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The 70th Week of Daniel


The first key to unlocking the timing of events within the 70th week was shown to me as I was reading the words of the prophet Joel.

This is what I read:

"Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord, your God, and cry to the Lord.

Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty will it come. Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The seed is rotten under thier clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

O Lord, to you will I cry; for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

The beasts of the field cry also to you; for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Let all of the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord comes, it is near at hand;

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, like the morning spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there has not ever been the like, neither will there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns; the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing will escape them.

The appearance of them is like the appearance of horses; and like horsemen, so will they run.

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains will they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people set in battle array.

Before thier face the people shall be much pained; all faces will gather blackness.

They will run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war, and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break thier ranks.

Neither will one thrust another; they will walk every one in his path, and when they fall upon the sword they will not be wounded.

They will run to and fro in the city; They will run upon the wall; they will climb up on the houses; they will enter in at the windows like a thief.

The earth will quake before them; the heavens will tremble; the sun and the moon will be dark, and the stars will withdraw thier shining: And the Lord will utter His voice before His army; for His camp is very great; for He is strong who executes His word; for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible, and who can abide it?"



This is what was shown to me:

Joel is recording the fact that the meat and drink offering is stopped and all the grass and trees are burned at about the same moment in time and space. Daniel tells us that the meat and drink offering are cut off in the middle of the week, and Joel says that the grass and trees are burned up at about the same time. This puts the first trumpets effects on the world at or before the abombination of desolation, which is the midpoint of the 70th week.

The first trumpets effects are: "The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mixed with blood, and they were cast on the earth; and a third part of the trees was burned up, and all the green grass was burned up." (Rev. 8:7) It seems that Joel is saying that at the time that the meat and drink offering is cut off from the House of God, the trees and grass are burned. If this is true, then we can expect the first trumpet to sound at the time that the beast takes power and commits the abombination that makes desolate. I don't know if thats the way it's going to be or not. It could be that the first trumpet blows before the mid-point or just after. It could also be the case that the first trumpet blows at an earlier date, maybe at the beginning of the week, although that doesn't seem likely.

Maybe the first trumpet sounds weeks or months before the mid-point, it's hard to say. The Word seems to be saying that at the time of the abombination of desolation the trees and grass are burned up; at the same time. If the trees and grass were burned months prior to the mid-point then the grass would have grown back by then and the prophecy of Joel would not come to pass as stated. If the trees and grass were burned a year or two before the mid-point the trees would have grown back and the prophecy of Joel does not come to pass as stated. However, if the fire that burns the trees and the grass is hot, and it burns long; then the roots could also be burned and the trees and grass would not come back for many months; maybe never. The point is not to set a time "exactly" as to when the first trumpet sounds, God did not give that information to me; the point is to hear the Word of the Lord and know that He said that the trees and grass would be burned up at the time of the abombination of desolation. As I said before, this is not to say that the burning happens at the same time-space moment as the abombination; it means that when the abombination is placed, the trees and grass are already burned, or are shortly going to be burned. It is also true that both events could happen at the same moment, I can't be sure of that because God didn't give me specific times for specific events. He has told us all of the order of the events that take place in the 70th week and that is what I am relating to you.

This is the first key, now we can look at the second.


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