If you read the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24), which describes the events of the Tribulation Period in detail, you won't find "one single word" or phrase which describes anything like an "interval" of PEACE anywhere in the entire passage. So I've got to side with Jesus on this one. The passage in 1 Thess. 5:3, which refers to a time when people will say "Peace and safety" is obviously a "false' perception, because the Apostle Paul goes on to say in the verse, "sudden destruction follows".
As indicated by CF member "Goodbook" on the first page of this thread, 1 Thess. 5:3 refers to a false time of Peace and safety. Hats off to you Goodbook. Most people misinterpret this passage of Scripture completely, and even use it erroneously to support their questionable doctrine of a Pre Tribulation Peace Treaty. So I'll side with the Apostle Paul and Goodbook on this one too.
As for Daniel 9:27, it's quite a stretch to go from an agreement that confirms a "covenant", to an Arab-Israeli Pre Tribulation Peace Treaty. The Abrahamic Covenant isn't even mentioned by name in the verse. Nor is the Abrahamic Covenant, the only covenant agreement God made with mankind. The Noahic Covenant of Genesis comes immediately to mind as one example.
Just recently, In Paris France the United Nations passed an international agreement to "Save The Earth" from rising seas and melting polar caps and glaciers resulting from Climate Change, (December 12, 2015). Seems to me this agreement could be regarded as a "confirmation" of the Noahic Covenant inwhich God says he will never again flood the face of the earth and destroy all flesh, (Genesis 9:11-15).
Nor are the terms "sacrifice" and "oblation" used in Daniel 9:27 exclusive to Judaism as some scholars suggest. The term "sacrifice" is used numerous times in the New Testament to refer to Christian believers dedicating their lives (making sacrifice) to do the Will of God, just as Christ did in order to pay for all sin, (1 Cor. 15:3-4, Romans 12:1-2).
Although the term "oblation" does refer to the Jewish custom of a twice daily (morning and evening) prayer, which thanks God for creating the Earth and all the creations there in.. That same tradition was adopted by Christians of the Early Church, and is still observed by some Christians even to this day.
So the reference of "sacrifice" and "oblation" in Daniel 9:27, as it might popularly be believed to relate only to Levitical temple worship, is completely arbitrary and very probably wrong, if Christian theology is used to interpret the meaning of the text.
I should think, that should give everyone lots to consider.
Stephen in Daniel 9, what covenant is spoken of in the text? That's the one that will be confirmed. The covenant is the Mt. Sinai covenant, which the rules for Israel to follow were called the law of Moses. The confirmation of the Mt. Sinai covenant and the seven years are in 'Deuteronomy 31:9-13.
And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God,
keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
7 O Lord, righteousness
belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel,
that are near, and
that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
8 O Lord, to us
belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9 To the Lord our God
belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God
is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people
are become a reproach to all
that are about us.
17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
20 And whiles I
was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
