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The Text
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.
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.
26 And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall 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 desolations are determined.
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.
Daniel 9:24-27 (NKJV)
 Background
to the Seventy-Weeks
To
understand Daniel’s 70 Weeks, we need to
understand God’s unique relationship with the people and
land of Israel.
The
relationship is 4000 years old and dates back to the
time of Abraham about 2100 B.C. Abraham lived in the
city of Ur located in present day Iraq. In Ur, Abraham
and his family set out for Canaan, present day Israel.
On the way, In the city of Haran, God appeared to
Abraham and told him,
1Now
the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country,
From your family And from your father’s house, To a
land that I will show you. 2I will make you a great
nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And
you shall be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless
you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you
all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:1-3
(NKJV)
When Abraham arrived in the land at Mt. Moriah, present
day Jerusalem. God promised Abraham,
“To
your descendents I will give this land” Genesis 12:7. (NKJV)
In
Canaan (Israel), some time after the birth his son
Isaac, in a test of faith, God instructed Abraham to
take Isaac to the top of Mt. Moriah and offer him as a
sacrifice. At the top of Moriah, as Abraham was about
offer Isaac as a sacrifice, the Angel of the Lord
intervenes and prevents the sacrifice from taking place.
God again declares to Abraham.
 17“blessing I will bless you, and
multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the
stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the
seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of
their enemies. 18“In your seed all the nations of the
earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My
voice.” Genesis 22:17-18 (NKJV)
God
established a covenant relationship with Abraham and his
descendants. This “Abrahamic Covenant” would
later, be passed to Isaac and his son, Jacob. Before
Abraham died about 20 miles to the south of Jerusalem in
the city of Hebron, Abraham purchased a burial site, the
cave of Machpellah, from the Hittites. To this very day
lies the bodies of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob along with
their wives, Sarah, Rebecca and Leah. Apart from
Jerusalem, this site known as the “Tomb of the
Patriarch’s” is the most hotly contested site between
Jews and Palestinians.
Before being buried in the cave of Machpelah, Jacob
would move his family to Egypt to escape the famine of
the land of Canaan. Joseph, Jacob’s 2nd youngest son,
became the most powerful man in Egypt next to pharaoh.
Jealous
of Jacob’s love for Joseph, his brothers sold him as a
slave to Ishmaelites who took him to Egypt. In Egypt,
Joseph rose from slave to prime minister by the time he
was thirty. Later, Joseph welcomed his brothers and
family into the Egypt where they were preserved. The
descendents of Joseph and his 11 brothers’ would be
known as the tribes of Israel.
Jacob’s descendents would grow from the 70 who moved to
Egypt to over 1 million in the next 400 years. After
Jacob died his body was taken to Hebron and buried with
his father Isaac and grandfather Abraham.
After
400 years, his descendents were no longer welcomed.
Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, viewed the tribes of Israel
as a hostile threat to Egyptian survival. Egypt began a
systematic plan to destroy the tribes of Israel. By
killing the male children, Egypt would assimilate
Israel. Jacob’s descendents cried out to the God of
Abraham. Moses, a Hebrew of the tribe of Levi, raised
in Pharaoh’s house, was called by God to lead Israel out
of Egypt into the land promised to Abraham, 600 years
earlier.
At the
hand of Moses God sent plagues on Egypt to free Israel.
Finally after the 10th plague, the death of the “first
born” in Egypt . Death “Passed over” those who put the
blood of a lamb on their door posts whether Egyptian or
Israelite. Egypt’s Pharaoh agreed to release the tribes
of Jacob. Into the wildness of Sinai, Moses lead the
descendents of Jacob back to the land of promise
where Jacob was buried, through the Sinai desert.
On the exodus journey, Israel rebelled against God.
Moses was on Mt. Sinai, receiving the 10 commandments,
the law of God. After Moses delayed, returning from the
top of the mountain, Aaron his brother made an idol, a
golden calf to lead Israel back to Egypt. The rejection
of God’s authority, angered God to the point of
judgment. Speaking to Moses, God said,
“Now
therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot
against them and I may consume them. And I will make of
you a great nation.”Exodus
32:10 (NKJV)
Blessing and Curses promised to Israel
Only after
Moses interceded did God relent. But Israel’s rebellion
would not end at Sinai. The Lord confirmed his covenant
relationship with Israel the descendents of Abraham.
His covenant with Israel came with promises of blessings
for obedience and curses for disobedience (Deut.27-28).
If
Israel obeyed they would be blessed above all nations on
the earth. But if Israel disobeyed they would be
scattered amongst the nations.
64“Then
the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one
end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve
other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have
known—wood and stone. 65And among those
nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of
your foot have a resting place; but there the LORD will
give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and anguish of
soul. Deut
28:64,65 (NKJV)
With
one voice Israel agreed to the covenant with God on the
border of Canaan. But Moses was not to lead Israel into
the land.
After
Moses died, Joshua led Israel into the promised land as
described in the book of Joshua about 1400 B.C.
Prophets and judges led the tribes of Israel for the
next 400 years. However, Israel wanted a king like the
other nations. God listened to their demands and Israel
was established as a nation under King Saul by the
prophet Samuel in 1050 B.C. Saul’s disobedience caused
him to be replaced by one of his commanders, David in
1025 B.C.
David
from the tribe of Judah, wanted to build a temple for
the God of Abraham. God rejected David’s offer, but
God sent Nathan the prophet to him and established theDavidic Covenant. Through David
God would establish a eternal kingdom, throne and king.
Through David family line the promised Messiah would
come into the world. The Messiah would be a “Son of
David”.
12“When
your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers,
I will set up your seed after you, who will come from
your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13He
shall build a house for My name, and I will establish
the throne of his kingdom forever. 2
Samuel 7:12,13 (NKJV)
 The
Temple and Israel as a sign
David’s
son, Solomon, built God’s temple on the very spot his
forefather Abraham was promised the land.
On the top of Mt.
Moriah where Abraham’s faith was tested, Solomon
constructed the Temple of God. Only on Mt. Moriah, God
would permit a temple to be built. After its completion,
God accepted Solomon Temple and but warned if
Israel disobeyed the Temple would be brought to ruins
and the people scattered.
