According to the testimony of the Scripture there remains one “week of years” to Israel, that is to say full seven years. These last seven years start about the time the Bride Church from the nations will be taken up. Then will be made a covenant between Rome — more precisely between the Vatican State and Israel. “And he (the antichrist) 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.” (Dan. 9: 27). That is clear language of God.

The teaching that Jesus Christ has taken the first part of the seventieth week does nnot compy with the Scripture. Also in this point we must clearly ask: What does the Scripture say? The Scripture says pertaining to this subject that there are only three measurements of time. In the book of Daniel we read about 7 and 62 and 1 week. The Scripture further declares that the Anointed One, the Messiah, would be cut off after the 62nd week, not after 62 and 1/2 weeks. Thus saith the Lord in His Word, “And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off …” (vs. 26), not commence His ministry!

There is not a single scripture which would state that our Lord has preached for three and a half years and that He has made a covenant for seven years and has broken it in the middle. According to the rules laid down by Moses, the ministers in the sanctuary began to serve God being 30 years of age (Num. 4: 1-3). Precisely in His 30th year according to Lk. 3, 23, the Son of man began His ministry. The Scripture does not tell us the length of His ministry, even if some not being careful preach it. The Gospels only record His frequent visits attending Jewish feasts in Jerusalem. Also it is unscriptural, as commonly said, that Noah has preached for 120 years. Noah was 500 years old when the sons were born unto him (Gen. 5: 32). When he received his commission, his sons were already married (Gen. 6: 18). And the flood came when he was 600 years of age (Gen. 7: 11).

How can Christ and the antichrist be exchanged and one and the same verse being applied to both of them? Which covenant has Christ made and broken, if the first three and a half years should apply to Him? The old covenant He could not break, because He came not to do away with the law and the prophets but to fulfil. With Rome He had no covenant which He could have broken and neither did Israel. On the contrary: He established the New Covenant by the blood of the covenant, and the New Covenant is an eternal one. Is it not almost blasphemous to use the same Bible verse once being partly applied to the antichrist and then in part to Christ?

The Lord also did not do away with the different offerings and sacrifices. Everything in the temple continued until the year 70 A.D. At His time there was also no destruction which would have been poured out upon the desolate. Dan. 9: 27 does absolutely not refer to Christ at all, but totally to the antichrist. Even hundred otherwise sounding quotes cannot disprove God’s Word or put it out of force. Whoever is of God will say yes to His Word and then see the connection concerned thereafter. Whether the ministry of Jesus Christ was three or three and a half years is not so important, but it is essential to know that His total ministry fell into the time space at the end of the 62nd week. That is thus saith the lord in His Word. The 62 weeks were preceded by the 7 weeks, and therefore, the whole time span was 69 weeks, and that was precisely the year our Lord gave His life and was crucified. God is very accurate in all of His Words. Praise be to His name!

In the first 3 1/2 years of the 70th week which is still before us, the two witnesses will minister in Israel. “And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.” (Rev. 11: 3). During this 3 1/2 years they have the absolute authority of God’s Word. Their ministry reminds us of Moses and Elijah, because the same will happen then. During the time of their ministry, the heaven will be closed for 3 1/2 years — so it was with Elijah; also the waters will be turned into blood — so it was with Moses. Moses and Elijah are also mentioned in the three last verses of the Old Testament in the prophet Malachi. They also came down on Mount Transfiguration to speak with our Lord (Mt. 17 and elsewhere). Directly after their ministry is completed, the two prophets will be killed. That is when the first half of the last week ends. Then the covenant will be broken and the 3 1/2 years of persecution and tribulation start. “… and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” (Dan. 7: 25b). “… and power was given unto him (the antichrist) to continue forty and two months.” (Rev. 13: 5b). That is the moment when the pope who will be in office at that time with all his splendour will come and take his seat in the temple in Jerusalem. He will then try to introduce to the Jewish people, holding the sceptre in one hand, his version, which is the Roman Catholic one, and that is the hour in which the time bomb will explode.

But the Lord will slay the son of perdition with the Spirit of His mouth by His sudden appearance (2 Thess. 2). This appearance is not the return of Christ as Bridegroom to take home the Bride Church (Mt. 25; 1 Thess. 4), neither is it His coming in glory on the cloud (Mt. 24, 30), when every eye shall see Him (Rev. 1: 7 a. o.). (Check the brochure “The Return of Christ and His different comings”). At that time the Lord will reveal Himself to the Jews as the “Angel of the Covenant”. But before they recognise Him, they will fall into the trap of this false saviour — “messiah” whose help they think they need.

