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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
Hey Mike,
Can you find a quote somewhere on this Forum where I say I accept what you call the "gap" theory?
How about where I try to prove the great tribulation is 7 years? Or where I say anything about Daniels 70th week?
I will save you some time. You wont find any of it.
I do not base my belief on any of these things.
A long time ago I read "The Coming Prince" by Sir Robert Anderson which was supposed to explain the 70 weeks. By the time I got done as I recall I felt no satisfaction about it.
Granted I was not more than a year old in Jesus at the time but I dont remember getting anything solid from it.
Various times I have looked at someones timeline and they never seem to hit the mark on the dates. So I personally have staked nothing on claims about Daniels weeks.
If you think you have a timeline that explains the 70 weeks including dates I would like to see it. Also is there any scripture in the Bible that says Jesus earthly ministry was 3.5 years?
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The fact is that anyone who believes in a future "7 year" tribulation period gets it from the gap whether they see the connection or got it from someone else who did. No where else. Yes, it's that pivotal. If you never stated a position on the 70 weeks that is of no consequence if you believe there is a future 7 year trib period. You see, brother, the future 7 year trib period theory CAME FROM the gap theory. Where else is a future 7 year period stemmed from? So, the real question is do you believe in a seven year future trib period. If so, where did you get it from? If you do believe in it, but never made a point about the 70 weeks issue, then you got it from someone who does believe the 70 weeks issue. Either way it is based upon the gap theory.
The entire, and I mean ENTIRE, future trib belief is based upon this gap theory. It is pivotal for you to nail your conclusions down about the 70th week. It is THE KEY FACTOR in the entire futurist position. Once that is known to have no gap, then the whole house of cards of futurism falls down.
You asked me where I got the 3.5 years span of Christ's ministry. Christ covered three Passovers in the gospels. And it is intrinsically linked to the first 3.5 years of Daniel's 70th week. Jesus would come after 69 weeks. And it's so significant because it is THE ONLY TIMEFRAME explicitly laid out in precise years.
Anyone who studies the issue could never believe in a gap theory except the person whose imagination went wild and concocted it. The weeks are focused around the cross, as everything int he bible should, anyway.
So, for you to have held and proclaimed such a strong stance on POST TRIB which circles around the tribulation period being future, and yet have not even came to a conclusion on the 70 weeks, is like preaching Christ and not making a conclusion on the cross. Really.
I know you enough-- not much -- to say you can come to a conclusion. And you should realize it is absolutely vital.
My thoughts, anyway.*
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