Gaueko lapur bat [A THIEF In The NIGHT...in Basque]z

Jesus lapur gisa dator? Kristoren garaian, K.o. 30. urtean, lapur bat deskribatzen duten idatziak aztertzen ditugu! Interpretazioarekiko desafio HANDIA?.....

Gaueko lapur bat

 
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OHARRA: Bibliako erreferentziak CSV-koak dira, kontrakoa adierazi ezean.

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Ikus dezagun nola deskribatzen den Biblian "Etxeko lapurreta; Gaueko lapurra". Badago beste istorio bat denok ezagutzen duguna, eta garai berekoa eta kultura etniko berekoa da. Gogoratzen al duzu "Ali Baba eta berrogei lapurrak" istorioa? Ekialde Hurbileko ipuin herrikoi klasiko bat da. Lapurrek ur-ontzi handietan ezkutatzea zuten asmoa, eta hauek gizon aberats baten oturuntzetara eraman zituzten. Gero, seinalea eman arte itxaron, orduan denak salto egin eta eraso eta suntsituko zuten, eta gero harrapakin guztia hartuko zuten. Gaur egun, gure mendebaldeko kulturan, "gaueko lapurra" gehiegi pentsatzen dugu "katu-lapur" isil bat bezala. Saiatu beharko genuke Eskriturak jatorrizko garai eta lekutik ulertzen!

Jarraian zerrendatutako biblia-idazki hauek GUZTIAK gaur egun gure MENDEBALDEKO kulturan deituko genukeena deskribatzen dutela dirudi: Etxebizitza bat inbaditzea; Lapurreta armatua; edo 'Harrapaketa eta Harrapaketa'! Adierazten dute 'Gizon Indartsua, Lapurra edo Erruduna' borroka ona eman dezaketen pertsonak direla! Gainera, pasarte hauetan ez dago "katu-lapur" baten antzera isilpean sartzen denik adierazten duenik. Egin dezagun bilaketa biblia-idazkietan honako "gako-hitzak" erabiliz.

'Gizon sendoa' (esaldi honen 6 zerrenda)

1 Samuel 14:52 Gerra gogorra izan zen filistearren aurka... Saulek gizon indartsu edo adoretsuren bat ikusten zuenean, bereganatzen zuen.

Is 10:13 ...Herrien mugak kendu ditut, haien altxorrak lapurtu ditut eta herria gizon indartsu bat bezala zapaldu dut.
Mt 12:29 ...nola sar daiteke inor ...gizon indartsu baten etxean eta haren ondasunak lapurtu, lehenik indartsua lotzen ez badu, ...gero ...bere etxea arpilatu.
Mk 3:27 Inor ezin da sartu ...gizon indartsu baten etxean ...bere ondasunak arpilatu, lehenik indartsua lotzen ez badu ...gero ...bere etxea arpilatu.
Lk 11:21 Gizon indartsuak, guztiz armatuta, bere etxea zaintzen duenean, bere ondasunak bakean daude.

'Lapurtu, Lapur, Lapurtu' (31 Zerrenda)

Epaileak 9:25 Sikemgo gizonek zelatan jarri zieten gizonak mendien gailurrean, eta handik igarotzen ziren guztiak lapurtzen zituzten .

1Sam 23:1 Eta Davidi jakinarazi zioten, esanez: «Hara, filistearrak Keilaren aurka borrokan ari dira, eta larrainak lapurtzen».
2Sam 17:8 Izan ere, Huxaik esan zuen: «Gizon ausartak dira, eta bihotz mingotsak, landan bere kumeak lapurtutako hartz bat bezala».
Isaias 10:13 «Herriaren mugak kendu ditut, eta haien altxorrak lapurtu ditut, eta... herria gizon indartsu bat bezala zapaldu».
Isaias 13:16 Eta haien seme-alabak txiki-txiki egingo dituzte haien begien aurrean; haien etxeak lapurtuko dituzte, eta haien emazteak bortxatuko».
Isaias 17:14 «Hara, izua! Goiza baino lehen, ez da! Hau da gu lapurtzen gaituztenen zoria, eta gu lapurtzen gaituztenen zoria».
Isaias 42:22 Baina hau herri lapurtua eta hondatua da; denak zuloetan harrapatuta, eta espetxeetan ezkutatuta daude».
Jeremias 50:37 «Eta emakumeak bezala bihurtuko dira». Ezpata da haren altxorrentzat, eta lapurtuak izango dira.
Ez 18:7 eta ez du inor gaizki tratatu, baina zordunaren bahitura itzuli dio, inor ez du indarkeriaz lapurtu,..
Ez 18:16 ez du inor gaizki tratatu; ez du bahitura atxiki; ez du indarkeriaz lapurtu..
Mk 14:48 Eta Jesusek erantzun zien: Ezpata eta makilekin atera zarete, lapur baten aurka bezala, ni harrapatzeko?
Lk 10:30 ,,Gizon bat joan zen Jerikora eta lapurren eskuetan erori zen, eta hauek biluztu egin zuten, zauritu eta alde egin zuten, erdi hilda utziz.
Lk 22:52 Eta Jesusek esan zien: Lapur baten aurka bezala atera zarete, ezpata eta makilekin?

Lapurra edo lapurrak (40 zerrenda)

Irteera 22:2 Lapurra etxe bat sartzen harrapatzen badute eta hiltzen bada, ez da odolik isuriko haren errudun.

Job 24:14 Argiarekin batera jaikitzen den hiltzaileak pobreak eta behartsuak hiltzen ditu, eta gauez lapurra da.
Jer 49:9 Biltzaileak ... etortzen badira ... ez al dute mahatsik utziko? Gauez lapurrak etortzen badira, nahikoa izan arte suntsituko dute.
Joe 2:9 Hirira oldartuko dira ... harresietan korrika ... etxeetara igoko dira; leihoetatik sartuko dira lapur bat bezala.
Mt 6:19 Ez pilatu altxorrik lurrean, non sitsak eta herdoilak usteltzen dituzten, eta non lapurrek zulatu eta lapurtzen duten.
Mt 6:20 Baina pilatu altxorrak zeruan ... non ez sitsak ez herdoilak usteltzen ez duten, eta non lapurrek ez duten zulatu ez lapurtzen.
Mt 24:43 Baina ... lapurra etorriko zela jakingo balu, erne egongo zen eta ... ez zuen bere etxea zulatu uzten.
Lk 12:39 ...lapurra etorriko zela jakingo balu, erne egongo zen eta ...ez zuen bere etxea zulatu uzten.
Jn 10:10 Lapurra ez da etortzen lapurtzera, hiltzera eta suntsitzera baino...

