JEWISH VOICE ANSWERED

 

WHY  THE  WORLD

WON'T END UNTIL

AT LEAST 2024

by  BILL  SALUS

FROM  JEWISH VOICE TODAY MAGAZINE - JAN/FEB 2013

MY  ANSWERS - KEITH HUNT

Astute Bible prophecy believers weren't surprised when they woke up on December 22, 2012, and discovered that the Mayan Mesoamerican Long Count calendar was inaccurate. All the hype about the end of the world occurring on December 21, 2012, was baseless to them because they recognized that this present world wouldn't end until seven-years of tribulation passed upon the earth. The seven-year "Tribulation Period" as it is commonly referred to in many Christian circles, is a major eschatological theme in the Bible. Other associated biblical tags for this period are "Daniel's Seventieth Week," "The Day of the Lord," "The Time of Jacob's Trouble;" and several more. According to Daniel 9:26-27, this period commences when the Antichrist confirms a seven-year covenant with "many," including the nation of Israel. We recognize Israel's participation in this treaty from Isaiah 28:15 and 18, and Daniel 9:24.

ANSWER:  THE  JEWISH-CHRISTIANS  GO  ALONG  WITH  THE  FUNDAMENTAL  CHRISTIANS  IS  THE  WRONG  UNDERSTANDING  OF  DANIEL  9: 26-27.  THERE  IS  NO  SEVEN  TRIBULATION  YEARS  MENTIONED  IN  END  TIME  BIBLE  PROPHECY.  THE  BOOK  OF  REVELATION  GIVES  42  MONTHS,  1260  DAYS,  AND  A  TIME,  TIMES,  AND  HALF  A  TIME.  THE  CORRECT  UNDERSTANDING  OF  DAN.9:26-27  WAS  UNDERSTOOD  BY  THE  OLD  FUNDAMENTAL  BIBLE  COMMENTATORS  LIKE  MATTHEW  HENRY,  ALBERT  BANES,  ADAM  CLARKE.  THE  CORRECT  UNDERSTANDING  OF  DANIEL  9  CAN  BE  FOUND  UNDER  THE  "PROPHECY"  SECTION  ON  MY  WEBSITE.

Isaiah's verses inform us that Israel at the time is extremely concerned with some "overflowing scourge" that is sweeping through the world. The Israeli leadership believes that partaking of this future treaty which Isaiah calls a "covenant with death," enables the Jewish State to avert destruction. Daniel 9:24 clarifies that seventy weeks are determined for the Jews and the holy city of Jerusalem to accomplish seven important spiritual feats.

ANSWER: THE  WRITER  DOES  NOT  UNDERSTAND  CORRECTLY  THE  BOOK  OF  ISAIAH  OR  DANIEL  9.  THE  TRUTH  OF  THE  MATTER  IS  ON  MY  WEBSITE.

There are many portions of Scripture that split this seven-year period of tribulation into two parts. It is commonly taught among Bible prophecy teachers that the first three-and-one-half years present Israel with a period of peace, but that peace is abruptly interrupted at the mid-point when the Antichrist enters into the coming third Jewish temple, and fufills the Daniel 11:31 and 12:11

prophecies Yeshua warned about in Matthew 24:15.

ANSWER: THERE  WILL  BE  NO  TEMPLE  BUILT  IN  JERUSALEM  UNTIL  THE  MESSIAH  COMES.  ORTHODOX  JEWS  TEACH  ONLY  THE  MESSIAH  CAN  BUILD  THE  NEXT  TEMPLE.  THE  WRITER  DOES  NOT  UNDERSTAND  MATTHEW  24:15  CORRECTLY.  ALL  FULLY  EXPLAINED  IN  DEPTH  ON  MY  WEBSITE.

This abominable act of the Antichrist is commonly called the "Abomination of Desolation." From that point forward, the Antichrist attempts a final genocide of the Jews during the last three-and-one-half years of tribulation, which is often referred to as the "Great Tribulation" period. During the Great Tribulation, Zechariah 13:8-9 warns that two-thirds of the Israelis will be killed, but fortunately the other third still survive and become a faithful, believing remnant.

