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THE YEAR 2000 and ISRAEL
Was 2000 AD a significant threshold?
By
Ken Raggio
 The third millennium A.D. is
going to be more than interesting. It is going to be an epic unfolding. It has been 2,000 years since Jesus Christ came and went. Prophecies galore speak to this time frame. It is more than "millennium fever." There really is Biblical significance. Some would argue that "millennium fever" is a laughable phenomenon that history says
accompanies all notable roll-overs (centuries and millennia).
But from a Biblical
standpoint, I say that it is far more than a cultural phenomenon that
causes us
to take a serious look at the significance of the year 2000.
Most prophecy students
believe that we are on a
"seven day" prophetic schedule (each day representing a thousand
years). The six thousand years of human history that have already passed
(from the creation of Adam and Eve to the present time) corresponds to six days. This millennium is likely to be the seventh day Sabbath in which Jesus Christ will rule
the earth for 1,000 years (AKA - the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ).
IT TRULY APPEARS THAT THE YEAR 2000 WAS A
LIKELY THRESHOLD THAT IS RIGHT ON THE VERGE OF THAT LAST THOUSAND YEARS.
The nation of Israel crossed
an interesting threshold at that time. According to some observers, December of
1999 marked the nation of Israel's 70th Jubilee, marking 3,500 years
since Joshua led the children of Israel across the Jordan River into the Promised Land
(based on a controversial 360 day year.)
A jubilee was to be marked every fifty
years. The
year 2000, according to some calculations, was the seventieth jubilee.
The number seventy marks the number of "the days of our years," according to
Psalm 90:10. This suggests a
possible end of days.
Israel moved into the Jewish
year 5760 on Rosh Hashanah, September 11, 1999. If, by reason of strenght, their generation reaches 80 years, that would be around the year 2009. Several powerful figures on the world stage, including US President George Bush, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and others, fully expect to see the resolution of the Middle East crisis in 2008. We know from scripture that when "peace and security" are finally reach, "then cometh sudden destruction," according to the words of Jesus Christ.
On January 23, 1950. the
Knesset voted the
"Jerusalem Proclamation" into existence, declaring Jerusalem to be the
capitol of Israel. Curiously, that would have been the 69th Jubilee if
the
360-day/year theory holds true.
Israel celebrated its "First
Jubilee"
in newly-regathered Israel in 1998, but that was not a true Biblical
jubilee
year. According to some calculations, the year 2000 actually marked
"the days of our years", or
seventieth jubilee.
President Bill Clinton
traveled
to Norway to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO leader
Yassar
Arafat. One of the most significant issues on the negotiating table was
the final
status of Jerusalem. On September 29, 1999 David Levy, Deputy Prime
Minister and
Foreign Minister of Israel, addressed the 54th
General Assembly of
the United Nations and closed with an impassioned declaration, "United
Jerusalem, under the sovereignty of Israel, remains and will remain
forever the
capital of the State of Israel."
According to an Associated
Press article on
11/3/99, "The two Mideast leaders, who met with Clinton at Oslo on
Monday
and Tuesday, did not resolve or even take up the Palestinian demand for
a state,
for a chunk of Jerusalem to establish a capital or where final borders
will be
drawn." However, Arafat "left no doubt he expects to establish a
state on virtually all of the West Bank and Gaza and - an even more
controversial demand - with its capital in Jerusalem."
There are many hot topics to
be resolved in the
Middle East crisis, but none hotter than Jerusalem. We appear to be
headed for a
very volatile show-down in coming days.
The Biblical significance is
that an
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT guaranteeing Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem
could be
construed as the "Confirming of the Covenant" by Antichrist, according
to Daniel 9:27, "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one
week:
and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the
oblation to
cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it
desolate, even
until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate."
A seven year covenant would
be broken in the middle of its term
(3 ½ years), and the Mark of the Beast would be declared.
With the final status of
Jerusalem presently
being negotiated, we are definitely nearing the end of the age.
Please see this VERY IMPORTANT related article:
The "Roadmap for Peace" - Fast-track to Armageddon.
See also this very important article:
"It's All About Jerusalem and the Temple Mount"
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And God bless you!
Ken Raggio
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