Goiko bertsoak ez dira "gako-hitz" horiek erabiltzen dituzten biblia-pasarteen zerrenda osoa. Baina guztiek argi adierazten dute hitz horiek iradokitzen duten indarkeriaren berri. Adibidez, goiko azken bertsoa, ​​Joan 10:10, "Lapurra ez da etortzen lapurtzera, hiltzera eta suntsitzera izan ezik ". Beraz, " Jauna gauez lapur gisa datorrela " aipatzen duten biblia-pasarteak irakurtzen ditugunean , inguruko hitzetan " indarkeriaren " zantzuren bat ikusi beharko genuke ! Gainera, ez genuke saiatu behar tribulazio aurreko bahiketa baten aurreiritziarekin estaltzen, zerbait isila eta sekretua! Beraz, ikus ditzagun Jauna gauez lapur gisa datorrela aipatzen duten biblia-pasarte horietako batzuk!

Jaunaren etorrera

Jauna gauez lapur bat bezala etorriko da USTEKABEAN! Eta Ozena, Indartsua eta Suntsitzailea izango da!

Lk 12:40 Beraz, zuek ere prest egon, zeren Gizonaren Semea uste ez duzuen orduan etorriko baita.

2Pe 3:10 Baina Jaunaren eguna gauez lapurra bezala etorriko da, eta zeruak zarata handiz desagertuko dira, eta elementuak su bizian urtuko dira. Eta lurra eta bertan dauden lanak erreko dira.
Apok 3:3 Gogoratu, beraz, nola jaso eta entzun duzun, eta eutsi gogor, eta damutu. Beraz, erne ez bazaude, lapur bat bezala etorriko naiz zure gainera, eta ez dakizu zein ordutan etorriko naizen zure gainera. Apok 16:15
Hara, lapur bat bezala nator. Zorionekoa erne dagoena eta bere jantziak gordetzen dituena, biluzik ibil ez dadin eta bere lotsa ikus ez dezaten.

Paulo Tesalonikarrei

Tesalonikarrek kezka zuten hildako lagunek berpizkundea galduko zutelako. Ondoren, Paulek tesalonikarrei idazten die: -

1Tes 4:13 «Baina ez dut nahi zuek ezjakinak izatea, anaiak, lo daudenei buruz (Kristogan hildakoak)... :15 Jaunaren hitzez esaten dizuegu hau: gu, bizirik gaudenok eta Jaunaren etorrera arte bizirik gaudenok, ez garela lo daudenen aurretik joango. :16 Jauna bera jaitsiko baita zerutik oihu batekin , aingeruaren ahotsarekin eta Jainkoaren tronpetarekin . Eta Kristogan hildakoak lehenengo piztuko dira . :17 Gero, bizirik gaudenok eta bizirik gaudenok, haiekin batera hodeietan harrapatuko gaituzte, Jaunarekin topo egiteko airean. Eta horrela beti egongo gara Jaunarekin. :18 Beraz, kontsolatu elkar hitz hauekin».

Ondoren, Paulek "Baina" eranskin batekin jarraitzen du, bi kapituluak gertaera bakar gisa lotzen dituena. Ondoren, Jauna lapur gisa datorren deskribatzen du: -
1Tes 5:1 " Baina garai eta sasoiei buruz, anaiak, ez duzue nik idazteko beharrik. :2 Badakizue zeuek ondo Jaunaren eguna gaueko lapurra bezala datorrela . :3 Izan ere, "Bakea eta segurtasuna" esango dutenean, orduan bat-bateko suntsipena etorriko zaie gainera, haurdun dagoen emakumeari erditze-minak bezala. Eta ez dira ihes egingo. :4 Baina zuek, anaiak, ez zaudete iluntasunean, egunak lapurra bezala har zaitzaten. :5 Zuek guztiok argiaren seme-alabak eta eguneko seme-alabak zarete. ..:8 Baina gu, egunekoak garenok, lasai egon gaitezen, fedearen eta maitasunaren bular-babesa eta salbazioaren itxaropena kasko gisa jantzita. :9 Jainkoak ez gaitu haserrerako izendatu, baizik eta gure Jaun Jesukristoren bidezko salbazioa lortzeko".

Goiko pasarteak gertaera hauek guztiak gertatzen ditu: - “Jauna oihu batekin jaisten da”, “goiaingeru baten ahotsa”, “Jainkoaren tronpeta”, “Kristogan hildakoak lehenik piztuko dira”, “Jaunaren eguna”, “Jauna gauez lapurra bezala dator”, “bat-bateko suntsipena dator haien gainera” eta “Jainkoak ez gaitu haserrerako izendatu”.

GALDERA: - Nork jasango du Jainkoaren haserrea? - Gaiztoak dira sufritzen dutenak! Eta berehala gertatzen da Jaunarekin topo egiteko harrapatzen garenean. Beraz, nahiko barregarria da pentsatzea harrapatzea edo 'harrapatzea' gertaera isila edo sekretua dela. Eta hori guztia gorabehera, Jainkoak ez gaitu haserrerako izendatu . Goikoetatik ezer ez da gertaera isila bezala iruditzen? Sal 91:7 "Mila eroriko dira zure alboan, eta hamar mila zure eskuinean; ez da zuregana hurbilduko". Badirudi Jainkoak gure gainean agindu duen babesa ahaztu dugula! Badirudi elizak ahulki mundutik altxatua izateko itxaropena duela tribulazio aurreko harrapatze moduko batean? Jainkoak ez gaitzan nahi gabe jotzeko bere haserrea isurtzen duenean. Ahaztu al gara Irteera liburua eta nola babestu zituen Jainkoak Israelgo seme-alabak Egiptoko izurriteen garaian?

Harrapaketari buruzko galdera

Beste gauza bat, kanoi solte baten antzekoa, Harrapaketa da! Goiko pasarte hau guztia, Pauloengandik Tesalonikarrei, Jaunaren Bigarren Etorreraz ari da. Eta Paulok esaten ari da hori gertatuko den hurrengo gauza dela! Beraz, Harrapaketa aurreko bat baldin badago, zergatik ez die Paulek Tesalonikarrei lehenik Harrapaketaz hitz egiten? ZERGATIK; zeren, jakina, ez dago tribulazio aurreko Harrapaketarik!

