ABSOLUTELY WHY JESUS
CHRIST FULFILLED THE FIRST HALF OF
DANIEL'S
SEVENTIETH
WEEK
From the King James Version,
Daniel 9:24-27: (with
my additions for clarity)
24 Seventy weeks [seventy
sevens = 70 sabbatical cycles = 490 years,= 10
Jubilee cycles] are determined [def:
to divide, to be settled,
to be marked out] upon thy
people
[upon
Daniel's people- Judah
and Israel] and
upon
thy holy city,
[Jerusalem]
(1)
to finish the
transgression,
and
(2) to make an end
of sins,
and
(3) to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
and
(4) to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
and
(5) to seal up the
vision
and
(6)
prophecy,
and
(7) to anoint the
most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand,
that from the
going forth of the commandment to
restore [all
areas of Jerusalem's civil and religious
society- beginning with the levitical system and
the teaching of the Law, etc] and
to
build Jerusalem [to
rebuild the city in toto, from the beginning
of the sabbatical year 3304 in 457 b.c] unto the
Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks,
and
threescore and two weeks:
[unto the beginning
of Sabbatical year 3787, 26 a.d. is 483
years = 7 weeks' + 62 weeks' of years, from the beginning
of the
Sabbatical year to
the beginning
of the Sabbatical year.]
the
street shall be built again, and the wall, even
in troublous times.
26 And
after
threescore and two weeks
[after the 7
weeks' already mentioned above plus this 62
weeks'
= 483
years] shall Messiah be
cut off,
but
not for himself:
[at the Cross,
in the Spring of 30 A.D. 3790, in the MIDDLE of
the 7 years of the 70th week',
which week' began
in the Fall
on Tishri 1,
26 a.d.
3787, and
was cut
off 3.5 years
later, in the Spring
of 30 a.d., 3790, at the Cross.
That
Sabbatical cycle ended on
Elul 29, 34 a.d., 3794, (which
would have
been the END
of Daniel's final 490th IF
the nation of Israel
had turned to Yeshua as their Messiah. The
following day, Tishri 1, 34 A.D., opened a new Civil year, 3795, and 9
days later, Tishri 10, would have
opened the Jubilee Year,
the 50th year, which is really year
1 of the next 49 years, IF Israel
had repented.).
and the people of
the prince that shall come shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary; [foretelling
the invasion of Jerusalem
by Roman General Titus in 69/70 a.d.] and
the end
thereof shall be with a flood,
and
unto
the end of the war desolations are
determined. [telescoping
clear down until the end of the Tribulation]
27 And
he
shall confirm the covenant with many for
one week: [near
the beginning
of the Tribulation, when the antichrist
brings his covenant into Israel.]
and in
the midst of the week [when
the antichrist becomes the Beast in the middle
of the 7 years of the Tribulation, which is the
beginning
of the last 3 ½ years of Daniel's 70th
week'] he shall cause the
sacrifice and the oblation to cease, [what
the Beast will do on the 1290th day
of the Tribulation, Dan 12:11; Matt 24:15-20] and
for the overspreading of abominations he shall
make it desolate, even
until the consummation, [through
to the end of the last half of Daniel's 70th
week' which closes at the end of the
Tribulation]
and
that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate.
The majority of
evangelical Christianity including scholars,
pastors, prophecy teachers, book writers and
others hold to the interpretation of this text that Messiah
Yeshua was cut off from the whole
seventieth week of Daniel's
prophecy at the ending of the 69th
week / the end of the 483rd year,
on Elul 29, 26 A.D. in
order to hold over the whole
seventieth
week' until the last
7 years of the Tribulation, making the 7 years of the
Tribulation the
seventieth week of Daniel.
This
is a very serious misunderstanding of the
wonderful intent of this precious prophecy to Judah and Israel, as it
removes Yeshua, the Messiah, even cutting Him off, at the
beginning of His ministry to Judah and Israel which removes Him totally from the scene
depicted in 9:24-27! God NEVER
stopped the ongoing count of the '70 weeks of years,
until 3 ½ years later at the Cross, as
the new 7th year opened on Tishri 1,
of 26 A.D. which was the beginning of the 70th
week, and Jesus, the Messiah showed up in Israel the
following Spring of 27, INSIDE
the 7th year.
