Prairie View Christian Church Norway, Iowa PastorTeacher Bill Wenstrom www.prairieviewchristian.org

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Prairie View Christian ChurchNorway,
IowaPastor-Teacher Bill Wenstromwww.prairievie
wchristian.org
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Sunday January 6, 2008The Day of the Lord
Daniel 927-The Antichrists Peace Treaty with
Israel Begins Daniels Seventieth WeekTape 9
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Please turn in your Bibles to Daniel 924.
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This morning we will temporarily suspend our
studies in the book of Romans by continuing our
series dealing with the prophetic subject called
the Day of the Lord, which we conduct the first
Sunday of every month when we celebrate the
Lords Supper.
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The Day of the Lord is not a literal
twenty-four period but rather is an extended
period of time beginning with Gods dealing with
Israel after the rapture at the beginning of the
tribulation period and extending through the 2nd
Advent and the millennial age unto the creation
of the new heavens and the new earth.
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The Rapture of the church (1 Thessalonians
413-18) triggers the beginning of the Day of
the Lord and will come like a thief in the night
meaning it will come upon the world,
unexpectedly.
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1 Thessalonians 52, For you yourselves know
full well that the day of the Lord will come just
like a thief in the night.
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The Rapture is immediately followed by the
Tribulation period, which is also known by
students of prophecy as, Daniels Seventieth
Week.
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Daniels 70th week refers to a 7-year period that
extends from Antichrists peace treaty with
Israel after the rapture of the church to the 2nd
Advent of Christ and is concerned with the nation
of Israel exclusively and will be the worst
period in all of Israels and the worlds
history.
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This 7-year period is divided into two three and
a half year periods with the first three and a
half years characterized as a cold war (Mt. 246)
whereas the last three and a half years are
characterized as a hot war (Mt. 2421-22).
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This period will end with the Second Advent of
Jesus Christ, which is the visible return of
Christ to planet earth with the elect angels and
the Church in order to deliver Israel from her
enemies and establish Jesus Christs millennial
reign resulting in the fulfillment of the four
unconditional covenants to Israel (Dan. 244-45
Zech. 14 Mt. 2429-31 Rev. 17 1911-21).
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The church age takes place between the 69th and
70th Week of Daniel and was a mystery (Eph.
39) meaning it was not known to Old Testament
prophets.
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God has temporarily set aside Israel because of
her rejection of Jesus Christ as Messiah (Rom.
9-11) in order to form the church and to fulfill
the Times of the Gentiles so therefore, the last
seven years of Daniels prophecy have yet to be
fulfilled but will be fulfilled after the rapture
of the church (1 Thess. 413-18).
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The church is delivered from the wrath to come
during this period.
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1 Thessalonians 59, For God has not destined us
for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Thus far, we have studied the first three major
events that will take place during the first
three and an half years of Daniels Seventieth
Week
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(1) The rise of the Ten Nation Confederacy called
the Revived Roman Empire at the beginning of
Daniels 70th week (Dan. 2 7).
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(2) Antichrist rises to power as the King of the
Western Confederacy in Europe (Dan. 720, 24
927 Rev. 131-10).
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(3) The rise of the revived form of the Roman
Empire under Antichrist during the first three
and a half years of Daniels Seventieth Week will
be accompanied by the formulation of a false
religious system under the false prophet (Rev.
1311-18).
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This morning we will study the event that takes
place immediately after the rapture of the
church, which actually begins Daniels Seventieth
Week, namely, Antichrists peace treaty with
Israel, which is recorded in Daniel 927.
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Daniel 924, Seventy weeks have been decreed for
your people and your holy city, to finish the
transgression, to make an end of sin, to make
atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting
righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and
to anoint the most holy place.
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A week in the prophecy of Daniel 924-27 refers
to 7 years of 360 days.
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Therefore, the seventy weeks refers to 490
years of 360 days of Israels history.
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These seventy weeks or 490 years is divided
into three periods (1) 7 weeks49 years (2) 62
weeks434 years (3) 1 week7 years.
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The phrase your people refers to the nation of
Israel and the city of Jerusalem and not with
world history or church history.
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To finish the transgression refers to the
nation of Israels apostasy and sin and wandering
over the face of the earth will be brought to its
consummation within the 490 prophetic years at
the 2nd Advent of Christ, on the Day of
Atonement.