Amaiera Denboraren Deskribapena

Belar txarren parabola

Mt 13:24 «Beste parabola bat ere kontatu zien, esanez: Zeruko erreinua bere soroan hazi ona erein zuen gizon batekin alderatzen da. :25 Baina jendea lo zegoela, etorri zitzaion etsaia eta gari artean belarra erein zuen, eta joan egin zen. :26 Baina belarra erne eta fruitua eman zuenean, orduan agertu zen belarra ere. :27 Etxejaunaren morroiak etorri eta esan zioten: Jauna, ez al zenuen hazi ona erein zure soroan? Nondik dator, orduan, belarra? :28 Hark esan zien: Etsai batek egin du hori. Morroiek esan zioten: Orduan, joan eta biltzea nahi al duzu? :29 Baina hark esan zuen: Ez, belarra biltzen duzuen bitartean, garia ere errotik atera ez dezazun. :30  Utzi biak elkarrekin hazten uzta arte . Eta uzta garaian igitariei esango diet: Bildu lehenik belarra eta lotu sortatan erretzeko , baina bildu garia nire biltegian». Uzta, noski, gure munduan gertatuko den HURRENGO gauza da! ... (Orain "jauzi" egin pasarte honen azalpenera).

Belar txarren parabola azalduta

Mt 13:36 “..Eta bere ikasleak hurbildu zitzaizkion, esanez: Azaldu iezaguzu soroko olo-belarraren parabola. :37 Hark erantzun zien: Hazi ona ereiten duena Gizonaren Semea da; :38 soroa mundua da; hazi ona erreinuko semeak dira; baina olo-belarra gaiztoaren semeak dira. :39 Erein dituen etsaia Deabrua da; uzta munduaren amaiera da; eta igitariak aingeruak dira. :40 Beraz, olo-belarra bildu eta suan erretzen den bezala, mundu honen amaieran ere hala izango da. :41 Gizonaren Semeak bere aingeruak bidaliko ditu, eta bere erreinutik bilduko dituzte iraingarri guztiak eta gaiztakeria egiten dutenak, :42 eta suzko labe batera botako dituzte. Han izango da negarra eta hortzen karraska. :43 Orduan, justuak eguzkia bezala distira egingo dute beren Aitaren erreinuan. Entzuteko belarriak dituenak, entzun dezala.” Non dago tribulazio aurreko Harrapaketa?

Beraz, goiko pasarteetatik, nondik ateratzen du elizak "Tribulazio aurreko Harrapaketa" ideia? Seguruenik gaiari buruzko norbaiten iruzkinak irakurrita, Jainkoaren Hitza irakurri beharrean, pasarte horietako batek ere ez baitu ezer "Isil" edo "Sekretu" adierazten!

Sarearen parabola.

Mt 13:47 «Berriz ere, Zeruko erreinua itsasora bota eta mota guztietako batzuk bildu zituen sare baten antzekoa da; :48 bete zenean, kostaldera atera zuten, eta eseri eta onak ontzietan bildu zituzten, baina txarrak bota zituzten. :49  Hala izango da munduaren amaieran. Aingeruak aterako dira eta gaiztoak justuen artetik bereiziko dituzte, :50 eta suzko labera botako dituzte . Han izango da negarra eta hortz-karraska». Berriz ere, non dago tribulazio aurreko Harrapaketa?

2 Tesalonikarrei

Saiatu asmatzen non kokatzen den Harrapaketa pasarte honetan? Hau da Paulok Tesalonikarrei bidalitako bigarren gutuna; noski, oraingoan Harrapaketaz hitz egingo die!

Legez kanpoko gizona

2Tes 2:1 “Anaiak, eskatzen dizuegu orain, gure Jaun Jesukristoren etorrerari eta berarekin biltzeari dagokionez : 2 ez zaiteztela laster gogoan astindu edo kezkatu, ez espirituz, ez hitzez edo gutunez, gure bidez bezala, Kristoren eguna gertu balego bezala.  3 Ez zaitzatela inork engaina inola ere. Izan ere , egun hori ('egun hori' gertaera bakarra) ez da etorriko lehenik erorketa etorri ezean , eta bekatuaren gizona agerian geratuko da, galbidearen semea, 4 Jainko deitzen den edo gurtzen den guztiaren gainetik bere burua goratzen duena, Jainkoaren tenpluan Jainko gisa esertzeko, bere burua Jainkoa dela aurkeztuz”. ..“Jauzi” bertsora: 8 “Eta orduan legez kanpokoa agerian geratuko da, Jaunak bere ahoko hatsarekin suntsituko duena eta bere etorreraren distirarekin suntsituko duena”. Berriz ere, non dago tribulazio aurreko bahiketa?

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BI gertaera daude hemen, "etorrera" eta "gure bilkura", eta gero Paulek dio, "egun horretarako"! Horrek esan nahi du bi gertaerak aldiberekoak direla. BAINA ETORRERA HAU AURRETIK, bekatuaren gizona agertzen da. Beraz, denok hemen egon behar dugu 'bekatuaren gizona' agertzen denean. Gainera, hemen lurrean aktibo dagoen bitartean eta Jaunak kontsumitzen duenean. Batzuek diote Jauna 'bahiketaren' ondoren 7 urtera itzultzen dela, "bere boterean" 144.000ekin. Eta garai hartan Kristok bekatuaren gizona suntsitzen du. Beraz, jende horrek dio pasarte honek 7 urteren ondoren gertatzen den gertaera horri egiten diola erreferentzia? Hori egia bada; orduan bigarren bilkura bat egon behar da? Beste era batera esanda; bilkura bat bahiketaren hasieran 7 urteen hasieran, eta bilkura bat Jaunaren Bigarren Etorreran 7 urteren ondoren! Hori guztia zuzena bada, zergatik kontsolatzen ditu Paulek Tesalonikarrei pasarte honekin? Zergatik ez die Paulek argi eta garbi esaten 'bahiketaren' inguruan??

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Gauzak honela gertatzen ikusten ditut, Jesus behin bakarrik dator. Orduan Bilkura dago, bekatuaren gizona suntsitzen da, Satanas 1000 urtez lotzen da, eta gero milurtekoa hasten da! Gure gertaeren estilo historikoa ahaztu dugu. Filmetan ikusten dugu, baina ez dugu ulertzen. Errege edo erromatar enperadore bat bidaia luze baten ondoren etxera itzultzen denean, herritar guztiak hiritik ateratzen dira hura agurtzera itzultzen denean. Adibidez, gure Karlos erregea Australiara bisitan etortzen balitz, jendetza aterako litzateke banderekin eta kaleak beteko lituzke. Kristo itzultzen denean, denok airean harrapatuko gara hura agurtzera Lurrera hurbiltzen den heinean. Figuratiboki, 144.000ak gara, eta denok lurrera gatoz berarekin bere milurteko agintea ezartzeko. Uste dut bere itzulera eragingo duen gauza bakarra Gog eta Magogekin izango dela datorren mundu gerra.

