The Messianic Kingdom?

[revmwc]

Daniel’s 70 Weeks.

Part #2, continued from an earlier post.


Consider again Daniel's prophecy of the 70weeks. In doing so consider the passage without the verse structure which was not in the original.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 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. 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 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.

In the first sentence we read::Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Six conditions are named in this sentence:

1. to finish the transgression
2. to make an end of sins
3. to make reconciliation for iniquity.
4. to bring in everlasting righteousness.
5. to seal up the vision and prophecy.
6. anoint the most Holy.

In an earlier post it was shown by Scripture that condition #2 {to make an end of sins} was met through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the Roman Cross.

Consider now, on the basis of Scripture, what else this Messiah, Jesus Christ, the Incarnate God accomplished through HIS sacrificial death. Recall that some on this BB have insisted that not one of the above six conditions have been met or accomplished by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, that those are intended only for the Jews or Israel. Perhaps the following passage will show how the foolishness of that doctrine. GOD through the Apostle Paul is speaking to the Church at Ephesus. This is a rather long passage but its significance cannot be overstated:

Ephesians 2:11-22
11. Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12. That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15. Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17. And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21. In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22. In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Notice particularly Verse 13 and then Verse 16:

13. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Whatever the Apostle is talking about it is accomplished through the blood of Christ. Jesus Christ, the Messiah of the Jews, through HIS shed blood has reconciled both Jew and Gentile to GOD as Verse 16 shows.

16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

Scripture is replete with the teaching that Jesus Christ through HIs sacrifice has reconciled the many to GOD!

Romans 5:10,11, NKJV
10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
11 And not only [that], but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Colossians 1:19-22, NKJV
19 For it pleased [the Father that] in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight--

Not only has Jesus Christ reconciled the many to GOD but he has committed to the redeemed the ministry of reconciliation:

2 Corinthians 5:19. To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

So once again to any rational person it is obvious that condition #3 above {to make reconciliation for iniquity} was accomplished through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ for the “many” who believe in HIM!

To be Continued!

What about for Daniel's people?

 

[OldRegular]

The "door was left open" for Israel to repent and Messiah would return and set-up his Kingdom in Israel. The "door was left open" at least until 70 A.D.

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3:19-21

It calls for the Nation of Israel to repent (the continuation of the ministry of John the Baptist).
The Nation of Israel was to become a "Nation of Priests" as Moses stated. This is reserved for a future time, when the Body of Christ is complete.
God does things in his own time, for his own purposes. God does not operate by "human time" (ie: he does not wear a watch).

The door is still open for the salvation of individual Jews. There was never a door for their so-called Messianic Kingdom and there never will be one!

 

[OldRegular]

What about for Daniel's people?

Just for you I will repeat part of the above post with added emphasis!

Consider now, on the basis of Scripture, what else this Messiah, Jesus Christ, the Incarnate God accomplished through HIS sacrificial death. Recall that some on this BB have insisted that not one of the above six conditions have been met or accomplished by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, that those are intended only for the Jews or Israel. Perhaps the following passage will show how the foolishness of that doctrine. GOD through the Apostle Paul is speaking to the Church at Ephesus. This is a rather long passage but its significance cannot be overstated:

Ephesians 2:11-22
11. Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12. That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15. Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17. And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21. In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22. In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Notice particularly Verse 13 and then Verse 16:

13. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Whatever the Apostle is talking about it is accomplished through the blood of Christ. Jesus Christ, the Messiah of the Jews, through HIS shed blood has reconciled both Jew and Gentile to GOD as Verse 16 shows.

16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

Scripture is replete with the teaching that Jesus Christ through HIs sacrifice has reconciled the many to GOD!

 

[revmwc]

Just for you I will repeat part of the above post with added emphasis!

Daniel 9:24-27 from interlinear,

24 Sevens seventy he is segregated on people of you and on city of holiness of you to -to detain the transgression and to -to seal of and to – to finish bring of sins sin and to – to make propitiatory shelter of depravity and to – to bring of reighteousness of eons and to – to seal of visions and prophet and to - to anoint of holiness of holinesses 25 and you shall know and you shall be intelligent from faring forth of word to return of and to build of Jerusalem until anointed one governor sevens seven and sevens sixty and two she shall return and she is built square and salient and in constraint of the eras 26 and after the sevens sixty and two he shall be cut off anointed on and there is no to him and the city and the sanctuary he shall ruin people of the governor the one coming and end of him in overflowing and until end war being decided ones being desolate. 27 and he has mastery covenant to the many ones seven one and half of the seven he shall cause to cease sacrifice and present offering and on wing of abominations one making desolate and until finish and one being decided she shall be poured forth on one being desolate.


The anointed one will be cutoff at the end of sevens sixty two, so not in the middle of the 70th but at the end of the 69th week the anointed one would be cutoff. The governor the one coming he has mastery covenant to many ones seven one and half of the sevens.

The portion where KJV and others have for 3 1/2 is not in the original according to the interlinear.