The severe error in
interpretation of this prophecy started, at least
in modern times with the teaching of Sir Robert
Anderson in the late 1800s. He also
wrongly taught that the decree
began with Nehemiah, in 445/444 B.C. which forced him
to have to divide the Jewish years into
fractions in order to make the 69 weeks
fit properly into the time of Jesus' coming to
Israel. Daniel's '69/70 weeks'
are to be calculated on lunisolar
years, as Israel's calendar
sabbatical years always have been from the
beginning, beginning on Tishri 1, in the fall, as
Leviticus 25
commands, and ending on the following Elul
29. Sabbatical years
have NEVER
been calculated using fractions!
Mr. Anderson totally ignored the clear teaching of
Ezra 7
and missed the fact that Nehemiah NEVER received a
decree of any kind, as Ezra did from king
Artaxeres in Ezra 7:13,21. Nehemiah
only
received letters
from Artaxeres, Nehemiah 1:7,8,9,
to guarantee safe passage through the territories
back into Jerusalem.
Mr. Anderson also seemed unaware that Daniel 9:25 called for
the services of a scribe and a priest of Israel, who
had been anointed and qualified for such a task as
to reteach the Torah and its ritual statutes to
Judah, (Ezra 7:6,10)
besides the rebuilding of the whole
society there. Ezra was a
descendent of the famous high priest, Hilkiah, and the
name Ezra' in Hebrew means help.'
Nehemiah was
neither a priest nor a scribe. His task was ONLY to rebuild the WALL of
Jerusalem. He was a political figure
and later became the governor of Judah. Note this about what Ezra 7:6 and 9 clearly state
about Ezra that the hand of the
Lord his God was upon him.
This severe
misunderstanding of Anderson's which somehow has
been passed down and believed as truth - to almost
everyone of today, has greatly caused the beclouding
(obfuscation)
of minds and hiding of the Holy
Spirit's intended meaning of this marvelous text,
which has made it so much harder to correctly
interpret. The correct interpretation of this
prophecy helps the Bible student of today in
proper understanding
of the importance of God's sabbatical years and
cycles, how He has
accomplished much of His work down through the
ages beginning on,
inside of, in the middle of,
and ending with
the 7th years and cycles of the
nation of Israel! If we understood
this more, we NOW, at the end of the Adamic
Age would understand the necessity of
sabbatical cycle that will complete both
the 7 years of Tribulation, and the
last half of Daniel's 70th'
week.
[There
is a possibility that the Lord allowed this clouding
of understanding all this time until right nowin
order to fulfill what He Himself told Daniel in Daniel 12:9: And he said, Go
thy way, Daniel: for the
words are closed up and sealed till the time
of the end. ]
Israel's next Sabbatical
cycle/Sabbatical year opens on Tishri 1, 5775,
Wed/Thurs, September 24/25, 2014. If the Tribulation begins on the Feast of Firstfruits, Nisan 16,
Sat/Sun, April 4/5, 2015,
inside the
Sabbatical year, the
exact middle of the Sabbatical cycle will
begin on Tishri 6, 5779, September 14/15,
2018,
Sabbath,
and
the
end
of the next 7 year cycle will fall on Elul 29, 5782, Sat/Sun,
September 24/25. 2022.
IF
2022, Jewish year 5782, is
the final 490th year of Daniel's
seventy
sevens,'
then the
Jubilee year will open on Tishri
10, 5783, Tues/Wed, October
4/5th, 2022
which will open and inaugurate God's holy
Kingdom on Earth with a return to the eternal
ritual and ordinances of the law of the house
of the holy, eternal Temple of Ezekiel (Ezekiel
43:11-12).
Sir Robert
Anderson's interpretation is absolutely wrong
according to the Scripture.
