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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 17:06:57+00:00

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occur before God finished dealing with natural Israel. DAN 12:7.
includes the historical events of the Books of Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther.
destruction of Jerusalem, the desolating of Judea and the scattering of the Jews.
of their sins but were disregarded. ZEC 1:4; 7:7, 12 c/w 2CH 36:15-16.
also John the Baptist, Jesus Christ and some N.T. prophets.
LUK 7:28 c/w JOH 1:31; MAT 15:24; 23:34.
Mark the phrase, “...scatter the power of the holy people...” (DAN 12:7).
Israel was meant to be a holy nation, conditionally. EXO 19:5-6; DEU 26:18-19.
Collective national sin defiled her identity, pre-Babylon. ISA 1:21-23; JER 2:3.
to God's promise. ISA 1:24-26; ZEC 8:2-3.
certain and irremediable cursing for gross, aggravating sin. DEU 28:15-68.
kingdom was taken from the Chaldeans by the Medo-Persians. DAN 5:31 c/w DAN 9:1.
Jerusalem” (DAN 9:2). c/w JER 25:11-12; 29:10.
obviously Scripture, not footnotes, fables or fantasies.
Mind that the understanding obviously came from reading. c/w EPH 3:4.
(2PE 3:16): not ALL things, and not impossible---just hard.
In response, God dispatched the angel, Gabriel, to give Daniel skill and understanding.
The significance of Gabriel should not be overlooked.
with the importance of Daniel's prophecy given uniquely by Gabriel.
should have caught Zacharias' attention!
and presents the awful aftermath of His cutting off.
It is the only O.T. prophecy that provided a specific timeline to the Messiah of promise.
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem...” (v. 25).
completion of any building, nor from any other mark; it is from the decree.
The timeline is determined upon Daniel's people and holy city: Jews and Jerusalem.
(in time); to bring to an end; to end, conclude, terminate.
seventy weeks which is here called the consummation (v. 27).
By comparing v. 26 with v. 27, the consummation is the end of the war.
glorious Jewish millennium after that?
That such things were so associated must have been enigmatic.
“...We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever...” (JOH 12:34).
of time could Gabriel have been implying?” 1PE 1:11.
seven solar days but weeks of years.
Israel had long ago been familiarized with this principle.
GEN 29:27-28; LEV 25:8; NUM 14:34.
Considered lineally, the prophecy thus brackets 490 years of time.
which there are 70 required to fulfill the prophecy's details.
Seven weeks for the rebuilding program during troublous times.
One week during which Messiah is cut off.
Messiah is cut off “...AFTER threescore and two weeks...” This is very important.
is made to cease by the same person who confirms the covenant. v. 27.
After Messiah is cut off, a prince brings destruction and desolation by war. v. 26.
Overspreading of abominations make desolation. v. 27.
warned His disciples to therefore flee Judea. MAT 24:15-16.
Jerusalem. LUK 21:20-21 c/w LUK 19:42-44.
Something (“that”) determined “...shall be poured upon the desolate” (v. 27).
Jerusalem and its wall would be rebuilt. v. 25.
The temple would also be rebuilt, since there is a sanctuary destroyed. v. 26.
Messiah the Prince comes. v. 25.
The most Holy is anointed. v. 24.
Messiah is cut off. v. 26.
Transgression is finished. v. 24.
An end is made of sins. v. 24.
Reconciliation is made for iniquity. v. 24.
Everlasting righteousness is brought in. v. 24.
Vision and prophecy is sealed up. v. 24.
Sacrifice and oblation are made to cease. v. 27.
Messiah confirms the covenant with many for one week. v. 27.
A prince comes whose people destroy and desolate Jerusalem, etc. v. 26.
Something determined shall be poured upon the desolate. v. 27.
the latter part of the 1st Century. This is even acknowledged amongst the Jews.
Consider the starting point of the 70 prophetic weeks.
and to build Jerusalem...” (DAN 9:25). The clock started with the decree.
forwarded as the proper one: Cyrus,' Artaxerxes,' Ahasuerus,' Darius,' etc.
unprovable pagan chronologies (preeminently that of Ptolemy, a 2nd C. A.D.
Scripture magnifies Cyrus as the man who would set the Jews free to rebuild their land.
ISA 44:26-28; 45:13; EZR 1:1-4.
restore Jerusalem and the temple.
Some object that Cyrus' proclamation was only to rebuild the temple, not Jerusalem.
“...even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built...” (ISA 44:28).
Of Cyrus, God also plainly said, “...he shall build my city...” (ISA 45:13).
commandment should be considered in DAN 9:25.
are letter-satisfaction of DAN 9:25.
been building the city and walls, not just the temple. EZR 4:12.
Subsequent decrees confirmed Cyrus. EZR 6:1-15.
and the beginning of the 70 weeks of DAN 9:24-27 that led to true liberty.
entry to Jerusalem, some other event?
The 70 weeks are consecutive, sequential, uninterrupted, a determined time.
The restoring and building of v. 25 occurred in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Messiah the Prince came at the end of the 69th week (483 years from the decree).
Messiah was anointed to begin His ministry and the 70th week.
week...,” that week being the 70th.