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Beste hainbat hitzaldi ditut zuretzat, jo beheko estekak. Honela konfiguratu da erraz itzultzeko.
GOGORATU Beheko esteketara joan nahi baduzu, esteka ireki beharko duzu; ondoren, eskuineko marjinan dagoen ITZULI aukera erabiliz zure hizkuntzara itzuli. [Google-k bultzatuta]
ZURE hizkuntzan eman dizkizut lehenengo zerrendako hitzaldien izenburuak. Ondoren, ordena berean, bigarren zerrendako estekak emango dizkizut.

JAINKOAK bedeinka zaitzala!   Zurea Adrian

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When Did Jesus Become The Messiah?

Question- Did Jesus Become The Messiah on Palm Sunday? So, His Public Ministry Was Blasphemy? Or Did He Become the Messiah at His Baptism?

When Did Jesus Become The Messiah?

Published 20170313 -:- Revised 20260526P

I am dyslexic so please bear with me. Scripture references are from King James (KJV) unless noted otherwise.

References & Equipment

e-Sword    = Bible references are from ‘e-Sword’. The FREE Bible on line. http://www.e-sword.net/downloads.html

ACCH    = Adams Syn Chronological Chart or Map of History, [based on Ussher’s ‘Annals of the World’] (9m wall chart)

HCC    = History of The Christian Church (by Philip Schaff) 1882 Edition. via e-Sword. [underlined for easy refer.]

AOTJ    = Antiquities Of The Jews By Flavius Josephus

Wikipe    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint

CN    = Commentary Notes from e-Sword. By “NAME” on Bible Ref “BOOK CH: Vrs” e.g. [ref CN Clark on Dan 7:7].

AOW    = The Annals of the World by James Ussher’s

FoxBM    = Fox’s Book of Martyrs – via e-Sword

AJFerris    = The Book of Revelation by A. J. Ferris. – Publisher, “The Clarendon” Blackheath London (3^rd Edition 1941)

GPB    = Great Prophecies of the Bible by Ralph Woodrow (1999 Edition) P.O. Box 21 Palm Springs, CA 92263-0021

LXXE    = The Septuagint with Apocrypha by Sir Lancelot C.L. Brenton (2016 Edition). Also via e-Sword

How Came The Question

My wife and I had an in depth discussion with four colleagues, two pastors and elders. The subject was the Rapture, with all those ‘curve ball’ questions. Two hours plus later we parted, still good friends. Arriving home we said to each other, “We’ve had enough, we studied a week for that. Knock Off!” The next morning that, ‘still small voice’ asked me that question above. Suddenly all of yesterday’s discussion fell into place. So let me unpack the various lines of thought the Lord showed me, and I hope you will find it as interesting as I did.

Aim

In this discussion I hope to show you a very simple way to understand Daniel chapter 9 and the 70 weeks prophecy. Namely: - The start point of the 70 weeks, and the end of the 69^th week. Then whether or not the 70 weeks is continuous, or the 70^th week is off in future?

Daniel chapter 9 

If you are not familiar with the Septuagint, [ref. LXXE], humour me for a moment and try this. Below is a copy of Brenton’s English Septuagint (Brenton), obtained from e-Sword. If you refer to the Wikipedia reference above,

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint], and go to ‘History’, you will find that the majority of the English translations stems from the Septuagint. It is a Greek translation of the Hebrew, Old Testament and other books. From which, in the New Testament, Jesus, Peter, Paul and others often quoted. It is accepted as quite an accurate translation of the Hebrew text. So get your own favourite copy of Daniel and read along with me. I have highlighted some sections to take particular note.   

The background of Daniel chapter 9 is that Daniel understood that Jeremiah’s prophecy of the seventy years exile from Jerusalem was now completed. So he intercedes in prayer for an answer as to what happens next please Lord. The angel Gabriel arrives, and he and Daniel as of chapter 8 are now good mates, so Gabriel starts to explain to Daniel the 70 weeks prophecy. 

(LXXE Brenton), Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks have been determined upon thy people, and upon the holy city, for sin to be ended, and to seal up transgressions, and to blot out the iniquities, and to make atonement for iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy. 

Dan 9:25 And thou shalt know and understand, that from the going forth of the command for the answer and for the building of Jerusalem until Christ the prince there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks; and then the time shall return, and the street shall be built, and the wall, and the times shall be exhausted. 

Dan 9:26 And after the sixty-two weeks, the anointed one shall be destroyed, and there is no judgment in him: and he shall destroy the city and the sanctuary with the prince that is coming: they shall be cut off with a flood, and to the end of the war which is rapidly completed he shall appoint the city to desolations. 

Dan 9:27 And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away: and on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations; and at the end of time an end shall be put to the desolation. 

Points To Note

Verse 24. (Nearly every version of Daniel verses 24, 25 and the first part of verse 26, has this same translation and meaning.)

(a) “Seventy weeks”. This is widely recognized as a time period on the bases of “a day for year”. You can look up any commentary notes to find something like this. 70 x 7 prophetic days = 490 prophetic days = 490 literal years.

(b) “determined …thy people, and the holy city”. Meaning that the prophecy is pertaining to the Jews and Jerusalem only.

 Verse 25 “command..for the building of Jerusalem.” This is the START Point for the “seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks”, which many refer to as the total being 69 weeks. 

“until Christ the prince”. This is the END Point for the “seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks”, i.e. 69 weeks should be completed!

Verse 26. “after the sixty-two weeks”, meaning the 69 weeks in total is finished. [At a day for a year it come to 69 x 7= 483 literal years] NB: it does not say At the 62 weeks! So some time after the 62 weeks the following should start to happen: -

“the anointed one (Christ) shall be destroyed, …no judgment in him”. He (Christ) shall die, but be innocent in the sight of God.

Who is ‘he’!

Dan 9:26,  “the anointed one shall be destroyed, and there is no judgment in him: and he shall destroy the city and the sanctuary with the prince that is coming”. Who is the ‘he’? Grammatically it is obviously referring to the anointed one, Christ as the one who will destroy the city and the sanctuary, along with the help of ‘the prince that is coming’. Different isn’t it? Actually it’s far less confusing grammatically than many other translations. And it’s not out of line with scripture because Christ in Matt 24 prophesied that Jerusalem would be destroyed, and God used the Romans as His weapon of choice. We know that God would dish out harsh punishment when He decides enough is enough. We only need to refer to some of the well-known biblical stories of God’s punishment in action.

Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth …the flood

Gen 18:28 …wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? … Sodom and Gomorrah

Exo 12:13 …I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 

But what about Gods anger poured out against Israel? Read Lev 26:14-46, through Moses, God is stressing His absolute bottom line of tolerance!  He is stating His Punishment for Disobedience. Then I did a search in e-Sword using the phrase ‘I will destroy’, in which the passage is directly referring to Israel. I found the following scriptures: -

Jer 15:7 …I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

Eze 6:3 …Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. 

Eze 34:16 …but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. 