How can I say this? What right do
I have to make that statement?
Besides the
Scripture texts written above, the answer to
that question is totally contained within verse 24
above.
If any of you hold to Sir Robert
Anderson's teaching, I would like you to take a
little time and honestly consider the following: Come, let us
reason together.
The little 3 verse prophecy of Daniel 9
is one of the most vital prophecies in all of
Scripture. Not only does it address Daniel's thy people
who on the short view, are Daniel's own Tribe- Judah, but also thy holy city
of Jerusalem, which was the
capital city of ancient Judah. But since the last
half of
this prophecy is fully fulfilled with
the last half of the Tribulation,
thy people must
refer to all Israel and thy holy
city of course, must refer to present day Jerusalem.
For the believing
Jew, this prophecy exactly
foretells the year of the first
coming to Israel, of Messiah, the
Prince, who is called the
Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty
God, the
Everlasting Father, and the
Prince of Peace in Isaiah 9:6-7.
The Jews were able to count
their sabbatical years
even before the first century A.D. A devout and
just man, Simeon, was
waiting in Jerusalem for
the
consolation of Israel, Luke 2:25, 30 years
before - at
the birth of the Messiah, and was promised by the
Lord that he would not see death before he saw the
Lord's Christ,
in Luke 2:26. This is important
to remember, because under the Mosaic Law, Numbers 4
sets the age of a priest to begin
his levitical
duties at 30 - until
age 50 - to do the work of the Tabernacle
(and the Temple).
Luke 3:15 also mentions
Jews who were in
expectation
because, they were
obviously counting the sabbatical cycles, (Luke 2:36-38)
and were
watching for the
signs just the same as the
devout and the just watchers are doing in
this present day - counting and
watching!
It was obvious
that many folks of that day could still remember
hearing about the announcement made by the angel
of the Lord to the shepherds, outside of Bethlehem - 30 years
beforewhen he said Fear not: for,
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people. For unto you is born
this day in the city of David a Saviour, which
is Christ the Lord. Luke
2:10-11. Also, remember it
had been only 19 years before,
that the 12 ½ year old child,
Yeshua, had stayed behind in Jerusalem after the end of the
feast of Passover, in order to discuss the things
of the Law and be about His
Father's business
and then was found by His parents after three
days,
Luke 2.
No wonder Judah could be and was
by some, to be in expectation! Actually,
the nation of Israel was without excuse,
and should have rejoiced with great joy and
thankfulness to Almighty God for His faithfulness,
which should have led to their trust and
acceptance of their own, dear Messiah! But
alasthat was not to be!
In our present day, we have Jesus'
own promise the watchers in the church of Sardis, (just before the
church of Philadelphia).IF they
watched, they could know the very hour
He will come for them! Rev 3:3 says: Remember
therefore how thou hast received and heard,
and hold fast, and repent. If
therefore thou shalt not watch, I will
come on thee as a thief, and thou
shalt not know (ginosko'
Strong's #1097) what
hour
I will come upon thee.
[The
apostle Paul told the true Church the exact hour
when Jesus will come for her- in a moment,
in a twinkling of an eye-
(1 Corinthians
15:52), which, in Judaism is the
definite window of time of evening twilight'
following Sundown, during that little
indeterminate window when one day changes into the
new Jewish day. By Revelation 3, the
Bible has already clearly told the Bible student
about the year - INSIDE the
Sabbatical year, the season - Spring, the
month - Nisan, the agricultural product
and harvest - Barley,
the
Feast day Firstfruits
and the hour at the twinkling of an eye
- when He would BEGIN,
and once again
resurrect His own Body, in
order to BEGIN
the Tribulation
at the opening
of the Day of the Lord.]
Daniel's prophecy opens with
a list of seven
requirements that must be
fulfilled INSIDE the 490 years which are to be
divided' and 'settled' (the meanings of
determined') into
seventy sabbatical cycles' of 7 years each, in
order to make the city of Jerusalem and her
people suitable,
according to the
Lord's standards, for receiving the
Consolation of Israel, first spiritually
and then physically,
at
the end of the Age.
