Book of Daniel

I had recently visited a website which was out of the ordinary. I am asking you all to review what this site has to say about Daniel 9:25-27. Let me know of your opinions on this matter. I will copy and paste an excerpt from this site.
http://christconnection.net/

MYTH #3: THE 7-YEAR PEACE TREATY

ANTICHRIST WILL NOT SIGN A PEACE TREATY WITH ANYBODY, MUCH LESS FOR 7 YEARS, SINCE HE’LL ONLY APPEAR ON EARTH FOR THE LAST 3-1/2 YEARS OF THE TRIBULATION.

THIS "TREATY" IS PURE RELIGIOUS FABRICATION RESULTING FROM ERRONEOUS EXEGESIS OF DANIEL 9:26 WHICH READS "HE SHALL CONFIRM THE COVENANT WITH MANY FOR ONE WEEK" (WHICH, IN PROPHETIC LINGO, REFERS NOT TO A LITERAL WEEK (7 DAYS), BUT A "WEEK OF YEARS", (OR 7 YEARS).

ONE HAS TO TOTALLY TAKE THIS VERSE OUT OF CONTEXT, TWIST IT, ADD A NUMBER OF THINGS IT DOESN’T SAY, PLUS A GOOD DOSE OF RELIGIOUS SPECULATION, TO COME UP WITH THE LUDICROUS "7-YEAR PEACE TREATY".

THE "HE" MENTIONED HERE ISN’T THE ANTICHRIST, BUT THE MESSIAH, JESUS CHRIST. JESUS IS THE SUBJECT AND FOCUS OF THIS PROPHECY. THE ANTICHRIST IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THIS VERSE.

"THE COVENANT" REFERS TO THE ETERNAL COVENANT GOD MADE WITH ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED. THIS CHAPTER BEGINS WITH A REFERENCE TO THAT COVENANT [SEE 9:24]. THE EXACT SAME WORD IN HEBREW BERYITH IS USED IN BOTH VERSES [4 AND 26]. IN VERSE 4 DANIEL IS NOT TALKING ABOUT A "7-YEAR PEACE TREATY", BUT ABOUT THE [ABRAHAMIC] COVENANT.

THE WORD "PEACE" IS NOWHERE FOUND IN THIS VERSE.

THE WORD "TREATY" IS NOT FOUND EITHER.

NOWHERE DOES IT STATE THAT THE COVENANT IS MADE, THEN BROKEN. THE WORD "BREAK" IS NOT EVEN FOUND IN THIS VERSE.

IT DOESN’T REFER TO A FUTURE COVENANT, BUT TO THE ALREADY EXISTING COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND ABRAHAM’S SEED.

MESSIAH DOESN’T MAKE THIS COVENANT. HE CONFIRMS THE ALREADY EXISTING ONE. HE RATIFIES IT. HOW? BY DYING ON MOUNT MORIAH WHERE ABRAHAM WAS GOING TO SACRIFICE ISAAC 2,000 YEARS EARLIER.

ABRAHAM PROPHESIED THAT GOD WOULD PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB FOR THE SACRIFICE AND EVEN CALLED THE PLACE YAHWE JIREH [GOD WILL PROVIDE]. JESUS WAS THE LAMB GOD PROVIDED, TO CONFIRM HIS COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED, JUST LIKE ABRAHAM PREDICTED, AND WASH AWAY THEIR SINS [GENESIS 22:8-14].

SINCE MESSIAH IS ABRAHAM’S SEED, ONLY THE MESSIAH IS QUALIFIED TO CONFIRM SUCH COVENANT [GALATIANS 3:16].

PAUL REFERS TO THIS IN GALATIANS 3:15-17:

“THOUGH IT BE BUT A MAN’S COVENANT, YET IF IT BE CONFIRMED, NO MAN DISANNULLS IT, OR ADDS THERETO.

NOW TO ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED WERE THE PROMISES MADE. HE DOESN’T SAY TO “SEEDS”, AS MANY; BUT AS ONE, AND TO YOUR SEED, WHICH IS CHRIST.

AND THIS I SAY, THAT THE COVENANT,THAT WAS CONFIRMED BEFORE GOD IN CHRIST, THE LAW, WHICH WAS 430 YEARS AFTER, CANNOT DISANNUL, THAT IT SHOULD MAKE THE PROMISE OF NO EFFECT”.

PAUL TELLS US UNEQUIVOCALLY WHO “CONFIRMS” “THE COVENANT”. IT’S JESUS CHRIST WHO CONFIRMED IT, NOT THE ANTICHRIST!

JESUS ALREADY CONFIRMED IT, WHEN HE DIED AT CALVARY. SO, THIS ISN’T SOME “FUTURE PEACE TREATY” THAT ANTICHRIST WILL SIGN. THERE’S NOTHING THERE THAT SAYS THAT!

THE ANTICHRIST NEVER WAS, NOR WILL BE, ABRAHAM’S SEED. THEREFORE, THERE’S NO WAY HE CAN CONFIRM THE [ABRAHAMIC]COVENANT.

IT’S THE MESSIAH WHO CAUSED THE [ANIMAL] SACRIFICE AND OBLATION [GRAIN OFFERING] TO CEASE. GOD NO LONGER ACCEPTS SUCH SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS, SINCE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR SIN, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, ALREADY OFFERED HIMSELF AS THE FINAL, ETERNAL, ALL-SUFFICIENT SACRIFICE TO CONFIRM THE ETERNAL COVENANT GOD MADE WITH ABRAHAM.

