Saturday, October 3, 2009

"42 Months" of Revelation

Let’s examine the “42 months” which John speaks in Revelation.
Revelation 13:2 “And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his [Daniel’s beast is “his”] feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.”

Revelation 13:5 “And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months.”

There are an average of 30.44 days in a month.

30.44 x 42 months = 1278.5 days (as years) 1278.5 years.

1967 – 1278.5 = 688.5 AD which is the founding of the Dome of the Rock.

The Islamic Leopard – Bear – Lion Beast of Revelation 13 had political and religious control “continued” in Jerusalem until 1967 when the Israelis regained Jerusalem taking control of the city and the temple mount.

The Leopard – Bear – Lion beast had exerted control through “jizya” a humiliating tax on the enslaved non Muslim people. Islam is symbolically marked by the founding year of the Dome of the Rock.

Daniel defined the figurative language of a “beast” in the context of Daniel 7:23.
Daniel 7:23 “Then he said, ‘The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom in the earth, which shall be unlike to all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down and break it in pieces.” (Geneva Bible).

Hence, in the figurative language of a dream of vision “beast” = “kingdom.”

On page 321 of Paul Johnson’s book “A History of the Jews” he declares:
"Between 1827 and 1839, largely through British efforts, the population of Jerusalem rose from 550 to 5,500 and in all Palestine it topped 10,000 - the real beginning of the Jewish return to the Promised Land. In 1838, Palmerston appointed the first western vice-consul in Jerusalem, W.T. Young, and told him 'to afford protection to the Jews generally'."

From Revelation 13:2 we understand “the dragon [Satan] gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.”

It is Satan who gives the Leopard – Bear – Lion beast the power of which is spoken in Revelation 13:5

The kingdom beasts of the Lion, Bear, and Leopard of Daniel’s prophecy are recognized as Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece. Hence, the Lion, Bear, and Leopard in Daniel’s prophecy are the composite beast / kingdom found in Revelation chapter 13.

The nations of Iraq, Iran, and Syria/Lebanon are the same geographic regions of the Lion, Bear, and Leopard. There is a measure of national autonomy between the various Islamic sects who war with each other.

They are united through their false prophet Mohammed and the spirit of antichrist.

Matthew 24 confirms the “Dome of the Rock” – the “abomination of desolation” fits the terms used to describe the abomination. It was ‘set up,’ and ‘stands,’ ‘where it ought not’, ‘in’ the ‘holy place’. Matthew and Mark instruct us to “understand” this principle.

The transfer of wealth from the Western nations to the Middle Eastern Islamic nations happened through the purchase of oil. The purchase of oil was the means to “heal the wound” of the Leopard Bear Lion beast. It was the purchase of oil by Western nations which finances the 2nd Jihad. Consequently, the second Jihad is a “likeness” of the first jihad. Therefore, it is an ‘image’ of the first jihad. The ‘image’ of the beast may also be in the Kaaba which contains the Black Stone. Muslims bowed to the Kaaba which once contained over 360 idols in Mecca.

Daniel's "1335 days"

Daniel 12:12 “Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.”

Tanach: Daniel 12:12 “Fortunate is he who waits and reaches days of one thousand, three hundred, and thirty five.”


360 / 365.24 = .9857

1335 x .9857 (Old Testament prophetic year “language” conversion) = 1315.9

1315.9 - 583 BC (sacrifices were abolished in Jerusalem) = 732.9 AD


732 AD was the year Charles “Martel” (the hammer) defeated the Islamic army at the Battle of Tours in France. This very historically significant battle occurred 100 years after the death of Mohammed. It has been considered the most important battle of the whole Christian era. Martel stopped the First Islamic Jihad which sought to conquer Europe.

Hence, the Scriptures are clearly accurate when they declare “Blessed [is] he that waiteth…”and survives the First Islamic Jihad without denying the Lord Jesus Christ by converting to Islam.

The “Battle of Tours” was the high water mark of the Islamic invasion of Europe. Charles Martel delivered the mortal wound which halted the Islamic forces and literally killing Emir Abd er Rahman the head of the Islamic forces.
"Without his leadership and guidance, the other commanders were unable to even agree on a commander to lead them back into battle the following morning. The effect of the death of Abdul Rahman on both Islamic and world history was profound."

