GOODNEWSLETTER
Number 375 June 8, 2011
ONE WEEK
The joke goes: "Seven days makes one weak" (notice the spelling). It's ok, you can chuckle along with me. However, the week that God has given us in Scripture, also contains 7 days. It's prophecy, and the message ought to makes us strong in the faith and "wise unto salvation" (2Tim 3:15).
The first week is found in Genesis, telling us that God creates all things in 7 days or, ONE WEEK. The Genesis week is about God's work that brought Heaven and earth into being. We see that all things in the creation were finished in six days. The Lord then takes the final day, the 7th day, to appreciate what He had just spoken into existence.
The 7th day is, of course, the Day of Rest. However, the LORD, GOD did not tire, needing to rest. We think He stopped and saw that it was all good. The finished creation was a joy the the Lord.
Seven days make one WEEK is also seen in prophecy in the Book of Daniel. Here, the prophet says the days are a year long. There are 490 years of Daniel's 70 weeks. It is God's plan that deals with Israel. It's a TIME-FRAME for the nation but, it's also for all of Christianity.
We see then that God gives man WEEKS OF YEARS, in Daniel. In Genesis, we translate the 7 days to show that God has a 7000 year plan. He will work out, for sure. But, in both citings of Genesis and Daniel, the 7 day period shows us how much time man has on the earth.
The good Lord wants us to pay attention to the revealed time-frame. He wants us to know where we are, relative to plan, and understand that one day this life shall end. God wants man to turn to Him and trust His plan, totally.
Back in Daniel, we learn that the ONE WEEK changes from days, as it was in Genesis, and becomes a week of years. When we get to Daniel, we are to look at Israel with extremely close scrutiny. Israel is God's clock; always been. The clock stopped ticking when Israel was cut off as God's nation; no longer being used in prophecy as God's people.
So, notice carefully, when the 69 weeks were fulfilled, Israel was deserted by God and taken into all nations. However, we can't forget that in all of these prophetic weeks, Israel has been at the forefront. She will be again. It was in 1948 that Israel started to become the clock of time. Coming out of the nations, the United Nations accepted Her as a member.
This was huge in prophecy. Now, when Israel signs the peace treaty with the "Man of Lawlessness" (2Thess. 2:3), God will once again, prepare the nation for the 70th week that Daniel was writing on that nation. When the 70th WEEK begins, Israel will be at the forefront - right in the middle. So, we can understand why the nation in the News so much today. The time is at hand.
Scripture records that the 70th WEEK (Daniel 9:24-27) is the plan of God for Israel. But, Christians will be involved, greatly, as well. It is sad to see so many that have have taught various ideas on the 70th week. The majority says that Israel will be in the tribulation but Christians will not. For some reason, Christians exclude themselves from the day of tribulation teaching. They love to teach, what is called, a pre-tribulation rapture.
THE WEEK LAID OUT: As in Genesis, beginning with Adam and going to the birth of Jesus, we see that 4 days of the week expired. Thus, there were 4 days (4000 yrs) from Adam to Christ. The time for us since, which is 2000 years, make up God's plan; that is, until Jesus comes and the resurrection occurs. At His coming, the time of the 7th thousand years shall begin at that time. Everyone believes that.
At the Second Coming, man shall rest; just as God did after 6 days. The Apostle Peter might clear a lot of this up by his words in his 2nd letter: "But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the LORD one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day" (3:8). Therefore, after Jesus comes and sets up the kingdom, the saints shall enjoy the creation, just as God did. This we know as the Millenium or, the 1000 year reign of God's Kingdom on earth ruled by His Son, Jesus.
While, the "one weak" joke makes us laugh, the return of Jesus will have the opposite affect on most dwellers on the earth. The Millenium will not be a joy for most. In fact, the false teachings about His Second Coming have become a joke; that is, if it were not so serious. This last month of May failed to produce what was predicted. There will be more failed prophecies that miss the week teaching of Scripture, of course; having the same effect on me as the joke; "It makes one weak."