The diplomatic recognition between Israel and the Vatican is not the covenant spoken of in the Scriptures. Such a recognition is well-known and practised between the countries of the world and has no time limit. The seven-year-covenant will not deal with about ambassadors and the establishing of diplomatic embassies, but rather the rights and the conditions for the three world religions residing in Jerusalem. In Israel and Jerusalem there are places holy to the Jews, holy to the Christians and holy to Islam. On earth only one man exists to whom the Jews and the Muslims look up with greatest respect — that is the pope, who is recognised by all religions and respected as the central figure. Also his relation with the Arabic world is excellent. So the Vatican will play a big role in the negotiations. In this covenant he will include the request of Israel to rebuild the temple. He will speak about human rights, about the rights of the three monotheistic religions. All this will happen that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

With concern to the prophecy given to Daniel the right dividing of time is essential. Great men in church history commencing with Irenaeus who knew Polycarp, who was together with John who wrote the Revelation, agreed in their teachings about it. In recent times there were the historian, Dr. Larkin, the Bible commentator, Dr. Scofield, and the man of God, William Branham, whose coinciding statements we have at hand. Sometimes people do not listen properly to questions, and therefore, they do not understand the answers correctly. If for instance the question is, “How much time is left for the Jews under the ministry of the two prophets?”, then the answer is very clear: “3 1/2 years.” But should the question be, “How much time is left from the end of the time of grace to the commencing of the one thousand years reign?”, then the answer must be according to the question. Whoever thinks that Bro. Branham has taught two different things contradictory to one another has not properly understood and has failed to take the statements back into the Scriptures.

In the sermon “The 70 Weeks of Daniel” he did not answer questions which could be misunderstood. There he taught convincingly and always spoke about a future time span of seven years for Israel. He said, “So now, there’s no more guessing about it. We know now that each week meant seven years. Have you got it? Let’s say it together: ‘One week equals seven years.’ Now we know we got it. One week equals seven years.” (pg. 104).

“Now, if they’ve already had sixty-nine weeks and lived it exactly the way God said they did, and it happened exactly the way God said it would do, then there’s one more week promised to the Jews.” (pg. 108).

“… then there’s one more week left for the Jews. Is that right? And that’s exactly seven years.” (pg. 124).

“The moment He starts that seventieth week, or seven years, the Church is gone. Can you see it, friends? Raise up your hand if you can see it.”

“The moment He starts the seventieth week, or seven years, the Church is gone. Now listen. I’m quoting again, so you won’t forget. This is what the Holy Spirit put upon my pen while I was writing.“ (pg. 130).

According to these repeated statements, the beginning of the last week of years will be about the time of the taking away of the Bride Church. Then the spiritual beginning for Israel will happen. The diplomatic relations between Israel and the Vatican were necessary, so that further negotiations concerning Jerusalem could take place and the covenant can be established. It is obvious that Israel will also lean towards the European Union.

The book of Daniel is the Apocalypse of the Old Testament. Therein we find the events with Israel unveiled right to the end. The first world ruler who subdued Israel was Nebuchadnezzar. With him the gentile powers, the four world kingdoms commenced. As the first world ruler received the heart of a beast, so will it be with the last one: “Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.” (Dan. 4: 16). Three times more we find the seven times mentioned in this chapter — that means seven years —, during which this first ruler was a beast. The same applies to the last world ruler. In the last seven years, when Satan is cast down (Rev. 12: 9) and enters into him, he will be like a beast and give him his seat (Rev. 13: 2). Only in the first 3 1/2 years he will not be able to execute his absolute world power, because during that time the two prophets have their ministry with God-given authority of the Word. In the last 3 1/2 years he will manifest a beastly-satanic nature during the great tribulation and persecution. That is what Irenaeus († 202) and other Bible teachers have taught.

