He did come riding on a donkey at the END OF HIS MINISTRY. This would be 3.5 years after He began His ministry. That would be the Passover week.
Yes. But thats not what Dan 9 says. Dan 9 says he will come, that is when he came, there is no 3.5 years of anything.
Don't know about any gaps elsewhere, but in Daniel, the prophecy is for a 490 consecutive year prophecy...
Well thats a good idea. but it is not factual. once again, the gap is in the prophecy.
It starts and ends at the same time as the 4th and final Great Jubilee Cycle. Again, the last 7 years of the prophecy were specifically set aside for the coming of the Messiah and His mission (9:24) to fulfill. He also set up His church, and would send His holy spirit on Pentecost. This last week He would:
Thats not what Daniel 9 is about.. When you insert the church, you have misrepresented what Gabriel was telling daniel concerning daniels people.
1) travel throughout Israel preaching the Good News - began after His baptism in the Jordan on the first day of the 70th week.
2) He would preach for 3.5 years,
3) He would come to Jerusalem riding on a donkey during the 4th Passover Festival - His last when He would be crucified.
4) If you notice in 9:24 -27, everything is tied together:
a) the last 7 years of the prophecy He would fulfill the 6 requirements,
b) He would be cut off (crucified) in the "midst of the week," (last week of the prophecy,
c) He would confirm the New Covenant with His people DURING (NOT FOR) this same 7 year period,
d) He shall bring an end to the sacrifices and offerings - as a result of His perfect sacrifice, it would do away with any further need for animal sacrifices or offerings. Now, the Temple, the Sanctuary, the Levitical ceremonies, the four spring feast days --- all of these would now be fulfilled by the Messiah. They were only a "type and shadow" of His coming. They could never be destroyed by man despite the complete destruction by the Babylonians. God would restore them as outlined in the 70 week prophecy because they were never meant to be destroyed only fulfilled.
This is in error. and has nothing to do with Daniel 9
Once again, You need to study daniel 9 as a whole
No, Daniel is not written in a linear or chronolgolical manner. I
Yes it is
have not yet spent the time to do so, but I believe these four verses are written in a "chiastic" structure. There is no time separating the 69th year from the 70th year.
This is not even shown in the text. As I will show you
It is the Messiah who will confirm the covenant with His people...
No it is not. The messiah did not confirm any covenant for 1 week.
not the "prince who is to come." Only God enters into a covenant with His people and this New Covenant is confirmed by His crucifixion and the covenant is the one mentioned in Jeremiah 31:31-34.
It is never called a new covenant or any kind of covenant, it is called a covenent which the future prince confirms for 1 week. a covenant he himself breaks in the middle of the week. Jesus did not break any covenant
The "prince who is to come" represents a future power that will come" well after the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD. It is the "people of the prince who is to come" who will destroy the Temple in 70 AD - that would be the pagan Roman army lead by Titus. These are "the people of the coming prince." The coming prince is the little horn of Daniel 7 and 8 who will come to power after pagan Rome is slain and its body destroyed (7:11). Thus, the people who were ruled by pagan Rome will now become people of the little horn who will replace pagan Rome with papal Rome. They will follow the false teachings of the little horn... he won't come to full power until after 500 AD.
He has not come into power yet. and he will be destroyed by Jesus at his return.
Here let me help you.. Here is daniel 9 as I see it, I do pray you read it, and if nothing else. Show me what you think or show me my error by explaining why in the text. I saw something wrong
Dan 9:
24: “Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
This is what will be fulfilled at the end of the 70 week period
1. Israel will end her transgressions and sins
2. Reconciliation will be made (this is the only thing Christ has done to date)
3. Bring in everlasting righteousness. During Christs reign, he will rule with a rod of Iron. there will be peace like this world has never seen, the OT says concerning Israel. they will not need to be taught, for everyone will know. and they will follow their king
4. To Seal up vision and prophecy - we still have much prophecy to be revealed yet.
5. To Anoint the most Holy. He will be sitting on David's throne as David was promise. and he will rule the world with a Rod of Iron.
25. “Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.
1. The command to restore was Given in Nehemiah 2. by king Artexerxes in the 20th year in the month of Nisan
2. It took 7 years to build jerusalem the city, including the wall.
3. The 62 weeks, Jerusalem was a city enslaved (troublesome times) by 3 gentile kings (media-Persia, Greece and Rome)
4. At the end of this time period. Messiah the prince will be introduced to jerusalem as its king (riding on a donkey)
5. The first 69 weeks are completed at this time. Nothing needs to be added or subtracted. it is complete.
After these events, alot of things happen.
26. “And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall [j]be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolation's are determined.
1. immediately following the entrance of messiah, he will be killed
2. After this, the people of the future prince will destroy the city and sanctuary. This happened in 70 AD, almost 40 years after messiah entered Jerusalem, so by definition, we already have a GAP
3. Jerusalem will be left desolate for a period of time which is determined but known only to God. THEN something will happen.. that will start the clock again.
27. Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.”
1. He (the prince to come, who come out of the people who destroyed the city, or Rome, or some major empire from Europe. who is also the fourth beast of Daniel. or the toes of Iron and Clay) confirms some covenant with many for 1 Week (your final 7 years of the prophecy)
2. In the middle of that week (3.5 years) he will put an end to sacrifice and burnt offering by placing an abomination of desolation in the holy place on the wing of the temple.
3. This will continue until the consummation which again is determined, is poured out on the desolate
4. We know this ruler will be given power for 3.5 years
5. We know this time is called the time of great tribulation By Jesus himself (when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel standing in the Holy Place. let the ready understand...
5. We know at the end of this period. Jesus will return to the earth and destroy this prince and his kingdom, and set up his own kingdom.
6. more important, we are told that at this same time, Israel repents, God gathers them back together in their land (ezek 36) because they have repented, confessed their sins, and did what was required in Lev 26, and everything Gabriel said would happen in Dan 9 24 will have been fulfilled.