ANSWER: THE  ABOMINATION  OF  DESOLATION  IS  INTERPRETED  FOR  US [THE  BIBLE  INTERPRETS  THE  BIBLE]  IN  LUKE  21.... JERUSALEM  SURROUNDED  BY  ARMIES  AND  HER  DESOLATION  WILL  COME.  THE  WRITER  DOES  NOT  UNDERSTAND  WHO  ALL  OF  THE  ISRAEL  PEOPLES  ARE.  IT  IS  TRUE  BIBLE  PROPHECY  TELLS  US  2/3  OF  ALL  ISRAEL  WILL  DIE,  THE  REMAINING  THIRD  SCATTERED  IN  NATIONS  OF  THE  WEST,  AND  A  SWORD  COMES  AFTER  THEM  ALSO;  ONLY  1/10  OF  ISRAELITES  WILL  REMAIN  ALIVE  AT  THE  COMING  ON  CHRIST;  ALL  ON  MY  WEBSITE  IN  DETAIL.

The glaring point of all this mind-boggling prophetic information is that the Antichrist has not confirmed this seven-year covenant with Israel yet. Therefore, the end of this present world can't come for at least seven more years. In fact, I explain in my book Revelation Road, Hope Beyond the Horizon why there is probably a minimum of eleven-and-one-half years remaining on the End Time's clock. Below is a quote from the pertinent section of Revelation Road, but first here is an important preface.

ANSWER: THERE  IS  NO  7  YEAR  COVENANT  TO  EVER  COME  IN  ANY  FORM.  IT  IS  A  MISS-UNDERSTANDING  OF  DANIEL  9.  THE  TRUTH  OF  DANIEL  9  IS  ON  MY  WEBSITE.

[EZEKIEL 38-39 GOG OF MAGOG INVASION PROBABLY A PRE-TRIBULATION EVENT]

ANSWER: THE  WRITER  AND  MOST  FUNDAMENTAL  PROTESTANT  PROPHETS  HAVE  EZEKIEL 38-39  IN  THE  WRONG PLACE.  THAT  TWO  CHAPTER  PROPHECY  IS  FOR  AFTER  THE  MESSIAH  CHRIST  HAS  RETURNED.  AGAIN  FULLY  EXPOUNDED  ON  MY  WEBSITE.

In fifty-two highly descriptive passages, the prophet Ezekiel predicts that nine populations named Gomer, Meshechj Tubal, Persia, Magog, Togarmah, Put, Libya, and Cush will invade Israel in the "latter years." The general consensus among many End Times experts today is that these ancient populations identify the modern-day countries of Russia and its Southern Steppes, along with Turkey, Iran, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia. This is a prophecy that many Bible prophecy teachers are expecting to find final fulfillment in the near future.

ANSWER: IT  WILL  NOT  HAPPEN  IN  THE  NEAR  FUTURE  OR  ANY  TIME  BEFORE  JESUS  COMES  AGAIN.  IT  WILL  HAPPEN  AFTER  CHRIST  HAS  RETURNED.  AGAIN  EXPOUNDED  IN  DETAIL  ON  MY  WEBSITE.

Fortunately, the Lord intervenes on Israels behalf and divinely defeats this formidable Gog of Magog coalition according to Ezekiel 38:18-39:6. Subsequently, the nation of Israel embarks upon a national campaign to harness the energy from the weapons of these defeated enemies. With this in mind, the quote from Revelation Road reads as follows:

"Ezekiel 39:9-10 suggests Israel will possess the know-how to convert the weapons of mass destruction possessed by the Ezekiel 38 invaders into fuel. Israel appears to utilize these weapons for fuel and energy consumption for a period of seven years. This will be no problem during the peaceful first half of the tribulation, but not likely during the perilous second half, because Jews will be fleeing for their lives, rather than harnessing this energy.

"Therefore, many scholars suggest that Ezekiel 38 must conclude, not commence, no later than three-and-one-half years before the seven-years of tribulation even begins. This allows the Jews seven full years to burn the weapons before they begin fleeing for their lives. Realistically, it will probably take approximately a year to even collect, dismantle, and convert the weapons cache prior to that.

"Here's how this could break down incrementally in real time. Allow about one year for the Ezekiel 38 battle to occur and the weapons to be converted. Remember, assembling a coalition and mobilizing an invasion of the scope described in Ezekiel 38 is no twenty-four hour undertaking. Then consider an additional seven-year span to burn the weapons. And lastly, add in the final fhree-and-one-half years of Great Tribulation, for a total of eleven-and- one-half years.