 

[DHK]

Originally Posted by revmwc
What about for Daniel's people?

Just for you I will repeat part of the above post with added emphasis!

Originally Posted by OldRegular
Consider now, on the basis of Scripture, what else this Messiah, Jesus Christ, the Incarnate God accomplished through HIS sacrificial death. Recall that some on this BB have insisted that not one of the above six conditions have been met or accomplished by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, that those are intended only for the Jews or Israel. Perhaps the following passage will show how the foolishness of that doctrine. GOD through the Apostle Paul is speaking to the Church at Ephesus. This is a rather long passage but its significance cannot be overstated:

What does the passage say:
Dan 9:24 `Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city,
--How do you get away with ignoring obvious context?
It is directed to the people of Daniel and the city of Daniel--the Jews and the city of Jerusalem. It has nothing to do with the Gentiles and the world. If your interpretation is not in context or ignores context then it is the wrong interpretation.

Ephesians 2:11-22
11. Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12. That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15. Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17. And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21. In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22. In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Notice particularly Verse 13 and then Verse 16:

13. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Whatever the Apostle is talking about it is accomplished through the blood of Christ. Jesus Christ, the Messiah of the Jews, through HIS shed blood has reconciled both Jew and Gentile to GOD as Verse 16 shows.

16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

Scripture is replete with the teaching that Jesus Christ through HIs sacrifice has reconciled the many to GOD!

How many times have you read, and quoted this passage and still don't know the meaning of it??

Look carefully at just these three verses:
14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15. Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

Paul is writing to the church at Ephesus. Ignore context and your interpretation is wrong. At the church at Ephesus there was a problem with unity between Gentile believers and Jewish believers.
Paul, in verse 14, emphasized that Christ is our peace; that it is Christ that has broken down the wall of partition. What wall? The wall that divided the Gentiles from the Jews. Now they were to be one in Christ, not separated from each other as they were before the cross. This was a new era.

Verse 15 tells why. Christ has abolished all those things which separated the Jews from the Gentiles, "to make in himself "one new man," and thus "making peace." In Christ, both Jew and Gentile were one. There must now be peace between the two.

And verse 16: Both Jew and Gentile had been reconciled to God the same way--through Christ. Thus there must be peace. They were brought to Christ the same way; there is no difference. We are all one in Christ.
But this is spoken to the church at Ephesus. It was their specific problem. We can only draw general applications from it. You are drawing "doctrines" from this passage that it doesn't teach. You are reading into it more than it says.

You have done the same thing in Daniel 9:24-27.
Who confirmed a covenant for one week and then broke it?

 

[OldRegular]

Daniel 9:24-27 from interlinear,

24 Sevens seventy he is segregated on people of you and on city of holiness of you to -to detain the transgression and to -to seal of and to – to finish bring of sins sin and to – to make propitiatory shelter of depravity and to – to bring of reighteousness of eons and to – to seal of visions and prophet and to - to anoint of holiness of holinesses 25 and you shall know and you shall be intelligent from faring forth of word to return of and to build of Jerusalem until anointed one governor sevens seven and sevens sixty and two she shall return and she is built square and salient and in constraint of the eras 26 and after the sevens sixty and two he shall be cut off anointed on and there is no to him and the city and the sanctuary he shall ruin people of the governor the one coming and end of him in overflowing and until end war being decided ones being desolate. 27 and he has mastery covenant to the many ones seven one and half of the seven he shall cause to cease sacrifice and present offering and on wing of abominations one making desolate and until finish and one being decided she shall be poured forth on one being desolate.


The anointed one will be cutoff at the end of sevens sixty two, so not in the middle of the 70th but at the end of the 69th week the anointed one would be cutoff. The governor the one coming he has mastery covenant to many ones seven one and half of the sevens.

The portion where KJV and others have for 3 1/2 is not in the original according to the interlinear.

What interlinear?

 

[OldRegular]

Daniel 9:24-27 from interlinear,

24 Sevens seventy he is segregated on people of you and on city of holiness of you to -to detain the transgression and to -to seal of and to – to finish bring of sins sin and to – to make propitiatory shelter of depravity and to – to bring of reighteousness of eons and to – to seal of visions and prophet and to - to anoint of holiness of holinesses 25 and you shall know and you shall be intelligent from faring forth of word to return of and to build of Jerusalem until anointed one governor sevens seven and sevens sixty and two she shall return and she is built square and salient and in constraint of the eras 26 and after the sevens sixty and two he shall be cut off anointed on and there is no to him and the city and the sanctuary he shall ruin people of the governor the one coming and end of him in overflowing and until end war being decided ones being desolate. 27 and he has mastery covenant to the many ones seven one and half of the seven he shall cause to cease sacrifice and present offering and on wing of abominations one making desolate and until finish and one being decided she shall be poured forth on one being desolate.


The anointed one will be cutoff at the end of sevens sixty two, so not in the middle of the 70th but at the end of the 69th week the anointed one would be cutoff. The governor the one coming he has mastery covenant to many ones seven one and half of the sevens.

