WHY IS DANIEL 9:24-27 ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PASSAGES IN SCRIPTURE ?

gideon123 said:

I think we need more humility and respect for the sacredness of God.

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Quasar92 said:

The 70th week of Daniel's prophecy, of the final 7 years, is the Tribulation/Jacob's Trouble/Day of the Lord [Jer.30:7and 2 Thes.2:2-3] which will conclude the 490 year prophecy decreed upon his people, with a 2,000 year parenthetic in between, that covers the entire church age!

Dan.9:27. "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." Note that all three of the "he's" in that vs is the antichrist, the beast out of the sea, whom Satan will give his throne, power and great authority, according to Rev.13:1-2.
Amplified in the Olivet Discourse in Mt.24 and the counterparts in Mk.13 and in Lk.21, as well as in Rev.6.

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Quasar92 said:

The purpose of the 70 Week prophecy of Daniel is documented below. It pertains to the destiny of Israel. Most of which is about Jesus, except verse 27, which is all about the Antichrist, as follows:

70 Weeks prophecy in Daniel of 490 years was based on the reasons for their 70 year exile to Babylon

To the second coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ!

0 Weeks prophecy in Daniel of 490 years was based on the reasons for their 70 year exile to Babylon

To the second coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ!

Seventy Weeks/sevens Are Determined Upon Your People!

The following is a complete analysis Of the amazing prophecy found in the book of Daniel, in Dan.9:24-27. We will begin in verse 24 where the angel Gabriel is giving this prophecy to Daniel, the prophet.

"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 bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy."

1. Referrence here is to what God has decreed upon Daniel's people, Israel. (It has nothing at all to do with the church!)
2. See Gen.29:27 to explain that this biblical term of "one week" equals seven years. So the 70 weeks here, represents a total of 490 years, or 7 X 70.)

Vs.25. "Know, therefore, and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah/Prince/Anointed One, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks; (49 + 434 = 483 years, covering 69 of the 70 weeks,) the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times." (See Neh.1:6.)

The first seven weeks of the prophecy, or 49 years in vs 25, refers to the dedication of the completed rebuilding of Jerusalem and the walls, in the 32nd year of the Persian king, Artaxerxes, in the 7th month, [Neh.5:14 and 8:1] leaving the remainder, or 62 more weeks, of 434 more years, for a total of 69 weeks, or 483 years] to the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.

According to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England, the exact date of King Artaxerxes, of Persia, gave the decree for some of the Israeli exiles to return to Jerusalem on March 14, 445 BC.
From the 69 weeks (Of years) from above, or 483 years, multiplied by the 360 days of the Hebrew year, equals 173,880 days.

Vs.26. "And after the sixty two weeks/sevens [Plus the first seven weeks/sevens; for a total of sixty nine weeks/sevens], to the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, on April 6, 32 A.D. the Anointed One/the Messiah/the Prince will be cut off and will have nothing." Culminating in a total of 69 weeks, or 483 years, which began with the Persian King, Artaxerxes Decree on March 14th, 445 BC.) "...and the people of the prince that shall come, the Roman army, led by general Titus, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary [in 70 A.D.], and the end of it shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined." 483 years of the 490 prophecied were fulfilled through Dan.9:26. 26. The 7oth and final week of 7 years, documented in Dan.9:27, is yet to come, as Jesus described in His Olivet Discourse, in Mt.24; Mk.13 and in Lk.21.

After Jesus has been crucified, the Roman (prince) Titus comes with his legions and destroys Jerusalem and the second temple in 70 AD, after bitter fighting, scattering Israel and the Jewish people into their diaspora.
To establish the time Jesus began His ministry, and approximate age, we find the evidence in Luke 3:1 and 3:23.

Lk.3:1. "Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilot being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Thrachonitis and Lysanias, the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness."

Which brings us to 29 AD and Jesus is about 30 years of age.

Lk.3:23. "And Jesus Himself began to be about 30 years of age, (When all Jewish priests begin their priesthood.) being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was the son of Heli,"

Jn.12:12-13. "On the next day many people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees and and went forth to meet Him, and cried Hosanna! Blessed is the King of Israel, that cometh in the name of the Lord." April 6th 32 AD. [According to Sir Robert Armstrong at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England.]