".... according to one unidentified Arab, 'That army went through all places like a desolating storm.' sacking and capturing the city of Bordeaux, and then defeating the army of Duke Odo of Aquitaine at the Battle of the River Garonne — where the western chroniclers state, 'God alone knows the number of the slain'—[3] and Odo fled to Charles Martel, seeking help."

"1260 days"

Revelation 12:6 (KJV): 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.

Most Biblical scholars agree that the “woman” referred to in Revelation 12:6 is “Israel” in the context of this verse.
Ezekiel 20:35 “And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.”

At the end of the 1260 “days” which equal years; Israel came out of the “wilderness” “of the people” and from being scattered among the nations. They returned home declaring their independence in 1948.
Ezekiel 4:6: "And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year."

1948 – 1260 (“each day for a year”) = 688AD

Here are the founding Islamic verses of the Dome of the Rock
"O you People of the Book, overstep not bounds in your religion, and of God speak only the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, is only an apostle of God, and his Word which he conveyed unto Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from him. Believe therefore in God and his apostles, and say not Three. It will be better for you. God is only one God. Far be it from His transcendent majesty that he should have a son."

"42 Months"

The prophecies of the “42 months” and the “1260 days” begin from 583 BC, the date when the daily sacrifice ended in Jerusalem.
Revelation 11:2 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 two months.”

“Leave out the court…it has been given to the Gentiles.”

Jerusalem, the holy city shall be “tread under foot forty two months.”

I will be consistent to principle which I introduced to you.

A prophetic day = a year.

A solar year is 365.24 days. There are 12 months in a year.

365.24 divided by 12 = 30.44 average days in a month.

Revelation 11:2 speaks of 42 months.

Hence, 42 months x 30.44 days = 1278.5 days as years.

The city of Jerusalem was “under foot” of the Gentiles until it was taken by the Israelis in 1967.

June 6, 1967 at the end of the Six Days War, General Moshe Dayan led a contingent of Israeli commandos that stood before a wall of ancient stones in the holy city of Jerusalem. They were standing at the Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem swearing an oath: “Never again shall be we driven from this place.”

For the first time in 2573 years (606BC to 1967 AD) the Jewish people were in control of the Holy City.

1967 AD – 1278.5 = 688.5 AD (The Dome of the Rock)

Evidently, it is very possible that this event was the fulfillment of the prophecy concerning 42 months.

Solomon built the temple over a threshing floor which his father David purchased from Ornan the Jebusite. The threshing floor was the bedrock on which the Ark of the Covenant stood in the Holy of Holies.

The popular assumption is the Dome of the Rock is the site of the location where the Arc stood. If one carefully examines the stone beneath the Dome of the Rock; it becomes apparent that a farmer could never thresh grain upon this stone. Threshing and recovering the grain is impossible on the rock beneath the Dome. But there is bed rock which flat and smooth 330 feet northwest of the memorial to the false prophet.

The Old Testament principle – day = year “language” is suggested in the Genesis’ account of the flood; a thirty day month indicating a 360 day prophetic year. Consequently, each prophetic year is equal to .9857 solar year.

360 / 365.24 = .9857
1290 x .9857 = 1271.5
1271.5 – 583 (date of the abolition of the sacrifice in Jerusalem) = 688.5 AD

1271.5 solar years.



The “Dome of the Tablets” also known as the “Dome of the Spirits” is a cupola covering the smooth flat threshing floor at the site of Solomon’s temple.

The Eastern Gate aligns perfectly with the “Dome of the Tablets”. The Court of the Gentiles, an area where unwashed slaves were permitted, is the location of where the Dome of the Rock now stands. Consequently, the “Dome of the Rock” was built in the court outside of Solomon’s magnificent temple. The Moslems built the Dome of the Rock over the wrong rock!

There is a 2-3 year latitude in the historic Babylonian dating period. Therefore the "zero year" between 1 BC and 1 AD is rendered unimportant. It is likely the Lord allowed the calculation to remain simple.

Although Daniel and John’s prophecies were written over 500 years apart; their prophecies coordinate with precise mathematics. Both John and Daniel’s prophecies establish 688 AD. The explanation is indicated to Daniel when he is given the following instructions.
Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [are] closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

Consequently, we would not understand the book of Daniel and Revelation until the ‘time of the end.”

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The Man of Sin - Son of Perdition

“The man of sin” found in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 has been interpreted as "the antichrist".

