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“Hamas and other factions will not take part in Gaza’s governance. All military terror and offensive infrastructure, including tunnels, will be destroyed and not rebuilt. Independent monitors will supervise the demilitarization of Gaza. An international stabilization force would deploy to Gaza to train vetted Palestinian police who would help to secure borders with Israel and Egypt in coordination with Jordan and Egypt. Israel will not annex Gaza.”
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00:00Well, in fact, only God can create anything eternal, so that's definitely not going to happen.
00:05But it could bring a temporary peace, or at least something that will lead to a settlement.
00:10And I'm going to look tonight at some of the things which have happened
00:13in the light of a very famous prophecy in the book of Daniel, chapter 9, and verse 27.
00:20Just to say a little bit about what he proposed before we get into the Scriptures,
00:24his plan specifies an immediate ceasefire, exchange of all hostages held by Hamas,
00:30the Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, a stage Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza,
00:36disarmament of Hamas, and the introduction of a transitional government led by an international body.
00:43Hamas has agreed to it, apparently. Israel has agreed to it.
00:47It hasn't agreed to everything, but they have agreed to exchange hostages.
00:50Some of the things which he says are going to happen as a result of this.
00:57Gaza will become a terror-free zone, with all militant groups dismantled,
01:01so that it does not pose a threat to its neighbours.
01:05Once all the hostages are returned, Israel will release 250 prisoners,
01:09serving life sentences, and 1,700 Palestinians detained after October the 7th.
01:16Large-scale aid will enter Gaza immediately after agreement.
01:19A transitional technocratic committee made up of Palestinians and international experts will run Gaza.
01:27Oversight will be provided by a new International Board of Peace,
01:30chaired by Donald Trump and other leaders, such as former Prime Minister Tony Blair, suggested as members.
01:39Hamas and other factions will not take part in Gaza's governance.
01:43All military terror and offensive infrastructure, including tunnels, will be destroyed and not rebuilt.
01:49Independent monitors will supervise the demilitarisation of Gaza.
01:53An international stabilisation force would deploy to Gaza to train vetted Palestinian police,
01:58would help to secure borders with Israel and Egypt, in coordination with Jordan and Egypt.
02:04Israel will not annex Gaza.
02:05As the International Stabilisation Force establishes control, the Israeli Defence Forces withdraw,
02:14based on standards, milestones and timeframes linked to demilitarisation that will be agreed upon
02:18between the IDF, the International Force and the United States,
02:24with the objective of a secure Gaza that no longer poses a threat to Israel, Egypt or its citizens.
02:29This is one which I found most interesting.
02:33An interfaith dialogue process will be established based on the values of tolerance and peaceful coexistence
02:38to try and change the mindsets and narratives of Palestinians and Israelis
02:42by emphasising the benefits that can be derived from peace.
02:46So you have a sort of peace coming together of all the religions,
02:51trying to make peace and sort out all the radicals on both sides.
02:55Then when Gaza redevelopment advances,
03:03when the Palestinian Authority Reform Programme is faithfully carried out,
03:06the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway
03:09to Palestinian self-determination and statehood,
03:12which will recognise as the aspiration of the Palestinian people.
03:18The United States will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians
03:22to agree on a political horizon for a peaceful and prosperous coexistence.
03:28So Israel has agreed to it, Hamas has agreed to it, some of it,
03:32and they've agreed to the release of some of the hostages.
03:36Note that the goal is a Palestinian state,
03:38but reform of the Palestinian Authority has to take part first.
03:43Note also there's a religious element,
03:44part of what we might call an interfaith dialogue,
03:48which will be backed with an attempt to bring about
03:52some kind of reconciliation between the two sides.
03:56It also implies some kind of world government process
03:59and a world religious process.
04:03So, has it got anything to do with the Bible?
04:05Well, we're going to turn to Daniel chapter 9.
04:09I'm going to read a few verses from Daniel 9.
04:20This passage from Daniel 9 is part of the...
04:23It's an answer to Daniel's prayer.
04:25Daniel prays in the beginning of Daniel chapter 9,
04:28recognising that the time for the return of the Jews from Babylon
04:32is about to take place.
04:33He sees that the fulfilment of Jeremiah's prophecy,
04:36the end of the 70 years, has come to pass,
04:38and it's now time for God to send the Jews back to Jerusalem and to Israel.
04:43He confesses the sins of the people
04:45that have caused them to be in captivity in the first place,
04:48and he prays to God to restore Jerusalem
04:50and to restore the people to the land.
04:54And in response to that,
04:55God sends the angel Gabriel with a message.
04:58And we'll take it up in verse 23.
05:01Chapter 9.
05:04At the beginning of your supplications,
05:05the command went out,
05:06and I've come to tell you,
05:08for you are greatly beloved,
05:09therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.