IT’S ONLY THE MESSIAH’S PRECIOUS BLOOD THAT FOREVER WASHES AWAY OUR SINS. PRAISE HIS NAME!

THEREFORE, DON’T LOOK FOR A 7-YEAR PEACE TREATY BECAUSE THERE WON’T BE ONE.'

Do you all think that this is true?

Palestinians: Olmert agreed to surrender Jerusalem

Palestinian Authority sources said at the weekend that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has privately agreed to surrender the eastern half of Jerusalem - including the Old City and Temple Mount - to the Arabs as part of any final status peace agreement.

Speaking to the official Palestinian Authority newspaper Al Hayat Al Jadeeda, one official said that Chairman Mahmoud Abbas told visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice last week that Olmert had assured him Israel would ultimately meet the long-standing Arab demand on control of Jerusalem.

Olmert reportedly made the promise during a recent preparatory meeting with Abbas ahead of a major US-hosted Middle East peace summit scheduled to take place in Washington in November.

In an appearance before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday, Olmert confirmed that he stands ready to surrender most of Judea and Samaria as part of what he hopes would be a genuine peace agreement with the Palestinians, reported The Jerusalem Post.

However, Olmert looked to lessen expectations of the upcoming gathering, telling lawmakers they should see it as a “short international meeting intended to give international encouragement to the process that we initiated with the Palestinians” rather than a full-blown “peace conference.”

See article here

Prophecy in Action

On a Jewish website, I was extremely appalled with Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert. How dare he try to negotiate with those Arabs over the Temple Mount. Yhvh's Holy Mountain. Christians be aware of this. Here is the following link.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123432
This is just outright horrible if Israel gives up it's rights to the Temple Mount which was given to them by the Almighty Father in Heaven Yhvh.

New Internet Service

Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay in posting again. The internet service provider we had was really horrible. It is a well established company but the actual service it provided us really bites. It seems that when I would try (yes, I said try) to leave messages on other sites or sometimes my own blog, the hourglass would appear and it would get stuck! Control, alt & delete didn't even work to get this thing to quit. We decided that enough was enough. It was time to kick that service to the curb! LOL

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW. So far, everything is going A-OK. I am able to write things on my own blog. Can you believe it? But the real test will be when I try to leave messages on others. I hope to leave test pages on everyone's blog. Pray it works.

I'm Back

Hello everyone. Hope everyone is doing good amidst all this chaos in the world. Allow me to update you all on what's been going on. We've had some very major thunderstorms and lightning over the past couple weeks. Just north of us has had some major flooding. The weather in this area has caused alot of people to miss work and to clean up. It's been difficult for me as well. Although we didn't get the flooding, we sure received some torrential downpours.

I have also been visiting the doctors office. Not only was I diagnosed with C.A.D.(Coronary Artery Disease), I have also been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. I always knew that I would get this because it's genetic. My grandmother had Type I Diabetes and my father spent over 25 years trying to prevent it by doing exercises and eating healthy. He still ended up with it and is going through major health problems. Because of this being hereditary and in my genetics. I will do everything I can to keep it under control along with my Doctor's help.

With all that being said, I pray for each and every one, that the Almighty God in Jesus's name blesses you and keeps you safe in his love.

Saudi Arabia the Hypocrites

Despite a series of initiatives aimed at generating foreign tourism, the Saudi Arabian government continues to bar Jews and Christians from bringing items such as Bibles, crucifixes and Stars of David into the country and is threatening to confiscate them on sight, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

"A number of items are not allowed to be brought into the kingdom due to religious reasons and local regulations," declares the Web site of Saudi Arabian Airlines, the country's national carrier.

After informing would-be visitors that items such as narcotics, firearms and pornography may not be transported into the country, the Web site adds: "Items and articles belonging to religions other than Islam are also prohibited. These may include Bibles, crucifixes, statues, carvings, items with religious symbols such as the Star of David, and others."

Contacted by the Post, an employee of Saudi Arabian Airlines in New York, who would only give her name as Gladys, confirmed this rule was in force. "Yes, sir," she said, "that is what we have heard, that it is a problem to bring these things into Saudi Arabia, so you cannot do it."

An official at the Saudi Consulate in New York, who declined to give her name, told the Post that anyone bringing a Bible into the country or wearing a crucifix or Star of David around their neck would run into trouble with Saudi authorities.

"You are not allowed to bring that stuff into the kingdom," the consular official said. "If you do, they will take it away," she warned, adding, "If it is really important to you, then you can try to bring it and just see what happens, but I don't recommend that you do so."

Asked to explain the policy, the official said, "Every country has rules about what can or cannot enter."

Over the summer, the Saudi government-run Supreme Commission for Tourism announced a number of steps, such as issuing group visas to foreigners through tour operators and granting longer entry visas, in the hopes of boosting the number of foreign tourists to 1.5 million annually by 2020.

The story is told here

Results of Picture Contest

As you know, there were several entries on this picture, all of them were very good. The winner is

That's what I look like in the mirror???
by Jennifer

In second place:

Possessed by Allah!!! by Serendip

In third place:

Reaction to the Democratic answers on that Utube debate the other night!
by Susan/penless writer

Sorry it took so long for me to get back with the results. I have been in the hospital and had to undergo another Heart Catherization. Every thing is good now. I just got home last night. You sure don't get any rest in the hospital!!!