Garry B (24 Oct 2021)
"HOW LONG AFTER SIXTY-NINE WEEKS ?"



HOW LONG AFTER SIXTY-NINE WEEKS ?

The question is : How long AFTER the 69th week of Daniel is Messiah cut-off ?

Daniel 9:25-26

".....unto the Messiah shall be seven weeks, and three score and two weeks ( 69 weeks ) .........And AFTER three score and two weeks  ( 69 weeks ) shall Messiah be cut-off ( crucified )....."

The Scripture DOES NOT SAY 'at the end' of 69 weeks shall messiah be cut-off. Therefore the question  is : HOW LONG AFTER the 69 weeks shall Messiah be cut-off ?  Is it immediately after the 69th week or sometime after the 69th week ?   The answer to that question  is given to us in the very next Scripture:

Daniel 9:27

"And he ( Messiah) shall confirm the covenant  ( the Abrahamic Covenant ) with many for one week ( the 70th week ) , and IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK ( the 70th week ) he ( Messiah ) shall cause the sacrifice ( of animal blood ) and the oblation  to cease ( to  cease being accepted by God for the atonement of sin because NOW the Messiah's blood is the only blood God will accept for the atonement of sin  forevermore )."

SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT:

The 70th week follows the 69th week,  and "the midst " point of the seven-year-long 70th week is the 3 1/2-year point. Therefore, the answer to the question: How long AFTER the 69th week shall Messiah be cut-off is :  IN THE MIDST OF THE 70th WEEK which leaves just the 3 1/2-year last half of the 70th week of Daniel yet to be fulfilled in the future. The 3 1/2-year last half of the 70th week of Daniel which is yet to be fulfilled is spoken of in  the Book of Revelation as: "1,260 days" ( Rev 12:6 ), and  "times, time  and half a time" Rev  12:14, and "forty and two months" Rev 13:5.

According to Your Holy Word, come Lord Jesus !