Hos 2:12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, ….

Hos 4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

Amo 9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; …

So it is not a major leap in our thinking to see that in verse 26, “the anointed one…no judgment in him…and he shall destroy”, are all one and the same person. As for verse 27, the classic 70th week, we will come back to that later.

The Start Point Of The 70 Weeks

There is a lot of ‘highfaluting’ chronology tangled up with all this issue as to who said what, when it was said and how to do the calculations. I will just brief over some of the points that cause the confusion.  

Dan 9:25 “… that from the going forth of the command for the answer and for the building of Jerusalem…” Who gave that command? Some say it was Cyrus. If you refer to 2^nd Chronicles chapter 36 you will find a brief account of Cyrus’s decree, verses 22-23 “Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.” Then in Ezra 1:1-11 there is a more detailed account.

Arguments For and Against

(1) Some say Cyrus command was only to rebuild the Temple; he didn’t decree the rebuilding of Jerusalem! Just consider that as a modern day building project. The Australia Federal Government decides to build in out back Australia, an Iron Ore Mine, the Snowy Mountain Hydro Electricity Scheme or the Ord River Scheme. Do you expect people to live in tents during all those years of construction? Of course not! A mining town or village is the first thing to be established for the workers and families. Along with airport, power station, water supply, sewage, supper market, cinema, hospital, pub, swimming pool and a ‘Footy Oval’ etc. So why would Cyrus send thousands of people out to a demolished city! And the only thing he wants them to do is rebuild the Temple?

(2) Do you want to argue with God? God decreed that Cyrus would rebuild both Jerusalem and the Temple 150 years before Cyrus was born. The account of such is in Isaiah 44:28 “That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.” 

(3) The account of Cyrus’s enthusiasm to rebuild both Jerusalem and the Temple, is recorded by Josephus, [ref. AOTJ. Book 11, Chapter 1. “[2. This was known to Cyrus by his reading the book which Isaiah left behind him of his prophecies; for this prophet said that God had spoken thus to him in a secret vision: "My will is, that Cyrus, whom I have appointed to be king over many and great nations, send back my people to their own land, and build my temple." This was foretold by Isaiah one hundred and forty years before the temple was demolished. Accordingly, when Cyrus read this, and admired the Divine power, an earnest desire and ambition seized upon him to fulfill what was so written; so he called for the most eminent Jews that were in Babylon, and said to them, that he gave them leave to go back to their own country, and to rebuild their city Jerusalem, (2) and the temple of God, for that he would be their assistant, and that he would write to the rulers and governors that were in the neighborhood of their country of Judea, that they should contribute to them gold and silver for the building of the temple, and besides that, beasts for their sacrifices.]”

(4) But many argue that the decree of Cyrus was at the wrong time! He sent back the first party to return to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel. According to, [ACCH], Adams History and [AOW], James Ussher the return of  Zerubbabel’s party to Jerusalem was in the year 536 BC. So do the maths! The ‘69 weeks’ as mentioned earlier calculates out to 483 literal years. So we have 536 BC plus 483 years, this should bring us to the END POINT, at which Christ should appear. 536-483=53 BC?? So it’s the wrong time. But there are other eminent scholars who have proven that Adams and Ussher base their dating on Ptolemy’s work which is some 80 years too long…..etc.

(5) But Ezra went back in the year 458 BC! Therefore 458-483 = 26 AD, then if you apply a four years shift because of…..etc.

STOP! STOP!….STOP with ALL this he said, you said, I said…! Lets just go to the END of the 69 weeks

The END POINT Of The 69 Weeks

Have you ever stopped to think about what all those arguments are trying to work out? It sounds very much like a bunch of scribes and Pharisees in the year 20 AD, trying to work out when the Messiah should appear! We have hindsight; we know when Jesus arrived in history. So when do you think the 69^th week ENDED?  Would you say that the 69^th week culminated at the crucifixion of Jesus?  If you said yes, then you are in good company because 95% of Christians would say the same. So if the majority rules, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, it must be correct? Go back to the wording of Daniel 9:25 “And thou shalt know and understand, that from the going forth of the command for the answer and for the building of Jerusalem until Christ the prince there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks.” What exactly does “until Christ the prince” mean?

Think of this for an example. Your renovating a house, you show your apprentice a small hallway cupboard. “See it is 70cm wide at the top and the bottom. Trim down a door to exactly 69cm. It can’t be 69.5 or 68.5cm it must be exactly 69cm, which will allow for hinges and painting!” Or it’s the same as when you tell your children bedtime is at 8 o’clock. “You can stay up until 8 o’clock, then off to bed.” It is the same principal for the prophecy, ‘69 weeks until Christ the prince. It is right at the END of the 69^th week that Christ appears. As I said above we know when Christ appeared. So we know when the End Point of the 69 Weeks occurred, stop worrying about how we got there! So lets start from the end of the 69 weeks and examine what happened next.

Until Christ The Prince?

Numerous commentaries and study bibles all have the same theme that the 69^th week came to an end when Christ was crucified. You can find an excellent chart showing this in a diagrammatic form in, e-Sword/Graphics Viewer/Timeline/Table 20 “10 BC to 110 AD”. (see attached a part of that chart).

It clearly shows the “weeks” of Daniel’s prophecy as a red and white bar graph at the top left of the table. You will notice that the ‘69^th week’ ENDS right on the “Death and Resurrection of Jesus”.

Another chart, which I have copied below, can be found in e-Sword/Graphics Viewer/Larkin/Chart 20 “Daniel’s Seventy Weeks”. You will notice the line marked, [Daniel’s “Sixty Nine” Weeks], finishes right at the Cross ‘AD 30’. So what are they saying?

 "From going forth of command     >|<   69 weeks’    >    +     <      until Christ the prince, the anointed one appears.”

In the simplest form all these charts etc. are basically saying that Christ, the Messiah, did not appear until he was crucified? But have you ever stopped to think about what they are actually saying? Jesus only became the Messiah the moment He was nailed to the cross?

What about Jesus public ministry of three and a half years, does that account for NOTHING? Or are they saying he wasn’t the Messiah during his public ministry? No not quite; some scholars claim he became the Messiah at his triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey only days before the crucifixion, Matt 21:1-11 and John 12:12-19. In other words he was only publicly recognised at his triumphal entry. But was that the very first time Jesus was recognised as the Messiah? Hence the question below which I believe the Lord asked me….

When Did Jesus Become The Messiah?

The point I am trying to identify in history is the event we would call, “until Christ the prince”! So if we can identify the First occasion he was recognised as the Messiah then we know the END Point of that confusing 69 weeks. In other words lets try to work things out backwards from a known point. Then we don’t need to work out who said, “what, when, where or how”. So the “until Christ” point in history would have to be when Christ was recognized and active in the roll as the Messiah. My first thoughts go back to when Jesus was baptised by John. But lets not jump ahead, let’s eliminate the earlier occasions.