2 Thessalonians 2: 2-12 “That you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
(3) Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
(4) who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
(5) Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?
(6) And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.
(7) For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains (restrains will restrain, NASB and NIV) will do so until he is taken out of the way.
(8) Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;
(9) that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
(10) and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
(11) For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,
(12) in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.” NASB


When we understand that the corporate body of Christ - believers - is the "temple of God" we can begin to understand the "man of sin" found in 2nd Thessalonians.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a departing first, and that man of sin be disclosed, even the son of perdition.
(4) Which is an adversary, and exalteth himself against all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he doth sit as God in the Temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”


The “man of sin” will “exalteth himself against all that is called God.”

John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and that Word was with God, and that Word was God.”


Hence the “Temple of God” which exists in the Christian era - the corporate body of Christ - is composed of individuals. The "temple of God is in the human heart.

Consequently "he" that takes his seat in the human heart is not a human being but a spirit, the same "spirit of antichrist" mentioned in 1st and 2nd John.

It is much easier to detect Antichrists than “the son of perdition.”

Antichrist “denies that Jesus is the Christ;” he “denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father.” “…every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God…” “…those who do not acknowledge that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is THE deceiver and the antichrist.”

Judas Iscariot was described as “the son of perdition” and was among the most trusted disciples. “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first…”

Apparently, “that man of sin” is a spirit in persons within the church “which is an adversary, and exalteth himself against all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he doth sit as God in the Temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”

Who is the “man of sin” if it isn't Satan?

I Timothy 4: 1-2 “Now the Spirit speaketh evidently, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, and shall give heed unto spirits of error, and doctrines of devils. (2) Which speak lies through hypocrisy, and have their consciences burned with an hot iron."

2 Timothy 4:3-4 “For the time will come when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but having their ears itching, shall after their own lusts get them an heap of teachers. (4) And shall turn their ears from the truth, and shall be given unto fables.”


It is currently fashionable to suggest that the rebuilding a physical “temple of God” on the temple mount in Jerusalem is scriptural. To believe so would require Christians to believe that the finished work of redemption of Jesus Christ is incomplete and unfinished.

Jesus gave the Pharisees the following warning.

Mark 7:13 “Making the word of God of none authority, by your tradition which ye have ordained; and ye do many such things.”

Hebrews 8:13 “In that he saith a New Testament, he hath abrogated the old: now that which is disannulled and waxed old, is ready to vanish away.”

Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first and also to the Grecian.”

Location of the Temple in the "Last Days"

I Corinthians 3:16 “Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (Geneva Bible)

I Corinthians 6:19 “Know ye not, that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, whom ye have of God? And ye are not your own.”

II Corinthians 6:16 “And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God: as God hath said, ‘I will dwell among them, and walk there; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”

Ephesians 2:21-22 “In whom all the building coupled together, growth unto an holy Temple in the Lord. (22) In whom ye also are built together to be the habitation of God the Spirit."

Consequently, the temple of which Paul speaks in Thessalonians is the human heart!

False church in the end time

I Timothy 4: 1-3 “But the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, be means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.”

2 Timothy 4:3-4 “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside from myths.”

The Temple of God

John 2:19-22 “Jesus answered, and said to them, “Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up again. (20) Then said the Jews, “Forty and six years was this Temple a building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?” (21) But he spake of the temple of his body.” (22) As soon therefore as he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he thus said unto them; and they believed the Scriptures, and the word which Jesus had said.”

Jesus Temple rose from the grave in three days as he prophesied. The Temple has been rebuilt through his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension which is the corporate body of Jesus Christ.

The following quote suggests that the Temple of God is the corporate body of Christ.

Ephesians 2:19-22 “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners: but citizens with the Saints, and of the household of God. (20) And are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone, (21) In whom all the building coupled together, growth unto an holy Temple of the Lord. (22) In who ye also are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit.”

Through this clause: “ye also are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit” in Ephesians we understand I Corinthians 6:19

I Corinthians 6:19 “Know ye not, that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, whom ye have of God? And ye are nor your own.”
Hence, the “temple of God” of which the Scripture speaks is the corporate body of Christ. The corporate body of Christ is composed of the regenerate individual people redeemed through the Holy Spirit.

Here is a list of verses in which the phrase “Temple of God” is found.

Matthew 21:12 refers to the literal material temple that Jesus prophesied would be torn down.