19“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My
commandments which I have set before you….. 20“then I
will uproot them from My land which I have given
them; and this house which I have sanctified for My
name I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a
proverb and a byword among all peoples. 21“And as
for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by
it will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the Lord done
thus to this land and this house?’2
Chronicles 7:19-21 (NKJV)
After
Solomon’s death the kingdom of Israel was divided into
two kingdoms. The northern kingdom, Israel, wasmade up of 10 tribes and the Southern kingdom,
Judah, composed the tribes Judah and Benjamin.
The sins of
Israel and Judah were the same the same, the
people rejected the God of Abraham and turned to
idolatry. They began to worship the god’s of the
neighboring nations. They followed Baal and Ashtorah of
the Canaanites, Molech of the Ammonites, Chemosh of the
Moabites and Tammuz of the Phoenicians.
Prophets sent to warn both , Judah and Israel of the
coming judgments included Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Hosea and Ezekiel. The prophets were rejected, mocked,
and killed. Isaiah was sawed in two during the rein of
Manasseh. Israel was judged first , in 722 B.C, the
Assyrian kingdom defeated
Israel and carried Israel into captivity.
Judah was sparred an Assyrian
victory during Hezekiah’s reign. In 690 B.C., the
armies of Sennecherib, king of Assyria surrounded
Jerusalem but retreated after 185,000 troops died
outside the walls of Jerusalem. Assyrian writers
confirm the retreat of Assyrian forces from Jerusalem.
However, 90 years later, Judah was no better then
Israel in apostasy.
God, proving His case, for
judgment takes Ezekiel into Solomon’s Temple, showing
him the idolatry of the priests and leaders of Judah.
Idols at the gate of the altar, on the walls and the
leaders of Israel worshipping them. Women cried for the
god Tammuz, and many worshipped the sun. The Lord asked
Ezekiel,
17And He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man?
Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit
the abominations which they commit here?Ezekiel
8:17 (NKJV)
The punishment was destruction of the Temple and captivity
in Babylon, fulfilling the curses of the covenant
promised in Sinai and to Solomon. (Deuteronomy 28:64, 2
Chronicles 7:19-21 to be scattered in the earth).
The Captivity of Judah
Judah was judged and the promises
fulfilled. The city of Jerusalem, was conquered by the
armies of Babylon in 605 B.C. Captives were taken to
Babylon, a young noble named Daniel was included in the
captivity, Jerusalem submitted to Babylon.
Eight years later, Judah rebelled against
Babylon, in 597 B.C. Babylon again conquered the city
taking more hostages and installing a new king.
Finally, after a third revolt in 586 B.C, Babylon
destroyed the city of Jerusalem, the walls and Solomon’s
Temple. Most were killed, some taken captive and the
poorest of the people were left to take care of the
land. Jeremiah’s book Lamentations documents the
pain of this event.
Jerusalem was left a barren unprotected
city with no temple and no walls. In 586 B.C.,
Daniel was a captive in Babylon for 19 years. During
his captivity, he became prime minister under
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon. After Nebuchadnezzar’s
death, succeeding rulers forgot about Daniel, till
Babylon’s defeat.
Then in the year 539 B.C., 67
years after Daniel was taken captive, the
Persian-Median Empire under Darius the Mede and
Cyrus the Persian conquered the kingdom of Babylon,
Daniel was appointed prime minister under the in the
Persian Empire (Daniel 6). The people of Judah had now
been captive almost 70 years. Daniel knew the time of
captivity was limited to 70 years as foretold by
Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 25:11-12)
2in
the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the
books the number of the years specified by the
word of the Lord
through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish
seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Daniel 9:2 (NKJV)
Intercession
of Daniel
 Daniel
was 82 to 90 years old at this point. He was
taken captive as a young man and he remained under the
Babylonian and Persian kingdoms for almost 70 years.
Time was at hand for the return of his people. Daniel
took the role of intercessor for Israel and the
Temple.
Now
while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and
the sin of my people
Israel, and presenting my
supplication before the Lord my God for the holy
mountain of my God Daniel 9:20
Answering Daniel's prayer, the
Lord commanded the angel Gabriel to show Daniel his plan
for the world and the role Israel would play. Israel
and Jerusalem would serve the role as “God’s
Prophetic Clock”.
21yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel,
whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being
caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the
evening offering. 22And he informed me, and talked with
me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give
you skill to understand. 23“At the beginning of your
supplications the command went out, and I have come to
tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore
consider the matter, and understand the vision:Daniel
9:21-23 (NKJV)
The Prophetic Clock (See Prophetic Clock #1)
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.
Daniel 9:24 (NKJV)
First we are given the time period involved “Seventy
weeks” or 70 periods of 7 equaling 490 ( 70 x 7).
The word for week in Hebrew means seven (òáLÚ,
shebha)
and could be used for days or years. The same root is
used in Leviticus 25:8 regarding the year of Jubilee.
The celebration of Jubilee takes place in 50th year
after 7-periods of 7-years or 49
years. The 490 represents years and not days.
Gabriel tells Daniel, 490 years are “Determined for
your people”, Israel and “Your holy city”,
Jerusalem. This sets the parameters around this
clock. The time period is 490 years and the years
revolve around Daniel’s people Israel/Jews and his holy
city, Jerusalem. Within these parameters seven events
will take place:
1. To finish the transgression,
2. To make an end of sins,
3. To make reconciliation for iniquity,
4. To bring in everlasting righteousness,
5. To seal up vision
6. and prophecy,
7. To anoint the Most Holy.
Transgression and sin are as real today
as they were in Daniel’s day. War, murder and
robbery are a staple of everyday life. Yet, we read
within 490 years there will be “An end of
sins”, and the arrival of “Everlasting
righteousness”. More than 490 years have passed
since Daniel penned these words 2500 years ago. Why have
they not been fulfilled?
