Christ Covenant Church

I. Preliminary Considerations-Verses 1-8 represent an interlude (i.e. a reprieve or delay in action) between the events represented in the breaking of the first 6 seals and the events represented by the breaking of the seventh seal/seven trumpets (8:1-6).-The events represented in the breaking of the six seals = The Jewish War from its beginning to w/in 5mos of its end (MAR/67 AD – APR/70 AD).-Where this places Titus and his Roman armies = they have surrounded the city of Jerusalem in anticipation of a full-scale siege on her walls. This is seen most specifically through what is communicated to us in the sixth seal (as discussed in the prev. study). It is the beginning of the end, the abomination of desolation, the prophetic consequence of Israel’s rejection of Christ/Son of God (Luk 21:20 w/Mat 24:15; Luk 19:41-44); regarding Daniel (Dan 12:11)Historical support:Re: Daniel and the regular sacrifice:-According to Josephus, all of the priests (including the High Priest) were slaughtered by the zealots who took