This
prophecy BEGAN
in the Spring, on Nisan 1, INSIDE Israel's
sabbatical year, (Ezra 7:6-13),
according to the Bible and the Rosetta Calendar. http://www.rosettacalendar.com/
This
prophecy must END
in the Spring, on Nisan 1, INSIDE
Israel's
sabbatical year, again according to the Bible
and the Jewish calendar.
The Hebrew word determined
also means to be decreed
and be marked out, in seventy
separate divisions of 7 years, for a total of
490 years.
For you who have been taught and
believe that these 7 requirements above can be
fully satisfied by the 7 years of the Tribulation,
which Sir Robert
Anderson taught, I want to ask you
to think honestly and reasonably about your
answers to these 7 questions below, regarding verse 24 above:
1)
How could the
Tribulation ever finish the
transgression?
The Hebrew word there for finish means to shut up,
to restrain. The
word transgression
means
rebellion
against God, among other
things. The Tribulation
can never
finish or restrain the horrible sin of
rebellion against a Holy God - physically
or spiritually! The
Tribulation is one of the most evil periods of
time in all of human history.
2)
How could the
Tribulation ever make an end
of sin?
The Hebrew word for end means to make a
complete end, to finish sin.
Sin will abound
during the Tribulation in a fashion never seen
before, nor ever will be seen again. Sin
continues in operation throughout the 1,000 year
Kingdom age- as the curse of
destruction imposed in the
Garden of Eden at the beginning
of Creation is not
lifted off Creation until the end
of the book of Revelation, at the end
of the Millennium (Revelation 22:3).
Even though the Lord never has
to deal with the sins of redeemed Israel ever
again after their conversion at the end of the
Tribulation, all the ongoing generations of the
Gentiles after the first,
saved generation
that enters the
Kingdom, must recognize their sin
nature, humble themselves, repent and come to
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ in order to be born
again, throughout the
Millennium. If you have any doubt
about this, read chapters of 21
and 22 of Revelation which describe
the end of the 1,000 years and notice the Holy
Spirit's oft mention of the wicked that are still
present at the end of that time.
3)
On what level
could the seven years of the Tribulation
make
reconciliation for iniquity?
The Hebrew word for reconciliation
means: to cover, purge,
make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover
over with pitch (as was the inside of
Noah's Ark). To ever credit the Tribulation
with making an atonement for the severest of sin - iniquity totally strains the limits of credulity!
Believing such is totally incredulous!
4)
How would it ever be possible for the
utter, diabolical sin and violence of the
Tribulation to bring in
everlasting righteousness?
The Hebrew word righteousness means rightness,
justice. As mentioned
above, the state of sin remains in
operation even thru a little season
after Satan is released from
his 1,000 years in the bottomless pit.' (Revelation 20:7-10).
Rightness and justice to not arrive on Earth until after the
Second Coming of Jesus Christ back to Earth in order
to set up His Kingdom.
5)
How does the Tribulation seal up
vision..
6)
and prophecy?
The Two Witnesses,
whom I believe are Moses (representing
the LAW), and Elijah (representing
the PROPHETS) are
only present in Israel
during the
first half of the Tribulation, not the last
half.
7)
How does the Tribulation anoint the
most Holy?'
The Tribulation does
NOT nor could not anoint the most Holy in any way. Jesus
Himself anointed the most Holy' in Heaven
with the application of His own shed blood on
the altar and the mercy seat. The
most Holy' will
NOT be anointed on Earth
until the completion of the building of Ezekiel's
eternal Temple, after the complete
ending of the 7 years of the Tribulation, inside
the beginning of the Kingdom.
After honest consideration
and full realization of the truth in the 7 answers
above, the Bible student is left with only
ONE answer as to just HOW and by WHOM can the
seven demands of Daniel 9:24 be fully
satisfied and fully
accomplished for Daniel's thy people
and thy holy
city.