Matthew 21:12 “And Jesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple, and overthrew the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves.”

Matthew 26:61 “And said, “This man said, ‘I can destroy the Temple of God, and build it in three days.”

The following verses declare and confirm that the Temple of God is corporate body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 “Know he not that ye are the Temple of God. (17) If any man destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.”

2 Corinthians 6:16 “And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idols? For ye are the Temple of the living God: as God hath said, ‘I dwell among them, and walk there; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”

The Scriptures which I have quoted above clearly indicate that the corporate body of Christ is the Temple of God. Hence, it is apparent and not open to interpretation that the corporate body of Christ is the Temple of God.

The Revelation in which John records his vision is in figurative language. We find two verses speaking of the “temple of God” in Revelation.

Revelation 11:1 “Then was given me a reed like unto a rod, and the Angel stood by, saying, ‘Rise and mete the Temple of God, and the Altar, and them that worship therein.”

Revelation 11:19 “Then the Temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in the Temple the Ark of his covenant; and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and earthquake, and much hail.”

The verses I have quoted are ALL of the verses using the phrase “temple of God.”

The accounts in Revelation locate the temple of God in the heavenlies and corresponds to Ezekiel’s description.

Ezekiel 43:7 “Which said unto me, ‘Son of man this place is my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, whereas I will dwell among the children of Israel forever, and the house of Israel shall no more defile mine holy Name, neither they, nor their kings in their high places.”

The Scriptures clearly indicate that God does not dwell in buildings made with hands.

Acts 17:24 “God that hath made the world, and all things that are therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.”

Any future literal physical temple built with hands would be desolate before its creation.

Hebrews 8:1 “Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum, that we have such an High Priest, that sitteth at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heavens. (2) And is a minister of the Sanctuary, and of the true Tabernacle which the Lord pitched, and not man.”


Now we can begin to understand the “man of sin” found in 2 Thessalonians.

"I give you a day for a year."

The daily sacrifices were suspended three times during the history of the Jewish people. Once before Daniel’s time, during the Babylonian captivity, and when the Greek king Antiochus Epiphanies desecrated the temple.

The Davidic kingdom fell to the Babylonians in 606 B.C. by Nebuchadnezzar. Under his reign Judah became a vassal state until Babylon was conquered by the Medo-Persians in 536 B.C. Jeremiah prophesied that the Jews would be captives for 70 years.

Jeremiah 25:12 “And when the seventy years are accomplished, I will visit the king of Babel and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquities, even the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it a perpetual desolation.”

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts, that I have thought towards you, saith the Lord, even the thoughts of peace, and not of trouble, to give you and end, and your hope.”

The Persian king Cyrus would permit the Jewish people to return to the Holy Land after the Medes and Persians conquered Babylon. Daniel understood that the captivity would last 70 years from reading the prophesies of Jeremiah.

Daniel 9:2 “Even in the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by the books the number of years, whereof the Lord had spoken unto Jeremiah the Prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem.


The temple of Solomon was destroyed in 586 B.C. but we understand that temple sacrifices continued for at least 8 months after the destruction of the temple.

Jeremiah records: “There came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even forescore men having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent and cut, with offerings and incense in their hands to offer in the house of the Lord.” Jeremiah 41:5

Jeremiah 52:30 reveals to us that a final deportation of captives occurred three years after the temple was burned. Scripture tells us the final deportation took place in the 23rd year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign in 583 B.C.

“In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzarradan the chief steward carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four hundred thousand and six hundred.” Jeremiah 52:30


Consequently, 583 B.C. is the date for the abolition of sacrifices which is supported by Scripture.

Jewish authorities believe the captivity of the Jews by the Babylonians began in 586 BC when the temple was destroyed. The captivity ended in 516 BC during the restoration under Ezra. The first deportation of captives happened in 606-605 B.C. Consequently, the generally accepted date (GAD) of 606 B.C-536 B.C. for the captivity is most likely correct.

Daniel’s prophesy of 1290 days was received 50 years after the abolition of the daily sacrifice.

Daniel 12:11 “And from the time that the daily sacrifices shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.”


Prophetic Days = years
Numbers 14:34 “After the number of days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.”

Ezekiel 4:5 “For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 4:6 “And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee a day for a year.”