What concerns the developments of this end time, the man of God, William Branham, predicted in his sermon on 19th March, 1962, in Tifton, Georgia, U.S.A., only a few months after the Berlin Wall was built, “There’s been a teaching rain gone forth. There’s been a national teaching rain — communism sown amongst the people, every nation. There’s been a Roman revival. Do you know what happens? If they give the … eastern part of Berlin back, that puts communism … I mean the Roman empire just exactly into the old circle it was in the time of Jesus Christ. Certainly, it does. Perfect.”

World communism does not exist any more. It is no more a threat to the Roman Catholic church. On the contrary, she now experiences a great boom in the former communistic countries. Whoever knows the background can tell about the part and the role the Vatican played in bringing world communism down. The “cold war” came to its end, the Berlin Wall vanished, Germany is united, and Europe finds itself in the uniting process. At the same time world Catholicism is coming up before our very eyes and with it the Roman Empire. On the 25th March, 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed. It is the basis for the European Community. This treaty could not have been signed in any other city on earth. World politics are done in the world capital city. We deal with it as the Roman Empire, which is the last one to exist right to the end. All nations will be put under yoke by the political power of Rome, and all persecution against Bible believing Christians and Jews will come from the religion of Rome.

In the days of Jesus Christ, Israel was under Roman rulership. Since 63 B.C. the Jewish land was a part of the Roman Empire. The Kingdom of the Maccabees came to an end by force. At the time of the birth of Jesus Christ the Roman Caesar Augustus had the people counted in all of the Roman Empire, to which Judæa belonged (Lk. 2: 1-5). Paul was a Jew, but he was born a Roman citizen (Acts 22: 25-29). The Roman general Titus besieged Jerusalem and destroyed it in the year 70 A.D.

Those residing in a country of the European community find that on the new passports not the respective country is stated, but the first line says “European Communities”. Now it is called the “European Union”. Already now European rights are placed before and over national rights. National courts must send their disputed sentence to be proven at the European Court of Justice at Luxembourg. The Council of Europe, the European Central Bank — the eleven most important institutions have already found their places. The European Union is also the basis for the world government in connection with the spiritual world capital Rome, where the power will be executed.

The negotiations between Israel and the Vatican State, the PLO and the Arabic countries will continue in spite of difficulties. On 30th December, 1993, the signing of the documents between the Vatican and Israel took place. Only one day later, on the 31st December, 1993, the same Vatican delegation negotiated with the PLO. We can count on it that the predicted eschatological events are now going to happen, one after another. Time and again we are informed about the goal and significance of “peace and safety”, about “historical” events, “historical” treaties, even of the “historical” handshake between John Paul II with the high Rabbi of Jerusalem, Mr. Meir Lau, on Castel Gandolfo, and also about the handshake between Mr. Arafat and Mr. Rabin in Washington.

According to the treaty signed on 13th September, 1993, in Washington within three years the negotiations about the “final status” of Jerusalem must commence and have to be closed within the following two years. The well known U.S. politician, the Jew Mr. Henry Kissinger, who was born near Nuremberg, Germany, said directly after the signing of the treaty, “Peres walked into a trap.” The word “peres” signifies according to Daniel 5: 28, “to divide”, and so Peres is dividing his own land. Looking at things from the Bible point of view, the borders of the Promised Land should find the place ordained by God. For the two-and-a-half tribes, Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had their parts on the East side of the River Jordan (Josh. 1: 12-15, etc.). Now Israel should have received more land, but not give it away, if they wish to be placed geographically in God’s order. Surely, this will soon be. The Arabic states who are 640 times bigger than Israel could have easily settled their “brethren in faith and arms”, the Palestinians, into their territory.

Of the 120 delegates of the Knesset in Jerusalem 61 voted for the agreement. One voice was to decide the future of Israel. On 1st October, 1993, the 46 finance ministers of the richest countries decided in New York to give 2 billion US-Dollars for the up-building of PLO territories. Of this large sum Israel pledged 75 million. On 4th October, 1993, Mr. Arafat announced that 75 % of this sum would be spent for the police and army force and for war material. The developments in this region now take on a very interesting shape.

