Daniel 9 and The Book of Revelation were pointing to Christ and then the return of Christ on the clouds to destroy Jerusalem and the temple which happened in 70 AD when Rome surrounded the city and laid siege to it. The Christians were the only ones that escaped because when they saw the abomination of desolation surrounding the holiest of holies they fled to the mountains.
If you have a understanding of the historical events that were happening around this time plus when Jesus told us to look for these things "this generation shall not pass till all these things take place" and you understand the symbolism in the book of Revelation which is over 40% quotes from the Old testament this becomes quite clear.
The poetic language can be confusing for most but there's an example... Your seven-headed, 10-horned beast is actually Rome. Rome had seven hills or providence's with 10 governor.
This is what Christians understood and believed for almost 2,000 years. Then what changed you might ask?
About 200 years ago the first Bible with footnotes and explanations of verses was published. This was called the Schofield reference Bible. It had a very fringe position of in times or eschatology and it commonly called darbyism or premillennial dispensationalism.
Unfortunately because this Bible was the first of its kind and had such helpful footnotes in it about all sorts of passages, not exclusively those addressing the end times, it was widely adopted by seminaries and pastors and spread this unbiblical and unhistoric position like wildfire.
In my opinion it's the greatest lies that the devil ever interjected into the church. It is caused Christians to not take Dominion and start projects or missions that their great grandchildren will have to finish because they're expecting to get raptured away at any moment. In fact Christian's almost celebrate when things start looking bad thinking they're going to be yeeted up to heaven to be with Jesus.
No one polishes brass on a sinking ship.
Daniel 9:00 a.m. The Book of Revelation were pointing to Christ and then the return of Christ on the clouds to destroy Jerusalem and the temple which happened in 70 AD when Rome surrounded the city and laid siege to it. The Christians were the only ones that escaped because when they saw the abomination of desolation surrounding the holiest of holies they fled to the mountains.
If you have a understanding of the historical events that were happening around this time plus when Jesus told us to look for these things "this generation shall not pass till all these things take place" and you understand the symbolism in the book of Revelation which is over 40% quotes from the Old testament this becomes quite clear.
The poetic language can be confusing for most but there's an example... Your seven-headed, 10-horned beast is actually Rome. Rome had seven hills or providence's with 10 governor.
This is what Christians understood and believed for almost 2,000 years. Then what changed you might ask?
About 200 years ago the first Bible with footnotes and explanations of verses was published. This was called the Schofield reference Bible. It had a very fringe position of in times or eschatology and it commonly called darbyism or premillennial dispensationalism.
Unfortunately because this Bible was the first of its kind and had such helpful footnotes in it about all sorts of passages, not exclusively those addressing the end times, it was widely adopted by seminaries and pastors and spread this unbiblical and unhistoric position like wildfire.
In my opinion it's the greatest lies that the devil ever interjected into the church. It is caused Christians to not take Dominion and start projects or missions that their great grandchildren will have to finish because they're expecting to get raptured away at any moment. In fact Christian's almost celebrate when things start looking bad thinking they're going to be yeeted up to heaven to be with Jesus.
No one polishes brass on a sinking ship.