Re: Donna Danna (5 Sept 2021) Answer: What
Sacrifice Does Jesus Cause to Cease in the Midst Daniel’s
70th Week?
Donna:
God in Christ will “cause the
sacrifice and the oblation to cease” in the midst
of the 70th week. If you open the Blue
Letter Bible (BLB) to Daniel 9:27 and click on the
Interlinear/Concordance tab you will find the Hebrew words
which were translated into the English language in the early
1600’s, the authorized version of the KJB.
According to the BLB, the English word
“sacrifice” originated from the Hebrew word “zebah” and the
English word “oblation” originated from the Hebrew word
“minha”. These are Strong’s Hebrew words H2077
and H4503. Check this out in the BLB.
The following is based on my research:
Zebach Offering: A Peace
Offering
The Zebach is a peace offering.
The Hebrew term for the peace offerings is Zebach
Sh'lamim. Sh'lamim is related to shalom meaning peace or
wholeness. A
peace offering is an offering
thanking God for restoring the worshiper to a state of
wholeness with Him, for being at peace with God and having
fellowship with Him. A portion of this offering is burned
on the altar, a portion given to the priests and the
balance eaten by the offeror and family. This may include
an animal flesh offering. This category of offerings
includes Thanksgiving Offerings, Free Will Offerings and
offerings after the fulfillment of a vow. A peace or
thanksgiving offering is an appropriate form of worship of
Him who alone is worthy of praise and thanksgiving.
Minchah Offering: A Food
Offering
The Minchah offering is a grain
offering. Minchah refers to an offering from the fruits of
the soil. This offering was usually comprised of fine
flour made from
wheat grain. This offering
represented the fruits of the farmer's labor from tilling
the soil, tending the plants, harvesting, threshing and
grinding. A portion of the offering was burned in the fire
of the altar and the balance given to the priests. The
Minchah offering acknowledged that God is responsible for
our jobs, skill, labor and strength. The Zebach and
Minchah class of offerings have no relationship to sin
offerings.
So, Daniel 9:27 does not speak to
any sin offerings based on the Hebrew words spoken through
the prophet Daniel, as affirmed by Jesus in Matthew 24:15.
Chatah Offering: A Sin Offering
The Hebrew term for the sin
offering is "chatah" which means to "sin" or to "miss the
mark". The first use of this term is found in Genesis 4:7.
In this verse the
word "chatta'ah is used for sin
and sin offering. The second time we find it is in Genesis
18:20 where it is used to describe the sin of Sodom and
Gomorrah. Neither,
the Hebrew word "chatah" nor
"chatt'ah" is used in Daniel 9:27. The verse 27 sacrifice
and oblation offerings are not sin offerings. Therefore,
they do not impose on Jesus' atoning work on the cross.
This “Chatah” word is not found
in Daniel 9:27, a verse known to Jesus.
Why does God in Christ Cease the
sacrifice and oblation offerings?
My additional commentary is bracketed. [
] The underlined verses provide the
reasons why God in Christ ceases these future offerings.
Isaiah 42:
6I the LORD have called
thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will
keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people
[speaking of Messiah], for a light of the Gentiles;
7To open the blind
eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and
them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8I am the
LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not
give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Isaiah 48:
10 Behold, I have refined
thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace
of affliction [speaking to the Jews in Daniel’s 70th
week].
11 For mine own
sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should
my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto
another.
12 Hearken unto me, O
Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also
am the last.
God in Christ will not tolerate His Holy
name defiled and associated with any form of idolatry.
He never has and never will.
Commentary and Opinion:
It is my opinion and I speculate, that
following the removal of the Church, at a future Pentecost (See
note 1), a day and hour known only to God, Daniel’s 70th
week will commence. (We are encouraged to speculate
because Daniel’s prophecy is a counting prophecy and the
prophets did also inquire and surely speculate about the
first coming of Christ. (1 Peter 1:11) The
Magi figured it out the season of His first
appearance. We speculate about the season of His
appearance in Glory.
It is my opinion that following the
Resurrection/Rapture event, at the Festival of Trumpets (See
note 2), the two witnesses will likely appear at the
Wailing Wall if there is no temple. They will likely be
Moses and Elijah, representing the law and the prophets.
Luke 16:31 states: “And he said unto him, If they hear not
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded,
though one rose from the dead.”
The Church’s removal will engender the
jealousy of the Jews. (Romans 11:11; Deuteronomy 32:21) They
should be sufficiently motivated to build their
temple. Remember God said “in their affliction they
will seek Me early.” (Hosea 5:15) The Jews will be
seeking God at this temple. The Tribulation Temple
will be rebuilt because Jesus implies “the holy place” is
present during Daniel’s 70th week. (Matthew
24:15) The holy place is in the temple and it will be
defiled by the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel
the prophet.
Keep in mind while the Church is on
Earth, Christ’s own are God’s living temples. This is
why the Jews cannot rebuild their Temple. During the
Church Age true believers are where God is present on Earth.
(1 Corinthians 3:316-17) After all believers are
removed, God’s presence on Earth will be represented by the
Jewish Tribulation Temple. Do not expect God to
indwell the Temple, but expect the Jews to seek their God on
Mt. Moriah at the Tribulation temple. God is going to
call out His remnant Jewish believers in Christ during
Daniel’s 70th week. Surely, Moses and
Elijah will be telling them who Yeshua IS. HE IS THEIR
MESSIAH.
Note 1. There are three
feasts of the Lord. These are the “chag” pilgrimage
feasts of Unleavened Bread, Pentecost and Tabernacles.
The other four festivals of Leviticus 23 are “moed” or
appointed times. The “chag” are appointed times which
required all males to appear at the Temple with an offering
to the Lord. Jesus was resurrected during the Feast of
Unleavened Bread at the festival of “First Fruits”.
The Temple priests were offering the “sheaf of grain” to God
on resurrection Sunday because Jesus was the grain seed
which had to die to produce much fruit. (John 12:24)
He is represented symbolically by the sheaf of grain raised
up to God. On the first Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was
given to all believers in Christ commencing the Church
Age. It is essentially Pentecost every day since then
because God in Christ has been saving his people every
day. The Age of Pentecost will end at the
Resurrection/Rapture event. Biblically, on
Pentecost the Temple priests took the grain seed and made
two loaves of bread and offered them up to God as thanks
giving for the harvest. (Leviticus 23:15-17) The
Church is represented by the two loaves. One loaf is
the resurrection of the dead in Christ and the other the
transformation and rapture of the living in Christ.(1
Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:17) This event
terminates the Age of Pentecost setting the stage for
Daniel’s 70th week. Paul tells us that the
free gift of the Holy Spirit is the earnest deposit against
the promise of transforming our bodies into Christ-like
bodies. (2 Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 1:14; Romans 8:19)
It is a two-stage promise, down payment of the Spirit
followed by final payment of a redeemed sinless body.
Note 2. The Festival of
Trumpets is known as the memorial day of blowing
trumpets. Blowing trumpets was often performed as a
warning of the impending judgment and day of the Lord. (Joel
2:1-2; Exodus 19:16; Joshua 6:15-17; Zephaniah 1:14-18;
Revelation 8:6-8) It is my opinion that the memorial
blowing of trumpets following the Resurrection/Rapture will
herald the commencement of Daniel’s 70th
week. I believe the fall festivals of Trumpets,
Atonement and Tabernacles are all associated with Daniel’s
70th week and the Second Coming of Christ.