The Scope of Daniel 9:24
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Just what is the
span of time for
the prophecy given by God through Gabriel to Daniel? How do we
know it's not over already? This page should answer those questions
by showing the original Hebrew definitions for the words used; showing that not all the things listed as prerequisites to the ending of the
70 weeks are fulfilled as of yet. This eliminates the possibility that all
prophecy is fulfilled and further places the final seven years in our
future, or as I believe you will see,
currently unfolding.
Daniel
9:24
Seventy weeks are
determined upon thy people
[Israel]
and upon thy holy
city [Jerusalem],
to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and
to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and
to
seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
There are two parts to this passage. The first deals with the subject,
Israel and Jerusalem. The second deals with the timing aspect. Since the first
part is pretty straight-forward, I will attempt to explain the different sections of the
timing aspect according to the Bible. These are AND conditions. As with
Boolean conditions, each and every
one must be fulfilled for the prophecy to be complete. That prophecy is
encased in this 70 weeks timeframe. That means there is a gap in the prophecy
from the end of the 69th week to the future 70th week. Since all
the following would have had to be completed in the seven years after the
triumphal entry, and it clearly hasn't been fulfilled yet, it must reside in
our future.
Furthermore, Christ labels the
abomination of desolation as the beginning of the time of
great tribulation.
This is the beginning of the reign of the man of sin, given power by the
dragon.
Revelation 13:5 This continues for
3½ years at which time the Bible says Christ throws the antichrist and false
prophet into the lake of fire, ending the 1260-day reign of the beast.
Revelation 19:20 And since that
happens at Christ's return in glory, which has not occurred yet, it clearly
must happen within the 70th week of Daniel and before it ends since the
abomination of desolation is in the middle of that 70th week.
to finish the transgression
- to finish
(H3607) כּלא kâlâ' (kaw-law')
A primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold
back or in) or word (prohibit): - finish, forbid, keep (back),
refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.
- the transgression
(H6588) פּשׁע
pesha‛ (peh'-shah)
From H6586; a
revolt (national,
moral or religious): - rebellion, sin, transgression, trespassive
By looking at the
original definitions for these words, it would seem to be that rebellion,
sin, and transgression must be withheld and restrained. I've personally seen
enough sin in my life to recognize that this isn't fulfilled entirely yet.
It won't be until the millennium, when Christ will rule with a rod of iron.
There will be perfect peace and He will be a present authority to stop or
refrain revolt or transgression from His rule.
As well, the national and religious rebellion of Israel as a
nation will be over after Israel calls upon the name of the Lord.
Yeshua said that this would be when they (Israel) would see Him
again. There's an interesting study on the
9th of Av
and its connection to Christ's return in glory and Armageddon.
to make an end of
sins
- to make an end
(H2856) חתם châtham (khaw-tham')
A primitive root; to close up;
especially to seal: - make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
- of sins
(H2403) חטּאת
חטּאה chaṭṭâ'âh
chaṭṭâ'th (khat-taw-aw', khat-tawth')
From H2398; an offence (sometimes
habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or
expiation; also (concretely) an offender: - punishment (of sin),
purifying (-fication for sin), sin (-ner, offering).
Comment by
Lazarus43:
"It should be noted that the Hebrew word "chatta'ah" (Strong's 02403),
translated "sins" in
Daniel 9:24 is also translated as "sin offering" 116
times in the KJV translation. From the definition of the Hebrew word "chatta'ah"
(Strong's 02403), it makes sense that the "end of sins" from
Daniel 9:27
is not an end to man's ability to sin. What is ended is the inevitable
connection of "an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness) and its penalty,
occasion, sacrifice, or expiation."
Spiritual death is the penalty for sin. The "sin and then make a sacrifice"
system of the law was only a faint shadow of God's final solution. Jesus'
death on the cross ended the system of "sin and sacrifice". According to
Jesus' last words on the cross, "It is finished." No more sacrifices or "sin
offerings" were needed or would be accepted. The veil was ripped from top to
bottom in the temple built by the hands of men. It should be remembered that,
"a great many of the priests" came to
understand what had happened:
Acts 6:7
The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples
continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests
were becoming obedient to the faith.
Also, remember what John the Baptist said, The next day he saw Jesus coming
to him and said,"
John 1:29
Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
to make
reconciliation for iniquity
- to make reconciliation
(H3722) כּפר kâphar (kaw-far')
A primitive root; to cover
(specifically with bitumen); figuratively to expiate or condone,
to placate or cancel: - appease, make (an) atonement,
cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, to pitch, purge
(away), put off, (make) reconcile (-liation).
