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"And the people of the governor that cometh will destroy the city and the holy place." Meaning that the city and the Holy Place are not only to be ruined by the leader to come, whom I have identified in my interpretation, but also by his people. And you would not be far wrong in saying, too, that the Roman general and his army are meant by the words before us, where I think the camps of the Roman rulers are meant, who governed the nation from that time, and who destroyed the city of Jerusalem itself, and its ancient venerable Temple."
(Eusebius of Caesarea BOOK VIII CHAPTER 2)
Purely heresy and nobody has proven this as truth. It's only thought to be a parallel by some ignorant souls that endeavor to trodden Adam and His Creator. Those who proclaim this garbage are just as Eve is and have believed the lie.Good obs, Gideon. It is called Hebrew parallelism. More in Psalms and Isaiah and minor prophets but it can show up anywhere and any size. for ex., Gen 1 and then 2. Overlapping, different emphases.
--Inter
It has been widely taught by modern preachers and popular books that the coming prince spoken about in Daniel 9:26 refers to Antichrist. The story goes how the clock stopped after the sixty-ninth week and the last week - the seventieth - was projected two thousand years into the future after which it resumes when Antichrist is revealed. In the middle of this seven-year period he will enter a rebuilt Jewish temple and cause animal sacrifice to stop, an act of desecration which (they say) is the abomination mentioned in verse 27.
This theory is wrong. Apart from the obvious difficulty of jamming a two-thousand year wedge into Gods timeline, it confuses the prophecys real intent. The passage is all about atonement, not second coming. The temple is the rejected not the desecrated. The overspreading abomination was the continuance of sacrifice after it was meant to stop. The central person is Christ, not Antichrist, and the prince who was to come referred to Titus who came forty years after the weeks were over.
The traditional view of this passage, held by the Church until last century, was the correct one all along. Christ is the one who confirms the covenant! Christ is the one who causes sacrifice to cease! Christ is the one that makes the temple obsolete! Is this what happened? It surely did. In the midst of the seventieth week in the very midst God caused the great curtain of the temple to be torn from top to bottom indicating that sacrifice (as far as He was concerned) had come to an end. The atonement was complete! Shortly afterward the other prince, Titus the Roman, came and destroyed the temple altogether.
Please examine the text below comparing the alternative notes and notice how naturally the traditional explanation flows with events as they unfolded. For example, the destruction is attributed to the people of the prince, not to the prince himself. Such a distinction would be superfluous if it were not for the fact that Titus had instructed his troops to preserve the temple but they disobeyed orders and torched it.
Modern Futurist InterpretationAfter the sixty-two weeks Messiah (Jesus) shall be cut off, but not for himself; and the people (Roman troops in ad 70) of the prince who is to come (Antichrist, from revived roman empire) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined.Traditional Christian Interpretation
He (future Antichrist) shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week (3½ yrs after his treaty) shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. (temple desecrated) And on the wing of abominations (situated in a wing of the temple) shall be one who makes desolate, (Antichrists abomination) even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate. (judgement on Antichrist)After the sixty-two weeks Messiah (Jesus) shall be cut off, but not for himself; and the people (Roman troops in ad 70) of the prince who is to come (Titus, a roman general and prince) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined.
He (Messiah) shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week (3½ yrs after his revealing) shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. (temple curtain torn) And on the wing of abominations (ongoing sacrifice an abomination) shall be one who makes desolate, (Titus destroys temple) even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate. (judgement on Jerusalem)
re confirming terms of a covenant:
why would this be done in the future when Hebrews shouts that a new covenant is in effect; in fact, the person (Christ) was the covenant. He was the requirement by God for justification and fellowhip and he was the fulfillment of the obligations. "It is finished!"
--Inter
re confirming terms of a covenant:
why would this be done in the future when Hebrews shouts that a new covenant is in effect; in fact, the person (Christ) was the covenant. He was the requirement by God for justification and fellowhip and he was the fulfillment of the obligations. "It is finished!"
--Inter
Doug, what you just did above is known as not reading the Bible Christocentrically, as it should be. It's his property. The list of 7 is by Christ and fulfilled by him. Don't perpetuate the mistakes of Judaism's literalism if you can help it.
--Inter
Doug, what you just did above is known as not reading the Bible Christocentrically, as it should be. It's his property. The list of 7 is by Christ and fulfilled by him. Don't perpetuate the mistakes of Judaism's literalism if you can help it.
--Inter
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