The diplomatic recognition between Israel and the Vatican is not the covenant spoken of in the Scriptures. Such a recognition is well-known and practised between the countries of the world and has no time limit. The seven-year-covenant will not deal with about ambassadors and the establishing of diplomatic embassies, but rather the rights and the conditions for the three world religions residing in Jerusalem. In Israel and Jerusalem there are places holy to the Jews, holy to the Christians and holy to Islam. On earth only one man exists to whom the Jews and the Muslims look up with greatest respect — that is the pope, who is recognised by all religions and respected as the central figure. Also his relation with the Arabic world is excellent. So the Vatican will play a big role in the negotiations. In this covenant he will include the request of Israel to rebuild the temple. He will speak about human rights, about the rights of the three monotheistic religions. All this will happen that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

With concern to the prophecy given to Daniel the right dividing of time is essential. Great men in church history commencing with Irenaeus who knew Polycarp, who was together with John who wrote the Revelation, agreed in their teachings about it. In recent times there were the historian, Dr. Larkin, the Bible commentator, Dr. Scofield, and the man of God, William Branham, whose coinciding statements we have at hand. Sometimes people do not listen properly to questions, and therefore, they do not understand the answers correctly. If for instance the question is, “How much time is left for the Jews under the ministry of the two prophets?”, then the answer is very clear: “3 1/2 years.” But should the question be, “How much time is left from the end of the time of grace to the commencing of the one thousand years reign?”, then the answer must be according to the question. Whoever thinks that Bro. Branham has taught two different things contradictory to one another has not properly understood and has failed to take the statements back into the Scriptures.

In the sermon “The 70 Weeks of Daniel” he did not answer questions which could be misunderstood. There he taught convincingly and always spoke about a future time span of seven years for Israel. He said, “So now, there’s no more guessing about it. We know now that each week meant seven years. Have you got it? Let’s say it together: ‘One week equals seven years.’ Now we know we got it. One week equals seven years.” (pg. 104).

“Now, if they’ve already had sixty-nine weeks and lived it exactly the way God said they did, and it happened exactly the way God said it would do, then there’s one more week promised to the Jews.” (pg. 108).

“… then there’s one more week left for the Jews. Is that right? And that’s exactly seven years.” (pg. 124).

“The moment He starts that seventieth week, or seven years, the Church is gone. Can you see it, friends? Raise up your hand if you can see it.”

“The moment He starts the seventieth week, or seven years, the Church is gone. Now listen. I’m quoting again, so you won’t forget. This is what the Holy Spirit put upon my pen while I was writing.“ (pg. 130).

According to these repeated statements, the beginning of the last week of years will be about the time of the taking away of the Bride Church. Then the spiritual beginning for Israel will happen. The diplomatic relations between Israel and the Vatican were necessary, so that further negotiations concerning Jerusalem could take place and the covenant can be established. It is obvious that Israel will also lean towards the European Union.

The book of Daniel is the Apocalypse of the Old Testament. Therein we find the events with Israel unveiled right to the end. The first world ruler who subdued Israel was Nebuchadnezzar. With him the gentile powers, the four world kingdoms commenced. As the first world ruler received the heart of a beast, so will it be with the last one: “Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.” (Dan. 4: 16). Three times more we find the seven times mentioned in this chapter — that means seven years —, during which this first ruler was a beast. The same applies to the last world ruler. In the last seven years, when Satan is cast down (Rev. 12: 9) and enters into him, he will be like a beast and give him his seat (Rev. 13: 2). Only in the first 3 1/2 years he will not be able to execute his absolute world power, because during that time the two prophets have their ministry with God-given authority of the Word. In the last 3 1/2 years he will manifest a beastly-satanic nature during the great tribulation and persecution. That is what Irenaeus († 202) and other Bible teachers have taught.