The portion where KJV and others have for 3 1/2 is not in the original according to the interlinear.

Actually the interlinear does not say the Messiah will be killed at the end of 69 weeks. It says: {after the sevens sixty and two he shall be cut off }. Furthermore the interlinear does not speak of a covenant FOR one week. It says: {and he has mastery covenant to the many ones seven}. That is the same as I noted earlier in post 197:

In the YLT this sentence reads: And he hath strengthened a covenant with many--one week. There is no "FOR" in the original language. The same truth is shown in the GLT. This sentence simply states that during the 70th week of Daniel's prophecy the Messiah shall strengthen, cause to prevail, or make a covenant with the many. There is no date specified for the end of that covenant. In fact it is an everlasting covenant. The impact of that Covenant is that in the middle of the 70th week, or 3.5 years the Messiah shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.

The covenant was made during the 70th week of Daniel's prophecy. That is exactly what the interlinear you quotes states. Take the scales of dispensationalism off and read it carefully. As I have stated using Scripture from Hebrews that New Covenant meant that the bloody sacrifices in the Temple became useless and were an abomination before God. Jesus Christ before His murder said: Matthew 26:28. for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

 

[OldRegular]

Daniel’s 70 Weeks.

Part #3, continued from an earlier post.


Consider again Daniel's prophecy of the 70weeks. In doing so consider the passage without the verse structure which was not in the original.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 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. 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 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.

In the first sentence we read::Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Six conditions are named in this sentence:

1. to finish the transgression
2. to make an end of sins
3. to make reconciliation for iniquity.
4. to bring in everlasting righteousness.
5. to seal up the vision and prophecy.
6. anoint the most Holy.

In earlier posts it was shown by Scripture that condition #2 {to make an end of sins} and 3. {to make reconciliation for iniquity.} were met through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the Roman Cross.

Consider now, on the basis of Scripture, what else this Messiah, Jesus Christ, the Incarnate God accomplished through HIS sacrificial death. Recall that some on this BB have insisted that not one of the above six conditions have been met or accomplished by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, that those are intended only for the Jews or Israel. It is worth noting again that even in the so-called Messianic Kingdom, the kingdom that lasts only 1000 years, sin and iniquity will not be abolished even though Jesus Christ in HIS Glory sits on David’s throne in the rebuilt Temple.

Previously I have presented Scripture and that established the truth that through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ conditions 2 and 3 were established. Consider now condition #4 {to bring in everlasting righteousness.}.

One of the most frequently referenced verses of Scripture is found in the first Book of the Bible, Genesis.

Genesis 15:6. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

This passage of Scripture is speaking about Abraham, the friend of GOD {James 2:23}. The Apostle Paul speaks of Abraham in a similar manner:

Galatians 3:6, 7
6. Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
I suppose that it is from Verse 7 above that Abraham is sometimes referred to as “the father of the faithful”.

Now 1000 or more years before the the prophecy of Daniel we learn that the faith of Abraham was counted, or imputed, to him for “righteousness”! Please notice that it does not say that Abraham was made “righteous” for certainly the life of Abraham after this imputation of righteousness indicates differently. The Psalmist David declared: Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. {Psalms 32.1}. Similarly the Apostle Paul, in reference to the above Psalm states:

Romans 4:6-8
6. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7. Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

So how is it that HOLY GOD, of whom Scripture declares: Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity {Habbakuk 1:13}, can declare sinful man righteous, can justify the sinner. That answer can only be found in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul writing as the “amanuensis” of GOD tells us in what I believe to be one of the most important passages of Scripture given by GOD:

Romans 3:23-31
23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
29. Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30. Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

I will not attempt to exegete the entire passage above but it is from this Scripture we learn the basis for GOD imputing righteousness to Abraham and to all believers. Jesus Christ by his death became the atonement, the covering, of the sins of the redeemed, the “true believer”! GOD can only be HOLY and yet impute righteousness to the faithful, or justify the sinner, through faith because of the propitiatory sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

I suppose one could argue that “everlasting righteousness” was not accomplished during or after the First Advent of Jesus Christ, even among those who become His disciples. Neither can one argue that such righteousness exists during the “so-called” earthly millennial reign since even dispensational proponents of that Messianic Kingdom contend that sin is merely restrained by the iron hand of Jesus Christ to spring forth into full bloom again when Satan is released from his chains. [Also one thousand years is not everlasting.] What, therefore is meant by ‘everlasting righteousness’? The most logical explanation is that this righteousness is the imputed righteousness bestowed on the believer because of his faith in Jesus Christ. This imputed righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Further Scripture tells us:

Romans 3:22, KJV
22 Even the righteousness of God [which is] by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

Romans 5:1, KJV
1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Corinthians 5:21, KJV
21 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Is there anyone on this BB who will declare that GOD’s imputation of righteousness, justification, to them through faith is not everlasting. If so then speak up. Don’t be bashful. Prove the dispensational interpretation of Daniel 9:24 is correct

To be Continued!

