Hi Charles, We are praying for your eye
condition, for a special touch from our healing God. Do not led this
physical attack on your body discourage you, or keep you, from fulfilling your
calling as an astute Biblical watchman.
Thank you so much, Charles, for your detailed, and
heartfelt response to my inquiries. That is very much appreciated. I
am pleased that you feel that my studies regarding why we have every
reason to expect 11/11/15 to be the 1st Day of the
Tribulation are right on, even when you qualify it with the statement,
"if there is a 7-year Tribulation".
There have been many people during the past 40
years who have tried to convince me that the Tribulation would only be 3 and
one-half years. I have also read many commentaries from well-respected
authors, and watchmen, that also support a 42-month Tribulation only. None
of these writings have ever resonated with me. I remain convinced
that the Word teachs a 7-Year Tribulation.
I have probably read the last 4 verses of Daniel, the
4 most important O.T. verses in the Bible, regarding end-times Prophecy,
hundreds of times, asking the Lord for more illumination. The reason for
that is so many Bible Prophecy students believe that the "HE" in verse 27 is
referring to Jesus. I still remain with the majority, who believe it is
referring to the Antichrist. It is my intention to write a detailed post
on why I believe it is referring to the Antichrist, and also why I believe these
4 verses point us DIRECTLY TO SEPT. 23, 2015, as the start date of modern-day
Israel's very first Jubilee Year, and to the Day of the Lord, and the
Tribulation within this coming Jubilee Year.
Gaining spiritual understanding of Dan. 9:24--27 is
vitally important to understanding end-time Bible Prophecy. That cannot be
emphasized enough. If Jesus is the "HE" of verse 27, then a good case can
be made for a 3 and one-half year Tribulation. If the Antichrist is the
"HE" of verse 27, then the far better scenario is a 7-Year Tribulation.
Some time in the near future, I will attempt to explain why my understanding is
that verse 27 is referring to the Antichrist, which supports a 7-Year
Tribulation, which, in turn, supports the rest of the Bible teaching on the
length of the Tribulation.
In Bible College, I learned for the first time about
the importance of Typology in the Bible. Typology makes the Old Testament
come alive. For example, all of the pieces of furniture in the Tabernacle
are so detailed in the Word, because they provide details about the life and
character of Jesus. There are many O.T. people who are TYPES of Christ,
including Joseph. In recent writings, I have explained how
the time of the 7-Year Famine in the life of Joseph, the most
complete TYPE of Christ in the entire Word, is a TYPE OF A 7-YEAR
TRIBULATION.
We are currently in the last year of the Final 7 GOOD
years, in the story of Joseph, which began with the COVENANT WITH MANY
TO CHANGE THE WORLD BY THE ANTICHRIST, OBAMA, on Oct.
29, 2008. This point cannot be emphasized enough. Just like in
the story of Joseph, the 7 Bad Years of Famine, or Tribulation, will follow
consecutively after the 7 Good Years are completed. This means that we
have every reason to expect that the 7-YEAR Tribulation will begin in the Fall
of 2015. The stories of Joshua, at Jericho, and Nebuchadnezzar, a type of
the Antichrist, also support a TYPE of a 7-Year Tribulation, and there are
probably others. Perhaps we can dig a little deeper into this subject
in the near future.
The main point here is that TYPES are put in the Word
of God, BY GOD FOR AN IMPORTANT REASON. That important reason is to REVEAL
BIBLICAL TRUTH TO US. TYPES REVEAL BIBLICAL TRUTHS TO US. We MUST
not ignore Typology when studying the Word of God. If we do, we take a
very shallow, and incomplete view of God, and His written Word.
Studying typology is part of the "STUDYING TO SHOW OURSELVES APPROVED UNTO
GOD." Studying typology is chewing on the MEAT of the Word, not just the
milk of the Word. If we only partake of the milk of the Word, we will
remain baby Christians. ( I am not referring to anybody in particular here, but
everybody, including myself.)
There can be NO doubt that the 7-Year Famine, in the
life of Joseph, represents the 7-Year Tribulation, at the 2nd Coming of
Christ. Therefore, if that be true, there can be NO doubt that the 7 Good
Years, in the story of Joseph, HAVE to represent the 7 Years just before the
7-Year Tribulation. For reasons too numerous to mention in this post, the
Years of Tribulation, representing the 7 Years of Famine, will almost certainly
be from the Fall of 2015 to the Fall of 2022. Therefore, we must look at
the previous 7 Years, which are now almost over, to see if they could
represent the Final 7 Good Years in the story of Joseph.
As most of you know, I wrote extensively about the
years of the Fall of 2008, to the Fall of 2015, being the Final 7 Years, the
Years of Tribulation. Progressive revelation has NOW shown us that this
7-Year Period, confirmed by God in so very many ways, was the Final 7 GOOD
Years, before the 7 BAD Years of Famine take place, starting in the Fall of
2015. Another post in the near future will remind us as to why the Fall of
2008 to the Fall of 2015 has God's signature written all over it. It was
the Revealing of the Antichrist, Obama, at the beginning of those 7 Years, in
the Fall of 2008. It was our 7-Year Preparation time, just like Joseph
had 7 Years to prepare for the 7-Year Famine, which was to immediately
follow the 7 Good Years. It was our 7-Year Warning of the coming
catastrophic 7 Years of Judgment, and 7 Years of
Tribulation.
Jacob's name was changed to ISRAEL. Laban is a
TYPE of the Antichrist. Jacob, or Israel, made a 7-Year covenant with
Laban, or the Antichrist. Obama, the Antichrist, made a covenant with
Israel, the U.S, and the entire world, on Oct. 29, 2008, that he was going to
fundamentally change the United States, and that HE WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE
WORLD. EXACTLY 7 Years later is Day of Atonement, Sept. 23, 2015, the very
same day that everything is pointing towards. In the Fall of 2015, Obama
will CONFIRM, OR STRENGTHEN THIS COVENANT, OR PROMISE TO CHANGE THE WORLD, BY
BECOMING THE PRESIDENT, OR CHOSEN ONE, OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER.