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To bring an end of sin refers to bringing sin
into judgment at the cross, and extending
forgiveness for sins already committed through
faith in the coming Redeemer, the Messiah.
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To make an atonement for iniquity refers to the
Cross of Christ as it affects the restoration of
the nation of Israel at the Second Advent of
Christ (See Zechariah 1210).
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In the Hebrew text, the phrase to bring in
everlasting righteousness refers to the
millennial reign which will be characterized by
righteousness.
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The phrase to seal up vision and prophecy
refers to the fact that all that God promised to
Israel throughout her history by means of the
prophets will be fulfilled during Christs
millennial reign.
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To anoint the Most Holy Place refers to the
dedication of the most holy place in the
millennial temple which is described in detail in
Ezekiel 41-46.
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Daniel 925, So you are to know and discern that
from the issuing of a decree to restore and
rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there
will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks it will
be built again, with plaza and moat, even in
times of distress.
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The issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem refers to the decree issued by
Artaxerxes Longimanus decree in 444 B.C.
(Nehemiah 21-8).
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Seven weeks refers 49 prophetic biblical years
beginning with the decree of Artaxerxes in 444
B.C. (Neh. 21-8) to the completion of the
rebuilding of Jerusalem (Dan. 925).
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Sixty-two weeks refers to 434 prophetic
biblical years beginning with the completion of
the rebuilding of Jerusalem to Christs Triumphal
Entry into Jerusalem and crucifixion in 33 A.D.
(Dan. 925-26).
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Daniel 926, Then after the sixty-two weeks the
Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the
people of the prince who is to come will destroy
the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come
with a flood even to the end there will be war
desolations are determined.
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The statement after the sixty-two weeks refers
to the completion of 69 of the 70 weeks of
Daniel, 483 prophetic years and the Messiah will
be cut off refers to the death of Christ.
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The people refers to the Romans who destroyed
Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 A.D. and the
phrase the prince who shall come refers to the
Antichrist.
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Daniel 927, And he will make a firm covenant
with the many for one week, but in the middle of
the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and
grain offering and on the wing of abominations
will come one who makes desolate, even until a
complete destruction, one that is decreed, is
poured out on the one who makes desolate.
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The statement he will make a firm covenant with
the many for one week refers to Antichrist
making a 7 year covenant with Israel, which
actually begins Daniels 70th week (See 2
Thessalonians 21-4).
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The expression firm covenant means that
Antichrist will not renew an existing treaty but
will establish an original one that contains
strong and firm guarantees with the Israeli
leadership ensuring Israels security.
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The many does not mean that Antichrist will
make this covenant with all since the definite
article in the Hebrew text that precedes the
adjective rav (br) (rav), converts the adjective
into a noun and means, the leaders which is a
reference to the military and political
leadership of the nation of Israel at that time.
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Therefore, Daniel 927 teaches that Daniels 70th
week comes after the rapture but does not begin
with the rapture.
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So, while the rapture will precede Daniels 70th
week (Great Tribulation period), it does not
begin Daniels 70th week but rather the signing
of the peace treaty between Antichrist and the
leadership in Israel will begin it.
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Daniel 927a indicates that he will pretend to be
Israels benefactor and make a treaty with her
but will turn against her in the mid way point of
Daniels Seventieth Week and will persecute
Israel and occupy Jerusalem for three and a half
years.
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Revelation 61-2 records the Lord Jesus Christ in
heaven breaking the first of the seven seal
judgments, which results in the appearance of the
Antichrist on the stage of history as a peace
maker and who is depicted as riding on a white
horse.
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Revelation 61-2, Then I saw when the Lamb broke
one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the
four living creatures saying as with a voice of
thunder, Come. I looked, and behold, a white
horse, and he who sat on it had a bow and a
crown was given to him, and he went out
conquering and to conquer.
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Notice that the rider sat on a white horse, which
is significant since white is a symbol of peace,
thus the symbolism is that Antichrist will come
as a peacemaker.
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One of Antichrists first accomplishments will be
to find a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict
with a peace treaty with Israel according to
Daniel 926-27, which begins Daniels 70th week,
the unprecedented time of Jacobs distress (Jer.
307).
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The bow is a symbol of distant victory and since
no arrows are mentioned it seems to indicate that
he gains his victory by bloodless tactics.
