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The Gentiles as Animal Symbols and Imagery in the Old Testament Acts 10:9-13 9 The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. 10 And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11 and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of ANIMALS AND REPTILES AND BIRDS OF THE AIR. 13 And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”                                     Context: The Gentiles being part of the new covenant Genesis 9:1-3 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2 The fear of you and the dread of ...

 Notes on Daniel's Seventy Sevens and the Translation Differences - A Non-Dispensationlist View-A Quick Reference  ***The Most Holy/Holy Place-The Temple or the Holy of Holies was never anointed in the Bible. The translations here are very tricky; however, if we remember from scripture, Jesus called himself a Temple (naos-Spiritual Sanctuary) in John 2:19. It makes sense that Jesus is a Temple and a person simultaneously***. ***Jesus is the 77th generation in Luke 3*** ***Jesus’ ministry was 3.5 years. He died in the middle of Daniel’s last “seven”. The last 3.5 was the apostles' ministry towards the Jews. After that, the Gentiles were the focus. ***Seventy Sevens- Play a role in Genesis 4:23- mercy for Cain and Lamech*** ***Daniel 9 is about perfect forgiveness and the Jubilee of all Jubilees because it connects to Jesus, not a future antichrist. See Matthew 18:21-22 below***   Matthew 18:21-22   King James Version (KJV) 21  Then cam...