This will put him in a much stronger position to CHANGE THE WORLD, to confirm,
or strengthen his covenant, or promise, that he made 7 year
earlier, just as Daniel 9:27 tells us.
In order for Jacob (Israel) to receive his true Bride,
he had to make a 2ND 7-YEAR COVENANT WITH LABAN (THE ANTICHRIST). So, too,
the CONFIRMING, OR STRENGTHENING, OF OBAMA'S COVENANT TO CHANGE THE
WORLD will involve ANOTHER 7-YEAR PERIOD, WHICH WILL END 7 YEARS AFTER
THE FALL OF 2015, AT THE VERY END OF THIS 7-YEAR TRIBULATION. At
this time, Israel will receive her true Messiah, Jesus Christ, just like it took
Jacob (Israel) two 7-YEAR periods to receive his true Bride
(Rachel).
TYPOLOGY shows us in the above paragraph that it
took Jacob, or Israel, 14 years to receive his true Bride of Rachel. This
involved TWO CONSECUTIVE 7-YEAR COVENANT PERIODS. This is a TYPE
of Israel receiving the Antichrist, represented by Laban, and then at the
end of 14 years, from the Fall of 2008 to the Fall of 2022, Israel finally
receives their true Messiah, when Jesus Returns to Earth, by setting His feet
down in Jerusalem, Israel's Holy City. Just like in the story of
Jacob and Laban, representing Israel and the Antichrist, THERE ARE TWO
CONSECUTIVE 7-YEAR PERIODS, which will culminate on Day of
Atonement, Oct. 5, 2022, with the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ. Israel
will then receive their TRUE Messiah, just like Jacob (Israel)
received his TRUE Bride, Rachel, both at the end of 14 years, or two 7-Year
periods.
So many are looking for a 7-Year Peace Treaty with
Israel and the Antichrist. These are pre-conceived ideas, based on
theories that have been taught as fact to most of us. Yet the words
"peace" and "treaty" are never even found in the very important Daniel, Chapter
9, where this theory comes from. I
have done my best to show you how Obama's covenant with the many, and
the confirming, or strengthening, of the covenant, or promise, 7 years
later, in the Fall of 2015, is fulfilling the "confirming of the covenant", in
Daniel 9. I am looking for SIGNS OF WORLD WAR 3 TO START THE TRIBULATION,
not signs of a 7-year peace treaty between Israel and
Obama.
Some of you might question Israel, or the Jews,
receiving Obama. I do not believe the Scriptures require that the
Antichrist be received necessarily as their Biblical Messiah. When Obama
was first REVEALED AS THE ANTICHRIST TO DISCERNING CHRISTIANS IN THE FALL OF
2008, 80% of the Jews in the U.S., voted for Obama. Obama was widely
accepted and anxiously received by the majority in Israel. Yes, Obama was
RECEIVED by Israel, and the Jews, just as the Scriptures said they would.
So, as we can plainly see, thru TYPOLOGY, in
the lives of Joseph and Jacob, THE TRIBULATION IS 7 YEARS LONG. In
both accounts from the Word of God, there are TWO CONSECUTIVE 7-year
periods. Is it any wonder that God gave us so very many COMPELLING AND
DIVINE SIGNS CONCERNING THE 7 GOOD YEARS, FROM OCT. 29, 2008, TO DAY OF
ATONEMENT, SEPT. 23, 2015? These are the 7 Good Years, immediately
preceding the 7 Bad Years of Tribulation! This is it, folks!!!
This world is about to
go DIRECTLY from the 7 Good Years, to the 7 Bad Years of Famine and
Tribulation!!! They will start THIS FALL. Are you ready
for Jesus to receive you, or are you ready to receive the
Antichrist???
I believe there are NO types in the Word that would
teach us of a 3 and one-half year Tribulation. I do not pretend to know
all of the events that will transpire during
the 1st 42 months of the Tribulation, and which will transpire
during the 2nd half of the Tribulation. Bible scholars have been
trying to discern that for centuries. But I am totally convinced of two
separate 42-month periods that will run consecutively, forming a 7-YEAR
Tribulation, just like O.T. TYPOLOGY teaches us. These two halves of the
70th Week of Daniel, or the Tribulation, will not be separated by 2000
years. They are consecutive, as Typology teaches
us.
Typology teaches us that there will be ONE 7-Year
period, immediately followed by ANOTHER 7-Year period. These are the
7 Good Years (Oct 29, 2008, was clearly the starting point for the 7 Good
Years), immediately followed by the 7 Bad Years of Famine, representing the 7
YEARS OF TRIBULATION. Daniel 9 teaches us of a 7-Year Tribulation, and
TYPOLOGY teaches us of a 7-Year Tribulation. God's Word always flows
perfectly and harmoniously together. There should be no confusion, if we
STUDY His Word, and allow the Holy Spirit to illuminate us and to reveal to us
the truth.
I am praying, brother Charles, that this response
will convince you, and others reading this, of a 7-year
Tribulation. You very well may have reservations. That is perfectly
okay. In God's timing, I am confident that the truth will be revealed to
you, not just regarding this controversial topic of the length of the
Tribulation, but on all things contained in His Word. What is not revealed
to us during our short stay on this earth, will SOON be revealed to us in our
eternal home in Heaven. We will be meeting there in the near future, my
brother. You can count on it. Our long-awaited day is almost
here!!!
Maranatha!
Ron Reese