 

[DHK]

The covenant was made during the 70th week of Daniel's prophecy. That is exactly what the interlinear you quotes states. Take the scales of dispensationalism off and read it carefully. As I have stated using Scripture from Hebrews that New Covenant meant that the bloody sacrifices in the Temple became useless and were an abomination before God. Jesus Christ before His murder said: Matthew 26:28. for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:
--It was made right at the very beginning of 70th week.

Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
--It was made by this man (later called the beast, the man of sin, the Antichrist). He comes on a white horse (a sign of peace), coming forth to conquer (that is what the antichrist does--becoming one world ruler).
But note that he has a bow and no arrows signifying he will do this with diplomacy and not with arms or nuclear power. This is at the beginning of the Tribulation--the very first seal.

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
--In the midst of that week, spoken of by Daniel, he will go into the Temple and desecrate it. Then great tribulation will follow as is described throughout the rest of Revelation 6:3 to chapter 19. This describes the wrath of God.
So intense will this wrath be; and so intense will the persecution of the Antichrist be, especially against the Jews, that Christ said to them:

Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Mat 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Mat 24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
--We in North America will not flee from Judea to the nearby mountains or hills. But the Jews in Jerusalem (that holy city of Daniel) will.

What will the rest of the world do?
...for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
--After the rapture occurs the man of sin will be revealed, that is, the Antichrist. This is the same "he" in Dan.9:27. It is he that now sits in the temple of God, desecrating it, declaring to all that he is "God."

2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
--His work is after Satan for he will be indwelt by Satan.
--Those that follow him received not the truth that they may not be saved.
--Now God has sent them a strong delusion; they won't be saved.
--They have believed a lie (that the antichrist is "God."
--They will all be damned (as is shown in the Great White Throne Judgment)

 

[OldRegular]

The origin of the false interpretation of Daniel 9:27???

The 70 weeks of Daniel

As part of the Counter Reformation, the Catholic Church commissioned Jesuit priests to write counter interpretations of Bible prophecy as a counter response to the Protestant reformation when the finger was pointed at them as being antichrist. Spanish Jesuit, Francisco Ribera proposed that the final seven years of the 70 weeks of Daniel was a future antichrist and that antichrist would bring an end to sacrifices in a rebuilt temple. This is where the supposed 7 years of tribulation comes from before the second coming of Christ. But this was manufactured prophecy, written with the sole purpose of deceiving Christians on the true identity of antichrist. When has a Bible passage ever been so abused by Satan? Attributing Daniel’s 70th week of Jesus’ baptism and crucifixion and applying it instead to antichrist is outright blasphemous.

From: {http://www.daniels70weeks.com/index.html}

The mindless meanderings of a Jesuit priest, obeying the Teaching Magisterium of Roman Catholicism, is a sorry teaching to base anything on.

 

[DHK]

The origin of the false interpretation of Daniel 9:27???

The mindless meanderings of a Jesuit priest, obeying the Teaching Magisterium of Roman Catholicism, is a sorry teaching to base anything on.

He is in your camp OR. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

The Dictionary of Premillennial Theology (1997) states that Ribera was an Augustinian amillennialist, whose form of futurism proposed that only the introductory chapters of "Revelation referred to ancient Rome,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ribera

Those are not my beliefs.
Careful what you post; it may come back to bite you!

 

[OldRegular]

The origin of the false interpretation of Daniel 9:27???

The 70 weeks of Daniel

As part of the Counter Reformation, the Catholic Church commissioned Jesuit priests to write counter interpretations of Bible prophecy as a counter response to the Protestant reformation when the finger was pointed at them as being antichrist. Spanish Jesuit, Francisco Ribera proposed that the final seven years of the 70 weeks of Daniel was a future antichrist and that antichrist would bring an end to sacrifices in a rebuilt temple. This is where the supposed 7 years of tribulation comes from before the second coming of Christ. But this was manufactured prophecy, written with the sole purpose of deceiving Christians on the true identity of antichrist. When has a Bible passage ever been so abused by Satan? Attributing Daniel’s 70th week of Jesus’ baptism and crucifixion and applying it instead to antichrist is outright blasphemous.

From: {http://www.daniels70weeks.com/index.html}

The mindless meanderings of a Jesuit priest, obeying the Teaching Magisterium of Roman Catholicism, is a sorry teaching to base anything on. But that and the teaching of John Nelson Darby provide the basis for pre-trib-mythology!


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[OldRegular]

The Jesuit Commission for Futurism and Preterism

The Jesuits were commissioned by the Pope at the Council of Trent to develop a new interpretation of Scripture that would counteract the Protestant application of the Bible’s Antichrist prophecies to the Roman Catholic Church. There were two significant issues of paramount concern; justification by faith (with particular emphasis on its relationship to salvation) and the Protestant identification of the Papacy as the Antichrist of Scripture. In regards to the topic of justification by faith, the bishops, by majority vote, declared that the gospel incorporated both justification and sanctification. Sadly, they defined sanctification, not as mediated by faith alone, but according to the seven "sacred" sacraments (baptism, confirmation, Mass, extreme unction, penance, matrimony and holy orders); thus the pagan concept of salvation by works was retained.