The seven events of Daniel
9:24 speak of a future time when the Messiah will
reign on Earth. Each of the events listed by Gabriel
speak specifically to the Messianic era. Many
mistakenly apply this prophecy to the world, when
Gabriel told Daniel it involved his people and
his city. The Jews and Jerusalem are God’s sign to
the nations. By observing Jerusalem and the Jewish
people, we can see understand God’s clock.
The 490 years were “cut” or determined
on Jerusalem and the Jewish people. The total time
period,490-years, is cut (the Hebrew word for determine#rxCharats means
means to cut) on Jerusalem and the Jewish people. At
the completion of the Prophetic Clock, the
seven events will be completed on the Jews and
Jerusalem, and by proxy to the rest of the world,
but Jerusalem and the Jews are the key to
understanding the time. By the completion of the
490-year period these events will be completed on
Jerusalem and the Jewish people.
How is the time the cut or determined?
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.Daniel 9:25 (NKJV)
Daniel was informed in the 24th verse
that 490 years were divided on his people and city. In
the Daniel 9:25 we are given a breakdown of this
division in time. The Prophetic –Clock
was established a 490-year time-period. Composed of 70
units of seven years totaling 490-years. Within this
490-years are specific points of division (Determined)
regarding specific events. These events allow us to
establish or qualify the time involved.
The angel Gabriel admonishes the reader
to “Know therefore and understand”. What
must the reader understand? The reader must understand
how the time is divided. Where the divisions in take
place.
The Clocks Starting point
First, there is a starting point
to the 490-year clock. Daniel's original prayer was
for the restoration of Jerusalem.
Remember, Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed by the
Babylonians in 586 B.C. Jerusalem was left a barren
un-walled city, a shadow of its former self. Daniel’s
prayer was for restoration of the city and Temple in
accordance to Jeremiah’s words.
Gabriel came to answer his
prayer regarding his people and Jerusalem. Gabriel
first informs Daniel a 490-year period is established on
his people and his city (Daniel 9:24). Then he informs
Daniel, when the period will start. We read “from the
going forth of the command to restore and build
Jerusalem”.
The command to rebuild Jerusalem,
qualifies the Prophetic clock’s starting point. Later
in the verse Gabriel gives more specifics about the
command to restore the city of Jerusalem. The command
according to Gabriel is qualified by three items.
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The Street
-
The Wall
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Troublesome times
“ the street shall be built again, and
the wall, Even in troublesome times.
 These
qualifiers are important, because they separate two
other commands involving the rebuilding of the Temple
but not the rebuilding of the city.
1. Cyrus, the king of Persia, commands the Temple to be
rebuilt and allows the Jews to return in 539 B.C. (Ezra
1:1-11).
2. Artaxerxes, king of Persia, gives Ezra the priest a
letter permitting and encouraging Temple worship and
sacrifice at Mt. Moriah, but not the rebuilding of the
city and its walls in 458 B.C. (Ezra 7:11-26)
Daniel’s prayer took place in the
first year of Darius, son of Xerxes, about 539-538 B.C.
Jerusalem was in ruins, without walls and a Temple, a
shadow of it’s former glory. The clock begins with the
command regarding Jerusalem’s reconstruction.
Specifically, the walls and the street, the command
actually comes 93 years later. In the book of
Nehemiah we have a record of the command. Nehemiah
was the cup bearer to the Persian king, Artaxerxes.
Nehemiah shared Daniel’s concern regarding the state of
Jerusalem, 94 years after Daniel’s prayer. His prayer
was for the restoration of his people’s city.
The Temple was rebuilt in 516 B.C., but
the Jews had little incentive to return to an un-walled
city with little protection. Nehemiah prayed for the
city to be restored.
The king, seeing Nehemiah’s
sadness, asked him why he looked sad? Nehemiah told
him, and Artaxerxes granted his request and gave
Nehemiah (Nehemiah 2:1-8) orders to rebuild the city
gates and walls.
1And it came to pass in the month of
Nisan, in the twentieth
year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before
him,…..I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and
if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask
that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’
tombs, that I may rebuild it…..and a letter to Asaph the
keeper of the king’s forest, that he must give me
timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel
which pertains to the temple, for the city wall, Nehemiah 2:1,5,8
The order was given in
March/April 444 B.C. The reign of Artaxerexes began
in 464 B.C. his twentieth year would have bee 444 B.C.
The month of Nisan is the first year of the Jewish
Calendar, equivalent to March/April.
God’s
clock began to tick with the command by the king of
Persia.
Daniel Timeline #1.
Timeline to Messiah the Prince
With the starting point established at “the
going forth of the command” the next division in
time is, “Until Messiah the Prince, ”. Gabriel
informs Daniel of the time determined . The clock
starts with the command and continues Until Messiah
the Prince.
The word Messiah means anointed or
chosen and applies to kings, priests and prophets. But
ultimately the word applied to the coming of the an
eternal-King who would reign on David’s throne. (2
Samuel 7:13, Isaiah 9:7, Daniel 7:14, Jeremiah 23:5)
Gabriel identifies this person as Messiah the
Prince or ruler. The Hebrew word for prince is dygnNagiyd
and means ruler, leader, captain or prince.
Gabriel divides the first
segment (483-years), from the command toMessiah the prince, into two divisions, a 7-week
segment (7x7=49 years) and a 62-week (62x7=434-years)
segment totaling 483-years. (See Prophetic Clock
#2 )
“there
shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks”
The
clock starts with the command and
continues for 483 years till Messiah the Prince.
This 483-year period is divided but continuous. The
seven-week or 49 year period covers the reconstruction
of Jerusalem in troublous times. This construction
period began with the command in Nehemiah 2:8, March 444 B.C. and continued for the next 49
years. Details of the troublous times are covered from
Nehemiah 2 to 7. From this point to Messiah the
Prince would be another 434 years. This is
the
“Even in troublesome times”
referred to in Daniel 9:25 See Daniel Timeline
#2.
The second period, "Until Messiah the
Prince" is another 434 years after the work
by Nehemiah and his successors is complete. Who is this
Messiah the Prince or anointed ruler? Could it be any
king or anointed ruler in Judah? No, first, this
Messiah must fit into the time line. This means the
Messiah would have to exist and be cut off at the end of
69 weeks or 483 years, starting from the commandment
given in 444 BC. See Daniel Timeline #3.
