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| The Angel Gabriel told Daniel that the Messiah will come after 69 sevens, 483 days or years. Then, the people of the Ruler to come (the Romans) would put an end to sacrifice and offering by crucifying Christ. The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans is also prophesied here. There is a double meaning of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple that was explained by Christ in Luke 21:20-24: the trampling under foot of the New Jerusalem. vs. 24, 70 sevens are determined The total is 70 sevens, literally 70 “sevens.” This is a comparison to the 70 years in verse 2. vs. 25, 69 sevens (483 days) 7 weeks plus 62 weeks From Artaxerxes command in 457 BC, until the Messiah is anointed in A.D. 27, is 483 years. vs. 26-27, the last seven (seven years) The Messiah is cutoff “after half a seven” after 3 1/2 years of preaching. |
| 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering. 22 He instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I am now come forth to give you wisdom and understanding. |
| Dan 9:21 the man Gabriel – the Angel who shall also appear to Mary. |
| 23 At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went forth, and I am come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision. |
| Dan 9:23 understand the vision – that follows. |
| 24 Seventy sevens are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. |
| Dan 9:24 seventy sevens – the Hebrew word for “seven” can be sounded as “seven” or “week.” It shall take seven times longer than the seventy years in Babylon, to make a reconciliation for iniquity. to finish the transgression – as compared to the punishment described in verse 1 to 20. to make an end of sins – through putting Christ on the cross. to make a reconciliation for iniquity – through Christ’s death. to bring in everlasting righteousness – through the kingdom of God. to seal up vision and prophecy – to fulfill the Law and the Prophets through Christ. to anoint the most Holy – to anoint Christ. Generally the phrase “qodesh qodasheem” (most holy) refers to the temple, but without the article, as here, it can refer to a person, for example, 1 Chron 23:13. |
| 25 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, shall be seven sevens and sixty-two sevens: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times. |
| Dan 9:25 from the going forth of the command – in 457 BC. King Artaxerxes, in Ezra 4:21 commanded that the City and walls (vs.16) could not be built “until a decree is issued by me.” The decree is found in Ezra 7:13, which is the fifth month, and seventh year of the king as noted in Ezra 7:8, being 457 BC. until the Messiah – literally “the anointed.” the Prince – here the word “Prince” means “ruler,” as it does in verse 26, referring to “the ruler of the people to come.” From this passage, we can see that the Jews expected the Messiah to be a “ruler” that combated “the ruler” of the Romans. there shall be seven sevens and sixty-two sevens – for a total of 69 sevens, 483 years, from 457 BC to A.D. 27, when Christ was anointed. the street shall be built again and the wall – the command does not relate to the restoration of the temple, but the street and the wall, see Ezra 4:16-21 |
| 26 After the sixty-two sevens the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end of it shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined. |
| Dan 9:26 after the sixty-two sevens – this is actually after 7 + 62 sevens. The 7 sevens in verse 25, and the 62 sevens. It is 69 sevens after the command to restore the walls. the Messiah will be cutoff – “after half a seven” as we will see in verse 27. the people of the Prince to come – these people are the Romans. Jesus said “the ruler of this world is coming,” when He was about to be crucified (John 14:30). He was referring to the fulfillment of Daniel’s prophecy of His crucifixion. shall destroy the City – there is a double meaning to “City” here. The “people of the ruler to come” destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in A.D. 70, when the Romans surrounded Jerusalem. However, when Jesus describes the City of Jerusalem that is surrounded by “armies” in Luke 21:20-24, He also refers to the spiritual City of New Jerusalem, which is clear in Luke 21:24, “Jerusalem shall be trampled under foot until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled” – see Revelation 11:2, “they shall trample the Holy City underfoot for 42 months.” and the sanctuary – literally “the holy” קֹ֫דֶשׁ (kodesh). the end of it shall be with a flood – that is the end of the sanctified Church, the “holy.” Here, we refer to the flood described in Rev 12:15, which is the persecution of the kingdom of heaven, by the Romans, that lasted until 313, culminating with “the Great Persecution.” And til the end of the war desolations are determined – until the truth is fully restored, those believers outside of the sanctified Church will be desolate of the holy spirit. This spiritual war is described in Rev 12:17, “the dragon went out to make war with those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus.” |
