Darrell dunn said:
Just for lecoop And the sake of argument.
The book of Rev. starts with 2,000 years of the church.Rev. ch 2 & 3
Then From ch 4:1 until 20:3 There are 10 1/2 years of tribulations
Then 1,000 years of Christ reign, And satan loosed and the ones that follow him will be destroyed.
And the rest of the humans will live for ever and ever. Rev.21:3 & 4
So the book is for ever long.
But the part that I was speaking of is 10 1/2 years long.
That which most refer to as 7 years.
Then From ch 4:1 until 20:3 There are 10 1/2 years of tribulations
Sorry, but I just disagree.
1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
When did this happen? Most bible scholors say that these visions happened to John about 95 AD. "John looked." OK, so if John looked, it MUST have happened before he died, around 100 AD. Agreed?
Now, let's move ahead a little:
Revelation 5
1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
Now this is part of the vision that John saw, in 95 AD. However, visions can be of the past, present or future. Which was this? Was this a vision of something future? Let's look.
Notice verse 3: a diligent search was made for some man worthy to take the book and break the seals,
and no man was found.
Why was
no man found? If we read ahead, we see that Jesus the Christ
became worthy to break the seals, so why was
no man found here? Was the search faulty? Did heaven miss it? No, no no! There is only one reason why
no man was found.
This vision that God was showing John, was a vision of John's past, back to a time before Jesus rose from the dead: that is why no man was found. John looked back to a time about 60 years into his past,
to a time just before Jesus rose from the dead. No man was found, because at that time, during the diligent search that must have taken some extended time,
Jesus had not yet risen from the dead, and had not yet become the redeemer of mankind. Believe it! Now see what John saw next:
5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain...
What did John see? He saw Jesus the moment that he rose from the dead and arrived in the throne room, just after He told Mary not to touch Him, for He had not yet ascended to the Father. Now, what does Jesus do the moment that He arrives in heaven?
7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
When, then, did Jesus get this book into His hands? About 33 AD. He took the book the moment that He arrived in heaven. Why? Because this book was the title deed to planet earth, and if the seals could not be broken, then Satan would remain as the God of this planet. Breaking the seals was the beginning of the end of Satan's rule on planet earth. The seals had to be broken: as soon as possible: as soon as a man could be found worthy! What does Jesus do next?
Rev 6: 1And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals...
As soon as Jesus takes the book from the Father and after some praise and worship, Jesus starts breaking the seals.
Now, time for a question:
When was seal # 1 broken?
Answer: about 33 AD.
Now, what were you saying about 10 and one half years?
Suppose we start with the 6th seal, since that is yet in our future. (The first five are long past.) How long will things go from the 6th seal to chapter 20? Wil it be over seven years? Ten years?
Let's suppose that it will only be days, weeks or months between the sixth seal and the 7th. The seventh seal starts off the Day of the Lord, and the 70th week. The 70th week will be exactly 7 years of 360 days each: 1260 days in the first half, and 1260 days in the second half. This will then bring us up to chapter 16, verse 21. AT chapter 16, we will have concluded the 70th week of Daniel. Chapters 17 and 18 are about the destruction of Babylon, which I believe (just human reasoning) will take place at the last vial.
Next, if we read Matt. 24, Jesus said that He would return "immediately after the tribulation of those days." So let's say, days, or weeks after the 7th vial has been poured out, Jesus splits the sky. This takes us to chapter 20. So how long has it been? It has been 7 years, plus the time between the 6th seal and the 7th seal, plus the time after the 70th week, and the time that Jesus comes.
How long is "immediately after?"
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
What happens "immediately after? The cosmic signs happen. How many days or weeks will the cosmic signs take, before people see the Son of Man coming?
The answers to these questions is:
No one knows! I suspect there will only be days, not weeks or months. If so, then we are speaking of 7 years, plus a few weeks at most: not 10 and one half.
Therefore, it you are sure of the 10 and one half, you should be able to show us verse by verse why it will be 10 and 1/2.
Coop