Lunar or Solar Calendar?
If we start at March 444 B.C. and subtract
483 years we arrive at 39 AD. However, there is
a problem that must first be addressed. A year
measured in Daniel’s day was Lunar not Solar. Today,
we use the Sun to determine the length of a year, the
Jews used the moon. Hence, the origin of the word,
“Month” comes from moon, (New Moon). The length of a
Lunar year was different from Solar. We currently use
the Gregorian calendar which is determined on a
solar basis. A solar-year is the number of days it takes
the earth to revolve around the Sun and return to the
same location.
 The
length of a year in terms of biblical accounting is
different then the present Gregorian system. The
biblical system was lunar while the Gregorian is Solar.
Hence a month was 29 days and 30 days every other month,
with adjustments every five to six years by adding a
non-biblical extra month. We can observe from Genesis
7-8 that the flood continued for 5 months or 150 days, a
month was 30 days. A day was 24 hours in Daniel’s day
as in our day. By using days, instead of years, we can
reconcile the two methods.
(See Reconciliation of Time Chart)
1.
We know there are 360 days to a biblical year.
360 x 483=173,880 days
2.
There are 365.242 days to a year in our
calendar.
3.
If we divide our days 365.242 days into 173,880 days we
have 476 years and 24 days .
4. Subtract
476 years from 444 BC we arrive at 33 AD and add 24
days (year 0 being 1)
The command was given in the month Nissan. Nissan
corresponds with March/April in our calendar. Therefore,
69 weeks ends on 24th day of Nissan or
about March 29th 33 AD.
 Once these years are reconciled to our calendar,
we find "Messiah the Prince" was cut off or
killed in 33 AD. Who died or was cut off in 33 AD and
claimed to be Messiah and ruler of Israel?
Examining the biblical prophecies about Messiah we can
only draw one conclusion. The “Messiah the Prince"
cut off was none other then Jesus of Nazareth who
claimed to be Messiah or Christ (Greek word for
Messiah). But why would Messiah die or be killed? Is
the Messiah being cut off or killed supported by
other scriptures?
Messiah the Prince cutoff
“And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall 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 desolations are determined.
Daniel 9:26
(See Daniel Timeline #3)
Gabriel informs Daniel, following the 62-week or
434-year division, Messiah shall be cut-off.
The Hebrew word for Cut off is trkKarath and
means to “Cut down or cut off”. Gabriel informs Daniel,
Messiah the ruler will be killed after the 434-year
segment. Is the concept of Messiah being killed
consistent with scripture?
 The
two pictures of Messiah
Gabriel explains to Daniel the Messiah will be killed or cut off, but
not be for himself. Gabriel is informing Daniel
about the dual nature of this Messiah. He tells Daniel,
the Messiah will be a Prince, but that he will also die,but not for Himself. This dual nature of Messiah
as King and Suffering Servant is clearly
developed in Isaiah 52:13 to 53:12 written 700 years
before the birth of Jesus.
13 Behold, My Servant shall deal
prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very
high.14
Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was
marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;15
So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut
their mouths at Him; For what had not been told them
they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall
consider.
Isaiah 52:13-15 (NKJV)
Isaiah describes God’s servant who will
be exalted and be very high, but
before this is realized He will be a man, of
the sons of men who will suffer, be marred.
This Servant will be exalted over the (Gentiles)
nations and kings. The will realize the “True” nature
of this servant.
This picture of Messiah the
Prince who is cut off (killed) is in agreement with
Isaiah picture of the Servant who will be exalted
after being humiliated.
Isaiah continues to explain the reason
for the death of this Servant, who will be
exalted and be very high.But
He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised
for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was
upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.He was taken
from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His
generation? For He was cut off from the land of the
living; For the transgressions of My people He was
stricken
Isaiah 53:5,8
Isaiah tells us, the Servant who will be
exalted, died for our transgressions and iniquities. He
was cut off for the transgressions of “My People”.
In Daniel 9:26, Gabriel informs Daniel Messiah
the Prince, will be cut off, but not for
himself. The Servant of Isaiah and Messiah
the Prince of Daniel are one and the same person,
Jesus Christ of Nazareth who died for the sins of
mankind.
What is Messiah’s nature?
From Daniel and Isaiah we see the coming
Messiah will be a man, a descendent of the
sons of men (Isaiah 52:14, Daniel 9:26). Is
Messiah more then just a man? In Zechariah 12:10,
written about 520 B.C, we read about one who rescues
Israel and Judah from the armies of the world. We read,
“then they will look on Me whom they pierced” .
The people living in Jerusalem will begin to weep and
cry as if they are weeping for their firstborn.
From the beginning of the 12th chapter, The Lord is
speaking through Zechariah first person. Then in verseZechariah 12:10, the Lord says to Israel, they
will look on Me whom they pierced. When was God
pierced by the inhabitants of Jerusalem?
10“And I will pour on the house of David and on the
inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and
supplication; then they will look on Me whom
they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one
mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one
grieves for a firstborn
Zechariah 12:10 (NKJV)
Isaiah confirms this dual nature of Messiah. In Isaiah
9:6-7, We are told Messiah will be of human descent “A
Child is born”. He will be also be God because he is
identified as , “Mighty God, Everlasting Father”.
We know this is Messiah because he sits on the “Throne
of David” and his kingdom is “Even forever”
6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a
Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His
name will be called Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.7
Of the increase of His government and peace There will
be no end, Upon the throne of David and
over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even foreverThe zeal of the Lord
of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 9:6-7 (NKJV)
Messiah the Prince
of Daniel 9:25-26 is both the Servantwho would suffer for the sins of man (Isaiah 53),
and Prince of Peace who will one day rule over man as
King and God. (Isaiah 9:6-7) What we see are the dual
natures of Messiah presented in scripture.
God confirms the identity of this
Messiah by telling us the exact day and year he would be
killed over years before his birth and what will follow
his death.
