Dorothy Mae
Member
Greetings OSEAS,Greetings in Christ JESUS, sister Dorothy
I consider very interesting the thoughts of yours concerning the time of the Gentiles being fulfilled, according Scriptures-Romans 11:25.
As you above said "Revelation and Matt 24(prophetic sermon) don’t mention it" , but I think we have interesting clues to decipher this enigma: 1 - Luke 21:24(prophetic sermon) combined with Revelation 11:2: -
Luke 21:24 says:
24 And they(the Jews) 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:v.2
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 and two months. (Well, these 42 months are exactly the FIRST period of the last week, week 70th Daniel 9:27. Thus, this future event concerning the holy city being trodden under the feet of Gentiles, in the first period of 42 months of the last week, this event implies that "the times of the Gentiles is fulfilled in the first period of the last week Daniel 9:27). It's that. NOTE: The main event of the 2nd period of the last week is the AoD- Daniel 12:11: - 11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away(the sacrifice of our Lord JESUS Christ has already lasted 2000 years, and will last until the END of the FIRST half of the last week), and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
In my understanding, Scriptures explain Scriptures, and help to decipher its puzzles.
GOD blesses
I have been mulling over my own question and verses 24 in Luke 21 adds to clarity but I think more so for those who see these events as past. The Jews in the 70AD +/- events fell by the sword and were led in to captivity and that was in such great numbers that bodies of water in Judea were filled with bodies. And Jerusalem was trodden down by the Gentiles and I think that was so under the authority of God until that time came to an end. It was the time when the city and nation of Israel was given to the Gentiles as punishment. The Romans entered the holy of holies. I would have to look up the timing details but the 3 1/2 years fits into that period as well as the Christians seeing this as the fulfillment of Matthew 24 and left Jerusalem avoiding that punishment.
Now I know that many see all of these events as future but when one looks at the world, it makes no sense at all. My original question in the OP was how do these see the current political changes as affecting what they believe regarding Russia or any other nation marching to Jerusalem. Why in the world would any nation want Jerusalem besides the muslims for religious reasons? What people value today is not there. They have no natural resources. They are not geographically interesting. Their enemies are Muslims and the muslims feel that their enemies are the Jews so it is mutual. I know one can simply believe the interpretation of those scriptures despite the geopolitical climate and many do. That is their right. But if they think about it, I wanted to know what those who do think about it think about the idea that Russia is going to march undetected all the way to Israel when they could event take Kiev from a less powerful nation.