The subject concerning the Antichrist was an altogether different challenge. The arguments of the Protestant Reformers had been so persuasive that even some loyal Roman Catholics were uneasy. It was perceived that debate and dialogue were unlikely to settle the issue; thus it became imperative that the Roman Catholic Church assert a different interpretation of the scriptural prophecy which pinpointed the identity of the Antichrist in order to remove attention from the Papacy. Realizing that the goal of the recently established Jesuits was to derail the Protestant Reformation by whatever means was possible, they directed their finest young scholars to the task of turning Protestant scholars away from their identification of the Papacy as the Antichrist.

Francisco Ribera (1537-1591), a brilliant Jesuit priest and doctor of theology from Spain, basically said, “Here am I, send me.” Like Martin Luther, Francisco Ribera also read by candlelight the prophecies about the Antichrist, the Beast, the little horn and that man of sin. But because the Pope was his boss, he came to conclusions vastly different from that of the Protestants. “Why, these prophecies don’t apply to the Catholic Church at all!” Ribera said. Then to whom do they apply? Ribera proclaimed, “To only one sinister man who will rise up at the end of time!” “Fantastic!” was the reply from Rome, and this viewpoint was quickly adopted as the official Roman Catholic position on the Antichrist.

“In 1590, Ribera published a commentary on the Revelation as a counter-interpretation to the prevailing view among Protestants which identified the Papacy with the Antichrist. Ribera applied all of Revelation but the earliest chapters to the end time rather than to the history of the Church. Antichrist would be a single evil person who would be received by the Jews and would rebuild Jerusalem.” [5] “Ribera denied the Protestant Scriptural Antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2) as seated in the church of God - asserted by Augustine, Jerome, Luther and many reformers. He set on an infidel Antichrist, outside the church of God.” [6] “The result of his work [Ribera’s] was a twisting and maligning of prophetic truth.” [7]

Following close behind Francisco Ribera was another brilliant Jesuit scholar, Cardinal Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) of Rome. Between 1581 and 1593, Cardinal Bellarmine published his “Polemic Lectures Concerning the Disputed Points of the Christian Belief Against the Heretics of this Time.” In these lectures, he agreed with Ribera. “The futurist teachings of Ribera were further popularized by an Italian cardinal and the most renowned of all Jesuit controversialists. His writings claimed that Paul, Daniel, and John had nothing whatsoever to say about the Papal power. The futurists’ school won general acceptance among Catholics. They were taught that antichrist was a single individual who would not rule until the very end of time.” [8] Through the work of these two tricky Jesuit scholars, we might say that a brand new baby was born into the world. Protestant historians have given this baby a name - Jesuit Futurism. In fact, Francisco Ribera has been called the Father of futurism.

According to Ribera’s commentary which was finished in 1585 and published in 1590, Antichrist would be a single diabolical individual who would arise at the end of time. He would be received by the Jews, and would re-establish the temple and Jerusalem. He further wrote that Antichrist would abolish Christianity, revile Christ and terribly persecute all Christians during his three and a half year reign. The fact that the futurist view of prophecy was of Jesuit origin will be alarming to many Evangelical Protestants. It deeply concerns many Protestants that the thesis of Ribera is so closely aligned to the modern futurist view held by fundamentalist Protestants.

From: http://www.futurist-futurism.com

Thus Jesuit futurism sweeps 1,500 years of prophetic history under the proverbial rug by inserting its infamous GAP. The GAP theory teaches that when Rome fell, prophecy stopped, only to continue again right around the time of the Rapture. Thus the ten horns, the little horn, the Beast, and the Antichrist have nothing to do with Christians today. According to this viewpoint, how many prophecies of the Bible were being fulfilled during the Dark Ages? Absolutely none!

The chart illustrates the three schools of prophetic interpretation regarding Antichrist. The Spanish Jesuit Francisco Ribera puts the Antichrist into a future three and a half literal years while De Alcazar's preterism identifies the Antichrist as Nero. Both of them achieve their goal by placing the Antichrist outside of the Middle Ages and the Protestant reformation period that is identified by Protestant historicists as the Antichrist's reign of 1260 dark prophetic years.

 

[OldRegular]

Inroads in Protestantism

For almost 300 years after the Council of Trent, this Roman Catholic baby (Jesuit futurism) remained largely inside the crib of Catholicism, but the plan of the Jesuits was that this baby would grow up and finally be adopted by Protestants. This adoption process actually began in the early 1800s in England, and from there it spread to America. The story of how this happened is both tragic and fascinating. As I briefly share some of the highlights, I want to clarify that many of those whom I will mention were (and are) genuine Christians. But is it possible for a Christian to unknowingly become a channel for error? In other words, can a sincere Christian be used by both the devil and Jesus Christ? At first we might say, “Never!” but consider this. In Matthew 16, Jesus told Peter that God was blessing him as he shared his faith in Christ (Matthew 16:15-17), and then just a few minutes later, Peter yielded to temptation and Satan spoke through him! (Matthew 16:21-23) This proves that a Christian can be used by both Lucifer and God, and all within a short space of time.