In Dan. 12 the question is, how long the time would be until those wondrous things come to an end. In verse 7 the one swears and gives the exact time from that moment. In Rev. 10: 5-6, we see a similar event. There we are told that time or delay will be no more. The answer in Dan. 12 is as follows, “And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and swore by him who liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished the breaking up of the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.” (v. 7). They are the last 3 1/2 years.

Right towards the final end, God becomes very precise in His Word putting the allotted time even into regular days. The ministry of the two prophets will be 1260 days (Rev. 11: 3). During that time the temple is rebuilt. Then comes the break which takes place exactly in the middle of the last week. That is “half-time”, precisely after the 3 1/2 years. After the building of the temple and the measuring thereof, we are told that the holy city will be trodden under foot by the Gentiles for exactly 42 months. These are precisely the following 3 1/2 years, as stated in Rev. 11: 2: “… for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.” “… and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the nations, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” (Lk. 21: 24b). The prophet Daniel also spoke about this man who would magnify himself and throw the truth to the ground and take away the daily sacrifice, and also about the cleaning of the sanctuary which would be trodden down (Dan. 8: 11-14).

The second half will receive two prolongations. “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.” (Dan. 12: 11). We find that the time given here is 30 days more to accomplish the terrible destruction. Then we are told about a third amount of days, namely 1335. Apparently there are another 45 days necessary for the last events to happen, for instance the judgement of the nations (Isa. 2: 4; Mic. 4: 3; Mt. 25: 32) and the one of the martyred saints (Rev. 11: 18; Rev. 20: 4 a.o.). Only thereafter the millennial reign commences. Everything then must be restored into a beautiful state. The whole creation is waiting for the moment to be redeemed from corruption. Now the creatures are suffering, they all are waiting to participate in the liberty of the children of God (Rom. 8: 19-21).

With reference to the last time measurement we are told, “Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.” (Dan. 12: 12). With this the last phase ends and everything is brought back and prepared for the Kingdom of God to be on earth. Blessed are those who endure to the direct end, for all who will then live on earth automatically go into the millennial reign. The whole creation will then be placed back into a world as it was in paradise. According to the testimony of the Holy Scriptures, there will not be a total end of the world with a complete destruction and burning up of all people, as some falsely teach, but there will be a cleansing, a purifying process by fire and a glorious new beginning. The whole universe waits for that moment. During the millennial reign peace will be on earth; the wolf and the lamb, the cow and the bear will feed together (Isa. 11: 6-9 etc.), because Satan is bound and thrown into the bottomless pit during that period (Rev. 20).

According to the testimony of the Scripture there remains one “week of years” to Israel, that is to say full seven years. These last seven years start about the time the Bride Church from the nations will be taken up. Then will be made a covenant between Rome — more precisely between the Vatican State and Israel. “And he (the antichrist) 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.” (Dan. 9: 27). That is clear language of God.

The teaching that Jesus Christ has taken the first part of the seventieth week does nnot compy with the Scripture. Also in this point we must clearly ask: What does the Scripture say? The Scripture says pertaining to this subject that there are only three measurements of time. In the book of Daniel we read about 7 and 62 and 1 week. The Scripture further declares that the Anointed One, the Messiah, would be cut off after the 62nd week, not after 62 and 1/2 weeks. Thus saith the Lord in His Word, “And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off …” (vs. 26), not commence His ministry!

There is not a single scripture which would state that our Lord has preached for three and a half years and that He has made a covenant for seven years and has broken it in the middle. According to the rules laid down by Moses, the ministers in the sanctuary began to serve God being 30 years of age (Num. 4: 1-3). Precisely in His 30th year according to Lk. 3, 23, the Son of man began His ministry. The Scripture does not tell us the length of His ministry, even if some not being careful preach it. The Gospels only record His frequent visits attending Jewish feasts in Jerusalem. Also it is unscriptural, as commonly said, that Noah has preached for 120 years. Noah was 500 years old when the sons were born unto him (Gen. 5: 32). When he received his commission, his sons were already married (Gen. 6: 18). And the flood came when he was 600 years of age (Gen. 7: 11).

How can Christ and the antichrist be exchanged and one and the same verse being applied to both of them? Which covenant has Christ made and broken, if the first three and a half years should apply to Him? The old covenant He could not break, because He came not to do away with the law and the prophets but to fulfil. With Rome He had no covenant which He could have broken and neither did Israel. On the contrary: He established the New Covenant by the blood of the covenant, and the New Covenant is an eternal one. Is it not almost blasphemous to use the same Bible verse once being partly applied to the antichrist and then in part to Christ?

