Shalom everyone,
I've been enjoying reading FH, YY, and the other books that Ken and Yada have written as well as the forum posts. I began reviewing these materials about 2 weeks ago, and have read extensively but not systematically -- basically just quickly browsing 100's of pages of detailed info to get an overall picture of things.
I have a couple of observations that may seem a bit divergent, but after explaining them I would like to relate them to a hypothetical end times scenario I would like your opinions on.
Observation #1. In my reading I recall Ken or Yada stating that the temple would be built in about 6 months during the first part of the tribulation (I looked for the specific reference but could not find it), and I believe Ken has the Gog-Magog war coming after the temple is rebuilt in the FH chronology.
I have spent a lifetime planning and managing large construction projects and I just don't see how the temple can be built that quickly. It's hard to get a small project like an apartment building built in six months, much less something as significant as the temple -- every rabbi and official in Israel is going to be debating archeological excavations, design, material selection, procurement, construction methods, lighting (or not), bathrooms (or not), etc... In short, it's going to be a long, contentious project.
I just don't see the temple being built any faster than six years (minimum), especially if Gog-Magog hasn't happened to remove the Islamic opposition. I am currently working a very large construction project (over 2 billion dollar budget) that is taking 5 years from design to completion. This project has maximum government support (including congressional and presidential involvement) and no political, religious, or armed Islamic opposition and there is no way it can be done in less than 5 years. Once you get religious & political leaders and armed militants involved, things get much more contentious - perhaps the project as a whole is smaller than the one I'm working, but every little detail is likely to be debated or opposed.
Furthermore, something drastic would have to happen to precipitate the building of the Temple since the Zionist leaders and Orthodox Jews alike are not eager to build the Temple, and the Muslims would never agree to sharing the Temple Mount.
Observation #2.President Obama (BHO) seems to have a lot in common with the anti-christ (AC): Nobel peace prize, both christian and Islamic roots, a big ego / narcissist personality, hailed by followers as a messiah, anti-scripture agenda (gay rights, abortion, etc), doubtful birth certificate, obscure background, Islamic sympathizer, anti-Israel bias, etc... I’m not saying that BHO is the AC, but I can see where he might be. By the time I know I hope to be ‘raptured’ in the pre-trib harvest, so it’s really not a big deal personally. Here is one of many websites that draw parallels btw BHO and the AC:
http://o.bamapost.com/Hypothetical end-times scenarioFirst, let me state that I don't have the background in prophecy or the scriptural amplification studies Ken, Yada, and many of you on the forum have so I cannot see all of the holes with this scenario. It just seems to me to be a better overall fit in terms of temple construction, Gog-Magog, etc. so feel free to critique as needed, I'm not wedded to any of this...
Second, I agree with the work Yada & KP have done correlating the 6+1 prophetic timeline to the feast days and the overall timing and sequence provided except for the Gog-Magog/Temple part.
Proposed Scenario:1. (2012 - Trumpets) Rapture of Set-Apart children of Yahweh who keep the covenant on Day of Trumpets that corresponds with a natural Sabbath.
2. (2012) Nuclear attack on multiple (10+) US cities by Islamic terrorists - BHO survives (not in DC during attack) but federal government is decapitated along with much of the military leadership. BHO declares martial law, suspends elections, begins 8 year struggle to consolidate power, re-constitute government. BHO limits retaliatory attacks against Islamic targets.
3. (Dec 2012) Solar Flares hit with EMP Pulse effect world-wide (as currently forecasted by many scientists and NASA). Western nations become embroiled with civil wars, riots, etc. U.S. Congressional EMP Commission estimated that 70%-90% of American population would die from EMP Pulse related problems (water, food, fuel, communications, septic systems, transportation, and finanicial systems all fail). Effects of EMP extend the timeline for BHO to reconstitute America and for other nations to recover. Most experts forecast EMP recovery would take 8-10 years in advanced western nations. Yahweh sends the flares to correspond with all of the 2012 end-of-the-world prophecies so that people can have a choice: believe Him or the make-believe satanic deceptions.
4. (2013) Israeli defenses which depend on sophisticated electronics (aircraft, satellites, anti-missile systems, tanks and missiles, etc) are all or mostly disabled when the Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) effect from the Solar Flares destroys satellites, power line transformers, command and control systems, etc.
5. (Summer 2013) Islamic nations see their opportunity - Israel essentially defenseless. They mass together a billion man army led by field commanders on horses (EMP pulse disabled vehicles, they want to strike quickly while Israel is defenseless) who attack with small arms and over-whelming manpower.
6. (Day of Atonement 2013) Yahweh sends meteor strikes to destroy the armies of Gog-Magog, also clearing the Temple Mount. Death toll from Solar Flares, attack on America, destruction of Gog-Magog = 1.5 billion
7. (2014-2020) rebuilding of world governments, economies, etc. USA merges with Canada & Mexico (many reports that this is being planned, matches prophecy of AC being leader of 3 former nations). BHO led nation joins with 7 other European nations to form a new multi-nation government. BHO (man of peace who showed restraint after attack by Islamic terrorists, also hailed as a hero for rebuilding America and leading the formation of a new international coalition) is elected as the leader of the new coalition.
8. (2020) BHO signs interim treaty with Israel that allows for temple construction to begin, comprehensive treaty with all nations and Israel pending.
9. (2020 - 2026) temple rebuilt
10.(2026) BHO and other nations sign comprehensive peace treaty with Israel, timeline continues as stated in FH
This is the general idea I see of fulfilling the prophecies as I understand them, but I'm no expert and as I said there may be scriptural reasons why the temple rebuilding and Gog-Magog cannot happen this soon. I would really like to get comments of the concept in general, even if you don't agree with specific parts of the scenario or the possibility that BHO could be the AC. I just thought I would throw these thoughts out and see what kind of interesting comments they generate.