Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10182. Israel is often called God’s prophetic clock, and the phrase is a good deal more than a slogan if you understand what it is claiming. It means that Scripture measures prophetic time by reference to one nation, so that when God is dealing openly with Israel the clock is running and when He…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10184. Scripture indicates that temple sacrifices will resume during the Tribulation, because several prophecies require a functioning altar which the Antichrist can stop. That is not a comfortable conclusion for a Christian who knows the letter to the Hebrews, and it needs handling with care. Two things have to be said together. A revived…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10189. The seven-year covenant of Daniel 9:27 is the agreement that begins the final week of Daniel’s seventy, and it is the event that starts the prophetic clock running again after a long pause. Everything in the Tribulation timetable is dated from it. So who makes it, with whom, and what does it do?…