Jesus Conception

The key points from Gabriel when he greeted Mary about Jesus were, Luke 1:32 “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: v:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;…”etc. Then you have in Luke 1:39 to 56 the remarkable prophetic utterance of the ‘mums to be’ Elizabeth and Mary. In all of these prophecies we don’t have the, “until Christ the prince” point we are looking for. He’s still yet to be born! The rest of the prophecy is still future even today! Christ still hasn’t received David’s earthly throne, which will only happen in the Millennium.

Jesus Birth

Refer to Matt 2:1-4. When Jesus was born the Magi asked Herod, “Where is he that is born King of the Jews?” Then Herod asked the

Chief priests and scribes, “where Christ should be born.” Both of the underlined remarks can be cross-referenced to the Messiah. Then the priests refer to one verse from Micah 5:2 “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah….yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” But if you read Micah 5:1-6, you will notice that whole passage is a mighty prophecy about the Messiah. But in the time of Christ the only relevant part was Christ was born in Bethlehem. The Angels greeted The Shepherds with, Luke 2:11 “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” 

After Jesus was born Joseph and Mary presented Jesus at the Temple according to the Law of Moses, refer Luke 2:22-38. Simeon and Anna prophesied some remarkable things over Jesus. Luke 2:30 “For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, v:31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; v:32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.” There are so many other prophecies about the Messiah, The Lamb of God, The Anointed One, and the Christ etc. yet none to my knowledge talk about Christ doing anything marvels or miraculous as an infant! In fact the scriptures tend to show the opposite. Joseph and Mary where advised by an angel to hide the Christ child in Egypt, and keep his arrival hidden from the world.

So I would say we have drawn a blank trying to find any major announcement which would be equivalent to the meaning of the passage in Daniel 9:25 “until Christ”. Therefore there is also nothing at the birth of Christ to indicate the END Point of the 69 weeks.

When Jesus was Twelve Years Old

There is only one reference to that occasion it’s in Luke 2:41-52. (My Aussie Version) Briefly it was the Feast of Passover and every year as usual Jo and Mary took the kids, (children), to Jerusalem. Heading home they leave in the morning. It’s 80 km, “as the crow flies”, back to Nazareth, so they camped the first night along the way. Jesus wasn’t amongst the mob of kids as they thought. Crikey where is he! Back to Jerusalem, 3 days later they find him in a ‘Q and A’ session with the priests. “For goodness sake son we’ve been frantically looking high n low for you.” Young Jesus shrugged and asked, “Why didn’t you check out the Temple? Didn’t you realise I should be here about me Dad's business?” But now back to the KJV, Luke 2:51 “And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. v:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.” So if he was ‘subject unto them’, presumably it means he didn’t get involved in any independent public display until his manhood, at which time he would be responsible for his own actions. In the Jewish world manhood was 30 years of age. So again nothing to indicate the, “until Christ” point in time, nor the END Point of the 69^th week!

Jesus Public Ministry

Now you’re talkin! Most study bibles have a time line chart of the life of Jesus. Depending on the size of the chart it would shows all the major events in Christ’s life along with the scripture references. The same thing is available in e-Sword/Graphics Viewer/Timelines/ Chart 25 “Life of Jesus Showing Coverage By All”. When we look for Jesus public ministry the first thing you will notice is they all start with his baptism in the Jordan by John. Each of the gospels has an account of this event, Matt 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22 and John 1:29-34. Matthew, Mark and Luke’s accounts are relatively brief and they all cover the main points, which I have highlighted in this quote. Take Luke for example. Luke 3:21 “Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, v:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.” The Holy Spirit was seen as a dove. Then presumably from the wording of the scriptures the voice from heaven was heard by all. There is no comment that some thought it was just thunder.

But John’s account is more like a recorded interview with John. (MKJV) John 1:29 “The next day John sees Jesus coming to him and says, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! v:30 This is He of whom I said, After me comes a Man who has been before me, for He preceded me. v:31 And I did not know Him, but that He be revealed to Israel, therefore I have come baptizing with water. v:32 And John bore record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from Heaven like a dove, and He abode on Him. v:33 And I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water, that One said to me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon Him, He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. v:34 And I saw and bore record that this is the Son of God.” These underlined points are obviously a clear identification that Jesus is the Messiah, And John is doing the public announcement, as was done in the middle ages by the Town Crier. John doesn’t mention the voice from heaven, but that is God saying, “the Christ is NOW here!” It is the “until Christ the prince” point we are looking for. But lets check further along.

What happened next? Well the good Dr Luke was writing to his friend Theophilus. Luke 1:3 (ESV) “..to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,” According to Luke immediately after the baptism Jesus was tempted 40 days in the wilderness. Then Luke gives two short verses about Jesus preaching with power. Luke 4:14 “And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. v:15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.” At this point other gospel accounts and timelines talk about Jesus gathering his disciples. This must have happened quickly because Jesus first miracle was turning water into wine, refer John 2:1-12, and his disciples were also at the wedding feast. But according to Luke 4:16 the next major event was when Jesus stood up to do the daily reading, which happened to be on that day from Isaiah 61:1-3.

Luke 4:16-21 “And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. v:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, v:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, v:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. v:20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. v:21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” I believe this passage clearly answers the question, ‘When did Jesus become the Messiah?’ Jesus is quite plainly stating that he is the anointed one referred to in that passage he just read. Verse 18 has all the hallmarks to identify the actions of the Messiah.

The ‘Until Christ The Prince’ Point Identified

So now we know when Jesus became the Messiah, he was publicly announced by John the Baptised, by God audibly from heaven and by Jesus himself in the synagogue. So in Daniel chapter 9:25 we have identified the point in history we could call, “until Christ the prince”. Which then identifies the END Point of the 69^th week. YEA Halleluiah! Wasn’t that an easier way to work out when the 69^th week finished? So you can see it wasn’t really important as to how we calculated the 69 weeks after all.

“From going forth of command__>|<   69 weeks’  >|<   +   until Christ the prince, the anointed one appears.”

Rethink The 70 Weeks?

Now we are suddenly in new ground, in that the 69^th week finishes 3½ years before the Crucifixion. Where does Christ’s 3½-year public ministry fit into the 70 weeks prophecy? Or does it have nothing to do with the 70 weeks? And is the 70^th week still off in the future? Before we go any further it is important we understand two vastly different views or interpretations of Revelation. We can find a simple explanation of each in, [ref. HCC Vol. 1, Ch. 12, §101.] “The Apocalypse…Interpretation. The different interpretations are reduced by English writers to three systems according as the fulfilment of the prophecy is found in the past, present, or future. 1. The Preterist system. 2. The Continuous (or Historical) system: 3. The Futurist system:” The Preterist system is hardly ever considered these days. It is the Historical system and the Futurist system we need to understand. By all means please take the time to read the brief description of the two systems or interpretations mentioned in the above reference.

