…and in the midst of the week (3 and 1/2 years after the confirmation of the covenant) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
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Daniel 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
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Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
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Mark 13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
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Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
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Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
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2 Thess. 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
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Mid Point (3 1/2 years) Abomination of Desolation – warning to flee in Matthew 24:15-17; Mark 13:14-15;
Revelation 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
At the end of this last half of the 70th week of years, Israel calls for the Lord to return, and He returns to them and rescues them; Hosea 5:13-6:3; (see article below, by Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum).
Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
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“The Basis of Christ’s Second Coming
No prophecies must be fulfilled prior to the Rapture of the
Church, so it could occur at any moment. However, the Second
Coming of Christ does have a major precondition that must be
met before Christ will return to establish the Messianic Kingdom.
This condition can be deduced from five passages of Scripture.
The first passage is Leviticus 26:40–42, where Moses predicts
that the Jews would be scattered all over the world, because of
disobedience to God’s revealed will. The New Testament
indicates that this judgment resulted from the nation’s rejection
of the Messiahship of Jesus in Matthew 12. By verse 39, the
worldwide dispersion is a fact. Indeed, Leviticus 26:1–39 has
been fulfilled historically, but verses 40–42 are future. Verse 42
states that God has every intention of giving to Israel all the
blessings and promises of the Abrahamic Covenant, especially as
it pertains to the Promised Land. However, before they can begin
to enjoy these blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant during the
Messianic Kingdom, they must fulfill the condition of verse 40:
. . . they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their
fathers. Notice that the word iniquity is singular and is specific.
The fathers committed one specific iniquity that has been
perpetuated through time. Israel must confess this before she can
begin to enjoy all of the benefits of the Abrahamic Covenant.
The second passage is Jeremiah 3:11–18. In verses 14–18,
Jeremiah describes the blessings that God has in store for Israel
in the Messianic Kingdom. It will be a time of tremendous
blessing and restoration for the Jewish people when their
Messiah establishes the kingdom. However, all of these blessings
are conditioned by verse 13, where they must acknowledge or
confess one specific iniquity which they committed against
Jehovah their God.
The third passage is in Zechariah. Chapters 12–14 contain
one prophecy given by God. Chapter 13 speaks of the national
cleansing of Israel from their sin. Chapter 14 describes the
Second Coming of the Messiah (vv. 1–15) and the establishment
of the kingdom (vv. 16–21). However, the cleansing of Israel, the
Second Coming of Christ, and the Messianic Kingdom are all
conditioned on Zechariah 12:10. Before Israel will receive the
cleansing of her sin, and before Christ will return to establish His
kingdom, Israel must first look unto the One whom they have
pierced and must plead for His return. Once they do this, then,
and only then, will they receive their cleansing and begin to enjoy
the blessings of the Messianic Age.
The fourth passage is Hosea 5. The speaker throughout the
chapter is God Himself. He is still speaking in verse 15:
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their
offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me
earnestly.
Certain logical features underlie the meaning of this verse.
Could one return to a place without first leaving it? No. In this
passage God states that He is going to return to His place,
heaven. This clearly implies that God left heaven. This leaving of
heaven occurred in the incarnation when God became man, in the
person of Jesus of Nazareth. Then, one specific offense
committed against Him caused Him to return to heaven at the
ascension from the Mount of Olives. This verse states that He
will not come back to the earth until they confess the offense
(their rejection of His messiahship) that caused Him to leave.
Matthew 23, the fifth passage, contains Christ’s denunciation
of the Scribes and Pharisees, who led the nation in rejecting His
messiahship. He was still speaking to them in verses 37–39.
Speaking to the Jewish leadership, Christ reiterated His original
desire to gather them if they would only accept Him (v. 37).
Because of their rejection of His messiahship, in place of being
gathered they are going to be scattered. Their house, the Jewish Temple, will be left desolate and will be destroyed with nothing
remaining (v. 38). He then declares that they will not see Him
again until they say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the
Lord (v. 39). This is a quotation of a messianic Psalm, Psalm
118:26.
Jesus will not come back to the earth until the Jews and the
Jewish leaders ask Him to come back. Just as the Jewish leaders
led the nation in rejecting the messiahship of Jesus, they must
someday lead the nation to the acceptance of His messiahship.
This, then, is the twofold basis of the Second Coming of Christ:
Israel must confess her national sin and then plead for Messiah to
return, to mourn for Him as one mourns for an only son. Until
these two things happen, there will be no Second Coming.
Israel’s National Regeneration and Romans 11:25–36
The Confession of Israel’s National Sin
Hosea 6:1–3 states:
Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he
will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two
days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and
we shall live before him. And let us know, let us follow on to
know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he
will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth
the earth.
This is actually a continuation of Hosea 5.12 It contains the
acknowledgment of the sin demanded by 5:15. The Jewish
leaders call upon the nation to repent and confess their national
sin (vv. 1–2). Only then will God restore the physical blessings
Israel once enjoyed (v. 3). Israel’s leaders will finally realize why
the Tribulation has fallen on them. Just as the Jewish leaders
once led the nation to the rejection of the messiahship of Jesus, they will now lead the nation in accepting His messiahship by
issuing Hosea 6:1–3’s call. Israel’s confession of national sin will
last for two days as the entire nation becomes regenerated and
saved. Isaiah 53:1–9 states the actual words of the confession.
They will admit that the nation had looked upon Jesus as nothing
more than another man, a criminal who had died for his own sins.
However, they will recognize that He was no ordinary man, but
the perfect Lamb of God, the Messiah Himself. Furthermore, it
was not for His own sins that Messiah died, but for theirs, so that
they need not be stricken for their sin. Thus, national
regeneration will come through the national confession of Isaiah
53:1–9. The nation as a nation will be saved.”
READ MORE:
ISRAELOLOGY
Part 4 of 6
By Arnold Fruchtenbaum
ISRAEL FUTURE
http://chafer.nextmeta.com/files/v6n1_3.pdf
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Related article:
Daniel’s 70 Weeks of Years
When did it start?
Has it ended, or is there a gap in it?
By Dr. David R. Reagan
http://christinprophecy.org/arti…/daniels-70-weeks-of-years/
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