The lynchpin; as it were of Bible Prophecy is how close we are to the Daniel 9:27 covenant being fulfilled. In short; without a specific timeframe of 1 prophetic week (7 years) the current agreement with Gaza involving many participants isn't the final one initiating the 1st horse of Revelation 6:1 YET.
Zepheniah 2:4-7 states:
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
We see here the utter destruction of this area; likely in the same time frame as the Psalm 83 war. We see Israel more or less dwelling there afterwards as verse 7 seems to indicate.
For me; the Ezekiel 38 war MAY make more sense to occur BEFORE the Tribulation even starts likely initiating the Daniel 9:27 covenant OR right after the Rapture and likewise triggering the first seal. In any case the issue here is the land of unwalled villages mentioned and it will take time; perhaps too much time for all that and the Temple construction to occur after the Rapture. To have some sense of security the immediate neighbors of hostility need to be dealt with desicively; although it seems it has begun with Iran and its proxies it seems armed attempts at rebellion are inevitable with the current setup which the international community along with our current leadership will probably once and for all annihalate. That's the way I see it anyway.
It would be clearer if a distinction was made between the tribulation that all saints in all times have had to endure even from Abel . And the " Great tribulation " which if God did not shorten the ( number) days no one would be saved "
There is also a great misunderstanding as to the character ,nature and disposition of the Bride of Christ .
Based upon one(?) verse " the church which is His bride" .
But the root teaching of the Bride as always is fiund right at the beginning of things.
For Adam was created from the dust of the earth but Eve was created from the body of the Man .
So likewise of the " last Adam" though not created but born of a Woman who's bride is taken also from the midst of his body .
Even as Joseph was already married when he revealed himself the second time to his brethren as also Moses .
Out of the twelve tribes who's inheritance was on the earth you had Levi who had no such inheritence for "God was theur inheritance". Even as you had the twelve Apostles but from them yiu had Peter James and John who saw and did things the others did not . A body out if a body .
So also the Bride of Christ .
It is the " high calling" of every true born child of God . For all are so called .
It is like the Olympics where to run the race as opposed to being a spectator . You must be qualified ." You must be born again" qualifies us to run the race but it does not automatically " win us the prize ".
The five foolish virgins thought that but were found not ready and were barred from the " marriage" with the words " I know you not" . The wicked are barred from the Kingdom with the words " I never knew you".
The lynchpin; as it were of Bible Prophecy is how close we are to the Daniel 9:27 covenant being fulfilled. In short; without a specific timeframe of 1 prophetic week (7 years) the current agreement with Gaza involving many participants isn't the final one initiating the 1st horse of Revelation 6:1 YET.
Zepheniah 2:4-7 states:
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
We see here the utter destruction of this area; likely in the same time frame as the Psalm 83 war. We see Israel more or less dwelling there afterwards as verse 7 seems to indicate.
For me; the Ezekiel 38 war MAY make more sense to occur BEFORE the Tribulation even starts likely initiating the Daniel 9:27 covenant OR right after the Rapture and likewise triggering the first seal. In any case the issue here is the land of unwalled villages mentioned and it will take time; perhaps too much time for all that and the Temple construction to occur after the Rapture. To have some sense of security the immediate neighbors of hostility need to be dealt with desicively; although it seems it has begun with Iran and its proxies it seems armed attempts at rebellion are inevitable with the current setup which the international community along with our current leadership will probably once and for all annihalate. That's the way I see it anyway.
There is also a great misunderstanding as to the character ,nature and disposition of the Bride of Christ .
Based upon one(?) verse " the church which is His bride" .
But the root teaching of the Bride as always is fiund right at the beginning of things.
For Adam was created from the dust of the earth but Eve was created from the body of the Man .
So likewise of the " last Adam" though not created but born of a Woman who's bride is taken also from the midst of his body .
Even as Joseph was already married when he revealed himself the second time to his brethren as also Moses .
Out of the twelve tribes who's inheritance was on the earth you had Levi who had no such inheritence for "God was theur inheritance". Even as you had the twelve Apostles but from them yiu had Peter James and John who saw and did things the others did not . A body out if a body .
So also the Bride of Christ .
It is the " high calling" of every true born child of God . For all are so called .
It is like the Olympics where to run the race as opposed to being a spectator . You must be qualified ." You must be born again" qualifies us to run the race but it does not automatically " win us the prize ".
The five foolish virgins thought that but were found not ready and were barred from the " marriage" with the words " I know you not" . The wicked are barred from the Kingdom with the words " I never knew you".
This comment thread is locked. Please enter a new comment below to start a new comment thread.
Note: Comment threads older than 2 months are automatically locked.
Do you have a Bible comment or question?
Posting comments is currently unavailable due to high demand on the server.
Please check back in an hour or more. Thank you for your patience!
Report Comment
Which best represents the problem with the comment?