Why is this so important? Well the Futurist system incorporates Daniel’s 70^th week as the future literal 7 years that the Antichrist will come into power. Where as those of the Historical view would hold to the teaching that the 70^th week was fulfilled during the seven years from the start of Christ’s public ministry, (the END of the 69^th week), to the start of Paul’s ministry. So the 70 weeks is one continuous event. It is the Historical interpretation I would like us to examine at this point. There are many Old scholars who publicly denounced the Pope as the ‘Antichrist’ of 1 John 2:18, or the ‘Little Horn’ of Dan 7:8. The Pope was there in their ‘present day’ fulfilling all the attributes of the Antichrist. If you refer to my talk entitled, "CHURCH HISTORY Part 2 -:- [How Did The Reformation Start]", then go to, “The Papal Claims Of Authority”, it will give you various links to ‘refer to in HCC’ to verify the statements. So if they recognized the position of the Pope as the Antichrist, they must have understood the Historic view of Revelation. Some of them are well known names, and I have collected this list from these sources. It is by no means a comprehensive list. Please do your own research. You will notice that most of them date from before the 1200’s to the late 1800’s. So they were the ‘Old Timers’ who lived through the persecution of the Roman Church.

[Ref. HCC Vol. 1, Ch. 12, §101] Luther, Bullinger, Collado, Pareus, Brightman, Mede, Robert Fleming, Whiston, Vitringa, Bengel, Isaac Newton, Bishop Newton, Faber, Woodhouse, Elliott, Birks, Gaussen, Auberlen, Hengstenberg, Alford, Wordsworth, Lee. [22]

[FoxBM] William Tyndale, Walter Mill, John Rogers, George Marsh, Thomas Watts, Dr. Thomas Cranmer, Rev. John Rough, Thomas Hudson, Thomas Carman, William Seamen, Peer Bruis, John Clark, Dominicus, Lord Schilik. [14]

[Ref. A.J.Ferris] Ferris adds to this lists: - Wyclif, Calvin, Bishop Latimer, Knox, John Foxe, Bunyan, John Wesley, Dr Hudson Taylor, Moody, Bishop J.C.Ryle, Principal R S Candlish, Bishop Barnes USA, Finney, Dr. H G Guinness, Spurgeon, Dr F B Meyer, Dinsdale Young. [18]

[Ref. GPB] Eberhard II Archbishop of Salzburg, Walter Brute, Sir John Oldcastle, John Huss, Nicolaus Von Amsdorf, Philipp Melanchthon, Huldreich Zwingli, Theodor Bibliander, Alfonsus Conradus, John Napier, King James of England, Nicholas Ridley, John Bradford, John Hooper, Thomas Becon, John Jewel, William Fluke, Roger Williams, Cotton Mather, Samuel Cooper, Johathan Edwards, LeRoy Froom. [23]

Some Might Say

"So what if the ‘Old Fogies’ believed the Historical interpretation! We are a modern generation and there are far more modern books out these days which ALL talk about a Future Antichrist, and a Future Great Tribulation! Why believe the old writings?” If that’s the case why do you believe the Bible? It’s Old! Just because it’s new doesn’t mean that it’s correct! So lets have a look at some of the ‘Old Writers’, to see how they interpreted the 70^th week of Daniel chapter 9:27. If you go to e-Sword, then find the Commentary Notes by these scholars; I believe it will give you a refreshing insight. They are from; John Wesley (1703-1791), Matthew Henry (1662-1714), Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Published 1871), Geneve Bible Translation Notes (Published 1599)

[CN J. Wesley on Dan 9:27] “He shall confirm - Christ confirmed the new covenant, By the testimony of angels, of John baptist, of the wise men, of the saints then living, of Moses and Elias. By his preaching. By signs and wonders. By his holy life. By his resurrection and ascension. By his death and blood shedding. Shall cause the sacrifice to cease - All the Jewish rites, and Levitical worship. By his death he abrogated, and put an end to this laborious service, for ever. And that determined - That spirit of slumber, which God has determined to pour on the desolate nation, 'till the time draws near, when all Israel shall be saved.”

[CN M. Henry on Dan9:27] “[6.] He must confirm the covenant with many. He (Christ) shall introduce a new covenant between God and man, a covenant of grace, since it had become impossible for us to be saved by a covenant of innocence. This covenant he shall confirm by his doctrine and miracles, by his death and resurrection, by the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's supper, which are the seals of the New Testament, assuring us that God is willing to accept us upon gospel-terms. His death made his testament of force, and enabled us to claim what is bequeathed by it. He confirmed it to the many, to the common people; the poor were evangelized, when the rulers and Pharisees believed not on him. Or, he confirmed it with many, with the Gentile world. The New Testament was not (like the Old) confined to the Jewish church, but was committed to all nations. Christ gave his life a ransom for many.”

[CN JFB on Dan 9:27] “he shall confirm the covenant — Christ. The confirmation of the covenant is assigned to Him also elsewhere. Isa_42:6, “I will give thee for a covenant of the people” (that is, He in whom the covenant between Israel and God is personally expressed); compare Luk_22:20, “The new testament in My blood”; Mal_3:1, “the angel of the covenant”; Jer_31:31-34, describes the Messianic covenant in full. Contrast Dan_11:30, Dan_11:32, “forsake the covenant,” “do wickedly against the covenant.” The prophecy as to Messiah’s confirming the covenant with many would comfort the faithful in Antiochus’ times, who suffered partly from persecuting enemies, partly from false friends (Dan_11:33-35). Hence arises the similarity of the language here and in Dan_11:30, Dan_11:32, referring to Antiochus, the type of Antichrist.”

[CN Geneve on Dan9: 27] “And he (a) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to (b) cease, (c) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

(a) By the preaching of the Gospel he affirmed his promise, first to the Jews, and after to the Gentiles.

(b) Christ accomplished this by his death and resurrection.

(c) Meaning that Jerusalem and the sanctuary would be utterly destroyed because of their rebellion against God, and their idolatry: or as some read, that the plague will be so great, that they will all be astonished at them.”

We Need To Combine Verse 26 And 27

Why? Well in the original Hebrew there were no verse numbers. If we read the LXX verse 26 and 27 as one verse it helps us understand who is establishing the covenant for one week. Try this example. Replace, (verse 27), with a ‘,’ [ref. e-Sword LXXE] Dan 9:26..the anointed one shall be destroyed,.. and he shall destroy the city and the sanctuary…he shall appoint the city to desolations ‘,’ And one week shall establish the covenant with many..” It is the same person, he shall, he shall, and shall. In any case the commentaries see it as a reference to Christ all the way through.