You know the answer
without anyone telling you - Messiah the
Prince, the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty
God, the Everlasting Father and the Prince of
Peace is the ONLY Person in all the Universe
who could have ever been qualified and had the
power to fully and satisfactorily bring to a
complete end first, spiritually,
and then later, physically
- the seven demands of verse 24, that He, Himself imposed upon thy people
and thy holy city-
by the shedding of His own blood upon the Cross. He completely finished and
accomplished those seven requirements
with His own
arm, with no one to help
Me - because there was no one else who could
ever accomplish, finish nor satisfy the seven
requirements above, nor was there any other
event in history that could possibly have finished
these seven demands except for Yeshua's own
substitutionary work of reconciliation to the
Father at the Cross, that brought eternal
redemption to the people of Jerusalem, the holy
city of Jerusalem and the whole world, to those that
believe in Him!
The prophecy in Daniel
9:24
to 27
is divided into two parts:
The first part is
the wonderful foretelling to Israel about the
Coming One, the nation of Israel's own dear
Messiah Yeshua, after the end of
'69 weeks,' inside
the beginning of the next
Sabbatical cycle,
beginning in the Spring, who would be bringing
with Him His own Messianic salvation of redemption
from sin based upon the atoning offering of
Himself on the Cross as the Lamb of God, in order to spiritually
prepare all who would believe in Him, to
be able to be physically prepared
to
enter the kingdom of
Heaven'- the Messianic
Kingdom of David that Messiah Yeshua will bring
back with Him to the Earth at the end of the
Age.
After He shut up
all seven requirements, He was
cut off
at the end
of the first half of Daniel's seventieth
week' in
the MIDDLE of the seventieth week!'
He had completed the work of redemption
and reconciliation that His Father had given Him
to do, John 17:4-11.
The last part of the
prophesy foretells the coming of the people of the
prince who will destroy the city and the sanctuary,
which obviously is the prophecy of the Roman
general, Titus, in 70 A.D., then it telescopes all
the way down to the covenant that will be made for
the 7 years at the beginning of the Tribulation by the Antichrist. It
then ends by
concentrating on the
last half of
Tribulation, that opens the last
half of
Daniel's seventieth
week
under the authority of the Beast for only the
last 42 months of the Tribulation, beginning in the MIDDLE of the seventieth
week, who will break
that covenant and commit the horrible
abomination that desolates on the 1290th
day, when the Beast shall exalt and magnify
himself above the holy God of Heaven (Daniel 11:36-38), when
that which has been determined, shall be
poured out upon the desolate until the
consummation - at
the end of the
last half of the seventieth week.'
The Judge of the
whole Earth Messiah the Prince surely awaits
with great anticipation the completion of
the first 3 ½ years of the Tribulation, referred
to in Scripture as the travail
of the woman' (Isaiah 21:3-4; Jeremiah 4:30-31), during which
the Lord will be successfully calling out
His dear remnant - both Jew and Gentile -
during the first 3 ½ years of the
Tribulation, beginning
with the 144,000 Jews. Then,
He has been eagerly waiting to complete the last 3 ½ years of Daniel's
seventieth week,'
in order to finally rid the Earth of all the
wicked of the Adamic Age, in order at long last,
to take His people over the Jordan for the final
time, into their long-promised Beulah Land - their
Messianic Kingdom of David - upon which He made an
oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob so long ago!
The Seventieth
Weeks' of Daniel
are
all about the determined, marked
out period of time that it took to settle the debt, to pay the price
forever in order 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, to anoint the most holy, finished by
the ONLY ONE who could ever complete
and accomplish such a wondrous feat Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, the Messiah, the
Savior-Redeemer and King of Israel!
The fulfillment of
this prophecy about which the prophet Isaiah wrote
covers two events Messiah Yeshua's first
coming to Israel which made it
possible for
Him to return the second
and last time
to Daniel's thy people and
thy holy city the redeemed nation of Israel... for evermore:
Arise, shine; for thy light
is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. Isaiah 60:1
Miriam Howard
September, 2013