1730 Great Awakening Evangelistic Movement Led to Major Prophecy Changes
PART 4
February 17, 2012
The vast majority of preachers today do not realize the major revisions to orthodox prophetic teachings that were introduced by revisionists from 1780 to 1880. I do not accept the majority of the revisions made during this period.
I challenge anyone reading this to produce a pre-1740 book on prophecy, based on Biblical interpretation, that shows a diagram dividing the tribulation period into two sections, each one 3 and ½ years in length, with the first resurrection occurring at the beginning of the first 3 and ½ year period.
I would also like for someone to show me a published book before 1760, based on Bible interpretation, showing a diagram dividing the tribulation period into sections, each one 1260 days in length, with the first resurrection occurring at the beginning of the second period of 1260 days.
For that matter, I would also like to see a published book before 1760, based on Bible interpretation that taught the rapture would occur at the middle or the beginning of the tribulation period.
It is possible that a pre-1760 published book does exist somewhere that shows the tribulation period divided into two sections, each one 3 and ½ years in length, but I have looked long and hard for it in many old musty religious book archives in the U.S. and abroad, and I have yet to find it.
All these revisions by prophetic teachers began with a so-called ‘great awakening’ Evangelical Movement that began in 1730, and intensified in 1760. So it is possible a pre-tribulation publication with diagrams was published between 1730 and 1760 but I haven’t been able to find it, nor have I found a publication in this period that identified the “he” in Daniel 9:27 as the Antichrist. All identified the “he” as Jesus Christ.
Daniel 9:27 is one of two Scriptures used to prove the Antichrist must be a Jew. The other is John 5:43.
John 5:43 – I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
This prophetic utterance by Jesus did refer to a Jew who would follow him some 100 years later, namely, “the prince” Simon bar Kokhba.
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Simon bar Kokhba (transliterated as Bar Kokhva or Bar Kochba) was the Jewish leader who led what is known as Bar Kokhba’s revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE, establishing an independent Jewish state of Israel which he ruled for three years as Nasi (The”prince,” or “president”). His state was conquered by the Romans in 135 CE following a two-year war. He became the last king of Israel in history.
Originally named Simon ben Kosba (or ben Koziba), he was given the surname Bar Kokhba (Aramaic for “Son of a Star”, referring to the Star Prophecy of Numbers 24:17, “A star has shot off Jacob”) Simon bar Kokhba was introduced to the Sanhendrin by his contemporary, the Jewish Sanhedrin sage Rabbi Akiva.
After the failure of the revolt, many, including rabbinical writers, referred to Simon bar Kokhba as “Simon bar Kozeba” (“Son of the lie”).
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Prophetic teachers of this generation have lived with the two division diagrams so long they think they came over on the Mayflower. But basically these diagrams were a product of the first of the week rapture position, which is such an ingrained part of prophecy teaching today. The so-called “first of the week” position, as well as what is known as the “middle of the week” position, cannot be found in existence in any published book about the Bible before 1760. In fact, it is the term “week,” appropriated by the revisionists, that is largely responsible for the mass exodus from orthodox prophetic teaching, which occurred in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The bulk of all prophetic teaching of today is based, directly or indirectly, on the revisionist teaching on Daniel 9:27, which, to a large extent, was accelerated with the initial appearance of the “first of the week” position in the early 19th century. If the teaching on Daniel 9:27 by the revisionists is incorrect, then much of today’s prophetic teaching is in error. I believe this is the case, and I have been labeled as a revisionist myself because of it. I am certain that the great Bible expositor B.H. Carrol, who continued to believe the pre-1760 teachings until his death, was correct in what he taught concerning Daniel’s 70th week. For you see, before 1827, the majority of orthodox prophetic teachers were convinced that the “he” in Daniel 9:27 was Jesus Christ, not the antichrist – THEY WERE RIGHT. We are not waiting for a “week of seven years” to be fulfilled! Why not? Because Jesus has already fulfilled most of the first 3 and ½ years. We are facing a tribulation period of the last 3 and ½ years, preceded by a much briefer period of peace than many are expecting.
I implore you to take a look at what was taught by most orthodox prophetic teachers before 1827 about Daniel’s 70th Week. It is fully exposited in our Prophecy Archives on Updates 55, 56, 57 and 58. Also please scan Updates 74A, 73D, and 82A for the pre-1760 Rapture Position.
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