In the 17th Century Matthew Henry in the Commentary on the Whole Bible” wrote:

“Par II …time of their (the two witnesses) prophesying, or bearing witness for Christ. A thousand two hundred and three score days …and if the beginning of that interval could be ascertained, this number of prophetic days, taking a day for a year, would give us a prospect of when the end should be.” Vol VI, p1157, col 1, par II.

When “days” are spoken of in a prophetic sense they are Hebrew lunar years or New Testament solar years. This is valid unless the context of the Scriptures clearly indicates otherwise.

The Old Testament prophesies utilize a lunar year of 360 days.

The New Testament prophecies utilize solar years of 365.24 solar days. This is used for interpreting New Testament prophesies only. The Roman Empire which existed while John was in exile utilized a 365.24 day solar calendar.

The conversion factor is obtained by dividing 360 by 365.24 days.

360 / 365.24 = 0.9857

Hence, a Hebrew lunar year = 360 days or .9857 solar years.

How did Daniel understand?
I want to address the first two segments of weeks in the vision. Babylon was conquered in 536 B.C. by the Medo-Persians.

Seven 7s of years = seven shavuim
62 sevens of years = sixty-two shavuim
One unique multiple of seven (the seventieth seven)

7 x 7 = 49; 62 x 7 = 434; 434 + 49 = 483


Daniel 10:1 “In the third year of Cyrus King of Persia, a thing was revealed unto Daniel (whose name was called Belteshazzar) and the word was true, but the time appointed was long, and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.”


1.Daniel received the vision of 70 weeks in 536 B.C. In the vision of 70 weeks, if the 483 “days” (the first two segments of sevens in the vision) were literal days (beginning from his time) they would be fulfilled 1 ½ years after he declares he understood the vision. Consequently, Daniel understood they would be fulfilled in the future.

2.The daily sacrifices at Solomon’s temple had been abolished 50 years earlier. They ended in 586 B.C. Daniel received the vision of 1290 days in 533 B.C. three years after receiving the 70 weeks prophesy. If they had been literal days fulfilled after the cessation of the daily sacrifice; they would have been fulfilled 46 1/2 years before God gave the prophecy. Hence, Daniel could see that they were not fulfilled.


“And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.” Daniel 12:11


Hence, Daniel could historically look back in time at the visions that should have been fulfilled if the “days” had been literal days. He saw they were unfulfilled within literal days. So he understood the visions were utilizing the Biblical measure of prophetic time – a day = a year. Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:5-6; 1 day = 1 year.

The Abomination of Desolation

Daniel 12:11 “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination of desolation set up, there shall be a thousand, two hundred and ninety days.”

Matthew 24:15 “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, set in the holy place (let him that readeth consider it.)"


Mark 13:14 “Moreover, when ye shall see the abomination of desolation (spoken of by Daniel the Prophet) set where it ought not, (let him that readeth, consider it) then let them that be in Judea, flee into the mountains.”

We have established that a prophetic day is equal to a year. The Hebrews in Babylon utilized a 360 day lunar year.

A Hebrew lunar year = 360 days or .9857 solar years. 360 / 365.24 = 0.9857 (rounded off)

Hence, 1290 prophetic days (years) = 1271.49 solar years.

1290 x .98565326 = 1271.49

Temple sacrifices were abolished in 583 B.C. so 1290 day = years brings us to 688 A.D.

In 688 A.D. the Dome of the Rock was constructed between 685 A.D. and 705 A.D.

Consequently, the Dome of the Rock is the abomination of desolation!

Hence, Mohammed is the false prophet of whom Revelation speaks.
Revelation 19:20 “But the beast was taken, and with him that false prophet that wrought miracles before him, whereby he deceived them that received the beast’s mark, and them that worshipped his image. These both were alive cast into a lake of fire burning with brimstone."

Revelation 11:2 “”But the Court which is without the Temple cast out, and mete it not, for it is given unto the Gentiles, and the holy city shall they tread under foot, two and forty Months.”

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.”


“…let the reader understand.” In this generation the two passages of Revelation 11:2; 12:6 were fulfilled. Consequently, the verses surrounding those passages are to the church of the 21st century.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Antichrist - You have heard?

Antichrist?

What does the Scriptures state concerning antichrist? What is mere speculation concerning antichrist? Theories of what antichrist is supposed to do.

