Daniel’s 70 Weeks – The Gap Theory Revisited

I’m working on wrapping up the three overviews of Daniel, Zechariah and Revelation into something downloadable and easy to read. But the kerfuffle over Daniel’s 70 Weeks has been intriguing.

Why is this issue so difficult?

When the Hebrew is clear about what the angel Gabriel is saying, why is it not clear to everyone else?

Then it hit me. It’s the Septuagint – the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. And, the more I dug into its origins, the more I realized what an awful translation it was. And, it explained why so many of our translations are messed up.

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Bad Eschatology And An Announcement

After getting both books out a month ago, I went looking for what other people believe about Last Days. It has been a fascinating journey through some really bad eschatology. Worse, very few seem to understand why they believe what they believe, and even fewer seem able to understand why people would disagree with their position. That’s bad.

Our pastors have not been giving us the tools to help us understand the Bible, to rightly divide the word of Truth (2 Tim 2:15). And, because we are unable to do so, Christianity has devolved into a team sport, where ours is always right and yours is heresy.

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