Eschatology: Part 7- Daniel 9, 490 Years, & Numerology

When we think Apocalyptic Literature we think Daniel and
Revelation. Through this series we have been seeking to break
down exactly what apocalypse they were referring to. As we have
previously mentioned the common majority of people within the
western church just assume the bible teaches that in the end
times their will be a tribulation, an antichrist, a mark of the
beast, and a sudden disappearance type rapture. This doom and
gloom type thinking actually isn’t really in the Bible or at
least you may have to use quite a bit of imagination to see the
scriptures saying something like this. In fact this thinking
didn’t even really start until the 1800’s and is largely limited
to a western culture. Those who think this way are called
escapists or futurists.  As this series has shown, most of
the book of Daniel was referring to the eminent destruction of
the temple in 70AD and most of the reference that are linked to
the book of Revelation also refer to that era. In fact you would
be hard to pressed in scripture to find any prophecy in Daniel or
revelation about “end times” other than the simple fact that the
Messiah is coming back some day and no one knows the time or the
hour.