Please allow me to suggest that Walvoord's experts couldn't agree on an interpretation for
Daniel 9, with Montgomery being the most forthright decreeing it as:"the dismal swamp of O.T. prophecy"
For starters, I have never heard of this man nor his group of "thinkers". No disrespect, he might have been wise, I just can't make that judgment without reading his stuff, but that thought process isn't what turns my wheels anyway, I follow the Holy Spirit, not men. I really don't care what any man says, if it matches not up with the Holy Spirit then I am not on board. Jesus did not choose the learned for a reason, he choose babes.
In fact, the word "weeks" is NOT the usual concise diction. It's synonymous to being offered a ride in a "cool" car, whereupon you grab for a hat, coat, scarf, and gloves. IT'S NOT A LITERAL "week"/"seven". Per Walvoord: Young, kiel, & Kliefoth ALL AGREE that it's in the "UNUSUAL" inconcise Masculine Gender text.
I know, that's why I called it
70 SEVENS of Judgment, if you would take another look. I study all the root words on every thing I study in depth brother.
Furthermore, per Young, the "going forth of the word" is NOT from some human king, but rather a Dictate Directly From GOD; the closer designation is the 9:2 "years"; the 9:2 "perceived in the books" are the Psalms; there are TWO ~messiahs~ (small "m"); there are TWO designations of time (a "seven"; and a "sixty-two"), -- not just your "one"; the a/c "shall come" AFTER the seventy; and the time continuum is WITHOUT a ~2,000 year gap.
We understand this is directly from Gabriel. There is ONE Messiah, Jesus who is CUT OFF (Killed) and there is ONE prince that shall come (Little Horn/Anti-Christ).
But other than these inconsistencies, you've got everything correct. -- Perhaps you should have followed the angel's instructions in 12:4 & 9.
The only inconsistencies is in your understanding's of my positions I guess brother.
As per Daniel 12:4 and 12:9 we are in the END TIMES, thus God is revealing those things which were closed up to the end... in the here and now.
Be careful saying that. Today's churches are "led" by "hirelings", which are not spoken well of in Scripture, -- and that agrees with the majority of my experiences.
Like I say, I don't worry about what "MEN THINK". That's wasted time brother.
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My Blog in Daniel's 70th Week Decree. {Which is actually just Daniel understanding Jeremiah's Prophecy via Gabriel, however God TIMED the punishment because of disobedience x 7. }
Daniel's 70 Weeks Decree against Israel
In Daniel 9:24, Daniel prophesied that these six things must come to pass before this judgment against Israel would be fulfilled. Some think Jesus fulfilled all of these, most seem to think, as I do, that these things have not come to pass, and when they do that will be the end of the age.
1. Finish the transgression {Israel has to turn unto God/Messiah Jesus to finish the transgression}
2. Make and end of sins {The Jews have to turn from WILLFUL/Daily Sins, we all sin daily.}
3. To make reconciliation for iniquity { Israel has to accept Jesus/God and repent/Atone}
4. Bring in everlasting righteousness {Jesus will bring in Everlasting Righteousness at that time}
5. To seal up vision and prophecy {Al Prophesies must be FULFILLED/Sealed up}
6. Anoint the most Holy { Jesus will be Anointed King of Kings and Lord of Lords}
1. The Hebrew word used for transgression denotes revolt or rebellion. The Jewish people chose to reject God, many chose to stay in Babylon once they were freed. It also denotes their rejection of Jesus Christ. Jesus prophesied in Matthew 23:39 that the Jewish people would not see him again until they accepted him. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. So in order for Jesus to return, Israel has to repent of their rejection of God and Jesus, and Israel will open their hearts to the Messiah, as Paul, Isaiah and Zechariah (Zechariah 12:10) prophesied, among others.
2. This is fairly straightforward, sins can only end when the millennial reign starts, so by the time this 70 week decree is over, Jesus will have returned to set up his kingdom, ushering in the millennial kingdom where there will be no sins. Since the tribulation week is the last week of the 70 weeks decree, that makes perfect sense, as soon as the tribulation period ends, or the "time of Jacob's trouble", then "sins will end".
{{{ I have updated this, since SINS REMAIN during the 1000 year reign of Christ Jesus on earth and since man falls again after Satan is released from the pit, this I think is speaking of DAILY WILLFUL SINS......Not DAILY SINS of which we all have in the flesh by sin nature. In other words we sin via not listening to God telling us to stop and witness etc. etc., these are sins of omission, but its not a WILLFUL LUSTING after sin so to speak. So the WILLFUL DAILY SINNING will stop via Israel, this means they will then be led by the Holy Spirit, like we are today, we still sin, but we do not sin WILLFULLY everyday. We sin by omission. In other words they must be led by the Holy Spirit like we are today. Amen.
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3. Israel has to be reconciled unto God before the 70 weeks have been fulfilled. There is no doubt that Jesus died for all of our sins, thus the atonement for sins has been made, but there is a conditional requirement for all of us to receive that atonement, we must accept Jesus as our Savior. When Israel accepts the Messiah Jesus, as their Messiah, then the atonement for sins will have been completed, and Israel will have been reconciled unto God, thereby ushering in the millennial kingdom.
4. This 70 week decree has to bring in everlasting righteousness, and we know this can not happen until Jesus sets up his Kingdom. This world has always had willfull sin, and always will until Jesus is Lord of Lords and King of Kings. By the time Daniels prophecy ends, it must usher in everlasting righteousness.
5. "Seal up vision and prophecy", the word used here denotes to close up, meaning that before this 70th week can come to an end, all prophecy must be fulfilled or closed up. This will only happen when Israel accepts Jesus as their Messiah and he lands on Mt. Zion to rule over this wicked world with a rod of iron.
6. The very last goal that this 70 week prophecy has to usher in is the anointing of the most holy. The bible says most holy, many try to add holy place, but whether it is the temple being anointed, or Jesus Christ as Lord of Lord and Kings of Kings as I suspect, we know this must happen before the 70 weeks decree is fulfilled. And Jesus must return and rule on earth.
All six of these things have to happen before this prophecy is fulfilled.
These are six spiritual goals that have to come to pass or this prophecy will not be finished or sealed up. We know these things have not come to pass yet, but we also know they are very near to happening, therefore watch, for Israel is now a nation again, and the world is against her, soon she will need her Messiah's help, then she will call upon him, and he will save her from this wicked world.