When I was about 15 years old, I read a booklet which said the Bible mentions Christmas trees—that the prophet Jeremiah condemned their use as idolatry! Were Christians who decorated with a Christmas tree committing idolatry? Because the Bible says no idolater will enter the kingdom of God, this was a serious charge.
While Christians generally believe that a portion of the Seventy Weeks prophecy measured to Messiah, there is not this same agreement regarding the final or 70th week of the prophecy. In fact, two almost opposite views emerge! Those on one side believe the 70th week is yet future—and pertains to Antichrist; those on the other side believe it has been fulfilled—and that it pertained to Jesus Christ!.
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