You are doing the same thing to what I said as you consistently do the what God said. You are taking your interpretation of the meaning of what I said, and claiming that is what I am saying.
Jesus was always the Messiah. But He specifically and intentionally withheld the revelation of that fact until the correct time. And that time was His triumphal entry into Jerusalem at the end of Daniel's sixty-ninth week.
Where does it say that Jesus revealed himself as the Messiah after his so-called "triumphal entry?" And what was triumphal about riding into Jerusalem on a donkey in a show of humility?
Was it because a very great multitude spread their garments, tree branches, and straw in the way? Of was it
because that very great multitude went before, and followed, him?
Where did that very great multitude come from: the multitude that was with him even before he entered the city?
"And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest." -- Matt 21:8-9
Even his disciples did not understand the significance of the event until after the resurrection, Biblewriter, so how could anyone else?
"And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him." -- John 12:14-16
Moreover, a great multitude was with Christ from the earliest part of his ministry:
"And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan." -- Matt 4:25
"And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:" -- Matt 5:1
"When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him." -- Matt 8:1
"Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side." -- Matt 8:18
"But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men." -- Matt 9:8
"And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?" -- Matt 11:7
"But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;" -- Matt 12:15
"And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore." -- Matt 13:2
"And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet." -- Matt 14:5
"And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:" -- Matt 15:10
"And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying," -- Matt 17:14
"And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there." -- Matt 19:2
"But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet." -- Matt 21:46
"And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine." -- Matt 22:33
"Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples," -- Matt 23:1
I realize your doctrine depends on semantical manipulations of the plain language of the New Covenant, including the insertion of a mysterious gap after Daniel's 69th week. But, in this case, I recommend you resign yourself to the ABSOLUTE FACT that Jesus Christ was the Messiah upon the day of his baptism and anointing, which was the beginning of his one-half week (3.5 year) of ministry, and which was also the beginning of the 70th week of Daniel's prophecy.
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