You are making a gross and false and unscriptural interpretation because you have bought the dispensational lie about this prophecy. Daniel 9:26 states:
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
The above Scripture states unequivocally that Jesus Christ was slaughtered AFTER 69 weeks. That means that , absent the lie of dispensational doctrine, Jesus Christ was slaughtered during the 70th week.
First, dispensational thought really has nothing to do with this but rather a proper exegesis of the passage.
Second, The passage says "after 69 weeks" which means "at the end of 69 weeks." It does not mean "in the 70th week." Daniel never said that or inferred that. Look up some reliable commentaries that are conversant with the Hebrew (like Keil and Delitzsch), and they will demonstrate to you that the "after" simply means "at the end of the 69th week, or before the 70th week.
Third, many very able scholars have calculated that date. I explained it to you once. I will endeavor to do so again.
--There are a total of 70 weeks or 490 years.
Dan 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that
from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
--The starting point of this 490 years is from a specific decree. It is the command given to restore and build Jerusalem. This decree went from Artaxerxes to Nehemiah in 444 B.C. (Neh.2:1-8). It was given directly to Nehemiah in the 20th year of Artaxerxes in the month of Nisan, or March-April of 444 B.C.
From this date to the Messiah will transpire a period of
seven weeks, threescore and two weeks, or 483 years.
Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
--And after that 483 years Messiah would be cut off. There is a gap of time between the 69th and 70th week. It is indicated in the passage giving time for the Messiah to be "cut off," after the 69th week, for he is not cut off in the 70th week.
The calculation of Messiah's being cut off can meticulously be worked out using a calculation of time based on a 360 day lunar year, and a 30 day month as is indicated in the Book or Revelation.
The time span from Artaxerxes' decree to rebuild the city in March 444 B.C until Christ's crucifixion in April 33 A.D. covered 483 years. Daniel's prediction was very accurate. The last week is left unexplained and is best taken as yet to come.
What is your justification for saying that Jesus Christ is a covenant breaker. {I am pleased that you finally recognize the He of verse 27 is Jesus Christ.} There is nothing about breaking a covenant in that Scripture. That is simply the result of the dispensational lie that the "foreigner" made a covenant with the Jews. Yet the Scripture says the covenant Jesus Christ shall "cause to prevail" is with the many.
It is not my interpretation; it is yours.
Verse 27 "He shall confirm the covenant for one week."
You are determined to interpret the "He" as Christ (but it isn't)
You say Christ has made a covenant for seven years.
Then the verse goes on and says: "in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease...make it desolate," and so forth. IOW, he is not bringing peace, as the Prince of peace, he is bringing desolation, destruction, and stopping sacrifice. He is breaking his covenant in the midst of the week. He is not keeping it.
When did the promise, the covenant start? What was said? What promise did he make? With whom did he make it? And when did he say it would be for seven years. Give me one portion of Scripture where Jesus himself ever laid down such a covenant. He didn't.
Then show after seven years the confirmation of that covenant. Show how it was fulfilled after the seven years. What was the big upheaval in the midst of the covenant. If you can't explain this then Christ is simply a liar and a covenant breaker IMO, and according to your theology.
{Something I have found strange in the 10+years I have been on this Forum is how frequently dispensationalists use the pejorative "liar" in connection with GOD. It is you DHK who is calling Jesus Christ a liar and truce breaker! Where is the word truce mentioned in verse 27. You are again simply spouting the dispensational lie that the covenant is a truce between the "foreigner" of the CEV and Israel.}
First, I have demonstrated that the result of your outlandish interpretation of this passage of Scripture results in calling Christ a liar and a truce-breaker. It is up to you to demonstrate that he isn't. It is your interpretation that makes him one. Far be it from me to ever call him such things.
The CEV is consistent in using the word "foreigner" as the author knows that the "he" of verse 27 does not refer to Christ. This is the mistake you constantly make. Why blame him for a mistake you make. This has nothing to do with dispensationalism but a simple and proper exegesis of the text.
So it has been established by any rational reading of verse 26 that Jesus Christ died DURING the 69th week. Given the start of HIS ministry at the beginning of the 70th week Jesus Christ was slaughtered through the connivance of the Jews with the hated Romans {They hated Jesus Christ more.} in the middle of the 70th week.
After the 69th week, but before the 70th week.
The Tribulation is Daniel's 70th Week. It is a period of 7 years divided into two halves of 3 1/2 years, 42 months, 1260 days, etc. Then the Millennial Kingdom immediately follows. But are there gaps? Daniel himself shows that there are gaps.
Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
--Daniel adds an extra 30 days, a gap of time before the Millennial Kingdom actually starts. Gaps are not unusual.
The sacrificial death of Jesus Christ made the sacrifice and oblation in the Temple worthless and their continuation was an abomination before GOD.
You are so bewitched with the dispensational error DHK that you are afraid to answer the simple questions I have asked repeatedly:
First, my answer was given to you here:
http://www.baptistboard.com/showpost.php?p=2229077&postcount=101
If you didn't understand it, it is because you have such a wild interpretation of this passage of scripture and force meanings into it that are not there.
Even your statement here does not make sense.
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:
and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
(ESV) And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator."
--Whoever it is, he makes a strong covenant
with many, not all, and then in the middle of the week he ends all sacrifice and offerings.
There is a covenant for one week, and then broken in the middle of the week.
The Temple here has become desecrated causing the sacrifices to cease.
This is the verse that Daniel refers to in Mat.24:15:
Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand).
It is not Christ in this passage in Daniel. As Christ says, it is the abomination of desolation, the Antichrist. In that day they are to flee. It is a day yet to come. There may have been a partial fulfillment in 70 A.D. but the real fulfillment is still to come. It is called Daniel's 70th Week, Jacob's Trouble, The Great Tribulation.
The reason you will not answer them is that they give the lie to your repeated assertion that:
Originally Posted by DHK
These events have yet to occur:
What are the events mentioned:
--to finish the transgression.
--to make an end of sins
--to make reconciliation for iniquity.
--to bring in everlasting righteousness.
--to seal up the vision and prophecy.
--to anoint a most holy place. (vs. 24)
All these events have to do with the Jewish people.
All these events will take place within that 70th week.
Yes, all these events are yet to come to pass.
The promises are directed to the Jews.
The transgressions and the sins of the Jews have not ended; they continue to increase.
They have not made reconciliation with their Messiah, but will in the future.
Everlasting righteousness has not been brought in. This is obvious.
Christ will once again anoint the most holy place when he sets up his Kingdom.
I don't know how you interpret the above but they have certainly taken place or we are all still lost and in our sins.
You ignore a proper exegesis of scripture. You say that "the coming prince" a foreigner, is Christ, in effect calling Christ the Antichrist. That is a terrible interpretation.