The
Peace Treaty—When?
Author
of The Coming Epiphany
Is there anything in
scripture that would lead us to know when the peace treaty will be signed? Yes
I believe that there is, and if my reasoning is correct and if the peace treaty
is signed this year, I believe it will most likely be signed on October 21, 2008.
Here is the reasoning behind this hypothesis.
Just
as the Spring feasts were fulfilled and aligned with major events at Christ’s
first coming so I believe that the Fall feasts will be fulfilled and align with
events at Christ’s second coming. A quick summary of the fall feasts and their
prophetic significance is as follows:
The Feast of Trumpets is practiced as a two-day
feast and in part alludes to the return of Christ at Armageddon where he will
vanquish his foes and take His throne in Jerusalem.
The
Day of Atonement speaks of the shed blood of Christ and the substitutionary
work it accomplishes in covering our sins and restoring us to fellowship with
God. This feast will be fulfilled after Christ has returned and Israel and
Gentiles who lived through the 70th Week repent and recognize Christ
as Messiah and are saved on the Day of Atonement.
The
Feast of Tabernacles is a seven-day celebration in which the Israelites dwell
in “booths” or shacks. On its final day, Israel invokes God’s blessing for the
coming year. This alludes to the Millennial Kingdom when Jesus and the saints
will live together and we will experience His blessings to the fullest. This
seven-day feast will be fulfilled at the start of the Millennium when the
saints partake of the marriage supper of the Lamb.[1]
As noted above I
believe that the Feast of Trumpets will align with the return of Christ to the
earth at Armageddon, which we know occurs at the end of the 70th
week. So assuming that is true and knowing that the 70th week and
peace treaty are 7 years long we can conjecture that the peace treaty will be
signed 7 years (2520 days) before that feast. Here is a table that lists the
dates of future Feasts of Trumpets and their respective possible dates for the
peace treaty in the next few years:
|
Date of Feast of Trumpets |
Date
of Peace Treaty |
|
(In
year of 2nd Coming) |
(2520
days before) |
|
|
|
|
Sept.
14, 2015 |
Oct.
21, 2008
|
|
Oct.
3, 2016 |
Nov.
10, 2009 |
|
Sept.
21, 2017 |
Oct.
29, 2010 |
|
Sept.
10, 2018 |
Oct.
18, 2011 |
|
Sept.
30, 2019 |
Nov.
6, 2012 |
|
Sept.
19, 2020 |
Oct.
27, 2013 |
Thus if the end of the
70th week aligns with the return of Christ at Armageddon at the
feast of trumpets in 2015 then we should expect to see the peace treaty signed
2520 days before that date which would put it at October 21, 2008 (plus or
minus a day due to Hebrew time reckoning). It is possible that the end of the
70th week may align with another feast. If the end of the 70th
week aligns with the Day of Atonement then we would see the peace treaty 10
days later, with the feast of tabernacles then it would be 15 days later.
Right now as a result
of the agreement made between Israel and the Palestinians in November of 2007
negotiations are taking place between the two parties in hopes that an
agreement can be reached and a Palestinian state formed in the near future.
President Bush has stated on numerous occasions that he believes that this
agreement will take place before he leaves office. This future agreement is
shaping up to be the prophesied treaty of death that divides the land of Israel
and starts the last 7 years on earth. Will something happen this November? Will
the peace treaty that divides the land of Israel be signed on October 21st?
We will have to wait and see.