Hello,
John and Doves,
Don't
ask, "Who's on first?"
Ask,
"Who's first off?"
...off
the ground in a powered, heavier-than-air flight.
Please
read:
http://news.msn.com/us/wright-brothers-first-to-fly-wrong-connecticut-law-says
Oui,
mes amis, the time is coming when all things will be
set right.
The land
enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its
desolation it rested, until the seventy years were
completed in fulfillment of the word of the LORD
spoken by Jeremiah.
Jesus
Christ Himself confirmed the idea of counting
Daniel's
seventy weeks [Daniel
9:20-27] as seventy weeks of years
when He
alluded to forgiveness of debt [See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmita].
Jesus saith
unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times:
but, Until seventy times seven.
And
yet, in the same breath, with the selfsame words,
Yeshua Ha Mashiach also alluded to the Jubilee year,
when a suburban house that had been sold to
pay debts was returned to its rightful owner. [Leviticus,
chapter 25]
It is
written,
Seventy
weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy
holy city, to finish the transgression, and to
make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation
for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and
prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
You
see, what most people forget as regards this verse is
the principle that says:
"The first
fulfillment guarantees the ultimate fulfillment."
This
verse aptly describes Christ's first coming:
1.
to finish the
transgression [Genesis
3:15]
2.
to make an end of sins [Psalm
103:12]
3.
to make reconciliation
for iniquity [Ephesians
2:11-22]
4.
to bring in everlasting
righteousness [2
Corinthians 5:21]
5.
to seal up the vision and
prophecy [It
really is all about Jesus!]
6.
to anoint the most Holy [Mark
14:19, Matthew
26:6-13]
Daniel
9:24 also aptly describes the Millennium:
1.
to finish the
transgression [Micah
7:18]
2.
to make an end of sins [Jeremiah
31]
3. to make reconciliation for
iniquity [Leviticus
26:40-45]
4.
to bring in everlasting
righteousness [Isaiah
9:7]
5.
to seal up the vision and
prophecy [It
really is all about Jesus!]
6.
to anoint the most Holy [Leviticus
25:8-9]
That's
right. Sometimes, BOTH the preterists and
futurists are correct.
In this
case, Daniel 9:24 succinctly combines the exact timing
for both the 1st and 2nd parousias
of Yeshua Ha Mashiach, 2000+ years apart.
Now,
back to the signs of the times.
Certainly,
it was inequitable to have neglected
the
accomplishments of Gustave Whitehead,
as regards powered, heavier-than-air flight.
Does that amount to iniquity?
Maybe,
maybe not. But things are being set straight.
It is
interesting to note that WWI and WWII planes, most
ultralights, and most commercial jetliners
today resemble the Wright Brothers'
accomplishments.
On the
other hand, English biplanes and German triplanes, the
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, the Lockheed F-117A
Nighthawk, the Northrup-Grumman B-2 Stealth Bomber,
the Space Shuttle, Buran (the Russian Space Shuttle),
and Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipOne all show the clear
influence of Gustave Whitehead's aeronautical
engineering.
Go
figure.
The LORD likes His ducks [and Nighthawks] all in a row.
Larger photo available at:
http://www.airvectors.net/avf117_2.html
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~Blessings,
Mike