Where Do Prophetic Times Appear?

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2 Where Do Prophetic Times Appear? Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High...and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. (time in Chaldee,!W\[I, id-dawn, a set time) Daniel 12:7 and it shall be for a time, times, and an half; (Hebrew, ~ydi[]am., mo-aw-daw', a fixed time or season; specifically a festival) and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. Revelation 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

3 We have seen three prophecies fulfilled to the exact year when prophetic days were understood as years, Ezekiel 4: The 1290 Days, Hebrew word ~wy, yom, of Daniel 12:11 are from the abolition of sacrifices in 583 B.C. until 688 A.D. and the construction of the Islamic Dome of the Rock. 2. The 1260 Days of Revelation 12:6 are from 688 A.D. to 1948 A.D. and the new nation of Israel! 3. The 42 months of Revelation 11:2 are from 688 A.D. until Jerusalem is freed from Gentile control in 1967 A.D.. But now we are dealing with times, two different words:!w\[, id -dawn and ~ydi[]am., moadah.

4 Why Different Words? The Hebrew word for day is ~wy, yom The Chaldee word for time is!w\[i id -dawn, a Hebrew word for time is ~ydi[]am., moadah. In Ezekiel 4:5-6, God gave us a prophetic day, a ~wy yom, for a year. God did NOT give us a prophetic time, an!w\[i id -dawn, or a ~ydi[]am., moadah for a year. Therefore: A prophetic time is not a year, but a different duration of time!

5 Understanding Idiomatic Language 2Kings 6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. Job 33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. Job 40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Psalms 62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. ONCE is one and TWICE is only one more! = 2

6 Time, Times and a Half is Idiomatic Jewish sages comments on Daniel 12:7: in the Tanach state that three and a half times is an incorrect rendering of time, times and half a time. That the phrase should be understood as two and a half times, so... Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High.. and they shall be given into his hand until a time (one) and times (only one more) and the dividing of time (or half a time). For a total of two and a half times.

7 So When do Prophetic Times Begin? ST 1 Year of Belshazzar, 552BC: Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High... and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. RD 3 Year of Cyrus 533BC: Daniel 12:7 and it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter (or shatter, NAS) the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. The scattering or shattering of the power of the holy people was th over on June 6, That s when the Jews again controlled Jerusalem for the first time in 2573 years. As a result, Daniel 12:7 was fulfilled on June 6th, 1967!!!

8 /)))))))))) Neo-Babylonian Kingdom, 606BC - 536BC )))))))))1 Daniel * Taken Captive * Dan 12:7 * 562BC 555BC * 533BC * * * * *(((((( NEBUCHADNEZZAR ((((((((((* *((((( NABONIDUS ((((((*( DARIUS ( * * * *(Cyrus 1) 606BC * Belshazzar * 583BC! Made Regent 536BC 552BC * Dan 7:25 Sacrifices Abolished Decree of Darius First Times Second Times Prophecy Prophecy Given Here Given Here 552BC 533BC Copyright 2005, Ellis Skolfield

9 But How Long is a Time? Hay-mer`-ah... is an ambiguous word! 2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day (Greek: ìýñá, hay-mer`-ah) is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Greek word rendered day in this verse is hay-mer`-ah ( ìýñá), variously translated: day, year, age, while and time depending upon context. The NAS translated hay-mer`-ah time in 12 different verses: Luke 1:39, 6:12, 23:7, Acts 1:15, 5:36, 6:1, 7:41, 9:37, 11:27, 21:38 and Hebrews 12:10. Since 2Peter 3:8 has nothing in context to indicate a specific rendering, time is a plausible translation. The principle being: any length of time is as nothing to the Lord, a moment, a day, a month, a thousand or even a million years. Thus a prophetic time could be a 1000 years!

10 If Time is 1000 years and Times is only one more, plus half a Then it s possible that time, times and half a time represents 2500 Years!

11 ST 1 Year of Belshazzar, 552BC: Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High... and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. RD 3 Year of Cyrus, 533BC: Daniel 12:7 It shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter (or shatter) the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. 1st year Belshazzar New Israel 552BC 1948AD * E X A C T L Y Y E A R S * *((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((* * * 3rd year Cyrus 32-33AD 688AD Jerusalem Free 533BC * * 1967AD * * * * *((((((((((((((((*(((((((((((((*(((((((((((((((((((((((((((* E X A C T L Y Y E A R S Copyright 2005, Ellis Skolfield

12 It is statistically impossible for prophecies of two specific events still 2500 years in Daniel s future to be fulfilled to the exact year... by accident! As a result, we now have a provable doctrine. When a prophetic time is understood to be a thousand years, all four prophecies fit history to the year!

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