The Last Trumpet--Part 2 dealt with the specificity involved with the first 69 weeks or 483 years. I read a Jewish Rabbi's rebuttal of the common Christian understanding of the 70 weeks being weeks of years. His interpretation was that it was 70 literal weeks. He then named some obscure fellow as appearing in Jerusalem during that time period as the fulfillment, but he must not have paid very close attention to verses 24 & 25. These things needed to happen. After the 69th week Messiah was to be "cut off". The sanctuary was to be destroyed. The end of the 70th week would have brought an end to sin and make reconciliation for iniquity, to end all last days prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy--the Messiah. Has any of that happened yet. Just the cutting off of Messiah Jesus and the destruction of the temple. Somewhere between the 69th and 70th week after the destruction of the temple there would have to be a new one so that it could be desecrated. If we follow the rabbi's interpretation where was the temple at the end of 70 real weeks? It wasn't even standing as it was in ruins from the Babylonian captivity.
No, as we saw in the first two sections, Jesus was in Jerusalem at the right time. He ate dinner (passover) with His disciples and was crucified the next morning. Jewish days run from sunset to sunset, so he was crucified on Passover. He was cut off but not for himself. Within a generation, as He prophesied, the 2nd temple was destroyed by those who crucified Him--the Romans. He was the sinless bread of life during the feast of unleavened bread and He was the first fruits of those resurrected in a glorious body. His next appearance will be in the clouds to redeem his bride living and dead at the last trump--Rosh Hashanah? Much more on this later!
Israel, the Middle East and the Coming Destruction of the Abomination on the Mount!
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