Daniels prophecy was for
490 years, however it was “paused” at 483
years.
The tribulation period
is that final 7 years of this prophecy.
Those 7 years are broken
into two parts – the first half is 1260 days, and the
second half – the GREAT tribulation, is 42 months / 3.5
years.
Jesus said that the 2nd
half would be shortened, but he didn’t say by
how much.
So all we know for
certain is that the first half will be 1260 days.
Concerning the 2nd
half: 1260
days, shortened by 483 days, makes the 2nd half 777 days.
(To me, that just has
God’s signature all over it.)
So now get this:
Starting on Israel’s
birthday (May
14th 1948) adding a 70 year
generation, the tribulation should END on May 14th,
2018.
(We already knew that.)
To find the start of the
tribulation, back up 2037 days (1260 + 777) from May 14th
2018.
It would start on October 15th,
2012.
The new moon.
The final new moon
before the presidential election, by the way.
Why that
might be significant is because of this:
If Israel
attacks Iran
before
the election, Obama will be forced to support Israel,
or lose the Jewish vote, and some of the Democrat
Christian vote, and probably lose the election.
Conversely, if he
supports Israel,
he’s likely to gain some
“patriotic” votes.
If Israel
waits until after
the November 6th election to attack Iran,
and Obama wins, Obama has zero
incentive to support Israel. They will be on their
own for the next four years, and they know it.
If Romney wins,
maybe he will support Israel,
and maybe he won’t.
Yes, I realize that he’s acting
like a friend to Israel
- in the run up to the election – that really doesn’t
mean much. Politicians
have a very predictable way of saying just about
anything to get a vote.
The point is, Romney is simply
an unknown quantity as far as Israel is
concerned.
I'm of the opinion
that Israel
will choose to attack before the election – which is only
36 days away.
While a dark night
(new moon) may not be essential with modern
technological advances, there is an old saying – “the
trend is your friend”.
Dark nights have been the chosen night to execute a surprise attack
for a long, long time.
Additionally, right now the weather is still
clear. Wait
another month, and the weather will be turning bad – a factor
that works against Israel, certainly a
consideration.
And all
those ships in the gulf? They can't stay
there indefinitely. Their very presence
points to the war being sooner, rather than
later.
The good news is
that I believe that the Bible teaches a “pre-trib”
rapture.
There are several
promising dates between now, and October 15th.
Sukkot is observed this week
- all week.
October 7th,
there is the Draconids meteor shower, (mentioned by
another dove recently).
So called,
because they appear to radiate from the
constellation Draco - a constellation in
the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon.
It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the
2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of
the 88 modern constellations today. Additionally,
the star Draconis was the northern pole star around
3000 BC, during the time of the ancient Egyptians.
The Pyramids were designed to have one side facing
north, with an entrance passage designed so that
Draconis would be visible at night.. The traditional
name of Draconis, Thuban, means "head of the
serpent".
October 7th
is also the Jewish festival of Simchat Torah:
Simchat Torah
In many Orthodox
and Conservative congregations, this is the only time
of year on which the Torah scrolls are taken out
of the ark and read at night. When the
ark is opened, all the worshippers leave their seats
to dance and sing with all the Torah scrolls in a
joyous celebration that often lasts for several hours
and more.
After the hakafot
and the dancing, three scrolls of the Torah are read.
The last parashah of the Torah, V'Zot HaBerachah, at the end of
Deuteronomy (33:1-34:12), is read from the first
scroll, followed immediately by the first chapter (and
part of the second) of the Book of Genesis
(1:1-2:3), which is read from the second scroll.
It is a special
honor to receive the last aliyah of the Book of
Deuteronomy; the person receiving that aliyah is
called the Chatan Torah
(the groom
of the Torah) or Kallat Torah (the bride
of the Torah). Likewise, it is a special honor to
receive the first aliyah of the Book of Genesis;
that person is called Chatan B'reishit (the groom
of Genesis) or Kallat B'reishit (the bride
of Genesis)."
One last thing about
October 7th
John 2:18 Then answered
the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou
unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
John 2:19 Jesus answered
and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up.
John 2:20 Then
said the Jews, Forty and six years was this
temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three
days?
John 2:21 But he spake
of the temple of his body.
46 years X 360 days = 16560 days
From 6/7/1967
(the day the temple was captured), plus 16560 days = October 7th,
2012
Probably just a
coincidence.
But one can hope.
Best regards,
Keith