The Seventy-Weeks of Daniel,
establishes and locks in the period of time by telling
us after Messiah is cut off Jerusalem and
the Temple will be destroyed. Establishing a specific
date of 70 A.D., we can therefore know Messiah the
Prince came prior to the destruction of the Temple
and the city in 70 A.D.
After
Messiah is cut off
“And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall 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 desolations are determined.
Daniel 9:26 (NKJV)
What follows the death of Messiah the Prince?
Daniel is told following the death of Messiah, Jerusalem
and the Temple will be destroyed. From Daniel’s
perspective, we are viewing the (future) destruction of
Jerusalem after the restoration. This destruction will
occur by "the people of the prince who is to
come". Daniel, at this point, is praying for the
restoration of Jerusalem. The city was destroyed by the
Babylonians when he, Daniel, was in Babylon in 586 B.C.
The angel Gabriel is informing Daniel, the city of
Jerusalem will be destroyed again after it is rebuilt by
the commandment given by Artaxerxes. (Daniel 9:25)
In A.D. 70, the roman general
Titus, son of the Emperor Vespasian, laid siege to
Jerusalem and destroyed the city and the Temple. Today
in the city of Rome, the Arch of Titus stands as
a nearly 2000 year old monument to the victory of the
Roman armies in Jerusalem. Engraved on the arch are the
treasures taken from Jerusalem including a sculpture of
the gold Menorah taken from the 2nd Temple.
Following, " Messiah shall be cut off"
which occurred in 33 AD, we read, “The people” of
a future prince would destroy the city and Temple.
History verifies what happened next. The Jewish Temple
was literally taken apart stone by stone as the Roman
army searched for melted gold from the burned temple.
Over one million Jews were killed in A.D. 70 by the
Rome. Josephus, a Jewish general and Roman captive was
an eye witness to the events and reported them in his
book, The Jewish Wars.
In A.D.132, Rabbi Akiva, revolted
against the Roman emperor Hadrian’s harsh laws against
Judaism. Simeon ben Kozba, (Bar Kochba) was hailed by
him as the Messiah. The revolt lasted three years and
was finally crushed in A.D. 135. Jerusalem was destroyed
again, and 580,000 Jews were killed by Rome and the city
was leveled.
Rome was done with Jewish rebellion, a
new city was built, named Colonia Aelia Capitolina,
dedicated to the god Jupiter, and Judea/Israel was
renamed Palestine. Jews were forbidden to
enter the city.
The Jewish people were dispersed
throughout the world by the Romans who wanted to stop
any future rebellions. The curses of the Deuteronomy
28:64-65 and 2 Chronicles 7:19-21 were fulfilled. Israel
was scattered throughout the earth and the Temple
destroyed.
The Roman destruction occurred
over 600 years after Daniel’s prayer for restoration.
Gabriel informed Daniel, his city would be restored,
but would be destroyed again after the Messiah is
killed.
The Temple and Israel as a sign
Gabriel says to Daniel following the destruction of
Jerusalem and the Temple,
“The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end
of the war desolations are determined”
After 70 and 135 A.D., Jerusalem was
destroyed twice, over 1.5 million Jews were killed by
Rome, and the Jewish people were scattered throughout
the world.
According to 2 Chronicles and
Deuteronomy 28 Israel, and the Temple were signs of
obedience and disobedience. If Israel obeyed God, they
would be blessed. If Israel disobeyed God, and rejected
Him they would be scattered and the Temple destroyed.
What happened to cause this tragedy in
70 and 135 A.D. on the Jewish people? Gabriel announced
these events would happen after the Messiah
the Prince is “Cut off”. Therefore,
Israel’s rejection of Messiah the Prince, and his being
“Cut off” in 33 A.D., and Temple and Jerusalem
destruction following 37-years later are directly
connected. Israel being uprooted and the Temple
destroyed were signs of Israel’s disobedience. The
Prophetic Clock however stopped at the end of the
69th week when Messiah the Prince was cut off.
Following with desolations until the 70th Week.
Gabriel tells Daniel, “till the end of the war
desolations are determined”.
Desolations till the end
Jerusalem will be in a state of
desolation till the end. At this point only 69 weeks on
the clock have passed. Rome became Byzantium and
Byzantium control over Jerusalem fell to invading Muslim
armies in 638 AD. For the next 1300 years, Muslims
controlled Jerusalem and the lands of Israel.
Islam began in A.D. 610 when Mohammad
claimed to receive revelations from the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. He claimed to have traveled to
Jerusalem in a night vision and from the top of Mt.
Moriah to ascended into Heaven to meet with the prophets
before him.
After the armies of Islam conquered the
city, the Dome of the Rock was built over Mt. Moriah,
the location of the Temple in A.D. 688. Today, the Dome
of the Rock is the Third Most place in Islam.
Israel Scattered
and Gathered
64“Then
the Lord
will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the
earth to the other, and there you shall serve other
gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known—wood
and stone. 65“And among those nations you
shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have
a resting place; but there theLord will
give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and anguish of
soul.
 Deuteronomy
28:64-65
Israel was scattered after the death of “Messiah
the Prince” fulfilling God’s promise if Israel
turned away. The number of years have been determined at
490 with 483 years being fulfilled at the death of
Messiah. Seven years have yet to be fulfilled, to
accomplish the seven events of Daniel 9:24.
The same covenant with promises of dispersion has a
counterpart which affirms a day of gathering.
4“If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts
under heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather
you, and from there He will bring you. 5“Then
the Lord your God will bring you to the land which your
fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will
prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers.
Deuteronomy 30:4-5 (NKJV)
Gabriel told Daniel, till the end….desolations
are determined God promised Israel a day of
gathering. The Jewish nation of Israel came into
existence in May 1948 after Nazi Germany’s attempt to
exterminate the Jews failed. The Jewish nation was
formed from the remnants of the Roman dispersion 1900
years earlier. In fact the gathering of the Jewish
people is one of the most prophesied events in the
scriptures.
35
Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by
day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a
light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar
(The Lord of hosts is His name):36 “If those
ordinances depart From before Me, says the Lord, Then
the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation
before Me forever.”
