![]() For example, dispensationalists have largely derived from Daniel 9 several of their more distinctive doctrinal and prophetic themes, among which are,ġ) distinctive divine programs for Israel and the Church based on the idea of a prophetic and historical gap, during which time God’s purpose for the former is suspended and his purpose for the latter engaged (that “gap,” of course, being identified with this present age) Ģ) the reality of a future period of intense tribulation, precisely seven years in length, during which the divine program for Israel is resumed ģ) the rebuilding of a temple in Jerusalem at the inception of this seven year period and its subsequent destruction Ĥ) the emergence of a personal antichrist who will establish a seven year covenant with Israel, reinstitute the Levitical sacrificial system, only to break the covenant after three and one half years. That Daniel 9 is as crucial as I have suggested can hardly be denied. Its complexity is questioned only by those who have not studied it, or perhaps by those whose conclusions concerning its meaning were predetermined by unspoken theological commitments. One might well argue that Daniel 9:24-27 is both the most complex and the most crucial text in either testament bearing on the subject of biblical prophecy. ![]()
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