There are 173,880 days from King Artaxerxes of Persia, decree of March 14,444 BC. From Neh.2:1-8. Based on the 360 day Hebrew year. Which makes no difference whatever from a 365 day year, when all the necessary corrections are made.

Or it can also be calculated from the 365 day year as follows:

69 X 7 = 483

445 B.C. to 32 A.D. is 476 years (B.C. 1 to A.D. 1 is one year).
476 x 365 days 173,740 days
Add for leap years 116 days (less 3 in 4 centuries) = 173,856
March 14 to April 6, plus 24 days (inclusive) 173,856
+ 24 days = 173,880 total days, 483 years

Terminal event of 69 weeks:

The above date was the same day that the Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9 (compare Luke19:28-44).[28]

360 X 483 = 173,880 days. Since the earth is 360 degrees in circumference, why not one day per degree ?

Converting the 365.2422 day year to the 360 day year:
1. 32 years [AD] X 365.2422 days in our year = 11,687.75 days.
2. 444 years [BC] X 365.2422 days in our year = 162,167.5 days.
3. Total 173,855 days divided by 365.2422 = 476 years.
4. Plus 24 days between the date of the decree in 444 BC and Jesus cut-off in 32 AD = 477 years, 24 days
5. Subtract one year because there is no year zero between 1 BC and 1 AD. = 476 years, 24 days.
6. 476 years X 365.2422 days = 173,855 days +24 = 173,880 Days
7. Add days of the leap years over 476 years. Divided by 4 = 119 days = 173,883 days
8. Subtract 1/128 Calendar year day for every solar year: Leap year omitted every 128 years.= -3 days
= 173,880 days!

Or another way of arriving at the same number of days while usin our 365.2422 day year:

Concerning the first 483 years (69x7) some scholars have calculated the fulfillment of this to the very day when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. Revelation speaks of the second 3½ years of the Tribulation as 1,260 days and as 42 months (Rev. 11:2,3; 13:5). This would give us a 360 day year instead of our 365¼ day solar year. If the 483 years in Daniel 9 are to be understood the same way then that would come out to 173,880 days (483x360). To convert this into our solar years, we divide by 365.2422 and get 476.05 (173,880 / 365.2422). According to my Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, the commandment of Artaxerxes I to Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem (Dan. 9:25) was in 444 BC. (This is also recorded in Nehemiah 2) 476 years - 444 BC = 32 + 1 (because 1 BC to 1 AD is one year, there is no year 0) brings us to 33 AD which is the year many scholars date the crucifixion (for various other reasons). The triumphal entry of our Lord into Jerusalem was just a few days before the crucifixion. However, even if we are not positive on some of these dates, the time frame is close enough that it is obvious that Jesus fulfilled the prediction

Which reveals the 360 day prophetic year of Israel works out to the very same as our present 365.2422 day year when all the corrections have been made to the latter.

The 70th week of Daniel's prophecy, of the final 7 years, is the Tribulation/Jacob's Trouble/Day of the Lord [Jer.30:7and 2 Thes.2:2-3] which will conclude the 490 year prophecy decreed upon his people, with a 2,000 year parenthetic in between, that covers the entire church age!

Dan.9:27. "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." Note that all three of the "he's" in that vs is the antichrist, the beast out of the sea, whom Satan will give his throne, power and great authority, according to Rev.13:1-2.
Amplified in the Olivet Discourse in Mt.24 and the counterparts in Mk.13 and in Lk.21, as well as in Rev.6.


The Second Coming of the Messiah, our Lord Jesus Christ!

When the 70th and final week [seven years] prophecy described above is nearly completed, yet to take place, the Messiah, our Lord Jesus Christ, will return to the Mount of Olives, according to Zech.14:4-5, with all the saints, the Church, following Him, riding on white horses, dressed in fine linen, white and clean, in His armies from heaven, according to Rev.19:14, together with the angels, according to Mt.24:30-31.

Jesus will lead us into the battle of Armageddon against the two beasts, the antichrist, and the false prophet and the ten horns [nations] allied with them. Our glorified bodies will be indestructable as well as sealed by the Holy Spirit. We will destroy the armies of the antichrist and the false prophet whom Jesus will throw into the lake of fire, recorded in Rev.19:17-20.