- for iniquity (H5771)
עוון
עון ‛âvôn
‛âvôn (aw-vone', aw-vone')
From H5753; perversity, that is,
(moral) evil: - fault, iniquity, mischief, punishment (of
iniquity), sin.
I believe this was
accomplished by Christ on the cross. He made reconciliation possible for us
who live in iniquity.
to bring in everlasting
righteousness
- to bring in
(H935) בּוא
bô' (bo)
A primitive root; to
go or come
(in a wide variety of applications): - abide, apply, attain, X be,
befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X
certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to
pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in,
into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go
(down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, [in-]vade, lead, lift [up],
mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken
[in age], X surely, take (in), way.
- everlasting
(H5769) עלם
עולם ‛ôlâm
‛ôlâm (o-lawm', o-lawm')
From H5956; properly concealed, that
is, the vanishing point; generally time out of mind
(past or future), that is, (practically) eternity; frequentative
adverbially (especially with prepositional prefix) always: -
always (-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, [n-])
ever (-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time),
perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end).
Compare H5331, H5703.
- righteousness
(H6664) צדק
tsedeq (tseh'-dek)
From H6663; the
right (natural, moral
or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity:
- X even, (X that which is altogether) just (-ice), ([un-]) right (-eous)
(cause, -ly, -ness).
This too, I believe was fulfilled with Christ's sacrifice. This
is specifically the bringing in of everlasting righteousness, not
necessarily the fulfillment of nothing but righteousness. However,
the fullness of this righteousness will be seen for eternity after
the millennium.
to
seal up the vision and prophecy
- to seal up
(H2856) חתם
châtham (khaw-tham')
A primitive root; to close up;
especially to seal: - make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
- the vision
(H2377) חזון
châzôn
(khaw-zone')
From H2372; a
sight (mentally), that
is, a dream, revelation, or oracle: - vision.
- and prophecy
(H5030) נביא
nâbîy' (naw-bee')
From H5012; a prophet or (generally) inspired
man: - prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
The very nature of a vision,
dream, or revelation signifies that the thing being seen has not occurred
yet, once it happens it is no longer prophetic but now history. The very
nature of Bible prophecy is that which occurs in earth space-time. So to seal up or make an end to these things means that those things we
have in scripture now must be fulfilled prior to the end of the 70th week of
Daniel's prophecy given to him by God through the angel Gabriel. Almost all
of Revelation is contained within the 70 weeks timeframe. There are
explanations of what will happen after the 70 weeks, but mostly descriptive
of what it will be like. Not the kind of prophecy we see describing, in
great detail, the period of time prior to Christ's return to earth to rule.
I believe the sealing of the vision and prophecy comes when Christ does.
Revelation 19:10
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou
do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the
testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the
testimonyG3141
of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Testimony (G3141)
μαρτυρία
marturia (mar-too-ree'-ah)
From G3144; evidence given (judicially or generally): - record, report,
testimony, witness.
Once Christ is here, there will be no need for record or report or evidence
because Christ will dwell among us on the earth from that point till they are
destroyed. So if our report of Christ is prophecy (since all prophecy revolves
around Christ), then that will end when Christ's presence is His own testimony
and prophecy will be fulfilled among us.
to anoint the most
Holy
- to anoint
(H4886) משׁח
mâshach (maw-shakh')
A primitive root; to rub with oil, that
is, to anoint; by implication to consecrate; also to paint:
- anoint, paint.
- most Holy
(H6944) קדשׁ
qôdesh (ko'-desh)
From H6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstractly
sanctity:
- consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing),
holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
What is the most Holy? I did
a search through scripture to see where else "most Holy" is used
and what it is in reference to. My conclusion is that the most Holy is the
physical location of the holy of Holies on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. I
believe the anointing of the holy of Holies will be when Christ steps His
feet on the Mount of Olives and enters through the Golden Gate into the
temple, His throne for the next 1,000 years. He is worthy and indeed was the
One who's presence rested there in Old Testament times. Here is a quick
breakdown of "most Holy."
"Most Holy" is found 45 times in 43 verses in the Old
Testament.
So as you can see, the majority of times in scripture speaking of the
"most Holy" are discussing the area of the Temple Mount or
adjectives describing things associated with it such as the burnt offerings
that were given there and the eating of these most Holy offerings. Clearly
something that must be anointed must be physical and indeed the majority of
times the Bible talks about "most Holy," it is in reference to the
physical location of the Temple Mount and more specifically, the holy of
Holies, where the Lord dwelt among Israel all that time ago. He will return
to rule from there as well. Amen!
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