"If this hypothesis is correct, this means that at least (underscore at least because it's probably going to be longer) from the time the Ezekiel 38 invasion begins until the second coming of Yeshua HaMashiach to set up His kingdom, there will exist approximately eleven-and-one-half years. I could be more technical on the timing, because Daniel 12:11-12 adds an additional seventy-five days to the equation. His infamous 'Seventieth Week' ends, and then the two-and-one-half month interval kicks in, at which time the sheep and goat judgment of Matthew 25:32-4d seemingly takes place."

ANSWER: THIS  BATTLE  OF  EZEK.38  TAKES  PLACE  AFTER  THE  MESSIAH  HAS  RETURNED.  IF  THE  NATIONS  MENTIONED  WERE  TO  INVADE  THE  HOLY  LAND  BEFORE THE  LAST  42  MONTHS  OF  THIS  AGE,  THEY  WOULD  NOT  BE  DOING  IT  BY  TANKS,  TRUCKS,  PERSONAL  MEN  WITH  GUNS  AND  ROCKET  LAUNCHERS.  THEY  WOULD  USE  ROCKET  MISSILES,  AIR-PLANES  WITH  BOMBS.  THERE  IS  NOT  ENOUGH  "GOOD  PRODUCE"  IN  THE  STATE  OF  ISRAEL  TO  TRY  AND  PRESERVE  THE  FRUITS  AND  VEGETABLES  ETC.  THE  LAND  ITSELF  CAN  FIT  INTO  THE  STATE  OF  FLORIDA  ABOUT  4  TIMES.  THE  ENEMIES  OF  THE  JEWS  WOULD  JUST  DESIRE  TO  BLOW  THEM  OF  THE  FACE  OF  THE  EARTH  WITH  MASSIVE  BOMBS,  NOT  SOME  MASSIVE  GROUND  FORCE.  THE  IDEA  OF  THE  JEWS  FIGURING  A  WAY  TO  USE  METAL  AS  FUEL,  FOR  7  YEARS  IS  A  CRAZY  DUMB  AND  RIDICULOUS  IDEA  OF  A  MIND-SET  THAT  IS  FROM  PLANET  PLUTO [WHICH  THEY  SAY  IS  NOT  A  PLANET].  BUT  PUT  ALL  THAT  INTO  A  PICTURE  OF  A  WORLD  BLOWN  APART  BEFORE  CHRIST  RETURNS [BOOK  OF  REVELATION]  AND  HORDES  OF  CAVE  MEN  TYPES  FINDING/HEARING  THE  HOLY  LAND  AND  REGATHERED  ISRAELITES  ARE  BOOMING  WITH  SUPER  PLENTY  OF  PHYSICAL  RICHNESS;  THEN  HORDES  OF  PEOPLE  COMING  AS  INVADING  TO  GET  THE  PHYSICAL  RICHNESS,  WITH  WOODEN  SPEARS,  BOWS  AND  ARROWS,  WOODEN  CLUBS  -  THEN  YOU  CAN  SEE  THE  SENSE  OF  IT  ALL,  AS  TO  BURYING  THEM  FOR  7  MONTHS,  AND  BURNING  ALL  THE  WOOD  FOR  7  YEARS.

HENCE  THE  JEWISH/CHRISTIANS  OF  FUNDAMENTAL  PROPHECY  ARE  ALL  OUT  IN  LEFT  FIELD,  IN  UNDERSTANDING  PROPHECY.  THEY  ARE  ALL  SIMPLY  VERY  WRONG!

In conclusion, according to the Bible prophecies listed in this article, the present world appears to survive at least until the year 2024! This is not a prediction, but rather an educated prophetic observation.

ANSWER: WELLLL.....YES,  ACCORDING  TO  PROTESTANT  FUNDAMENTAL  PROPHETS  THEIR  IDEAS  WOULD  I  GUESS  TAKE  YOU  TO  2014  AT  LEAST  BEFORE  CHRIST  RETURNS  OR  THE  END  OF  THE  WORLD.  SO  PROT. FUNDAMENTAL  PROPHETS  YOU  HAVE  SOME  WAITING  TO  DO.  AND  ACTUALLY  YOU'D  WAIT  FOREVER  BECAUSE  YOUR  IDEAS  OF  PROPHECY  JUST  AIN'T  GOING  TO  HAPPEN.....WAIT  ON  GUYS,  YOU'LL  ALL  BE  DEAD  AND  BURIED,  AND  STILL  BE  WAITING.

BUT  YOU  READING  THIS  CAN  COME  TO  KNOW  WHAT  BIBLE  PROPHECY  TEACHES;  IT'S  ALL  EXPOUNDED FOR YOU  ON  THIS  BLOG.