What concerns the developments of this end time, the man of God, William Branham, predicted in his sermon on 19th March, 1962, in Tifton, Georgia, U.S.A., only a few months after the Berlin Wall was built, “There’s been a teaching rain gone forth. There’s been a national teaching rain — communism sown amongst the people, every nation. There’s been a Roman revival. Do you know what happens? If they give the … eastern part of Berlin back, that puts communism … I mean the Roman empire just exactly into the old circle it was in the time of Jesus Christ. Certainly, it does. Perfect.”

World communism does not exist any more. It is no more a threat to the Roman Catholic church. On the contrary, she now experiences a great boom in the former communistic countries. Whoever knows the background can tell about the part and the role the Vatican played in bringing world communism down. The “cold war” came to its end, the Berlin Wall vanished, Germany is united, and Europe finds itself in the uniting process. At the same time world Catholicism is coming up before our very eyes and with it the Roman Empire. On the 25th March, 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed. It is the basis for the European Community. This treaty could not have been signed in any other city on earth. World politics are done in the world capital city. We deal with it as the Roman Empire, which is the last one to exist right to the end. All nations will be put under yoke by the political power of Rome, and all persecution against Bible believing Christians and Jews will come from the religion of Rome.

In the days of Jesus Christ, Israel was under Roman rulership. Since 63 B.C. the Jewish land was a part of the Roman Empire. The Kingdom of the Maccabees came to an end by force. At the time of the birth of Jesus Christ the Roman Caesar Augustus had the people counted in all of the Roman Empire, to which Judæa belonged (Lk. 2: 1-5). Paul was a Jew, but he was born a Roman citizen (Acts 22: 25-29). The Roman general Titus besieged Jerusalem and destroyed it in the year 70 A.D.

Those residing in a country of the European community find that on the new passports not the respective country is stated, but the first line says “European Communities”. Now it is called the “European Union”. Already now European rights are placed before and over national rights. National courts must send their disputed sentence to be proven at the European Court of Justice at Luxembourg. The Council of Europe, the European Central Bank — the eleven most important institutions have already found their places. The European Union is also the basis for the world government in connection with the spiritual world capital Rome, where the power will be executed.

The negotiations between Israel and the Vatican State, the PLO and the Arabic countries will continue in spite of difficulties. On 30th December, 1993, the signing of the documents between the Vatican and Israel took place. Only one day later, on the 31st December, 1993, the same Vatican delegation negotiated with the PLO. We can count on it that the predicted eschatological events are now going to happen, one after another. Time and again we are informed about the goal and significance of “peace and safety”, about “historical” events, “historical” treaties, even of the “historical” handshake between John Paul II with the high Rabbi of Jerusalem, Mr. Meir Lau, on Castel Gandolfo, and also about the handshake between Mr. Arafat and Mr. Rabin in Washington.

According to the treaty signed on 13th September, 1993, in Washington within three years the negotiations about the “final status” of Jerusalem must commence and have to be closed within the following two years. The well known U.S. politician, the Jew Mr. Henry Kissinger, who was born near Nuremberg, Germany, said directly after the signing of the treaty, “Peres walked into a trap.” The word “peres” signifies according to Daniel 5: 28, “to divide”, and so Peres is dividing his own land. Looking at things from the Bible point of view, the borders of the Promised Land should find the place ordained by God. For the two-and-a-half tribes, Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had their parts on the East side of the River Jordan (Josh. 1: 12-15, etc.). Now Israel should have received more land, but not give it away, if they wish to be placed geographically in God’s order. Surely, this will soon be. The Arabic states who are 640 times bigger than Israel could have easily settled their “brethren in faith and arms”, the Palestinians, into their territory.

Of the 120 delegates of the Knesset in Jerusalem 61 voted for the agreement. One voice was to decide the future of Israel. On 1st October, 1993, the 46 finance ministers of the richest countries decided in New York to give 2 billion US-Dollars for the up-building of PLO territories. Of this large sum Israel pledged 75 million. On 4th October, 1993, Mr. Arafat announced that 75 % of this sum would be spent for the police and army force and for war material. The developments in this region now take on a very interesting shape.