Many American Christians hope the USA has the same future as was said about the British Empire, with the sun never setting on us. Yet, the Bible teaches that it will be events happening to the nation of Israel that determine the completion of this present age.
In Daniel 9:24-27 a prophecy of 70 7’s of years (or 490 years) is laid out. Many students of Bible prophecy have studied this exhaustively. Yet, there is something about the prophecy that most have failed to grasp.
This prophecy has a life of its own, provided 3 determinants are in place.
In Daniel 9:24, God specifically states that the 490-year prophetic period is determined upon 3 conditions:
- “thy people” – the Jews must be back in their land as a people/nation;
- “thy holy” – there must be an existing Jewish temple;
- “city” – with Jerusalem as her capital city.
A careful study of this prophetic passage reveals that once all 3 conditions were met, the prophetic clock ran. If one or more conditions were removed, the prophetic clock stopped.
In 536 B.C., Cyrus of Persia gave command for the Jews to return to their land as a people. He also ordered the temple to be rebuilt. Cyrus’ command put two of the conditions in place: the Jews in their land as a people, and the rebuilding of the Jewish temple.
But, Cyrus’ command did NOT begin the prophetic countdown. Cyrus’ command didn’t rebuild the city of Jerusalem, whose street and walls still lay in ruin. It was not until 454 B.C. that Artaxerxes gave official permission or command for Jerusalem to be rebuilt. It was actually this command which started the prophetic clock ticking, because it put into place the 3rd and final determinant.
For the next 69 7’s or 483 years, the prophetic clock ran without a hitch. But on the day of Christ’s crucifixion, the prophetic clock stopped. Why? Because in crucifying Christ, the Jews, in effect, destroyed the True Tabernacle of God. Jerusalem was no longer the holy city with a temple. She had destroyed her real Temple. Since that day, the prophetic clock has remained stopped!
Forty years after the crucifixion, the Roman army under General Titus completed the destruction of both Jerusalem and her temple building in 70 A.D. The Jews were scattered or slaughtered. Nothing remained of the 3 conditions to Daniel’s prophecy! The prophecy remained suspended before its final 7 years could take place!
But in the 1900’s, things began to “wake up” prophetically. In 1917, the Jews began returning to their land after the Balfour Declaration gave them back the land of “Palestine” as a homeland. Then in 1948, Israel once again became an official nation after almost 2000 years of non-existence! In 1967, Israel won back East Jerusalem as her capital…including the Temple Mount area.
The only determinant left to fall into place is the rebuilding of the Jewish temple! Once that is accomplished, the final 7 years of this present age— the “end times”— can resume. Once official permission to rebuild the Jewish temple is given, the prophetic clock will be free to resume ticking.
The best chance for Israel to gain peace and permission to rebuild her temple lay with the current U.S. administration in Washington!
Most American Christians are unaware of the significance of calling President Trump a type of Cyrus. For the end time Cyrus who helps Israel rebuild her temple, will be laying in place the kick off for end times.
Vice President Pence has been speaking out about the administration’s plans to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (from Tel Aviv). If this happens, Washington will be giving official recognition to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city. It will also lend credence to Israel’s right to rebuild her temple in East Jerusalem on the Temple Mount area.
There is a large, open plaza on the Temple Mount’s farthest north side— next to the Muslim Dome of the Rock— where Israel could build her temple, without having to destroy any other edifices! Do we see any hint of this taking place in scripture?
In the book of Isaiah, Lucifer’s proud, willful plans to replace God for himself are recorded. In Lucifer’s own words, “I will also sit on the MOUNT of congregation on the farthest sides of the NORTH,” (Isaiah 14:13b). Is this a future allusion to Antichrist sitting in the rebuilt Jewish temple on the North side of the Temple Mount? Stay tuned.
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