1. Appear during the final seven years of the Christian era.
2. Rule for 3 ½ years as a one who brings peace.
3. After 3 ½ year of peace; he will rule for 3 ½ years as a corrupt evil leader.
4. He will help the Jewish people to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
5. He will reinstate the Mosaic sacrificial system in the temple.
6. He will destroy the temple in the last 3 ½ years of his corrupt reign.
7. He will stop the temple sacrifices in Jerusalem in the middle of the 7 years.
8. He will cause everyone to worship him as God.
9. He will betray the Jewish people turning from them.
10. He will begin the battle of Armageddon.
11. He will persecute the “saints” during a seven year tribulation
12. He will be Satan in human form.
13. Miscellaneous other legends including 666.

None of the ideas which I have listed above can be directly supported from Scripture. Most of those ideas came from a misinterpretation of Daniel’s seventieth week as a seven year tribulation period.

There are only four actual verses in Scripture which speak directly of antichrist.

I John 2:18-19 “Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. (19) They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.” (NASB)

I John 2:22-23 “Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. (23) Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.”(NASB)

I John 4:2-3 “By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, (3) and ever spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.” (NASB)

2 John 7 “For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.” (NASB)


I John 2:22 and 2 John 7: The definite article (te) appears in the Greek text and is translated in the NASB. Consequently, this is “THE” (te) antichrist. The New American Standard is a little clearer than the King James Version. In the NASB, the definite article (te) is translated “THE”. All those persons who deny Jesus are not merely “an” antichrist but are “THE” antichrist!

Furthermore, “you have heard” is not a declaration of a fact.

Who is THE (te) antichrist?

It is the last hour (John is making this declaration of HIS time.) You have heard that antichrist is coming (addressed to the believers in John’s time.) Even now (John’s time) many antichrists have appeared. They went out from us (John’s time). John used the plural pronoun “they” five times in I John 2:19

1. They went out from us, but
2. they were not really of us;
3. for if they had been of us,
4. they would have remained with us;
5. but they went out, so that it would be shown that
6. they all are not of us.

A. Antichrist is the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ.
B. The one who denies the Son does not have the Father.
C. Consequently, antichrist denies the Father and the Son.
D. Every “spirit” that does not confess Jesus is not from God and is antichrist.
E. Every "spirit" who does not confess Jesus is the spirit of antichrist.
F. You have heard that antichrist is coming but is already in the world.
G. Hence the "spirit" of antichrist existed in John’s time!
H. Many deceivers have gone out into the world.
I. Those deceivers who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh are THE deceivers and THE antichrist.

THE antichrist is anyone who denies that Jesus has come in the flesh and is the Christ.

I John 2:18 and I John 4:3 both declare ‘you have heard’. The Holy Spirit speaking through the Apostle John does not state that a specific antichrist is coming. He is declaring that “You have heard” that one is coming! Nor is the Holy Spirit declaring that “the antichrist” is coming in the future! Actually, he is using the same figure of speech, “You have heard,” to deny it.

Consequently, He is declaring, “Church you have a false doctrine. Anyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ or that He has come in the flesh is THE antichrist." Hence, “The antichrist” is already in the world during John’s time!

Pseudo-prophets utilizing numerology of Greek and Roman calendars have attempted to decode “666” found in Revelation 13:14. They announce a pope, potentate, king, conqueror or guru as “The antichrist.” The Christian’s battle is a spiritual battle! Satan is a spirit and is fighting spiritual warfare for the souls of men and women. Revelation 18:8-13.

Satan’s real officers are: Nero, Kant, Hume, Spinoza, Freud, Darwin, Voltaire, Paine, Jung, Sagan, Moon and the adherents to the New Age are antichrist. The Bible speaks of “the antichrist” because God sees each person individually. Every person who rejects God’s son Jesus and turning from him is “the” person who has rejected Jesus. Consequently, he or she is “the antichrist.”

Daniel's Prayer - A True Confession

Daniel 9:16-19 (Geneva Bible 1599)

"O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away from thy city Jerusalem thine holy Mountain; because of our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are a reproach to all that are about us. Now, therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy Sanctuary that lieth waste for the Lord's sake."

"O my God, incline thine ear and hear: open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city whereupon thy Name is called: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our own righteousness, but for thy great tender mercies."

"O Lord hear, O Lord forgive, O Lord consider, and do it: defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy Name is called upon thy city, and thy people."