| 27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one seven: and after half a seven he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolator. |
| Dan 9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven – this seven is divided into two halves. After the first “half of a seven,” Satan, “the Prince of the Covenant” crucified Christ. The second half of a seven, or 3 1/2 years, describes the times, times and half a time, when the saints were given into the hand of the little horn. after half a seven he will put an end to sacrifice and offering – the Messiah began His mission, in A.D. 27, after the 7 and 62 sevens described in verse 25. Then after half a seven, He was crucified, and put an end to the daily offerings, and the sacrifice. The word used here is not “tamid” as in Dan 8,11, and 12. Rather, the word used in Dan 9:27, is “zebah uminhah” and refers to the normal grain offering, which ceased for the saints, when the New Covenant was established. Jesus was cut off after 3 1/2 years. That is after “time, times and half a time.” It is generally accepted that Jesus was baptized in the fall of A.D. 27. Adding 69 sevens to the year 457 B.C., we come to the fall of A.D. 27, when Christ was anointed in His baptism. According to Luke 3:1, this was in the 15th year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius. Tiberius was granted authority to govern the provinces soon after his military celebration on October 23, A.D. 12. (Augustus 97:1; Tiberius 20–21; From the Fasti Praenestini inscription, on October 23, A.D. 12 “Tiberius rode a chariot in triumph from Illyricum.”) The Passovers Prove the Date of Jesus’ Death in AD 31. The Apostle John described two Passovers and an unnamed feast in the first six Chapters of his Gospel. We know the unnamed feast in John 5:1 was the Passover, because in John 4:35, Jesus said, “you say there are four months and then comes the harvest.” The Passover was the next feast. The Passover in A.D. 31 fell on a Wednesday according to the moon record of the US Navy Observatory. According to Exod 12:6, and Lev 23:5, the Passover should be held on the 14th Day of Nissan. However, this date is affected by the rules of the Rabbis. The Passover (Pesach) can only be held on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, or Thursday. This can be verified on the schedule for the years 2000 – 2050. For example, in the year 2000, 2002, and 2003, the Passover was on Thursday, the 15th of Nissan. A Thursday Passover agrees with Luke 24:21, and the Second Century Gospel of Peter, discovered in 1886. In the year A.D. 31, they moved the Passover to Thursday, the 15th Day of Nissan. This fulfilled the word of the Targum of Hos 3:2 which said, “I redeemed them by My Memra (My Word) on the fifteenth day of the month of Nisan.” In fact, A.D. 31, is the only possibility, as we can see from the dates calculated by the US Navy Observatory. 14th day of Nisan (Passover) beginning at sundown the evening before . . . AD 29 Monday AD 30 Friday AD 31 Wednesday AD 32 Monday AD 33 Sunday The comparison of the 2nd Century Apocryphal Gospel of Peter and Matthew is as follows. Here, we can see that the “high Sabbath” described in John 19:31 was not the weekly Sabbath but the first day of the seven-day celebration of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:6-8). This is confirmed by the three days described in Luke 24:21. Jesus was crucifed on Thursday and rose on Saturday at sun down. |
| Thursday | Friday | Saturday Night | |
| Gospel of Peter | v. 20-27 | v. 28-33 | v. 35-50 |
| Gospel of Matthew | Matt 27:57–61 | Matt 27:62–66 | Matt 28:1–2 |
| on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate – the expression “wing” describes the pinnacle of the temple, this is the Greek word πτερύγιον that we find in Matt 4:5. Satan stands on the pinnacle of abominations, in “Mystery Babylon the Great.” until the end that is decreed is poured out on him – that is the end of Satan’s work through the Beast described in Dan 7:26, “they shall take away his dominion.” This end of the Beast was prefigured in the King of Babylon in Dan 5:26, “God has numbered your kingdom and finished it.” |