“The futurism of Ribera never posed a positive threat to the Protestants for three centuries. It was virtually confined to the Roman Church. But early in the nineteenth century it sprang forth with vehemence and latched on to Protestants of the Established Church of England.” [9] Dr. Samuel Roffey Maitland (1792-1866), a Bible scholar and lawyer, became a librarian to the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is very likely that one day he discovered Ribera’s commentary in the library. In any event, in 1826 he published a widely read book attacking the Reformation and supporting Ribera’s idea of a future one man Antichrist. For the next ten years, in tract after tract, he continued his anti-Reformation rhetoric. As a result of his zeal and strong attacks against the Reformation in England, the Protestantism of that very nation which produced the King James Bible (1611) received a crushing blow.

After Dr. Maitland came James H. Todd, a professor of Hebrew at the University of Dublin. Todd accepted the futurism ideas of Maitland, publishing his own supportive books and pamphlets. Then came John Henry Newman (1801-1890), a member of the Church of England and a leader of the famous Oxford Movement (1833-1845). In 1850, Newman wrote his “Letter on Anglican Difficulties” revealing that one of the goals in the Oxford Movement was to finally absorb “the various English denominations and parties” back into the Church of Rome. After publishing a pamphlet endorsing Todd’s futurism about a one man Antichrist, Newman soon became a full Roman Catholic and later even a highly honoured Cardinal. Through the influence of Maitland, Todd, Newman, and others, a definite “Romeward movement was already arising, destined to sweep away the old Protestant landmarks, as with a flood.” [10]

Then came the much respected Scottish Presbyterian minister Edward Irving (1792-1834), the acknowledged forerunner of both the Charismatic and Pentecostal Movements. Irving pastored the large Chalcedonian Chapel in London with over 1,000 members. When Irving turned to the prophecies, he eventually accepted the one man Antichrist idea of Todd, Maitland, Bellarmine and Ribera, but he went a step further. Somewhere around 1830, Edward Irving began to teach the unique idea of a two phase return of Christ, the first phase being a secret rapture prior to the rise of the Antichrist. Where he got this idea is a matter of much dispute. Journalist Dave MacPherson believes Irving accepted it is a result of a prophetic revelation given to a young Scottish girl named Margaret McDonald. [11] The fact is in any case that Irving taught it!

In the midst of this growing anti-Protestant climate in England, there arose a man by the name of John Nelson Darby (1800-1882). As a brilliant lawyer, theologian and Pastor, he wrote more than 53 books on Bible subjects. A much respected Christian and a man of deep piety, Darby took a strong stand in favour of the infallibility of the Bible in contrast with the liberalism of his day. He became one of the leaders of a group in Plymouth, England, which became known as the Plymouth Brethren. Darby’s contribution to the development of evangelical theology has been so great that he has been called The Father of Modern Dispensationalism. Yet John Nelson Darby, like Edward Irving, also became a strong promoter of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture followed by a one man Antichrist. In fact, this teaching has become a hallmark of Dispensationalism.

Dispensationalism is the theory that God deals with mankind in major dispensations or periods. According to Darby, we are now in the “Church Age,” that is, until the Rapture. After the Rapture, then the seven year period of Daniel 9:27 will supposedly kick in and this is when the Antichrist will rise up against the Jews. In fact, John Nelson Darby laid much of the foundation for the present popular removal of Daniel’s 70th week away from history and from Jesus Christ in favour of applying it to a future Tribulation after the Rapture. Hence, in spite of all the positives of his ministry, Darby followed Maitland, Todd, Bellarmine, and Ribera by incorporating the teachings of futurism into his theology. This created a link between John Nelson Darby, the Father of Dispensationalism and the Jesuit Francisco Ribera, the Father of futurism. Darby visited America six times between 1859-1874, preaching in all of its major cities, during which time he definitely planted the seeds of futurism in American soil. The child of the Jesuits was growing up.[/quote]

From: http://www.futurist-futurism.com

So Darby adapted the false doctrine of the Jesuits in his formulation of pre-trib-dispensationalsm!:laugh:-:laugh:-:laugh:-:laugh:

 

[DHK]

The origin of the false interpretation of Daniel 9:27???


The mindless meanderings of a Jesuit priest, obeying the Teaching Magisterium of Roman Catholicism, is a sorry teaching to base anything on. But that and the teaching of John Nelson Darby provide the basis for pre-trib-mythology!

Misinformation is not your best suit.