05:12Seventy weeks are determined for your people
05:14and for your holy city to finish the transgression,
05:17to make an end of sins,
05:18to make reconciliation for iniquity,
05:20to bring in everlasting righteousness,
05:22to seal up vision and prophecy,
05:24and to anoint the most holy.
05:25Now understand that from the going forth of the command
05:29to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince,
05:32there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks,
05:35the street shall be built again,
05:36and the wall even in troublesome times.
05:39And after the sixty-two weeks,
05:40Messiah shall be cut off,
05:41but not for himself,
05:42and the people of the Prince to come
05:44shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
05:46The end of it shall be with a flood,
05:48until the end of the war,
05:49desolations are determined.
05:50Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week,
05:55but in the middle of the week
05:56he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering,
05:59and on the wing of abomination
06:00shall be one who makes desolate,
06:02even until the consummation which is determined
06:04is poured out on the desolate.
06:08Okay, so what's all that about?
06:10It's a prophecy which speaks about
06:11the return of the Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem,
06:14speaks about a period of time
06:16which will lead up to the revelation of Messiah the Prince.
06:18Messiah the Prince is actually Jesus,
06:22and it tells us this one,
06:23Messiah the Prince is going to be cut off,
06:25but not for himself,
06:28and after that the people of the Prince to come
06:29are going to restore the city
06:30and are going to destroy the city and the sanctuary.
06:34The Messiah who's cut off is Jesus the Messiah.
06:37So he's going to be cut off,
06:39die a violent death,
06:40and then the people of the Prince to come
06:42are going to destroy the city,
06:43which is Jerusalem and the sanctuary.
06:46If you know your history,
06:47you know that 40 years after Jesus came and died
06:50and rose again from the dead,
06:52there was a rebellion of the Jews against the Romans,
06:54and the Romans then came and destroyed the city and the sanctuary,
06:57destroyed Jerusalem and destroyed the temple.
07:01If you take the Bible literally as I do,
07:03that means that the Messiah had to come
07:05before the destruction of the second temple,
07:06he had to come before the year 70,
07:09probably had to come 40 years before it.
07:12Can you think of anybody who came as the Messiah,
07:13who was cut off,
07:15died a violent death,
07:16and then after that,
07:1840 years later,
07:19the Romans came and destroyed the city of the sanctuary.
07:22Obviously it's Jesus.
07:24So this passage speaks about Jesus,
07:27it speaks about the coming of the Lord,
07:29it speaks about the event which took place
07:3240 years after he came,
07:34and it says the Messiah has to come after that,
07:36before that.
07:37It also says it's going to bring about
07:39the desolations of Jerusalem,
07:41going to bring about war and a flood.
07:43So it's going to bring about
07:44some kind of desolation of Jerusalem
07:46and a war,
07:48which will be caused by an invasion,
07:51which will then lead to the dispersion
07:53of the Jewish people around the world.
07:55You then have a gap,
07:57and I'm going to explain that a bit later on.
07:59You have a gap which leads up to the verse
08:00which we're looking at tonight,
08:01which is verse 27.
08:04Verse 27 says there's going to be a covenant
08:06which is going to be confirmed with many
08:07for one week.
08:10One week is seven years,
08:11so there's going to be some kind of a covenant
08:13which will come at the end of days
08:14which is going to be confirmed,
08:16and I believe it says
08:17the person who confirms
08:18is going to be the last person mentioned
08:19in the previous verse,
08:21which is the prince to come.
08:24So who's the prince to come?
08:26If you follow through in the book of Daniel,
08:27you have a number of references
08:28to what is going to come
08:31at the end of days.
08:32You have one who's going to come
08:32at the end of days
08:33in the book of Revelation
08:34who lines up with the beast
08:35or the Antichrist.
08:37So many people believe
08:38that the one who's going to make this covenant
08:39is actually the coming Antichrist.
08:42You're going to make a covenant
08:42with Israel for seven years,
08:46but it says you're going to confirm a covenant.
08:47I'll say a bit more about that later on.
08:51It's going to break down halfway through,
08:52and you're going to lead to the consummation
08:54which will bring desolation
08:55and the abomination of desolation.
08:56That briefly speaks about this verse.
09:00Now, the interesting thing is,
09:02is it saying that this is a future event
09:05which is going to take place
09:06because it's separated from the others?
09:08I'll tell you why in a minute.
09:10Is it saying also that there's going to be
09:11some kind of a covenant
09:12which will be put in place
09:14which will promise peace,
09:17which will actually break down halfway through?
09:19Okay, let's have a look at what's happening.
09:24I'm actually going to read from an article
09:27which I got off the Prophecy Newswatch.
09:30It says, in Daniel 9.24,
09:31the prophet records a timeline of 70 weeks,
09:34symbolic measure of God's prophetic calendar for Israel.
