When Are Daniel’s 70 Weeks Fulfilled?
February 18th, 2009 | Book of Daniel | 5 Comments
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Much has been written on the prophetic
text of the Babylonian exile of Judah in
an attempt to answer the question,
When are Daniel’s 70 Weeks Fulfilled?
Perhaps no prophetic text suffers more
at the hands of exegetes than does that
of Daniel 9:24–27.
Dispensationalist Thomas Ice and others in that movement argue for
a literal interpretation of the 70 weeks.
However, their literalizing of the text results in both a logical contradiction and abandonment of their premise by inserting a 2000 plus year gap.
They insert thousands of “weeks” into the final week resulting in non-fulfillment of the prophecy. However, the prophecy contains a very simple guide-post ...
Will the Antichrist Come out of the European Union...
November 4th, 2008 | Antichrist | 1 Comment
No, the Antichrist will not come out of the European
Union. The myth of the European Union in Bible
prophecy is based on a misinterpretation of the
ten-horned beast of Daniel 7:7 which is the ancient
Roman empire.
Due to the influence of Dispensationalists such as
John Walvoord, Tim Lahaye and others, Revelation
13 is supposedly a future prophecy of the revivification
of a 10–nation confederacy in which it is claimed Italy
must be a part.
This is nonsense. The error is compounded in failing to
properly assign the date of Revelation to a Pre-
destruction of Jerusalem time frame and an application
harmonious with first century history.
Additionally, the 10–horned beast of Daniel’s ...
