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rated by great periods of time. This current period of time in
which we live will be 2 days in length, or 2,000 years. If we
add 30 A.D. to 2000 we get 2030 A.D. This is either the year
the tribulation starts (with the signing of a peace treaty by the
false messiah) or the year of the Revelation of Jesus Christ
when the false messiah comes to his end.
We now see that the two days (or 2,000 years) are to be
added to the time when Christ ascended (30 A.D., after He
had been “cut off”) and not when He came to earth, via His
birth (4 B.C.); which is something that many Bible teachers
and students believe in error, as of the time of this writing.
The Last 490
In Dan. 9:25, the Bible prophesied 483 years to the Messi-
ah:
“From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jeru-
salem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be
seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’”
The Messiah came in
His “triumphal” entry (riding a donkey) on Nisan 10, 30 A.D.
This is the day the Jews were to inspect the lamb (Exod. 12:3,
5). This fulfilled Zech. 9:9—
”See, your king comes to you,
righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey.”
The next verse (Zech. 9:10) picks up after our gap of 2,000
years ((4 x 490) + 40 years of probation + 30 A.D.). It speaks
of taking away implements of war and of ruling during a time
of peace. This is where Romans 11:26 will be fulfilled in that
“…all Israel will be saved.”
That is, all who are left after the
Tribulation (and the Antichrist) come to an end. Only then can
peace begin.
Since the inspection of the lamb for the sacrifice and the
sacrifice of the lamb are only four days apart (respectively, Ni-
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