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Anto9us said:

OK -- all the "He's" and "princes" in 9:27 can be Christ --

but in 9:26 -- people of a prince that shall come -- cannot be Christ; or else you have Messiah's people destroying their own Temple and their own city -- cannot get around this

Too much of a stretch to say Jews were directly responsible for Jerusalem/Temple's destruction; way too far-fetched

Titus's people -- Titus Roman General and son of Emperor Vespasian -- it was his men who destroyed the Temple and the city

There's no end-time antichrist in Daniel 9 that I can see, the 70 weeks is concluded in one uninterrupted piece of time from decree to rebuild Jerusalem until stoning of Stephen

saying there is a yet-future 70th week floating around waiting to happen is a misconception of many pre-tribbers and post-tribbers alike

The Church Age is not a parenthesis

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Quasar92 said:

WHY IS DANIEL 9:24-27 ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PASSAGES IN SCRIPTURE ?

Daniel 9:24-27 holds the key to all prophetic interpretation and as such is the backbone of biblical prophecy.


Ray Pritchard writes that

If you understand what these verses mean, you will have a good framework for understanding all that the Bible says about the future. Miss this, and Revelation will be a mystery to you…. What is presented here in a condensed form is greatly expanded in the New Testament. This passage is the key that unlocks many other biblical prophecies."

Pritchard goes on to add that "If you have wondered where certain popular writers get the concept of a future seven-year Tribulation period, you will find the answer in this passage. Jesus refers to it in Mt 24:15 as does Paul in 2Th 2:1, 2, 3, 4. And the amazing events of Rev 6-19 are simply an expansion of Da 9:27 (note). What is presented here in a condensed form is greatly expanded in the New Testament. This passage is the key that unlocks many other biblical prophecies."

Chuck Swindoll says that:

"the vision of the seventy weeks revealed in Daniel 9:24, 25, 26, 27 [notes:] is undoubtedly "the backbone of Biblical prophecy" concerning Israel, Christ, and the Antichrist. It is also true that fewer predictions in Scripture have been interpreted in as many ways as have the seventy weeks of Daniel.

John Walvoord writes that

The interpretation of the revelation given to Daniel concerning the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:24–27) constitutes one of the determining factors in the whole system of prophecy. The attention given to it by all schools of interpretation, and the attacks upon the authenticity of the book itself combine to focus the white light of investigation upon it. The interpretation of this passage inevitably colors all other prophetic views, and a proper understanding of it is the sine qua non of any student of prophecy." [Bolding added; Bibliotheca Sacra, volume 101, page 30, Jan-Mar, 1944]

2] Daniel 9:24-27 - Outlines the future history of Israel

As will be discussed below, Daniel 9:24-27 lays out in summary form a timetable of the events that will impact Israel. There is no reference whatsoever to "the church" in this passage, although some commentators still imagine some reference to "the church."

a] The Jews could have known the time of the Messiah's arrival.

b] The Jews will be able to know the time of the "Anti-Messiah's" ["Anti-christ"] arrival (cf Mt 24:15, 2Th 2:1, 2, 3, 4].

3] Provides clear evidence that the Bible is inspired by God

The accuracy of the prediction of the coming of Messiah, Prince, is indisputable evidence of that the Bible is not a book inspired by man but could only have been inspired by God Who Alone knows the future.

Respected pastor and author Ray Stedman writes that Daniel 9:24-27: is:

is one of the strongest evidences to prove the divine inspiration of the Bible. Many (believers) are frequently asked why (they) believe the Bible to be the Word of God, and it is helpful to know certain passages which clearly set forth predictive elements that are unmistakable and which do indicate the ability of the Bible to predict events far in the distant future. This could only be by divine power....(Da 9:24, 25, 26, 27) pinpoints the exact moment in history when the Jewish Messiah would present Himself to the Jewish people, and it does so over five hundred years before the event took place. It is so plain and detailed that it has always been an acute embarrassment to Jewish commentators.

4] Substantiates the truth that God is completely sovereign

The prophecy in Daniel 9:24-27 is so compellingly accurate, that it leaves no doubt that God is sovereign and in full control over time and the affairs of men. This grand truth should encourage the saint and frighten the sinner who is not yet saved to consider the claims.