In order to remove the papacy of the Catholic Church from consideration as the Antichrist (as an act of countering the Protestant Reformation), Ribera began writing a lengthy (500 page) commentary in 1585 on the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse) titled In Sacrum Beati Ioannis Apostoli, & Evangelistiae Apocalypsin Commentarij, proposing that the first few chapters of the Apocalypse apply to ancient pagan Rome, and the rest he limited to a yet future period of 3½ literal years, immediately prior to the second coming. During that time, the Roman Catholic Church would have fallen away from the pope into apostasy because of the Reformation cry stating that "the papacy is the seat of the true and real Antichrist." (Martin Luther, Aug. 18, 1520). Then, he proposed, the Antichrist, a single individual, would:

Persecute and blaspheme the saints of God.
Rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
Abolish the Christian religion.
Deny Jesus Christ.
Be received by the Jews.
Pretend to be God.
Kill the two witnesses of God.
Conquer the world.
To accomplish this, Ribera proposed that the 1260 days and 42 months and 3½ times of prophecy were not 1260 years as based on the year-day principle (Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6), but a literal 3½ years, hence preventing the arrival of the deduction of (i) the 1260 years to be related to the Dark Ages (according to the Historicism (Christianity) interpretation of eschatology from 538 A.D. when the papal power was fully established in Rome until its political blow in 1798 A.D., when Louis-Alexandre Berthier the general of Napoleon captured pope Pius VI as prisoner to Valence, France) and (ii) the Antichrist to be related to papacy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ribera

The above is what BobRyan proposes as an SDA, that the 1260 days are 1260 years of dark ages. This doesn't come close to anything that the dispensationalists of today believe. Besides that, he remained an Amill, like you are today.
He is more in your camp than ours.

 

[OldRegular]

{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ribera}

wikipedia is not a reliable source when there are many others!

 

[OldRegular]

The Rapture or Millions Missing hoax!!

In order to stop the hemorrhage from Papal Rome, 2 Jesuits invented a counter-interpretation called FUTURISM.

2 Jesuits named Francisco de Ribera and Robert Bellarmine invented the system called FUTURISM.

Futurism places the coming of Antichrist just 7 years before the end of time.

The Christians were hindering his coming, and they will be raptured out before his appearance.

Francisco Ribera was a Spanish doctor of theology who wrote a 500 page Latin commentary on Revelation (Apocalypse) entitled: In Sacrum Beati Ioannis Apostoli, & Evangelistiae Apocalypsin Commentarij, and published it about the year 1590....This commentary was never translated into any other language and was for the eyes of the hierarchy only!!

Robert Bellarmine was an Italian doctor of theology and is best known for his opposition to fellow Jesuit Galileo and his HELLiocentric theory. He also wrote a book in Latin entitled: Disputationes de controversiis christianae fidei, or Polemic Lectures Concerning the Disputed Points of the Christian Belief Against the Heretics of This Time. This book follows the basic outline of Francisco de Ribera's book with the reign of Antichrist limited to a few years way off in the future before the end of time.

In the Futurism system of Ribera and Bellarmine, Antichrist is an evil superman who emerges just 7 years before the end of time and causes all kinds of havoc.

In the English speaking world, Edward Irving and John Nelson Darby further elaborated on this system by inventing a secret rapture 7 years before the end. They correctly taught that the Christians are restraining evil—in this case Protestant Christians— who will be removed from the earth before the Antichrist will be revealed. In popular literature it is called the Rapture or catching away!!

Those who are LEFT BEHIND will get another chance to be saved ... if they choose death rather that accept the mark of the beast!!

Francisco Ribera was a Spanish doctor of theology who wrote a 500 page Latin commentary on Revelation (Apocalypse) entitled: In Sacrum Beati Ioannis Apostoli, & Evangelistiae Apocalypsin Commentarij, and published it about the year 1590....This commentary was never translated into any other language and was for the eyes of the hierarchy only!!

Robert Bellarmine was an Italian doctor of theology and is best known for his opposition to fellow Jesuit Galileo and his HELLiocentric theory. He also wrote a book in Latin entitled: Disputationes de controversiis christianae fidei, or Polemic Lectures Concerning the Disputed Points of the Christian Belief Against the Heretics of This Time. This book follows the basic outline of Francisco de Ribera's book with the reign of Antichrist limited to a few years way off in the future before the end of time.

In the Futurism system of Ribera and Bellarmine, Antichrist is an evil superman who emerges just 7 years before the end of time and causes all kinds of havoc.

In the English speaking world, Edward Irving and John Nelson Darby further elaborated on this system by inventing a secret rapture 7 years before the end. They correctly taught that the Christians are restraining evil—in this case Protestant Christians— who will be removed from the earth before the Antichrist will be revealed. In popular literature it is called the Rapture or catching away!!

Those who are LEFT BEHIND will get another chance to be saved ... if they choose death rather that accept the mark of the beast!!

If you think this is some kind of hoax or fantasy think again....This teaching is held by millions of "Protestant" Christians and is the foundation of a multi-million dollar publishing and movie empire.

The Pope and Caliph LOVE this fantasy because it blinds the believers to the PRESENT Antichrist!

