Brit Hadasha: Daniel 9 - The Timeframe of Messiah’s Coming - 119 Ministries

[Music] [Music] hello and welcome to another teaching from 119 ministries our ministry believes that the whole Bible is still true and directly related to our lives today if you would like to know more about what we believe in teach please visit us and test everything net we hope that you enjoy studying and testing the following teaching [Music] [Music] in the book of Daniel we find an important prophecy concerning an anointed figure a messiah who is foretold to come within a specific timeframe and accomplish certain duties Messianics and Christians have identified this figure is none other than Yeshua the Messiah the counter missionaries of course reject this view in this teaching will make a case from the scriptures in support of the Messianic and Christian position that this prophecy finds its fulfillment in the issue ax this prophecy is significant for several reasons not the least of which is that it helps us pinpoint the timing of the Messiah's coming we believe that this prophecy does in fact speak of your shoe's fulfillment of the first phase of Messianic prophecy for more information on the two phases of messianic prophecy please see our teachings does the Old Testament teach a second coming of Messiah and the fourth and seventh day parts one and two before we get into the key passage that we'll be unpacking in this teaching here's a quick overview of the context Daniel was a prophet in Jewish exile in Babylon Daniel recalled that in the Book of Jeremiah it was prophesied that the Jewish exile was to last for seventy years and those seventy years were almost finished Daniel confesses his sin in the sins of his people and prays for God to restore Israel the temple and bring them out of Exile and back into the land while Daniel prays Gabriel visits him and gives him an angelic revelation concerning God's plan Gabriel's revelation to Daniel goes far beyond Daniels prayers concerning the restoration of the temple and the Jewish people but was a prophecy about another period of time consisting of 70 weeks the fact that this prophecy eclipses Daniels prayer concerning the return from exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem demonstrates how truly significant it is Gabriel is basically saying to Daniel God heard your prayer about this seventy years of Exile coming to completion but I'm here to tell you about something much more important than that and this brings us to the passage containing this profound prophecy Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 through 27 seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city to finish the transgression to put an end to sin and to atone for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal both vision and profit and to anoint a most holy place know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one a prince there shall be seven weeks then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat but in a troubled time and after the sixty-two weeks an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary its end shall come with a flood and to the end there shall be war desolations are decreed there are several things to consider here the first thing is that when the passage speaks of weeks it is likely speaking of a week of seven years so seventy weeks would be a period of 77s of years virtually all Bible commentators including Jewish commentators are in agreement with this fact so when we add up the seventy weeks of Daniel it comes to a time period of 490 years so what is the prophecy basically what Gabriel is revealing here is that there will be a period of 490 years in which these six things must happen to finish the transgression to put an end to sin to atone for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal both vision and profit to anoint a most holy place we will go through each of those later in this teaching but right now let's discuss the timeframe of this important prophecy before we begin it's important to understand that this is a difficult passage to interpret there are hundreds of different interpretations from messianic Christian and Jewish commentators that seek to address how the difficulties of how the years are to be divided according to the events mentioned it's beyond the scope of this teaching to get into the nitty girdi of the arguments on all sides but there are a few significant points that are exceptionally clear from this passage and those are enough to make a solid case for the purposes of this teaching first when to Daniel's seventy weeks start according to the passage the first seven weeks that is the first forty nine years of the 490 years will begin from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem so these 490 years begin with the word to rebuild Jerusalem there are several specific dates that have been proposed as the point when the going out of the word to restore and build a jerusalem occurred some of those suggestions are the decree of Cyrus and 538 BC the decree of Darius and 521 BC the decree of artaxerxes the first in 457 BC and the commission of artaxerxes the first and 446 BC well there are good arguments both for and against each of these suggestions Daniel 9:25 simply doesn't give us enough information to say for sure which is the most accurate but we can perhaps come to an answer by determining when the work to rebuild Jerusalem began according to Azra and hemi ax the actual rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls began iran artaxerxes decree in 457 bc so that could perhaps give us an approximate date of when this word to rebuild jerusalem went out again while the exact date is disputed it's reasonably understood that this period of 490 years started around the time of the rebuilding of Jerusalem second and more importantly when do Daniels seventy weeks come to an end we think it's clear from a plain reading of the text that this period of 490 years ends at the destruction of Jerusalem the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary messianic and Christian commentators are in agreement with this view it's also worth noting that some highly renowned Jewish commentators likewise share this view consider Rash's comments on daniel 9:26 the anointed one will be cut off Agrippa the cane of Judea who is ruling at the time of destruction will be slain and the people of the coming monarch will destroy that is Titus and his armies the first thing to note here is that Raschi identifies The Anointed One as Agrippa who ruled at the time of the destruction of the temple in 70 AD second he interprets the destruction of the city and this sanctuary as a reference to this same event under the Roman general Titus so while mainstream Jewish commentators obviously don't think that this prophecy has anything to do with Yeshua they are in agreement with Messianics and Christians concerning two points the passage has clear messianic overtones in the 490 years of daniel conclude at the destruction of the second temple in 70 AD but wait not only do we have messianic Christian and Jewish commentators agreeing on when the conclusion of this period of 70 weeks occurred but even the counter missionaries say the same thing prominent counter missionary organization Jews for