Jeremiah 31:35-36 (NKJV)
The Lord told Jeremiah, if laws that govern the
sun, stars, moon and oceans depart then the descendents
of Israel will cease from being a nation. God wanted to
reassure Jeremiah, despite the judgments God’s
relationship with Israel was eternal.
Daniel’s 70th Week
Only 69 weeks of years have passed on the Jewish
People up to this point. From the time the
"Command’ was given to restore and build
Jerusalem unto " Messiah the Prince" was
483-years. However, the number of years determined on
Daniel's people was 490. Seven years remain of the 490
to yet be fulfilled. Did the seven years follow the
death of Messiah?
A gap in time between the 69th and 70th Week.
In Dan. 9:26 the, "Messiah...cut off"(See Daniel’s Timeline #3) occurred in 33
A.D, followed by "The people of the prince
who is to come", who destroyed the city and
temple. “The people”, who came were the
Romans under Titus in 70 A.D, but also mentioned is
“A prince who is come”. The people and prince are
connected but separated by time. The people who destroy
Jerusalem and the Temple would be descendants of the
future prince. The prince would be a descendent of
Romans who destroyed Jerusalem. At the end of the 69th
week which ended with the death of Messiah the princethere was a period of 37-years before the rest of
the 26th verse was fulfilled. We can see that the 70th
week would not immediately follow the 69th week. There
is a gap between the 69th and 70th week.
This gap in time is also seen in Zechariah 9:9 and
9:10. Verse 9 has Messiah entering Jerusalem on a Donkey
and verse 10 has Messiah ruling over the nations. The
time gap is known as Prophetic Compression.
Prophetic compression is also demonstrated in Isaiah 9:6
and 9:7. Messiah is born a child in verse 6 and is
ruling on David’s throne over the earth in verse 7. InDaniel 9:26 Messiah is cut off and the prophetic
clock stops with one seven-year period yet to be
accomplished. Daniel 9:27, tells us the
circumstances surrounding this 70th Week.
The Prince who is to come
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.”
Daniel 9:27 (NKJV)
Daniel’s Timeline #4.
The temple and city of Jerusalem
were destroyed following the death of Messiah the
Prince, thirty seven years later.
This sequence is important for four reasons;
1. The 70th week is part of the 490 years but would
not immediately follow 69 weeks.
2. The remaining 7 years will focus on Israel and the
future Jewish Temple.
3. The future "Prince who is to come"
is linked to the Jewish people and Temple sacrifice.
4. Titus and the Romans destroyed the Temple in 70 A.D.
and there is no temple today.
So a future Jewish Temple must be built.
This prince is of Roman descent because
Gabriel identifies him as a future prince of the people
who destroyed the city of Jerusalem and the Temple. The"Prince who is to come" was in the future tense.
What function will this prince serve? We find the
answer in the 70th week (Dan 9:27) The
Temple and city were destroyed in 70 AD. The city has
been restored but the temple to this very day remains
destroyed.
Today the third most holy site to Islam, TheDome of the Rock, occupies the spot where
Temple stood. One remaining vestige of the Temple is the
Wailing Wall.
In Dan. 9:27 we are told “He
shall confirm”, the "Prince who is to come"
will make a covenant agreement to start up the
sacrificial system of worship which has been stopped
since the Temple was destroyed by the Roman armies. He
will allow Israel to rebuild the Temple. The Hebrew word
for confirm is rbgGabar meaning
to prevail, have strength, be strong. The
prince who is to come will use, military might to
bring peace to the world.
The Future Jewish Temple
"He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:"
God only allowed one location for
the Temple to be built. In the city of Jerusalem, on
the top of Mt. Moriah. The Temple Mount is now occupied
by the Dome of the Rock. From Mt. Moriah,
Mohammed claimed he ascended into Heaven and met Jesus,
Moses and Abraham. In Heaven, he claims, God instructed
Mohammed on the method of worship required for the
Muslim people.
 The
Dome of the Rock is a very sacred site for Islam,
confirming to the Muslim world, the truth of Islam.
Today, Muslims number 1.3 Billion, over 20% of
the Earth population.
The Jewish population is 20
million world wide with only 5 million living in
Israel. The Muslim world claims rights over east
Jerusalem which includes the Temple-Mount. The
Arab-Israeli War of 1967 gave Israel control of the
Temple Mount. Israel to this present time has allowed
Muslim stewardship over this sacred location to preserve
world peace. But pressure is growing inside Israel to
assert territorial rights over Jerusalem as the
“Eternal Capital” of the Jewish People. This places
Israel at odds with the rest of the world.
Today Israel has one ally who
guarantees their security, the United States. Pressure
is growing for Israel to make peace and give back the
Temple Mount and make Jerusalem an international city.
Israel rejects these suggestions for peace from the
world community. The world views peace between Israel
and its Muslim neighbors as the key to world peace.
This creates serious problems for Israel. The prophets
of Israel foretold great struggles over Jerusalem
involving the nations of the world. Over 3 billion of
the Earth’s 6 plus billion population have a spiritual
connection with Jerusalem. The Catholics are 1 billion,
1 billion Protestants, 1.3 billion Muslims and 20
million Jews.
“And it shall happen in that day that I will
make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all
who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces,
though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.
Zechariah 12:3 (NKJV)
The restored nation of Israel gathered from the nations
of the world was an event Ezekiel wrote about over 2500
years ago. Ezekiel, chapters 36 and 37 details
events of a scattered and hopeless people being
collected into a mighty army for God’s purpose.
21“Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I
will take the children of Israel from among the nations,
wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every
side and bring them into their own land;
Ezekiel 37:21 (NKJV)
What follows in chapters 38 and
39 of Ezekiel is a future war in Israel’s
distant future from Ezekiel’s time perspective.
Nations involved in this future attack on Israel involve
Iran, Libya, Ethiopia and Russia. Even more amazing we
read of Israel’s victory and God’s hand in the war.
8“After many days you will be visited. In the latter
years you will come into the land of those brought back
from the sword and gathered from many people
on the mountains of Israel, which had long been
desolate; they were brought out of the nations,
and now all of them dwell safely.
