Sir Isaac Newton was a premil historicist, very interesting person and commentator. Here's his works in a nutshell.
http://www.historicist.com/newton/nutshell.htm
http://www.historicist.com/newton/nutshell.htm
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Newton in a Nutshell
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Georges
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interesting...I read that BP was Ike's passion...I believe he spent most of his time trying to figure it out...
tim-from-pa
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JM:
Funny you should post links to this web site. I directed my kid to the same one when he did a report on him in his AP calculus class.
He wrote an awful lot about religion? eh? A lot of people don't know that, nor do the scientists seem to want the general public to know about that aspect of his character.
In addition, you can see where he had interest in the Great Pyramid and the sacred cubit. Makes a guy like me feel at home when talking about pyramids, stars, measurement, math, lost ten tribes of Israel and so forth. I can relate---- I seem to share many of his personality traits.
Funny you should post links to this web site. I directed my kid to the same one when he did a report on him in his AP calculus class.
He wrote an awful lot about religion? eh? A lot of people don't know that, nor do the scientists seem to want the general public to know about that aspect of his character.
In addition, you can see where he had interest in the Great Pyramid and the sacred cubit. Makes a guy like me feel at home when talking about pyramids, stars, measurement, math, lost ten tribes of Israel and so forth. I can relate---- I seem to share many of his personality traits.
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Alannah
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I don't have a lot of time, so I didn't read the article, but I know he spent most of his life trying to prove there was a God. He has many journals unpublished about this. Funny thing is I watched about that on PBS, perhaps from NOVA I'm not sure....
Vic C.
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Newton's Dark SecretsAlannah said:
I saw that same show a few times too! He has some interesting belifs about the "Trinity". He was even an alchemist.
A VERY interesting man indeed. :angel:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/newton/
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Vic C.
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Anyone care to see Newton's interpretation of Daniel 9?
http://www.historicist.com/newton/newtonprophecy.htm
http://www.historicist.com/newton/newtonprophecy.htm
Vic C.
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Keep in mind his superb math abilities. We're talking about someone who "invented" calculus YEARS before he introduced it to the world. So, I don't doubt his math skill at all but...
With that said, I do having a problem reconciling a couple of things:
Mark 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
Is this really the covenant Daniel wrote about?
Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm a covenant with the many for one week. And in the middle of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease. And on a corner of the altar will be abominations that desolate, even until the end. And that which was decreed shall pour out on the desolator. (LITV)
The thing here is Jesus' death didn't cause a cease in sacrifices, did it? What about the abominations? Jesus could have never caused abominations.
With that said, I do having a problem reconciling a couple of things:
If my math is correct, that is actually 70 1/2 weeks, no?
Let's see... 1948 + 49 = 1997 Did I miss His Second Coming?
This is a problem for me. I need to find out if there really was seven years between His crucifixion and Cornelius. I also am not making the connection concerning the "one week" covenant.
Mark 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
Is this really the covenant Daniel wrote about?
Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm a covenant with the many for one week. And in the middle of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease. And on a corner of the altar will be abominations that desolate, even until the end. And that which was decreed shall pour out on the desolator. (LITV)
The thing here is Jesus' death didn't cause a cease in sacrifices, did it? What about the abominations? Jesus could have never caused abominations.
This just doesn't harmonize with his 1/2 week explanation.
The one week period above is contiguous, but half of it is in the near future? Am I reading this correctly?
Vic C.
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Yes, I was looking for this thread. 
: I'm glad you bumped it up.
I have reconciled a few things I posted above.
I am finally getting a copy of Josephus' book Jewish Antiquities.
: I'm glad you bumped it up.I have reconciled a few things I posted above.
I believe Newton is including, actually adding the 3 1/2 years of the Jewish revolt and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD to his prophecy.
I am finally getting a copy of Josephus' book Jewish Antiquities.
Looking at this from a different (historical) perspective, this could certianly be Daniel's 70th. week.
Heh, I wrote contiguous, but I think I meant to write continous. Anyway, from a historical perstective, this also makes sense.
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Revelation is all about something in the future. Daniel is prophesying something about what happened to the Jews in the past, as the the dream of King Neb tells us, and also foretells an advent that is to come when the revised Roman Empire enters the scene.
To be honest here, I have no idea what you guys are talking about, other than over intellectualizing it. I might not have a doctorate behind my, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure what the Bible has to say about end-times. Take things literally, and figuratively. When one sees the word like or as, figure on a symbol coming after the word. For example if God says there will be a 2 million army, that is what exactly it is. If the bible talks about something like a locust, then it is anyone's guess. John could only tell us what he seen, and in todays world, it could be a helicopter.
May God bless, Golfjack
Revelation is all about something in the future. Daniel is prophesying something about what happened to the Jews in the past, as the the dream of King Neb tells us, and also foretells an advent that is to come when the revised Roman Empire enters the scene.
To be honest here, I have no idea what you guys are talking about, other than over intellectualizing it. I might not have a doctorate behind my, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure what the Bible has to say about end-times. Take things literally, and figuratively. When one sees the word like or as, figure on a symbol coming after the word. For example if God says there will be a 2 million army, that is what exactly it is. If the bible talks about something like a locust, then it is anyone's guess. John could only tell us what he seen, and in todays world, it could be a helicopter.
May God bless, Golfjack
Vic C.
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First off, no one is over intellectualizing. We are hashing things out here. Whether you choose to believe it or not, the view in question here was around for hundreds of years, way before the "sacred" pretribulation view and was actually held by many Reformers. Please do the study on the history of futurism, especially the hustory of PreTrib.
Rocket science? Maybe not, but understanding apocalyptic writing is not as easy as some make it out to be. I have learned that not everything in Revelation can be taken as literalistic, even things like the army of two hundred thousand thousand:
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