Judaism states at the destruction of the city and sanctuary in Daniel 9 refers to the Roman legions of Vespasian and Titus who destroyed Jerusalem so it's pretty well-established on all sides that Daniel 70 weeks ends at the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD third some incredibly significant redemptive events take place within this time frame including acts such as making atonement for sin fourth according to verse 26 an anointed one that is a messiah or Mashiach in Hebrew will be cut off or killed within this time period interestingly throughout the Bible this phrase not only speaks of debt but conveys the nuance of execution such as in exodus 31 verse 14 you shall keep the Sabbath because it is holy for you everyone who profanes it shall be put to death whoever does any work on it that soul shall be cut off from among his people whatever other interpretive difficulties there are with this passage at least those four points are clear and they alone have massive implications counter missionaries might try to distract from these core points with minor theological disagreements about how the years should be divided etc but that just would prove how weak their position truly is they simply can't argue against the main message of this passage semitic language scholar and theologian dr. michael brown puts it well all the other questions and issues are somewhat secondary almost like disputed calls made by a referee in the course of a game that ultimately have no impact on the outcome of that game the final score is not disputed nor is it disputed that the better team won the only thing disputed is whether the referee made some of the minor calls correctly not the outcome of the game it's the same with daniel chapter 9 verses 24 through 27 the final outcome is clear the messiah came and brought final atonement before the second temple was destroyed regardless of the interpretation of some of the disputed details a textual interpretation so the timeframe of this prophecy already speaks volumes a messianic figure had to accomplish profound acts of redemption and atonement and then be cut off or executed all before the second temple was destroyed in 70 a.d that narrows down the list of possible candidates quite significantly the only question left is this was this prophecy fulfilled before the second temple was destroyed who is Daniel a false prophet obviously we do not think that Daniel was a false prophet but that means that this messianic figure of whom daniel spoke of must have accomplished these acts of redemption and then was cut off before 70 AD the only possible candidate who fits all the criteria is Yeshua but now that we've nailed down the timeframe within which these events had to take place how exactly was this prophecy fulfilled let's go through this six things Daniel mentioned one by one number one to finish the transgression clearly transgressions or sin has still been occurring since after 70 AD this doesn't refer to bringing transgression to an end as an cessation but rather bringing the transgression to a climax it's similar to Genesis 15 in which God tells Abram and his descendants must wait 400 years to inherit the land since the sin of the Amorite has not yet reached its full measure Genesis 15 then Yahweh said to him know for certain that for 400 years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there but I will punish the nation they serve as slaves and afterward they will come out with great possessions you however will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age and the 4th generation your descendants will come back here for the sin of the am rights has not yet reached its full measure that 4th generation was when the sin of the Amur ice reached its climax so that God could judge damn rights and also bring about his purposes for Israel by bringing them out of Egypt and into the land he promised them in the same way the generation that rejected Yeshua is when the transgression was finished or reached its climax that is why Yeshua says that his generation will suffer the culmination of the transgressions of the prior generations Matthew chapter 23 fill up then the measure of the guilt of your fathers you serpents you brood of vipers how will you escape this sentence of hell therefore behold I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes some of them you will kill and crucify and some of them you a scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city so upon you you may follow the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth from the blood of the righteous from Abel to the blood of zechariah the son of berechiah from whom you murdered between the temple and the altar truly I say to you all these things will come upon this generation please note we acknowledge that we just cited the New Testament counter missionaries love to ridicule any usage of the New Testament the citing of the New Testament or Brit hadashah is necessary and relevant as it is the text that details the life and work of Yeshua and thus it is the text that needs to be compared to the prophecies found in Daniel chapter 9 if it is Yeshua and the New Testament that we are testing the New Testament of course needs to be cited otherwise we have nothing to test back to prophecy number 2 to put an end to sin this speaks of the atoning death of the Messiah which is God's means of decisively dealing with mankind sin consider what the author of Hebrews writes Hebrews chapter 10 but when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins he sat down at the right hand of God waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet for by a single offering he was perfected for all time those who are being sanctified and the holy spirit also bears witness to us for after saying this is the Covenant that I will make with them after those days declares the Lord I will put my laws on their hearts and write them on their minds then he adds I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more the Messiah's death and resurrection overcame the power sin inaugurating the new covenant spoken of in jeremiah 31 by which god's torah is written on our hearts this prophecy will be fully realized at the messiah second coming but has no doubt already broken through into a reality since Yahshua's death on the cross again we recommend watching our teaching does the Old Testament teach a second coming of Messiah for more information on the biblical concept of prophecy being fulfilled in phases number three to atone for iniquity issues atoning death on the cross serves as the basis upon which sin and iniquity could be forgiven Yeshua himself said that his mission was to give his life as a ransom for many that was the primary focus of his ministry and the New Testament authors issue as original followers identified his work with this important redemptive act first Peter chapter 2 he himself bore our sins in his body on the tree that we might die to sin and live to righteousness by his wounds you have been healed John - here's the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also the sins of the whole world Hebrews 9 he entered once for all into the holy places not by the means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood thus securing an eternal Redemption so