5] Has spurred many [Jews and Gentiles] to consider the claims of the Messiah

Although many of the stories are anecdotal [see below], the truth in Daniel 9:24-27 has caused many who seek to refute these prophecies find that they are confronted with indisputable evidence of the Messiah.

6] Refutes the attempt by many to question the date of writing of Daniel's prophecies

Liberal scholars, both Gentile and Jew, have tried to late-date Daniel in order to remove the onus of predictive prophecy. They say the book was written after the events occurred but in such a way as to appear that it was written beforehand. Daniel 9:24-27 is an irrefutable witness that the prophecy of the Messiah's coming and being cut off is true. Since, no one "late-dates" Daniel to the time of Christ, Daniel 9:24-27 is one clear case of predictive prophecy, which establishes the credibility of everything else. This observation also explains why the critics try so hard to debunk this passage.

Henry Morris adds that Daniel's

prophecy was given...well over half a millennium before its fulfillment. The probability that Daniel could guess the date of the manifestation and crucifixion of the Messiah is essentially zero. Only supernatural inspiration can account for fulfilled prophecies like this. In fact, these events were fulfilled almost two centuries even after the date assigned to Daniel by scholars who deny that such prophecies can valid!" (The Defender's Study Bible - an excellent resource from a conservative, literal viewpoint by one of the world's leading scholars on creationism)

7] Stimulates a heightened expectation of the imminent return of the Messiah

This statement applies to Daniel in general also, for no book in the Bible says more about the so called "end times" than Daniel. Many orthodox and conservative Jews believe the time is ripe for the coming of Messiah. They see Israel's return to her homeland after more than 1,900 years of national dispersion as having great prophetic significance. They believe the May, 1948 rebirth of Israel and waves of immigration (which is the meaning of the Hebrew word aliyah) from all over the world are converging with many other factors to set the stage for the predicted coming of a national Deliverer. They see the coming of this Messiah as being good not only for Israel but for the whole earth. According to the prophet Isaiah, He will cause the nations to "beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore" [Is 2:4].

Comment: If you are a born again believer who loves Israel and would like to watch a stirring account of the birth of Israel in May, 1948 (albeit from a secular perspective), I highly recommend the 6 hour epic on DVD narrated by the legendary Israeli Abba Eban (you will be mesmerized as you see the sovereign hand of the Almighty God at work "behind the scenes") - Israel: Nation Is Born

To quote from an email received February 4, 2004 from "The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement" [an Orthodox Jewish group based in Jerusalem]

"The Hand of G_d appears again and again in Jerusalem and the Temple Mount...to purify the Temple Mount and immediately rebuild the house of G_d as the climax of the exciting redemptional times in which we are now living in Israel which will open the Eastern Gate for the coming of Mashiach ben David", this latter name of course referring to the expected Messiah Son of David. Interestingly, both Jews and Christians share the belief that a period of turmoil and distress will precede the coming of Messiah. The Jewish document called "Talmudic Sages" draws a dark picture of this time. Accordingly, one of these Jewish sages wrote, "Let Him [Messiah] come, but let me not see Him" [Sanh. 98b].

One of the most respected names in the study of Bible prophecy, Dr. John Walvoord, writes some wise remarks regarding the interpretative difficulties of Daniel 9:24-27:

In the concluding four verses of Daniel 9, one of the most important prophecies of the Old Testament is contained...Although many divergent interpretations have been advanced in explanation of this prophecy, they may first be divided into two major divisions, namely, the Christological and the non‑Christological views. The non‑Christological approach may be subdivided into the liberal critical view and the conservative amillennial view.

The Christological camp interprets the first sixty-nine weeks of Daniel as culminating in Christ while the non‑Christological camp finds fulfillment of Daniel’s prophecy in events before or after Christ.

The non-Christological group attempts to find fulfillment of the Daniel's 70 Weeks in the events leading up to the persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes (see Daniel notes and additional discussion). In 168 B.C., a pagan altar was constructed on top of the great altar of burnt sacrifices, and a pagan sacrifice was offered under the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes. This act precipitated the Maccabean revolt which Antiochus attempted unsuccessfully to put down with great cruelty [167-164 B.C.].