09:3769 of these weeks unfolded
09:39from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem
09:40until the coming of the Messiah, the Prince.
09:44Yet one week, seven years, remains.
09:46The final week, often called Daniel's 70th week,
09:48is understood in Christian prophecy
09:50as the period of tribulation
09:52culminating in the return of Jesus Christ.
09:55The final feature of the last seven years
09:57is a covenant.
09:59He shall confirm a covenant with many for one week.
10:02Much hinges on that word confirm.
10:05The Hebrew suggests not initiating a brand new treaty
10:07but strengthening or enforcing one already in effect.
10:12This means the Antichrist,
10:13the global leader of the end times,
10:15will take the existing framework
10:16and make it binding,
10:17giving its teeth authority
10:19and international guarantees.
10:22A covenant must be tied to Israel,
10:24the many implying neighbouring nations.
10:27It could involve Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia,
10:30Qatar, Arab states,
10:31perhaps even the broader international community,
10:34involving the EU, UN, and the United States,
10:39backed by an international stabilisation force.
10:42An international force is going to guarantee it.
10:44The figure who confirms it,
10:46the Antichrist, will rise to power
10:48through the allegiance of ten kings
10:49according to both Daniel 7 and Revelation 17.
10:53These ten leaders give him their authority,
10:55setting him up as a central arbiter of peace and power.
10:59So are ten kings, ten rulers of nations,
11:01or ten people of influence and power
11:03who sit on this committee
11:04and give their power to the beast
11:06who in turn takes control of other global issues?
11:09Who are these ten kings?
11:12Prophet scholars have long debated this question.
11:15Daniel describes them as horns of the beast
11:16representing elements of the fourth kingdom,
11:19the Roman Empire.
11:21John's vision in Revelation likewise ties them
11:23to a revived imperial structure in the last days.
11:26The implication is clear.
11:27These are rulers or entities with influence
11:29over territory once belonging to the Roman Empire
11:31or influenced by the former government
11:33of the Roman Empire.
11:35The Roman Empire was vast,
11:36including European nations
11:38plus the present Middle East Islamic nations.
11:41The United States came out of Europe
11:42so it could be included.
11:45Therefore it could include Middle Eastern nations
11:47plus Europe plus the United States
11:48as an extension of the European culture and government.
11:53Striking that such an entity
11:54would involve figures tied to both Europe
11:56and the Middle East,
11:58echoing the Roman world's old frontiers.
12:02If such a board were capped at ten figures
12:04of global influence,
12:04it would easily eerily parallel
12:06the prophetic outline.
12:08And should one leader rise to dominate this group,
12:11given oversight and power to make decisions,
12:13we'd be seeing the embryonic shape
12:15of Daniel's vision.
12:17Another element of the plan
12:18is the proposed international stabilisation force
12:21and multinational security body
12:23to patrol borders,
12:24prevent weapon smuggling,
12:26deter militant resurgence
12:27and oversee reconstruction.
12:30Israel has long dreamed of dwelling in safety,
12:31as Ezekiel 38 describes,
12:34a condition that seems unthinkable today.
12:36Yet what if such a force
12:37backed by the world's greatest powers
12:39finally convinced Israel that it was secure?
12:42Could this not set the stage
12:44for the false peace of Daniel's covenant?
12:47Ezekiel's prophecy also warns
12:49that Israel's sense of safety
12:50will be shattered by invasion.
12:54The international stabilisation force
12:56may indeed be the mechanism
12:57through which Israel is lulled
12:58into that deceptive calm.
13:01Another interesting inclusion
13:02is the religious one.
13:03An interfaith dialogue process
13:04will be established
13:05based on the values of tolerance
13:06and peaceful coexistence
13:08to try and change mindsets
13:09and narratives of Palestinians
13:11and Israelis
13:11by emphasising the benefits
13:13that can be derived from peace.
13:16Recognising the views
13:17of radical Islamists
13:19wanting the destruction of Israel
13:21and radical Zionists
13:22wanting a greater Israel,
13:24control of Judea and Samaria,
13:25will this body promote
13:26interfaith unity
13:27of one world religion
13:28even Chrislam?
13:31Even a reconstructed temple
13:33which would act as an interfaith
13:34building for Jews, Christians and Muslims
13:37and emerging world religions?
13:40Will the Pope play a part?
13:41Or a moderate Muslim leader?
13:44Or a Jewish interfaith leader?
13:47Okay, that's summary.
13:49It's a possibility.
13:50But what he's saying is
13:51that this is the beginning
13:52of a process
13:53which could lead to
13:53some kind of a peace treaty
13:56which would be binding
13:57upon Israel
13:58upon the Arab states
14:00which would lead
14:01to some kind of peace
14:02a temporary peace
14:02which would break down
14:03halfway through.
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