On November 2nd in the year 1917, the Jewish people were acknowledged the right to reconstitute their National Home in Palestine under the Balfour Declaration, which was supported by the League of Nations.
On May 15, 1947 the United Nations Assembly established the United Nations Special Committe on Palestine (UNSCOP).
On May 14, 1948 Israel gained its independance and became a Jewish State in Palestine called "Medinal Israel" (The State of Israel). This would provide for the partition of separate Jewish and Arab states. [two witnesses]
On October 10, 1959, a group of about 20 Palestinians met in Kuwait and secretly formed Fatah. Fatah (or al-Fatah) is an acronym standing for Harakat Al-Tahrir Al-Watani Al-Filastini?the Movement for the National Liberation of Palestine. In Arabic, HTF means death; when reversed to FTH it means victory. Arafat, who had been working as a construction engineer in Kuwait, soon emerged as the leader of Fatah.
Biblical Significance:
Revelations 11:1
1 And a reed like a rod was given me as he said: ?Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar and those worshiping in it. 2 But as for the courtyard that is outside the temple , cast it clear out and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
Beginning in the year 1917, 42 months = 42 years (1917-1959)
3 And I will cause my two witnesses to prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days dressed in sackcloth.? 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands and are standing before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire issues forth from their mouths and devours their enemies; and if anyone should want to harm them, in this manner he must be killed. 6 These have the authority to shut up heaven that no rain should fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every sort of plague as often as they wish.
Beginning in the year 1959, 1260 days is also 42 years (1959-2001)
7 And when they have finished their witnessing, the wild beast that ascends out of the abyss will make war with them and conquer them and kill them. 8 And their corpses will be on the broad way of the great city which is in a spiritual sense called Sod´om and Egypt, where their Lord was also impaled. 9 And those of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their corpses for three and a half days, and they do not let their corpses be laid in a tomb. 10 And those dwelling on the earth rejoice over them and enjoy themselves, and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those dwelling on the earth.
Beginning in the year 2001, 3 1/2 days is 3 1/2 years, or 42 months. Beginning in the latter part of the year, 42 months should take us into the year 2005.
11 And after the three and a half days spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon those beholding them. 12 And they heard a loud voice out of heaven say to them: ?Come on up here.? And they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them. 13 And in that hour a great earthquake occurred, and a tenth of the city fell; and seven thousand persons were killed by the earthquake, and the rest became frightened and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe is past. Look! The third woe is coming quickly. 15 And the seventh angel blew his trumpet. And loud voices occurred in heaven, saying: ?The kingdom of the world did become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will rule as king forever and ever.? 16 And the twenty-four elders who were seated before God upon their thrones fell upon their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying: ?We thank you, Jehovah God, the Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun ruling as king. 18 But the nations became wrathful, and your own wrath came, and the appointed time for the dead to be judged, and to give reward to your slaves the prophets and to the holy ones and to those fearing your name, the small and the great, and to bring to ruin those ruining the earth.? 19 And the temple of God that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his temple . And there occurred lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and a great hail.
The Second Coming of Christ occurs after the 42 months.
To be continued at this link http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/67918/10.ashx (Mark of the Wild Beast)
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