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http://pureblackafriam.blogspot.com/

http://911review.com/attack/wtc/b7.html

http://www.americanholocaust.50megs.com/The_Prophet.htm

http://www.americanholocaust.50megs.com/US_Weather_Control.htm

http://scribblguy.50megs.com/index.html

http://scribblguy.50megs.com/911coverup.htm

http://www.supremelaw.org/copyrite/freedomdomain.com/Conspiracy%20Theories%20Freemason%20Conspiracy%20Secret%20Societies.htm (I don't agree with all of the information in this link, but it has interesting information)



http://lefemineforlife.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-priests-for-life-romish-paganism.html

http://truthseeker2473.blogspot.com/2009/11/steve-lefemine-on-islam-jesuits-etc.html

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DANIEL'S 70TH WEEK 490 YEARS

Dear Brother Ron,

Thank you for contacting me.

Matthew Henry was as wrong about the literal truth of the prophecy of the 70 weeks of years as was Luther about the understanding of the Lord's Table, he teaching the error of consubstantiation. Both men were greatly used by the Lord but on these points were simply wrong.

Further, the early church looked forward to a coming Antichrist and thus a future time of Great Tribulation. Sir Robert Anderson wrote in his The Coming Prince on page 184:

"That the seventieth week will be the last seven years of the dispensation, and the term of the reign of Antichrist, is a belief as old as the writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers." [Emphasis added]

Clarence Larkin adds in his Dispensational Truth on page 5:

"This view [that chapters 6-19 of The Revelation are future and thus transpire during the future 70th week of Daniel], while it dates in modern times only from the close of the Sixteenth Century, is really the most ancient of the three [schools, the Preterist, the Historical and the Futurist]. It was held in many of its prominent features by the primitive Fathers of the Chutrch, and is one of the early interpretations of scripture truth that sunk into oblivion with the growth of the Papacy, and that has been restored to the Church in these last times."

Further, I challange anyone to find in any of the writings of Jesuit Ribera a scriptural exegesis explaining the 70th week of Daniel to be yet future. Ribera only referred to the Antichrist as being yet future intending to get the eyes of the Reformed peoples off the pope of Rome---something I never do. Further, for anyone to hold that the 70th week is a creation of the Jesuits via John Nelson Darby in the 19th century is incorrect. Darby was no Jesuit, his falling out was with an apostate Church of England then in the hands of the Jesuits who also controlled that witch, Queen Victoria, who gave refuge to the Order's puppet, Napoleon III after his defeat at Sedan in 1871, who re-established the Knights of Malta in England in 1885, and who opened up dialogue with the Vatican on her own initiative in 1877.

Now concerning the understanding of the prophecy of the 70 weeks of years, it will never be rightly comprehended unless the date beginning the 490-year period is established within the confines of the scriptures. The great question is "Where in the Bible was the command given to rebuild the city of Jerusalem?" As per Daniel 9:25, that command would begin the countdown to "Messiah the Prince."

The brethren of your position hold that command was given in Ezra 7:1-28. But this position is impossible, as nowhere in that chapter or in the entire book of Ezra is a command given to "build Jerusalem." That command was given in Nehemiah 2:1-8, and nowhere else in the scripture of truth. Ezra concerns the building of the temple; Nehemiah concerns the building of the city of Jerusalem.

Until you re-establish the date for the command issued to build Jerusalem being in the 20th year of the King Artaxerxes as per Nehemiah 2, then the discussion about the prophecy of the 70 weeks can never be scrpturally discussed. Please listen to the archived messages on the 70 weeks of Daniel on First Amendment Radio as I devoted almost six hours to the topic.

Sincerely in faith,

Brother Eric

From: Ron
To: Marcel Benshadler
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:07 AM

DANIEL'S 70TH WEEK 490 YEARS
The Bible says, "He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease." Daniel 9:27.


Have you ever heard of the "seven-year period of great tribulation"? The whole idea is rooted in two words of the above sentence! The two words are "one week." Supposedly, that period of "one week" applies to the final seven-year period of great tribulation at the end of time. Right now, all over planet Earth, in books, in magazines, in videos, on the radio, in seminaries, on the Internet, and at Bible prophecy conferences, Christians are talking about events that they firmly believe will occur during a final seven years of tribulation.


According to the popular interpretation of Daniel 9:27, the "he" refers to a future Antichrist who will eventually make a covenant, or peace treaty, with the Jews during the final seven years of tribulation. In the "midst" of this tribulation, this Antichrist will cause "the sacrifice … to cease." In order for the sacrifices to cease, they must have been restarted. Therefore, according to countless modern interpreters, there must be a rebuilt third Jewish temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.


A popular Christian magazine called Endtime reflects this current view: "Three and one-half years after the confirming of the covenant [by the Antichrist] the Jews’ Third Temple must be completed and sacrifice and oblation be in progress. We know this because Daniel 9:27 states that in the middle of the seven years the Antichrist will cause the sacrifice and the oblation to stop." Much of the Christian world is now locked in a fierce debate about whether Jesus will return for His church before the 7 years (the pre-tribulation view), in the midst of the 7 years (the mid-tribulation view), or at the end of the 7 years (the post-tribulation view). Yet by far the most explosive question, which few seem to be asking, should be "Is and end-time ‘seven-year period of great tribulation’ really the correct interpretation of Daniel 9:27 in the first place?"


