Quote:
Originally Posted by HaShaliach
The next issue is the question of, "Just what is the time of the Gentiles?"
|
Here is what I considered. Could it be the period when Jerusalem was trodden down, and no more?
Revelation 11:2 KJV 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 and two months. (THE EXACT TIME JERUSALEM WAS BESIEGED IN THE FIRST CENTURY, 40 YEARS AFTER THE CROSS, INCLUDING THE TEMPLE DESTRUCTION THAT OCCURRED THE SAME MONTH AND DAY OF THE YEAR AS THE TEMPLE WAS DESTROYED BY BABYLON IN THE OLD TESTAMENT)
Luke 21:24 KJV And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Revelation 11 distinctly is a reference to Christ's words in Luke. What does that say about the issue? Both accounts mention Gentiles treading down Jerusalem. Revelation gives us a time period. We have all sorts of opinions as to what the "times" means, but here we see an actual time period associated with that question.
Putting the verses that speak of the situation altogether usually helps us get the full picture.
Consider that there were FOUR GENTILE POWERS foretold in Daniel (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome) and Rome was the fourth and final one in the days of the early church. Could the times of the gentiles refer to the GENTILE POWERS that all seemed to attack Israel, with Rome being the fourth and last and their final blow to Israel was in the first century? There has never been a temple since. An earthquake seemed to be of supernatural origin considering that it stopped the rebuilding of a temple in the middle of the second century. Hmmm...
Threaded Mode