The covenant He confirmed was the New Testament.
Messiah's “cutting off” in the midst of the week was Christ's crucifixion.
and prophecy (v. 24), and caused sacrifice and oblation to cease (v. 27).
Jerusalem which Christ's disciples would see. LUK 21:20.
temple (and that was the only temple under consideration in the prophecy).
tribulation unparalleled in past or future history. MAT 24:15-22; 1TH 2:14-16.
occurs after a gap of indeterminate time elapses.
national Israel and its temple would be restored.
Much of the detail of the prophecy is not yet fulfilled, including v. 24 and v. 27.
national Israel and this is what begins the long-awaited 70th week.
Antichrist causes the sacrifice and oblation to cease.
The abomination of desolation is an image of Antichrist placed in the temple.
national Israel and this is the “great tribulation” that Jesus spoke of in MAT 24:21.
70th week by overthrowing antichrist and setting up His Messianic world kingdom.
The horrors of 70 A.D. are marginalized.
Antichrist is nowhere mentioned in the passage.
Nothing is said about a covenant being made to allow animal sacrifices.
Nothing is said about a covenant being broken.
Why is an argument not made for a gap between the 7th and 8th week?
GEN 1 in the Scofield Reference Bible (SRB).
advent. See the SRB footnotes on DAN 2.
He placed a gap between the 69th and 70th week of DAN 9:24-27.
of the wicked in his SRB footnote on MAT 13:30.
on 1CO 15:52, 1TH 4 and REV 20.
Messiah since that occurred AFTER the 69th (7 + 62) week!
it would seem that the sufferings of Christ should be similarly marginalized.
praise forever! LUK 16:16; GAL 3:19, 24-25; HEB 9:10; EPH 3:21.
were declared by the prophets: they were not secrets in that sense.
LUK 18:31-33; 24:25-27; ROM 15:8-12; ACT 15:14-17; 26:22-23.
Messianic/Jewish kingdom age ruled from Jerusalem.
language of the next verse.
“Sixty-nine weeks are determined...” But the 69 weeks only reach to Messiah's arrival.
those things did not occur during that week, when did they occur? And what DID He do?
makes Jesus Christ at His first advent central to every aspect of the prophecy.
which accounts for all things of the 70th week.
is a sensible continuity and completion of all 70 weeks.
is in agreement with all other Scripture.
is in keeping with sound grammatical principles.
Who is “...Messiah the Prince...” (v. 25)?
What or who is “...the most Holy...” (v. 24) that is anointed?
Who are “...the people of the prince that shall come...” (v. 26)?
Who is “...the prince that shall come...” (v. 26)?
oblation to cease...and...make it desolate...” (v. 27)?
The 69 weeks bring us unto Messiah the Prince, no further.
every other place other than DAN 9:25-26).
also means anointed. JOH 1:41; 4:25; PSA 2:2 c/w ACT 4:26.
Jesus of Nazareth is obviously Messiah/Christ and the Prince of this prophecy.
ISA 9:6; ACT 3:15; 5:31; REV 1:5.
To deny that Jesus is the Christ is to declare oneself a liar and antichrist. 1JO 2:22.
Since Messiah/Christ means anointed, the beginning of the 70th week can be established.
Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost at His baptism. LUK 3:21-22; 4:18; ACT 10:38.
This was His manifestation to Israel as Messiah, not before. JOH 1:6-8, 31.
Moses' Law required that firstborn males be called “...holy to the Lord” (LUK 2:23).
Jesus was “...that holy thing...” (LUK 1:35), Mary's firstborn child.
He was anointed with the oil of gladness ABOVE His fellows. HEB 1:9.
Christ's anointing marked the beginning of His Messianic ministry. LUK 4:18-21.
A timetable was being kept: the beginning of the 70th week! c/w MAR 1:15.
The beginning of Jesus Christ's ministry is even called His coming.
ACT 13:24 c/w JOH 1:27-30.
the phrases, “...unto Messiah the Prince...” and “...anoint the most Holy...” (DAN 9:24-25).
fall into that heptad of years.
the other events of DAN 9:24.
great work of His atonement as “...the just for the unjust...” (1PE 3:18).
was he stricken” (ISA 53:8).
According to the divine covenant, God made Him to be sin for us. 2CO 5:21.
cease (doing something). Also, rarely, To put an end to, cause to cease.
transgressed thy law...” (DAN 9:11).
Christ. MAT 3:7-12; 21:33-45; ACT 7:52; 13:27.
years before. MAT 23:29-38; 1TH 2:14-16.
righteous messengers of God and especially Christ.
condemning it in His flesh (ROM 8:3) and putting it away. HEB 9:26.
to make reconciliation for iniquity. Christ reconciled His people unto God by His death.
ROM 5:10; COL 1:21-22; HEB 2:17.
many righteous forever. ROM 5:19-21; 1CO 1:30; 2CO 5:21.
Sealing up can refer to the summum or great end of something. EZE 28:12.
that which is sealed is hidden from sight.
prophecy. JOH 5:39; ACT 3:18; 10:43; ROM 10:4; GAL 3:16-17; REV 19:10.
the book was sealed by Christ. ISA 29:11; 6:9-12; LUK 19:42; JOH 9:39.
broken. ROM 10:1-4; 2CO 3:14-16.