Ezekiel 38:8
Ezekiel qualifies this event by
specifying, distinct qualifiers.
“gathered...on the mountains of Israel”,
(In physical Israel)
“Israel…. had long...desolate”,
(after a long period of time)
“They...brought out of the nations. (Brought
out of the nations)
These events can only find their fulfillment in the
current state of Israel. Ezekiel was called in 593 B.C.,
in less then 60 years, Cyrus would allow Israel to
return. (Ezra 1, 536 B.C.) 60-years is not long, when
contrasted to 1900-years.
Chapters 40 to 43 of Ezekiel give us
details of a newly rebuilt temple with the exact
measurements and specifications for Temple worship. This
Temple follows the confrontation of Ezekiel 38 and 39.
Only with the guarantee of the
nations, and the defeat of Islamic power will Israel be
allowed to build the Jewish Temple. Mt. Moriah, the
Temple Mount , is the most valued 13 acres of land in
the world today. For this reason will the “Prince
{who is to come}” bring a temporary peace to the
world by making an agreement with the nation of Israel.
The agreement will be a seven year agreement and will be
with many indicating more then just Israel, “He
shall confirm the covenant with many for one week”.
In the Midst of the Week
(See Daniel’s Timeline #6)
The “Prince who is come” will break
this same agreement he made with Israel and stop Temple
worship and sacrifice. The covenant break will come at
the 3 1/2 year mark of the 7-year agreement.
"but in the middle of the week he shall bring an
end to sacrifice and offering.",
What follows will be a period in
the history of man unparalleled for its horror and
destruction and will end with the return of Messiah
the Prince who was “cut off”. Jesus warns
of this future time in Israel’s history. Jesus
references a future Temple, yet to be built. Jesus
foretold the destruction of the 2nd Temple in A.D. 70 in
Matthew 24:2, when the Romans tore down each stone. In
Matthew 24:15, at the time of end Jesus refers to the
abomination of desolation, in the holy place
(The Temple). The abomination of desolation refers to
the desecration of the Temple. Only in the book of
Daniel, in the Old Testament, is the abomination of
desolation referred to, three times. In each case it
refers to the Temple and its desecration at the time of
the end. (Daniel 9:27, 11:30, 12:11).
14 this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all
the world as a witness to all the nations, and thenthe end will come. 15“Therefore when you
see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of byDaniel the prophet, standing in the holy place”
(whoever reads, let him understand), 16“then let those
who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 21“For then
there will be great tribulation, such as has not been
since the beginning of the world until this time, no,
nor ever shall be.
Matthew 24:15-16,21 (NKJV)
Daniel Timeline 5.
Who is the Prince to come?
The kingdom of this coming prince is described for
us in Daniel. 7. His kingdom will be unlike any that
existed before. The kingdom will be religious, military
and will effect the whole earth. Ten countries or kings
which lead these countries will compose his empire. This
kingdom’s leader will be of Roman or European
descent, as spoken by Gabriel earlier, "The people of
a prince who is to come", the people who came were
the Romans, the possessions of Jerusalem were marched
off to Rome and put on display as was the custom of the
vanquishing Roman armies. The future leader will look
back to glories of the Roman empire. European history
shows the rulers of Europe have always tried lay claim
the title, Emperor of Rome. Charlemagne, Napoleon, Czar
(Caesar) Peter of Russia, Kaiser (Caesar) Wilhelm of
Germany and even Hitler claimed title to the Roman
Empire. This kingdom will succeed where others have
failed. The prince who is to come will be a
descendent of the armies who marched on Jerusalem.
Today a unified Europe is a fact of history.
Although the confederacy is loose, its hold on member
states is becoming tighter as time moves on. There is a
European congress, bureaucracy and control structure
being exercised on member states. The Euro currencyhas taken effect January 1st, 2002 the French
Franc, the German Mark and other currencies are fading
into history. Europe is in the process of creating its
own military apart from NATO. Missing is a strong leader
to take charge and unify the nations with a common
theme. Details of this future European leader are in
the book of Daniel. His kingdom will come from a 10
nation alignment and be diverse from any other kingdom
before its existence.
A practical “Prince who is to come”
The concept of a world leader become more practical each
day as the world slips closer to nuclear holocaust.
Today, each petty dictator sees their salvation as
nuclear weapons. Only with nuclear weapons can
countries like Iran and North Korea feel secure from the
threats of a super-power. The knowledge of Nuclear
technology spreads the risk of one day a major
metropolitan city such as New York, London or Paris
being decimated by a nuclear attack.
The potential of Islamic terrorism
going nuclear is forcing the world to unite against the
threat of that could easily destroy a city of millions.
The idea of a world leader to unite the world against
such an event is more practical today then ever.
Daniel foretold the coming a world power different then
any other since the existence of nations.
23
“Thus he said: ‘The fourth beast shall be
A fourth kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from
all other kingdoms, And shall devour the whole
earth, Trample it and break it in pieces.
24 The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from
this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He
shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue
three kings.
Daniel 7:23-24 (NKJV)
His kingdom will be brutal, dictatorial and
religious. He will persecute any rival religions
including those who follow after the true God, the God
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This period of
great persecution will last for 3 1/2 years and will
take place after the Temple worship and sacrifice are
stopped. This would complete the 7 years of the 70th
Week.
He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall
intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall
be given into his hand For a time and times and half a
time. 26 ‘But the court shall be seated, And they
shall take away his dominion, To consume and destroy it
forever.
Daniel 7:25-26
His end will come with the appearing of Messiah who
will put an end to the revived Roman kingdom and
establish His own kingdom which shall never end. But
till that time approaches the persecutions afflicted on
those who follow God will be greater then any ever
committed on the earth. Imagine Adolph Hitler
winning W.W.II and having a 3 1/2 year reign of terror
on the earth. This will be the case with the Roman
descendent, the prince who is to come. But his
end will not be the result of any human intervention.
Both Daniel and Jeremiah describe this
as a time without an equal in the history of the world,
both past and future. Jeremiah called it the time of
“Jacob’s Trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7). Daniel called it atime of trouble such as never since there
was a nation. (Daniel 12:1) According to the book of
Revelation, within first 3 1/2 years, at least 1/2 the
earth’s population dies as a result of wars and
judgments to follow.