Source: Background on Daniel 9:24-27 | Precept Austin


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claninja said:

This over looks the most important part of the 70 week prophecy

Daniel 9:24: Seventy ‘sevens’c are decreed for your people and your holy city to 1.) finishd transgression, 2.) to put an end to sin, 3.) to atone for wickedness, 4.) to bring in everlasting righteousness, 5.) to seal up vision and prophecy and 6.) to anoint the Most Holy Place.e


Were any of the 6 items in Daniel 9:24 fulfilled in within the Seventy 'sevens' ?

1.) to finish transgression? Yes, it is fulfilled:
Hebrews 9:15
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
2.) to put an end to sin? Yes, it is fulfilled:
Hebrews 9:26
Otherwise, He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
3.) to atone for wickedness? Yes, it is fulfilled:
Hebrews 2:17
So He had to be made like His brothers in every way, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people
1 John 1:25
God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
4.) to bring in everlasting righteousness? Yes, it is fulfilled:
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sinb on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Romans 3:21-24
But now, apart from the Law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets. And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
5.) to seal up vision and prophecy? Yes, it is fulfilled:
Luke 24:44 Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms
2 Corinthians 1:21
For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
6.) to anoint the most holy place? Yes, it is fulfilled:
John 2:21
But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body
Acts 10:38
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

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jgr said:

An inspirational enumeration indeed.

Slight typo:

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

is 2 Cor. 1:20

Blessings brother.

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claninja said:

Thank you and
Thanks for the corrections friend,

Blessings

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The Times said:

How does Jesus confirm covenant in one week, if he has been crucified in the middle of the week?

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claninja said:

This over looks the most important part of the 70 week prophecy

Daniel 9:24: Seventy ‘sevens’c are decreed for your people and your holy city to 1.) finishd transgression, 2.) to put an end to sin, 3.) to atone for wickedness, 4.) to bring in everlasting righteousness, 5.) to seal up vision and prophecy and 6.) to anoint the Most Holy Place.e


Were any of the 6 items in Daniel 9:24 fulfilled in within the Seventy 'sevens' ?

1.) to finish transgression? Yes, it is fulfilled:
Hebrews 9:15
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
2.) to put an end to sin? Yes, it is fulfilled:
Hebrews 9:26
Otherwise, He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
3.) to atone for wickedness? Yes, it is fulfilled:
Hebrews 2:17
So He had to be made like His brothers in every way, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people
1 John 1:25
God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
4.) to bring in everlasting righteousness? Yes, it is fulfilled:
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sinb on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Romans 3:21-24
But now, apart from the Law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets. And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
5.) to seal up vision and prophecy? Yes, it is fulfilled:
Luke 24:44 Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms
2 Corinthians 1:20
For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
6.) to anoint the most holy place? Yes, it is fulfilled:
John 2:21
But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body
Acts 10:38
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

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BABerean2 said:

Gospel to the Jew “first”:

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BABerean2 said:

Based on Matthew 10:5-7 and Galatians 1:14-18, the Gospel was taken "first" to Daniel's people for a period of about 7 years before Paul began his ministry to the Gentiles.

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BABerean2 said:

The fact that the Gospel went first to the Jews is confirmed by the verses below.

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BABerean2 said:

The only way to see the 70th week of Daniel is with a time machine set to return you to the first century.

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The Times said:

Who are the people of the prince who destroy Jerusalem?

When do they destroy Jerusalem?

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jgr said:

1. The pagan Roman armies under Titus, which were God's instruments of judgment and destruction. In similar fashion elsewhere, e.g. Jeremiah 43:10-13, God described the pagan Nebuchadnezzar, whom He chose as His instrument of judgment and destruction, as being "My servant." That would of course also include the armies under his control.

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jgr said:

2. The Jews themselves, whom Josephus documents as being responsible for an enormity of the suffering that occurred: "I shall therefore speak my mind here at once briefly; that neither did any other city ever suffer such miseries; nor did any age ever breed a generation more fruitful in wickedness than this was from the beginning of the world."

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jgr said:

Jerusalem was destroyed circa 70 AD.

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The Times said:

The Jews that tge prophesy was for in the first place failed miserably abd the gospel went to the Gentiles. So the Jews who were first to hear the gospel became last.

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BABerean2 said:

You must have cut Acts chapter 2 out of your Bible, where Peter addressed the crowd as "all the house of Israel", in Acts 2:36, and about 3,000 Israelites accepted the Gospel of the New Covenant on that day.

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