Shalom Brother Rick:
that I uploaded on Saturday the 26th. And thanks
also to you John Tng for making all this possible in the first
place.
Rick I read your comment: http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/apr2008/rickh428-2.htm
that posted today, and I would like to say a couple of things to clarify my
position a little better. I think I will just start at the first paragraph and
work my way down the page if I have anything I want to add, if that is O.K. with
you?
I really like what you said about offering
your comments "in the spirit of love and respect for mine and others desire to
discover the truth". If everyone on the FiveDoves had that same attitude, we
could ALL learn a lot more from each other.
In the 3rd paragraph you rightly speak of the
69 weeks being separated in two parts 7+62=69. The main thing I would like to add here
Rick is that in Daniel 9:26 And after threescore and
two weeks (62) shall Messiah be cut
off... What the text is really implying here is that after the 69 weeks (7 + 62) shall Messiah be crucified (cut-off). It is a
play on words, and one that can easily be misinterpreted.
Then in the 4th paragraph you said:
"It is an assumption on your part to say that the "anointing of the Most
Holy" in Dan. 9:24 is refering to Jesus' baptism". Rick, in my video at
time marker 5:40, all I did was read those 7 goals listed in Daniel 9:24, in
which the anointing of the Most Holy was the 7th. I never once said "the
anointing of the Most Holy in Vs. 24 was refering to Jesus' baptism", because it
is not! What I did say was the word Messiah, used two times in
the New Testament (4 times in Bible) means ANOINTED. So I ask
when in the life of Jesus was he ANOINTED? Luke 3:21-23 says he
was about 30 years (beginning of public ministry) when he was baptised, and the
HOLY GHOST DECENDED IN A BODILY SHAPE LIKE A DOVE UPON
HIM. Right after that John the Baptist said in John 1:32 And
John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove,
and it abode upon him. Then in Vs. 41 we have PROOF of this anointing of
the Messiah the Prince: He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith
unto him, WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSIAS, (anointed) WHICH IS BEING
INTERPRETED ,THE CHRIST. That was only 41 days after the baptism. In John
4:25 Jesus gives a second witness by telling the woman at the well he was indeed
THE MESSIAH! All of this happened at the beginning of Christ's 3 1/2 year
earthly ministry. Then look what the Messiah did. He went into the temple in
Luke 4:18 and began to read: The Spirit of the Lord is
UPON ME, because HE HATH ANOINTED ME to
preach the gospel to the poor, he sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to
preach deliverence to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty them that are bruised, 19) to preach THE ACCEPTABLE
YEAR OF THE LORD...Verse 21 And he began to say unto them,
THIS DAY IS THIS SCRIPTURE FULFILLED IN YOUR EARS.
ALL THIS when Christ was 30 years old just AFTER HIS BAPTISM. So
clearily Jesus was anointed Messiah the Prince, AT THE BAPTISM, AT THE START OF
HIS 3 1/2 year ministry. So Rick, the 69 weeks (7 +
62) UNTO The Messiah the
Prince in Dan. 9:25 according to the above Scriptures, is UNTO THE BAPTISM! Then
Vs. 26 says ...And AFTER threescore and
two weeks (7 + 62 = 69) shall Messiah be cut off (crucified). We know
Jesus was baptised about age 30, and was 33 1/2 years old at his crucifiction.
So if you add the 3 1/2 years of his public ministry that ended at the cut off,
to the 69 weeks (483 years) "UNTO" the baptism, you will end up with 486 1/2
years of the 490 years. That only leaves 3 1/2 years in the future that hasn't
been fulfilled. That is why nowhere in the bible does it state there will be a 7
year time period left: ONLY 3 1/2 YEARS! There is only one verse in the entire
bible that is used to back up the supposed 7 year tribulation period, and that
is Daniel 9:27 WHICH HAS BEEN GROSSLY MISTRANSLATED!
Now in the 5th paragraph, Rick you say I said:
"the first 3 1/2 years of the last week occurs simultaneously with the last 3
1/2 years of the 62 weeks...from Jesus 'baptism to his death". Sorry again
Brother Rick but I said the 69 weeks (7 + 62) are UNTO THE BAPTISM, then it
is 3 1/2 years AFTER the baptism
to the cutoff. There are no overlapping timeperiods there at
all.
If it is O.K. with you and John Tng, I will
reply to the last 4 paragraphs tomorrow. I have simply ran out of time to finish
this tonight. God Bless you Rick, John, and ALL the Doves! I appreciate you
taking the time to read this.
watchman