Hi All,
Thank you for your response, Donna Danna. Much appreciated. Although, there is a 'but' coming! The AC will be given power to act for 42 months only. I have posted this several times. The word 'continue' was added to the text in Revelation 13:5 to imply that the AC is given two periods of 42 months. Which is simply not true. Categorically not true. I can only conclude that this word 'continue' was added to corroborate the idea that the 'He' in Daniel 9:27 is the AC. PLEASE see the direct translation of the Greek in the link below. The idea that the AC will 'strengthen' the covenant with the many (what covenant?) for 7 years and then break it in the middle of said 7 years. For a start - on what planet do the muslims put up with a man-made Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount? In reality - they would go ape-bat crazy. If this idea were true, this 'confirming of a covenant' (which includes the building of a Jewish Temple) has to happen very soon. Or else the timing of the blood moons on Purim 2025 and 2026 as 'mid-trib' simply doesn't fit. Can you see anyone sane agreeing to the building of a 3rd Temple within the next few weeks or months? Given the current political landscape, this is not feasible. Plus - if there are another 1,260 days of the AC after 2025/26, this would take the Biblical version of a generation (80 years - if by strength) to over the 80 year limit. This can't be. LORD Jesus said that this generation (re-born Israel) would by no means pass away before all these things happen.
I read a very interesting comment by Stephan on the Rev12daily blog. Stephan noted that February 14th, 1949 (when the brand new Israeli Knesset convened for the first time) was Tu B'Shvat (Jewish New Year for Trees). 77 years, 7 months and 7 days after this date falls on September 21st, 2026 (Yom Kippur). Stephan then noted that from April 9th, 2023 (the 4th day of Passover 2023) to September 21st, 2026 = 1,260 days. If we are going by the 7 year trib hypothesis with 2026 being mid trib,, then the 'confirming of the covenant' by the AC HAS to happen by April 9th, 2023. At the latest! With the onset of WW3 looming, it's difficult to see this happening.
Again, I must thank you for responding to the fact that the next two blood moons fall on Purim 2025 and Purim 2026. I am still astonished that nobody else has commented on this phenomenon. I wholly believe they are a marker of tremendous import.
God's Blessings to you, Donna Danna. And to all the Doves.