The book of Revelation reveals specific
details about Daniel’s 70th week. Revelation
chapter 6 to 19 covers this seven year period. The
events of the first half of Daniel’s 70th week
are covered in Revelation chapter 6 to 9. The events of
the middle part of the tribulation, including the
abomination of desolation are covered between
chapters 10 to 13 in Revelation. The final half of the
tribulation is covered from chapters 14 to 19 including
the return of Christ.
(See Daniel’s 70th Week Chart)
Before Jesus was crucified looking at Jerusalem
from a distance he said to his disciples about Jerusalem
fate,
38“See!
Your house is left to you desolate; 39“for I say to you,you shall see Me no more till you say,
‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
Mathew 23:38-39
Jesus foretold a day when Israel would accept him as
Messiah, though He was rejected now. This is the dual
picture of the suffering Messiah and
conquering King. Jesus is rejected as suffering
Messiah and accepted by a future helpless Israel as
their only Messiah. Preceding this would be time of
great persecution for the Jewish people.
13 “I was watching in the night visions, And
behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds
of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they
brought Him near before Him.14Then to Him was given
dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples,
nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is
an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And
His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.21“I
was watching; and the same horn was making war against
the saints, and prevailing against them, 22“until the
Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favor
of the saints of the Most High, and the time
came for the saints to possess the kingdom.
Daniel 7:13-14,21-22 (NKJV)
In Daniel chapter 2, King Nebuchadnezzar has
a dream Daniel is the only man in Babylon who knows the
dream and its meaning. God revealed the dream and it’s
meaning to him. The king saw a huge statue in the image
of a man. The images head was made of gold, his arms
and chest made of silver, his belly and thighs are
brass, his legs are iron and his feet are of Iron and
clay. As the image is standing a rock with no human
involvement, cut from a mountain, crashes into the image
at it base, the 10 toes made of Iron and clay. The image
crumbles and is blown away with the wind. The rock
becomes a great mountain that fills the whole earth. The
Lord tells Daniel the mountain represents the Kingdom
of God that will be established forever. The stone
represents the Messiah who will defeat the armies of
mankind that oppose the rule of God on Earth. The stone
hits the image at the toes, demonstrating Messiah the
Prince defeat of the coming world alliance opposing the
God of Israel.
44“And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will
set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the
kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall
break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it
shall stand forever.
Daniel 2:44 (NKJV)
“Messiah the Prince” Returns
The Messiah…. cut off in 33
A.D. Is the one who will return as conquering King to
vanquish the armies of the earth and their future,
“Prince who is to come” at the conclusion of the
70th week. The 490 years of determined time upon the
Jewish People and Jerusalem will conclude with Jesus the
Messiah who was spurned at His first coming. The
scriptures tell us someone of great importance would
suffer at the hands of man but would be given the point
of preeminence in the Earth. Daniel Timeline 6.
14 Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage
was marred more than any man, And His form more than the
sons of men;15 So shall He sprinkle many nations.
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; For what had not
been told them they shall see, And what they had not
heard they shall consider.Isaiah
52:14-15
(NKJV)
This person is none other then Jesus of Nazareth,"Messiah the Prince" cut off not for
himself but for others. The others being all mankind so
sins might be forgiven. His death was fulfillment of
what the prophets foretold would happen. Even his
rejection was foretold over 700 years before it
happened.
3He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows
and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our
faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem
Him.Isaiah
53:3 (NKJV)
God proves his word by revealing events before they
occur.
Jerusalem Surrounded
The scene before Messiah returns is revealed in
detail in Zechariah chapter 12. Jerusalem will be a
cause of great concern and fear for the whole Earth. The
Jews and Jerusalem will be a cause of frustration to the
political power structures of the world.
2“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to
all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against
Judah and Jerusalem. 3“And it shall happen in that day
that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone
for all peoples; all who would heave it away will
surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the
earth are gathered against it.
Zechariah 12:2-3 (NKJV)
"Messiah the Prince" returns to save
his people who years earlier had rejected Him. Israel’s
Savior has marks identifying his earlier appearance.
The Messiah cut off , is the "Me whom they
have pierced", the Messiah cutoff and killed in 33
AD has returned to the ones who pierced him. They will
mourn for this one pierced as someone would mourn over
the death of son. The will realize the one that they
have rejected all along was their only hope.
10“And I will pour on the house of David and on the
inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and
supplication; then they will look on Me whom they
pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for
his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a
firstborn.
Zechariah 12;10 (NKJV)
Jesus speaks of this event in
30“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in
heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn,
and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory. 31“And He will send
His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they
will gather together His elect from the four winds, from
one end of heaven to the other. Matthew
24:30-31 (NKJV)
The Kingdom of the Messiah
When Messiah reigns the 490 years of Daniels’ 70
weeks will be complete, seven events of Daniel 9:24
will be accomplished.
1. Finish transgression
2. Make an end of sins
3. Reconciliation for iniquity
4. Bring in everlasting righteousness
5. To seal up the vision
6. And prophesy
7. To anoint the most Holy
The Earth will be at peace the nature of man and
animals will change with the kingdom of Messiah.
6“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard
shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the
young lion and the fatling together; And a little child
shall lead them.
7The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones
shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw
like the ox. 8The nursing child shall play by the
cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in
the viper’s den.9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all
My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 11:6-9 (NKJV)
WHY WAIT ?
On the cross next to Jesus on both sides two thieves
were crucified. One spit on Jesus and asked to see a
miracle the other said Lord remember me when you come
into your kingdom. Jesus replied, “Verily I say unto
thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise”. Today
you can have the same promise of salvation. Jesus the
Messiah promised the thief, “Today thou shalt be with me
in paradise” by believing and putting your trust in his
work on the cross. Jesus told Nicodemous about the
way of salvation in the gospel of John.
John 3:15-17, 15That
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
eternal life. 16For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life. 17For God sent not his Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through
him might be saved.
Today the choice is yours to make
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