Originally published in "The Lord's Coming Herald & Wesleyan Bible Prophecy Advocate," Summer Edition 2000
Major Elements Of The Popular Dispensational Premillennial End-time Scenario Found Missing In The Book Of Revelation
It is interesting to note that the term
"Antichrist" in never used in the book of Revelation. The book says nothing
about the seven year career of some one-world government leader personal
Antichrist. It says nothing about Antichrist involved in a peace deal with the
nation of Israel for seven years, or about the breaking of any such agreement in
the middle of that seven years.
In fact, the book of Revelation never even mentions the
expression "seven years," per se, nor does it indicate the existence of a "first
half or a "second half" of anything. It says nothing about the rebuilding of the
temple (the temple is mentioned in 11:1-2, to be sure, but the book does not
tell us that it had been rebuilt!). Nor is anything said about an "abomination
of desolation" being placed in any future temple.
May these few interesting observations motivate us all to
read the book of Revelation more carefully--this time listening to what it
really says WITHOUT SUPERIMPOSING SIR ROBERT ANDERSON'S FALSE THEORY OF DANIEL'S
PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS, as a preconceived, ulterior grid upon it!
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