The Lord also did not do away with the different offerings and sacrifices. Everything in the temple continued until the year 70 A.D. At His time there was also no destruction which would have been poured out upon the desolate. Dan. 9: 27 does absolutely not refer to Christ at all, but totally to the antichrist. Even hundred otherwise sounding quotes cannot disprove God’s Word or put it out of force. Whoever is of God will say yes to His Word and then see the connection concerned thereafter. Whether the ministry of Jesus Christ was three or three and a half years is not so important, but it is essential to know that His total ministry fell into the time space at the end of the 62nd week. That is thus saith the lord in His Word. The 62 weeks were preceded by the 7 weeks, and therefore, the whole time span was 69 weeks, and that was precisely the year our Lord gave His life and was crucified. God is very accurate in all of His Words. Praise be to His name!

In the first 3 1/2 years of the 70th week which is still before us, the two witnesses will minister in Israel. “And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.” (Rev. 11: 3). During this 3 1/2 years they have the absolute authority of God’s Word. Their ministry reminds us of Moses and Elijah, because the same will happen then. During the time of their ministry, the heaven will be closed for 3 1/2 years — so it was with Elijah; also the waters will be turned into blood — so it was with Moses. Moses and Elijah are also mentioned in the three last verses of the Old Testament in the prophet Malachi. They also came down on Mount Transfiguration to speak with our Lord (Mt. 17 and elsewhere). Directly after their ministry is completed, the two prophets will be killed. That is when the first half of the last week ends. Then the covenant will be broken and the 3 1/2 years of persecution and tribulation start. “… and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” (Dan. 7: 25b). “… and power was given unto him (the antichrist) to continue forty and two months.” (Rev. 13: 5b). That is the moment when the pope who will be in office at that time with all his splendour will come and take his seat in the temple in Jerusalem. He will then try to introduce to the Jewish people, holding the sceptre in one hand, his version, which is the Roman Catholic one, and that is the hour in which the time bomb will explode.

But the Lord will slay the son of perdition with the Spirit of His mouth by His sudden appearance (2 Thess. 2). This appearance is not the return of Christ as Bridegroom to take home the Bride Church (Mt. 25; 1 Thess. 4), neither is it His coming in glory on the cloud (Mt. 24, 30), when every eye shall see Him (Rev. 1: 7 a. o.). (Check the brochure “The Return of Christ and His different comings”). At that time the Lord will reveal Himself to the Jews as the “Angel of the Covenant”. But before they recognise Him, they will fall into the trap of this false saviour — “messiah” whose help they think they need.

In Dan. 12 the question is, how long the time would be until those wondrous things come to an end. In verse 7 the one swears and gives the exact time from that moment. In Rev. 10: 5-6, we see a similar event. There we are told that time or delay will be no more. The answer in Dan. 12 is as follows, “And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and swore by him who liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished the breaking up of the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.” (v. 7). They are the last 3 1/2 years.

Right towards the final end, God becomes very precise in His Word putting the allotted time even into regular days. The ministry of the two prophets will be 1260 days (Rev. 11: 3). During that time the temple is rebuilt. Then comes the break which takes place exactly in the middle of the last week. That is “half-time”, precisely after the 3 1/2 years. After the building of the temple and the measuring thereof, we are told that the holy city will be trodden under foot by the Gentiles for exactly 42 months. These are precisely the following 3 1/2 years, as stated in Rev. 11: 2: “… for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.” “… and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the nations, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” (Lk. 21: 24b). The prophet Daniel also spoke about this man who would magnify himself and throw the truth to the ground and take away the daily sacrifice, and also about the cleaning of the sanctuary which would be trodden down (Dan. 8: 11-14).

The second half will receive two prolongations. “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.” (Dan. 12: 11). We find that the time given here is 30 days more to accomplish the terrible destruction. Then we are told about a third amount of days, namely 1335. Apparently there are another 45 days necessary for the last events to happen, for instance the judgement of the nations (Isa. 2: 4; Mic. 4: 3; Mt. 25: 32) and the one of the martyred saints (Rev. 11: 18; Rev. 20: 4 a.o.). Only thereafter the millennial reign commences. Everything then must be restored into a beautiful state. The whole creation is waiting for the moment to be redeemed from corruption. Now the creatures are suffering, they all are waiting to participate in the liberty of the children of God (Rom. 8: 19-21).

With reference to the last time measurement we are told, “Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.” (Dan. 12: 12). With this the last phase ends and everything is brought back and prepared for the Kingdom of God to be on earth. Blessed are those who endure to the direct end, for all who will then live on earth automatically go into the millennial reign. The whole creation will then be placed back into a world as it was in paradise. According to the testimony of the Holy Scriptures, there will not be a total end of the world with a complete destruction and burning up of all people, as some falsely teach, but there will be a cleansing, a purifying process by fire and a glorious new beginning. The whole universe waits for that moment. During the millennial reign peace will be on earth; the wolf and the lamb, the cow and the bear will feed together (Isa. 11: 6-9 etc.), because Satan is bound and thrown into the bottomless pit during that period (Rev. 20).