BLOG 7 – Current and Prophesied Chronological Biblical Events
April 7, 2006
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What is Happening Now and What is Likely to Begin Between 2008 and 2012!
(1) HAPPENING NOW!
DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH, BUT……….!
Since its inception, Hamas has been a dyed-in-the-wool, no-holds- barred, genuine-terrorist-group, with all the “fixings.” But suddenly, after money input from foreign sources took a nosedive, Hamas seems to be getting ready for some temporary cracks in its normal hard core “kill them all” position toward the two-state solution, which demands Israel be driven into the sea. The “love of money is the root of all evil,” and evil Hamas needs money to plant its evil roots as a government. I am certainly aware that, as in the past, Hamas will do a lot of “that’s not what I said,” “that’s what I said, but here is what I meant,” and all the other things associated with speaking out both sides of your mouth. Such multi-devious rhetoric will flow freely during the coming weeks but, reading between the lines, the article from Haaretz, which follows, does seem to be promising for a future false peace.
I certainly agree with Israel that this is all a trick, but so what, it could be the instrumentation that would bring in the “hudna,” which could be the “peace and safety” referred to in I Thessalonians 5:3,4. There has never been any question in my mind that a false peace would arrive in Israel before the attack of 10 Arab nations in a sudden Pearl Harbor type of attack from the north, but the HOW and WHEN have always been the two UNKNOWNS in the equation. To determine the HOW and WHEN, it is necessary to watch the final act of what is now setting up in the Middle East, particularly inside Israel. It is impossible to say, “the attack will occur on such and such a date,” but as the events are unfurled between now and the actual date it occurs, I believe it is quite possible to know it is getting close, and a decent QUESSTIMATE can be made that it will occur between 2008 and 2012.
Please take time to read the following article. There are many “firsts” for Hamas in this article which, if true, are cracks in their hard-core positions, and represent a situation that could finally being in the long awaited “false peace” before the time of “Jacob’s trouble.”
Begin Usurps from Haarez Article
Hamas Says Ready for Two-State Solution
April 7, 2006
By Ze’ev Schiff, Haaretz Coorespondent, and Agencies
Hamas is ready for a two-state solution with Israel, a senior official said Friday, a position that would imply the militant group’s recognition of Israel for the first time. The announcement came as Hamas has been sending go-betweens to Israel recently with an offer to reach an unofficial understanding on “quiet in return for quiet.”
The senior Palestinian official said Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh planned to present a proposal to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting later Friday.
The official spoke on condition
of anonymity because the proposal has not yet been submitted. However, a Hamas spokesman denied that the proposal will be presented on Friday.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar plans to present the “two-state” platform to the cabinet at its next meeting on Monday, the official said, adding that he expects it to be approved.
The official said Hamas is prepared to soften its position because of heavy international pressure, which has left the Palestinian government broke, and to enable Abbas to pursue his goal of restarting peace talks with Israel.
Hamas is under pressure to renounce violence and recognize Israel.
In return, Hamas wants Abbas to grant the group its “constitutional rights.” Abbas has taken steps recently to curb Hamas’ power in security matters.
In an interview published Friday, Zahar said his government is prepared to discuss the idea of a settlement with Israel with the Quartet of international Mideast negotiators – the United States, European Union, Russia and United Nations.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev dismissed the latest Hamas gestures as “verbal gymnastics.”
Israel: Hamas proposal of quiet is a ‘trick’
According to the Hamas proposal of quiet – which was conveyed to Israel by Egyptian envoys, among other channels – Hamas would pledge not to carry out any violent actions against Israel and would even prevent other Palestinian organizations from doing so. Israel, for its part, would pledge by means of a third party not to take action against the organizations operating in the territories.
Hamas is even prepared to declare a unilateral hudna (cease-fire), should Israel not want to appear to be maintaining contact with a body that calls for its destruction. According to this offer, Israel is supposed to respond with positive measures of its own.
But political and defense officials in Israel describe the initiative as a “trick.”
Unlike previous proposals, this time Hamas is not demanding that Israel withdraw to the 1967 border and release all Palestinians jailed in Israel as a condition for the cease-fire. Hamas is under internal and international pressure, and therefore is trying to achieve quiet in its fight against Israel in order to get organized, strengthen its military and organizational frameworks, and sideline the Palestinian opposition.
This would enable the new Hamas-led government to fortify its control over Palestinian Authority territories.
Israel will apparently refrain from reaching understandings with Hamas so as not to play into its hands at this point, before Hamas has met the conditions posed by the international community: not just disavowing violence, but also recognizing Israel and adopting all agreements signed with Israel in the past.
End Usurps from Haaretz Article
(2) LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 2008 AND 2012 AND LAST 1260 DAYS THEREAFTER
Events 1 to 6 were covered in Blogs 1 through 6
Event Number 7 – The Two Witnesses, The Woman, and the Remnant of Her Seed!
About 75 days before the final 1260 days of the Gentile age, two witnesses will appear in Israel, and begin to warn of a soon coming attack. When the attack occurs, they will flee into the Negev along with the one-third of the Israeli population that is able to make it into this great wilderness. The two witnesses will be a part of 144,000 believing Jews, who have the testimony of Jesus Christ, and keep the commandments of God. Israel is the woman, whose seed is Jesus Christ, and the 144,000 believing Jews are the remnant of the seed. So, after the initial attack, in the Negev you will find the Woman (1/3 of the Jewish population = 1.8 to 2.0 million), the remnant of her seed (144,000 believing Jews who are part of the 1.8 to 2.0 million), and the two witnesses, who are part of the 144,000 believing Jews. The two witnesses will testify until about 75 days before the end of the Gentile age, at which time they will be killed by the antichrist, only to be publicly resurrected three one-half days later. The remnant of the seed will be in awe at this occurrence, and will give glory to God for it. The following Scriptures attest to this scenario.
Zechariah 13:8 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
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.
Zechariah 14:1,2 – Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
[2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Revelation 11:2,3 – But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. [3] And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Revelation 7:4 – And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Revelation 12:17 – And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 11:7-13 – 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. [12] And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. [13] And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
The two witnesses testify from about 75 days before the attack to about 75 days before the tribulation period ends, which is a period of 1260 days. Shortly after they ascend up to heaven in a cloud, the seventh angel sounds, and the rapture of the saved (including the 144,000) occurs, after which God’ s wrath i
s poured out on the earth. (See Archive Prophecy Updates 73D and 74A)
Revelation 11:14,15,18 – The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. [15] And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
[18] And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
God’s wrath follows the blowing of the seventh trumpet, and lasts for some 45 days.
Daniel 12:1 – And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Matthew 24:21,22 – For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. [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.
Many of the 1.8 to 2.0 million Jews will believe in Christ as the Messiah because of the testimony of the 144,000, and the two witnesses, after they see what they prophesied come to pass. But they will believe after the blowing of the seventh trumpet, and are the elect that will come through the tribulation period to begin a millennial reign under the Messiah in physical bodies that contain saved souls. The city of Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited, and the Gentiles who survive the tribulation period will come up annually to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts.
Zechariah 13:9 – And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Zechariah 14:11,16 – And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. [16] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.