this central prophecy in Daniel was also a central part of Yeshua's ministry as stated by Yeshua himself and his original followers for more information on atonement please see our teaching blood and atonement number 4 to bring in everlasting righteousness again this speaks of Messiah's work on the cross which is the inauguration of the new covenant that writes God's Torah on the hearts of his people and thus results in everlasting righteousness Romans chapter 5 for if because of one man's trespass death brain through that one man much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ is schewe Alma shiok 1st Peter chapter 2 he himself bore our sins in his body on the tree that we might die to sin and live to righteousness by his wounds you have been healed 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 for our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin so that in him we might become the righteousness of God again messiahs death on the cross is the basis upon which these promises break through into our reality and then they are brought to complete fulfillment when he returns to establish God's righteous kingdom on earth number five to seal both vision and profit to seal means to validate or substantiate basically this means that the Messiah's coming would seal or validate the visions and prophecies in the Tanakh concerning him it also means that at the Messiah didn't come when it was prophesied that he would come namely before the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD the visions and prophecies in the Tanakh would therefore be and validated so the countr missionaries have a dilemma either the seiyya arrived before the destruction of the second temple or the prophecies concerning the Messiah are invalidated number six to anoint a most holy place Christian and Messianic commentators offer two possible interpretations of this the first is that it refers to a spiritual temple that is to say followers of Yeshua became a holy dwelling for God the New Testament authors make allusions to this concept Ephesians chapter 2 so then you are no longer strangers and aliens but you are fellow citizens with the Saints and members of the household of God built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets Christ Jesus Yeshua HaMashiach himself being the cornerstone in whom the whole structure being joined together grows into a holy temple in the Lord in him you were also being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit while this is possible other suggests that it refers to the consecration of the future Millennial temple on the basis of Yeshua's death and resurrection this seems more likely to us for example Ezekiel chapter 40 through 48 but in either case it points to fulfillment through Yeshua again dr. Michael Brown puts it quite well if all the events spoken of in Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 through 27 had to be fulfilled before 70 CE II then Jesus must be the central Anointed figure involved in their fulfillment bringing Redemption and forgiveness to his people if the events spoken of in the text were partially fulfilled before 70 CE II and will only reach their total fulfillment at the end of this age then this too can only be interpreted with reference to Jesus since it is only through what he accomplished before 70 CE he that the culminating events of this age will take place in conclusion while this passage in Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 through 27 can be difficult and confusing a few things are clear number one Christian messianic and Jewish commentators and theologians agree that this passage has messianic overtones number two a messianic figure appears and dies before the destruction of the Second Temple and 70ad number three during this time significant acts of redemption are accomplished number four everything described in Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 through 27 fits perfectly with the work of Yeshua and the theology of Yeshua's original Jewish followers as outlined in the Brit hadashah or the New Testament number 5 the counter missionaries do not have any better candidates that meet the criteria of Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 through 27 they're only objections are to downplay the meaning of the Anointed One and quibble over disagreements about how the year should be divided but even they agree to the timeframe given concludes with the destruction of the Second Temple we mentioned earlier that Rash's view of this anointed figure in Daniel 9 is king agrippa who is the last king of Israel and was killed around the time Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD counter missionaries generally tend to side with Rash's perspective on this but could this interpretation be a possibility first as we've already stated multiple times everyone agrees that there are messianic implications in this passage the question is simply over who the passage could be referring to second and should be noted that messianic sand Christians have a clear basis for their interpretation of this passage as applied to Yeshua as we demonstrated in this teaching that is the Messiah made atonement for human sin the most monumental redemptive act ever and he did so within the very timeframe defined by Daniel everything makes sense and it fits with this interpretation in contrast raschi and the counter missionaries merely make an assertion that this passage applies to King Agrippa Without Really substantiating their claim they recognize the profound messianic implications and how monumental this prophecy is but their interpretation simply comes up short and it doesn't make any sense in light of context indeed if the passage refers to the death of Agrippa this is literally the most anti-climatic prophecy of all time think about it God gives us this amazing prophecy concerning God's plans for his people and Jerusalem a prophecy that eclipses Daniels please for Israel's restoration to the land a prophecy outlining amazing redemptive acts such as making atonement percent and bringing in everlasting righteousness and then all of a sudden it is fulfilled by the death of Agrippa a person that barely anyone remembers someone who's definitely has no consequence in terms of God's eternal plans for his people Jerusalem and the temple while Raschi and the animation Aries are correct considering the time frame of this prophecy they have the wrong Anointed One number six candidates must appear within the timeframe given in Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 through 27 in order to be considered the only qualified candidate within that timeframe as Yeshua we pray that you've been blessed by this teaching remember continue to test everything shallow [Music] it is because of you our generous supporters who make it possible to offer these high-quality teachings completely free of charge if you feel led to support 119 ministries so that we can continue this effort please visit and test everything dotnet and click on the support 119 tab learn how you can partner with us to take the whole Word of God to the nation's [Music] you [Music]

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Length: 24min 58sec (1498 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 07 2018