According to the Futurist FANTASY:

1. Antichrist was one man . . . not a dynasty.
2. He would be an atheist or infidel.
3. He would not be revealed until 7 years before the end of time.
4. He would sit in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem and make a covenant with the Jews.
5. He would call himself God etc., etc.
6. The Christians were hindering his appearance but they would be "caught up" or raptured to Heaven before his appearance—the "Left Behind" madness!!
This Futurist fantasy was/is a fantastic money-maker.
From: {http://www.reformation.org/left-behind-by-jesuits.html}

You don't believe it, just watch the heretics on TBN!

 

[DHK]

{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ribera}

wikipedia is not a reliable source when there are many others!

Yes, we can go back and forth: my sources against yours.
You won't win this one OR. You have stated over and over again that pre-rapture dispensationalism started in the Darby era. And yet we know that Chiliasm, basic premillennialism has been around since the ECF. They also believed in the rapture. The timing of the rapture may have been different in most cases. So it is today. There are some that are mid trib and even post trib, but they do believe in a rapture that precedes a physical Millennial Kingdom. The ECF believed that. That is a long stretch from what you believe. They certainly were not "Amill." They didn't spiriualize what was written in the Scriptures but took it literally.

 

[DHK]

Both sides cannot be well represented by Scripture. The Scripture cannot teach both that there is a rapture and there is not a rapture. Again those who do not believe in the rapture are amillennial in their eschatology. Amillennialism is the result of the method of biblical interpretation used. Amillennialism is the result of departing from the grammatical/historical method of Bible interpretation. Amillennialist embrace a spiritualizing method of interpretation when it comes to prophecy. The primary reason we know that this is an illegitimate method of interpretation in relation to prophecy is because much of Bible prophecy has already been fulfilled. Thus we are provided with the luxury of evaluating in what way it was fulfilled. It was always fulfilled literally. We thus conclude that that which is yet to be fulfilled will also be fulfilled literally. So we are compelled to apply the grammatical-historical method of interpretation to prophecy as well. When we do so we are left with the reality of a millennial kingdom and a rapture. Then it is simply a matter of when the rapture happens, but not if it will happen.

http://fullypersuadedbaptist.blogspot.ca/2008/01/when-did-doctrine-of-rapture-begin.html

 

[OldRegular]

In post #116 I made the following statement:

DHK insists that with the death of Jesus Christ none of the following happened:

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.

Yet unbelievably DHK says that they will all take place during the 70th week when the Anti-Christ is reigning. That folks is what you get from the false doctrine of dispensationalism.

I disagree strongly! If Jesus Christ did not fulfill the promises of Daniel 24 we are all still lost and in our sins.

At that time I presented evidence from Scripture showing that all six of the conditions from Daniel 9:24 were fulfilled through the death of Jesus Christ. As yet no one has offered any response to that post. Given the absence of rebuttal I thought perhaps I should expand the discussion. I have done so in posts 239. 240, and 248 showing that the following three conditions were met through the Sacrificial death of Jesus Christ.


2. to make an end of sins.-Post #239
3. to make reconciliation for iniquity.-Post #240
4. to bring in everlasting righteousness.-Post #248

In the interest of brevity, and before this thread is prematurely closed, I am going to repeat for the present my earlier comments so that I can address Daniel 9:26, 27

1. to finish the transgression

John 11:46-50, 53

46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

Acts 2:22-24
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

The Jews "finished" their transgression when they Crucified Christ. That was their crowning offense. The Enormity of the crime of condemning Christ to death on the cross cannot be surpassed, and therefore it "finished" their Transgression.


5. to seal up the vision and prophecy.

Matthew Henry, B. H. Carroll, E. J. Young, and H. C. Leupold are in general agreement that this refers to a fulfillment and completion of Old Testament prophecy. By the completion of His mission Jesus Christ confirmed the truth of Old Testament prophecy. Paul in his letter to the Hebrews tells us that in Jesus Christ we have the fullest revelation of God:

Hebrews 1:1-4, KJV
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

With the completion of the New Testament, the final revelation of Jesus Christ as shown to the Apostle John, vision and prophecy are brought to an end, that is, sealed.


6. anoint the most Holy.

O. T. Allis in Prophecy and the Church indicates this may mean the entrance of Jesus Christ into Heaven itself when by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [Hebrews 9:12] for all His elect. Henry, Leupold, and Young believe that this refers to the anointing of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit. B. H. Carroll believes that “the most Holy” refers to the Church that Jesus Christ Himself established. The Church as used in this context refers to the Church universal, the entire body of ‘true believers’ or Saints. Carroll’s interpretation seems to be preferable, however, the Church can only be referred to as ‘most Holy’ only because She is sanctified by the blood of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:10, 14, KJV
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

We read further about the Church:

2 Corinthians 11:2, KJV
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 2:19-22, KJV
19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.


1 Peter 2:9, KJV
9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Hebrews 12:18-24, KJV
18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
21 And so terrible was the sight, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.