Historically, Protestant scholars have not applied Daniel 9:27 to a future period of tribulation at all! Neither have they applied the "he" to the Antichrist! Rather, they applied it to Jesus Christ. Notice what the world-famous Bible commentary written by Matthew Henry says about Daniel 9:27: "By offering himself a sacrifice once and for all he [Jesus] shall put an end to all the Levitical sacrifices." Another famous Bible commentary, written by Adam Clarke, says that during the "term of seven years," Jesus would "confirm or ratify the new covenant with mankind." Finally, another well-respected old commentary declares: "He shall confirm the covenant—Christ. The confirmation of the covenant is assigned to Him."


The following 10 points provide logical and convincing evidence that the "one week" spoken of in Daniel 9:27 does not apply to any future seven-year period of tribulation at all. Rather, this great prophetic period has already been definitely fulfilled in the past!


1) The entire prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27 covers a period of "seventy weeks." This period applies to one complete, sequential block of time. This prophecy would start during the Persian period and would end during the time of the Messiah.


2) Logic requires that the 70th week follow immediately after the 69th week. If it does not, then it cannot properly be called the 70th week!


3) It is illogical to insert a 2,000-year gap between the 69th and the 70th week. No hint of this gap is found in the prophecy itself. There is no gap between the first 7 weeks and the following 62 weeks. Why insert one between the 69th and the 70th week?


4) Daniel 9:27 says nothing about a seven-year period of tribulation, or about any Antichrist.


5) The focus of this prophecy is the Messiah, not the Antichrist. Modern interpreters have applied "the people of the prince" who would come to "destroy the city and the sanctuary" (verse 26) to the Antichrist. Yet the text does not say this. In the past, that sentence has been applied to the Romans, who under Prince Titus did "destroy the city and the sanctuary" in A.D. 70.


6) "He shall confirm the covenant." Jesus Christ came "to confirm the promises made unto the fathers." Romans 15:8. Nowhere in the Bible is Antichrist ever said to make or confirm a covenant with anyone! The word "covenant" always applies to the Messiah, never to the Antichrist!


7) "He shall confirm the covenant with many." Jesus said, "This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many." Matthew 26:28. Jesus used the same words, because He knew that He was fulfilling Daniel 9:27!


8) "In the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease." The 70th week was from A.D. 27 to 34. After three and a half years of ministry, Christ died in A.D. 31, "in the midst [middle] of the week." At the moment of His death, "the veil of the temple was rent [torn] in twain from the top to the bottom." Matthew 27:51. This act of God signified that all animal sacrifices had at that moment ceased to be of value. The Great Sacrifice had been offered!


9) "For the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate." Jesus plainly applied this "abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet" (Matthew 24:15) to the time when His followers were to flee from Jerusalem before the destruction of the second temple in A.D. 70. Jesus told His 12 disciples, "When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies [the Roman armies led by Prince Titus], then know that its desolation is near." Luke 21:20, emphasis added. Those disciples did "see" those very events. Christ’s very last words to the Pharisees from inside the second temple were, "Behold, your house is left unto you desolate." Matthew 23:38. Thus Daniel’s prophecy about Jerusalem becoming "desolate" was exactly fulfilled in A.D. 70! Jesus understood this perfectly.


10) Gabriel said that the 70-week prophecy specifically applied to the Jewish people (Daniel 9:24). From A.D. 27 to A.D. 34, the disciples went only "to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Matthew 10:6. At the end of the 70 weeks, in the year A.D. 34, Stephen was stoned by the Jewish Sanhedrin (Acts chapter 7). Then the gospel began to go to the Gentiles. In Acts chapter 9, Saul became Paul, "the apostle of the Gentiles." Romans 11:13. Then in Acts chapter 10, God gave Peter a vision revealing that it was now time to preach the gospel to the Gentiles (Acts 10:1-28). Read also Acts 13:46.


The explosive evidence is overwhelming! Point by point, the events of the 70th week have already been fulfilled in the past! The following eight words found in Daniel 9:27: "confirm...covenant...many...midst...sacrifice...cease... abominations...desolate": all find a perfect fulfillment in Jesus Christ and in early Christian history.


One reason why the Jewish nation as a whole failed to receive its Messiah was because its leaders and scholars failed to correctly interpret the 70-week prophecy. They failed to see Jesus Christ as the Messiah who died in the midst of the 70th week. The same thing is happening today! Amazingly, sincere Christian scholars are now misinterpreting the very same prophecy.


The entire "seven-year period of great tribulation" theory is a grand illusion. It may go down in history as the biggest evangelical misinterpretation of the 20th century! It can be compared to a big, fat hot air balloon. Inside, there is no substance, only air. As soon as Daniel 9:27 is understood correctly and the pin of truth is inserted, the balloon will pop. The fact is that no text in the Bible teaches any "seven-year period of great tribulation." If you look for it, you will end up like Ponce de Leon, who tirelessly searched for the famous fountain of youth but never found it.


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