Summery Of The Commentaries

Let's examine the first part of the verse, “And he shall confirm the covenant”. [LXX has ‘And one week shall establish the covenant with many’] This was accomplished by Christ, and not by the Antichrist. Remember John Baptist John 1:29 “..Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” The Lamb was the sin offering that was required by the Old Covenant. It was the Old Covenant that Jesus confirmed. Jesus also created a new covenant, Heb 8:13 “In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.” Then if we go to Dan 9:24 “…for sin to be ended, and to seal up transgressions, and to blot out the iniquities, and to make atonement for iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy.” Christ has confirmed all those points on the cross with His once and final sacrifice.

The next part of the verse, “with many for one week”? The Geneve commentary touches on this, “first to the Jews, and after to the Gentiles”. But again, if we go back to the start of Dan 9:24 “Seventy weeks have been determined upon thy people, and upon the holy city,” To whom does, ‘thy people’ refer? To Daniel’s people, he was a Jew, so the seventy weeks prophecy was directed to the Jews and the Holy City first, then to the Gentiles. ‘Then finally For one week’, (7 years), God confirmed the covenant first through Christ’s ministry, then with the Holy Spirit working through disciples. After the 7 years the message went to the Gentiles! With Philip and the Ethiopian treasurer, Act. 8:27. Peter and Cornelius, Act. 10:25. Then Paul the disciple to the gentiles, Act. 9:15. So the proscribed 70 weeks prophecy, the 490 literal years, was now finished and the Gospel was now going GLOBAL! . 

Next, we have, “in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away”. Christ’s sacrifice was in the middle of, “the 70^th week”, and it was the final sacrifice. Consider this, if ANYONE today started offering bulls and blood sacrifice to God, would God accept that as a sacrifice that He still requires? No! So my sacrifice can only be referring to a sacrifice that God would accept, and not to any sacrifice in the future.

This is a major fault with the Futurist teaching. Neither the Jews nor the Antichrist could start blood sacrifice and expect it to be acceptable to God. Also, how could the Antichrist “confirm the covenant with many for one week”, then in the midst of the week he goes back on his agreement by cancelling the sacrifice and drink offering? Obviously, he does not “confirm the covenant for one week”, but he confirms it for only half a week! There are too many ‘potholes’ in the Futurist teaching.

Conclusion

By establishing when Jesus became the Messiah, we have a set point in Christian history. And if it cannot be calculated by secular history so what! We know that God established the Messiah 3½ years before the crucifixion.  Then we examined the Septuagint, one of the most reliable translations of the Hebrew text. By studying the Septuagint, we find that from the establishment of the Messiah, the 70^th week of Daniels prophecy has all been fulfilled. The 70 Weeks prophecy is one continuous event!

As I said at the start, I hope you have found this as interesting as I did when The Lord popped the question into my mind.

God Bless You! [GBY]

Yours Adrian

Here are some of my other talks that you might find interesting: -

Rebuilding The Temple Of Jerusalem

Faults with The Future Coming Antichrist Theory

The Day For A Year Conundrum

He Shall Speak Words Against The Most High

The One World Government

The ‘Futurist Interpretation’ Automobile

A JOVIAL way to describe the difference between the Futurist and Historic Interpretation. Like comparing a Ferrari with a Humvee vehicle??

The ‘Futurist Interpretation’ Automobile

Published 20180529 -:- Revised 20250829P

A friend of mine wants to buy an automobile of a particular make and model. He has been telling me about its wonderful qualities for years now, everyone owns one. The company name is the “Futurist” and the latest model is still called “Interpretation”. He is so proud of his old model and wants to purchase the latest model. I happen to know that the ‘Futurist Interpretation vehicle’ and company has only been around for about 430 years. The company was established around 1590.

I am not impressed with that company. I prefer the opposition vehicle the ‘Historic Interpretation’. Very few people know I have one in my garage at home. It has been tried and tested over all types of ‘historic terrain’, and it has NEVER got bogged! If I say the ‘Futurist Interpretation’ can get bogged very easily, people look at me puzzled and say “but that’s the beauty of it, it’s still in the future”. And if I tell anyone I am proud of my Historic, I would get laughed at and told to be quiet.

Everyone loves the latest ‘Futurist Interpretation model’. It has the following special features.

·        The Secret Rapture airbags to lift you out of danger.

·        The latest Rebuilt Temple

·        The Future Coming Antichrist, along with

·        A Great Tribulation, and many more special features.

My friend proudly keeps showing me the Road Worthy Certificate. It fulfils all the design specifications according to only a few specially selected scripture references. But he has never read the fine print. There is a disclaimer clause. 2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: How do I tell my friend the following problems inherent with that vehicle.

The special features were designed and tested by the same cutthroat company “The Jesuits” who came out in fierce opposition to the original testing company, ‘The Spirit of Truth’. The four well known under writers were. Francisco Ribera (1537-1591) who produced the first well known model in about the year 1590. Not very fuel efficient it covered 500 pages. Cardinal Robert Bellarmine produced various model upgrades between 1581 and 1593. Michael Walpole (1570-1624?) came out with the 1613 model. Then Manuel De Lacunza (1731–1801), a Jesuit from Chile, wrote "The Coming of the Messiah in Glory and Majesty", in about 1791. He wrote under the pen name of Juan Josafa [Rabbi] Ben-Ezra to try to fool everyone into thinking he worked for the pioneer company called “The Jews” who were the founders of the original testing company, ‘The Spirit of Truth’. That’s not all! The company “The Jesuits” had the financial backing of the richest banker in the world, The Pope! His reputation goes without saying. He commissioned a freelance testing crew called “The Inquisition”. They tracked down all “The Reformers”, (who were at that time the testing officers of the original company, ‘The Spirit of Truth’). They burnt them at the stake along with their tried and tested specifications ‘The Scriptures’.

Eventually in 1909 the whole engine received an upgrade in the form of a TURBO Charger called the Scofield Reference Bible. It was a completely integrated system and was revised in 1917. It became so popular because the instructions were imprinted on every component scripture. Therefore people didn’t need the Holy Spirit to lead them through the scriptures, because the instructions on how to interpret was printed right there beside each scripture. So, there was no need to think any more because it was virtually converted to an AUTOMATIC.

So how do I tell my friend that he is buying a vehicle that has been designed by a cutthroat company, "The Jesuit Order"? And the vehicle was financed by the most corrupt banker ‘The Pope’!

God Bless Ya! Yours Adrian