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That all this is true is indicated further by the
fact that peace isnt taken from the earth until
the second seal.
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Antichrist will have a hidden agenda since his
purpose is not world peace, but rather world
domination since Revelation 6 goes on to say that
he goes out conquering and to conquer.
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Today the world is ripe for the rise of such a
man with his world government as an answer to
international problems.
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Prominent world leaders and movements have posed
the idea that what we need is a world order with
a charismatic leader who can mold the world into
harmony and peace.
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In his book, written in 1973, The Day the Dollar
Dies, Willard Cantelon quotes a number of world
leaders to this effect. He writes Harold Urey
said, The only escape from total destruction of
civilization will be a world government.
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Robert J. Oppenheimer stated, In the field of
atomic energy, there must be set up a world
power. Arthur Compton added his word, World
government has become inevitable.
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Dr. Ralph Barton Perry of Harvard said, One
world government is in the making. Whether we
like it or not, we are moving toward a one-world
government. Professor Hocking wrote, Therefore
the alternative is that we vest all political
power in one agency and resign that power
ourselves.
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This covenant between Antichrist and Israel is a
peace treaty, which will guarantee Israels
safety in the land and suggests that Israel will
be in her land but will seek support that she had
previously.
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The United States is nowhere in prophecy and is
thus no longer a superpower at the time of
Antichrists rise to power.
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The United States is the greatest benefactor of
Israel since her return to the land in 1948 and
so it is easy to see why Israel would seek an
alliance with a superpower with the United States
no longer a major player on the world stage.
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Therefore, it appears that she will seek a treaty
with the Revived Roman Empire, the United States
of Europe headed by Antichrist and she will
welcome the peacemaking role of Antichrist and
the Revived Roman Empire.
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So early in the 1st half of the Tribulation a
ten-nation federation will be arrayed in the west
with headquarters at Rome and is designated in
Scripture ten horns in Daniel 77-8, 23-24,
Revelation 131-10, and 178-10, and is sometimes
called the Revived Roman Empire.
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The ruler of this federation is the Antichrist,
who is referred to in Scripture as the beast
(Rev. 131-2), the little horn (Dan. 78), the
prince that will come (Dan. 926-27), the man
of lawlessness (2 Th. 23-10), and the scarlet
beast (Rev. 173).
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The agreement between Israel and Antichrist
stipulates that he will rush to the aid of Israel
in the event of an enemy attack (Dan. 927 cf.,
1138-39).
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Daniels 70 Weeks (Daniel 924-27)
Christs Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
Decree to rebuild Jerusalem in 444 B.C.
Antichrist Breaks Treaty
Completion of the Rebuilding of Jerusalem
Second Advent of Christ
Antichrists Treaty with Israel
62 Weeks 434 Years
7 Weeks 49 Years
3 ½ Years
Church Age
3 ½ Years
69 Weeks483 Years
70th Week-7 Years
Historical-Have Been Fulfilled
Eschatological-Future
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This leads us to the communion service and so
therefore, could we have our ushers pass out the
communion elements and let us take a few minutes
to meditate upon the Lord and prepare ourselves
for the Lords Supper.
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The Lords Supper is a commandment given by the
Lord Jesus Christ to every church age believer to
bring into remembrance His Unique Person and
Finished Work on the Cross, both of which serve
as the basis for fellowship with God and each
other as members of the Body of Christ.
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In the communion service, the bread portrays the
sinless humanity of Christ, which was sacrificed
for us and the wine portrays His spiritual death
as our Substitute, both of which serve as the
basis for fellowship with God and each other.
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The communion service is also a reminder that we
have fellowship not only with God but also with
each other as members of the body of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 1016, Is not the cup of blessing
which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ?
Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the
body of Christ?
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1 Corinthians 1017, Since there is one bread,
we who are many are one body for we all partake
of the one bread.
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1 Corinthians 1123, For I received from the
Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the
Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed
took bread.
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1 Corinthians 1124, and when He had given
thanks, He broke it and said, This is My body,
which is for you do this in remembrance of Me.
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1 Corinthians 1125, In the same way He took
the cup also after supper, saying, This cup is
the new covenant in My blood do this, as often
as you drink it in remembrance of Me.
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1 Corinthians 1126, For as often as you eat
this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the
Lord's death until He comes.
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