XIII. DAN 9:26-27 sets forth other things that pertain to Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
“he” in this verse has only one proper subject for its antecedent: Messiah (v. 26).
subject in v. 26, i.e., Messiah.
Messiah, therefore, confirmed the covenant with many for one week, the 70th week.
Covenant/Testament. MAT 26:28; HEB 9:28.
He confirmed it by deed with His blood. HEB 13:20.
He confirmed it by declaration with His gospel.
Recall that Gabriel's prophecy pertained to Daniel's people. DAN 9:24.
Christ came as a minister to Israel/circumcision. MAT 15:24; ROM 15:8.
He was “...set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel...” (LUK 2:34).
The apostles' ministries were for a season limited to Israel. MAT 10:5-6.
The gospel was first to the Jews. ACT 3:25-26; ROM 1:16.
Many in Israel embraced Messiah's covenant. ACT 2:41; 4:4, 32; 5:14.
oblation to cease...” (v. 27).
week...” or roughly 3-1/2 years after His ministry began.
shadows of the Law sacrifices caused the sacrifice and oblation to cease.
They ceased as a divine appointment. HEB 10:11-17.
Holiest of all for sin. MAT 27:51.
way through Christ. HEB 10:19-22.
animal sacrifices in an earthly temple!
appeared in the first century to satisfy the terms of the 70 weeks.
Jerusalem in 70 A.D., they say that the prince of that people has not yet arrived!
between the people who destroyed the city and their prince.
written in passages like DAN 9:24-27. See LUK 19:41-44; 21:20-24.
allies confirms a letter-fulfillment of incomparable tribulation.
Gentile Roman armies “his armies” per MAT 22:7.
First, the language of v. 26 would be somewhat incongruous by this interpretation.
called them His tools and servants. ISA 10:5-19; JER 25:9 et. al.
resurrection. JOH 5:22, 27; MAT 28:18; ACT 17:31.
It is also true that under the New Covenant, Gentiles are called God's people.
children) are the ones that are properly called God's people.
that He sends forth may be angels, as in PSA 68:17 c/w 2KI 6:17.
come to bear on Daniel's people. DAN 10:12-13, 20-21 c/w 8:20-21.
Medes and Persians (the breasts and arms of silver in the colossus).
empire (the belly and thighs of brass in the colossus).
prince of each of these empires could be a spirit.
Note that Michael the archangel is called a prince in this book. DAN 10:13.
Satan is such a prince. JOH 14:30; EPH 2:2.
God's angels/princes have fought Satan and his angels. REV 12:7.
cherub was not simply the man on Tyrus' throne. EZE 28:2, 12-15.
Our wrestlings are with invisible princes. EPH 6:12.
Was a man named Peter animated by a spirit prince once? MAT 16:23.
obviously the Romans of the first century.
When did the 70th week end?
make an end of sins.
cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease.
the confirming of the covenant with many in Israel (in a strict chronological sense).
to believe that the 70th week did come to an end, chronologically speaking.
But what about Israel finishing the transgression?
extended past the suffering of Christ into the N.T. church era.
This went well past the chronological end of the 70th week.
commensurate with the end of the desolating war. vs. 26-27.
and even used it to house Christ's N.T. church.
The temple/sanctuary still stood until the Romans destroyed it in 70 A.D.
of faith opened to the Gentiles, even all the way through the Book of Acts.
He destroyed the temple in 70 A.D.
practice until a later date.
departed, evil-spirit-overcome suicidal death. 1SAM 16:14; 18:12; 28:16; 31:4.
The parallel between this and first-century Israel is noteworthy.
what they do...” (LUK 23:34).
Here was a prayer for forgiveness in consideration of ignorance.
God always hears Christ's prayers. JOH 11:42.
but who through ignorance were condemning Him. ACT 3:17; 13:27.
to accommodate the elect's salvation from the destruction to come.
Hezekiah's life and even rolled time back forty minutes as a sign for him.
Years earlier, God stretched out a day for Joshua. JOS 10:12-13.
A day is a unit of time, as is a “week” (heptad) of years.
precedent, nor is it unreasonable.
BETWEEN the units of time under consideration.
the Red Sea about forty years earlier.
Egypt was rolled away from them. JOS 5:9.
to the O.T. church's entrance to Canaan through flooded Jordan. JOS 3:15.
XVI. What was “...that determined...poured upon the desolate” (DAN 9:27)?
should be poured out. LEV 26; DEU 27-29 c/w DAN 9:11-12.
God's wrath for national irremediable sin was described as a pouring out. 2CH 34:24-25.
the pouring out of the spirit of deep sleep. ISA 29:10-11; ROM 11:7-10; PSA 69:22-25.
The land bore the curse of desolation by the Romans in accord with MIC 3:12.
made herself a desolate widow (per 1TI 5:5), a fate of Babylon earlier. ISA 47:7-9.
new holy nation (1PE 2:9), something else was poured out. ZEC 12:10; ACT 2:16-21.
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