
- We know that the "one week" is the final 7 year period.
- We agree that the middle of the final 7 years, the sacrifices cease and the abomination is set up.
Here's what I recently discovered, regarding Dan 9:27:"Then he (antichrist) shall confirm a covenant (agreement) with many for one week..."I believe the 7 year period (one week) isn't something that was planned by man to be an actual 7 year peace treaty with Israel. Rather, the final 7 years (one week) that Daniel already marked out for us in this prophecy of the 70 years began when a "peace agreement" was made to the world. I believe this "peace agreement" made to the world was when the Nobel Peace prize was awarded to Obama on Oct 9, 2009.Dan 11:21 tells us, "...but he shall come in peaceably and seize the kingdom by intrigue".Dan 11:23-24, "And after the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people. He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches, and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time".Oct 9, 2009 is the date that began the final 7 years!!For those who have watched the "Daniels Timeline" video series (www.danielstimeline.com) published in 2005, you know that the presenter used "scripture to validate scripture" and thus, marked out March 22, 2013 as the exact mid-point of the final 7 years. I was SHOCKED when i discovered that exactly 1260 days prior to March 22, 2013 was Oct 9, 2009....the exact date the Norwegien Nobel Committee announced the Nobel Peace prize was to be awarded to Obama (http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/laureates/laureates-2009/announce-2009/).YBICRick