The Covenant Confirmed

The Lord's continued covenant with the nation of Israel is expressed by the explicit time lapse given in a vision to Daniel the prophet

The covenant confirmed in Daniel 9 is the covenant of the 70 weeks of years decreed for Israel in the context of the chapter .... there is no other covenant described: [note: see my topic entitled 70 x 7's]

.... and there is no indication that this covenant is some sort of peace treaty between Israel and the nation's enemies. It is a specific time line given in conjunction with the Lord's eternal covenant with the nation of Israel

Only the Lord can confirm this covenant by executing the coming 70th week .... thereby reaching the 6 objectives for the believing remnant of Israel who will turn to Him during His hour [time] of trial. [Daniel 9:1-27]

Visionary prophecy must be read carefully and in this case one needs to see that there are two princes involved .... the Lord .... and the other prince .... satan's beast of Revelation 13:1 and 17:8.

It is the Lord who was "cut off" at the end of the 69th week .... it is the other prince and His followers who will come and desecrate at the middle of the 70th week decreed. [Daniel 9:26]

The vision then repeats this same contrast between the two princes.

Daniel
9:27 And he [the Lord] shall confirm the covenant with many [the believing remnant of Israel] for one week: [note the : divider in the KJV]

.... and in the midst of the week he [the other prince] 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.

The Lord ["He"] will confirm the covenant .... the other prince cannot do this and would not because of the 6 objectives that will be met for Daniel's people, the believing remnant part of national Israel. [Daniel 9:24; Romans 11]

Then the other prince ["he"] will cause the sacrifice oblation to cease. [Israelite worship at the base of the western wall of the temple mount ... the most holy place for Israel today] [Jeremiah 30:5-7; Daniel 8:9-12; Zechariah 14:1-5; Matthew 24:15-16]

This other prince is the little horn of Daniel 11:36-45 and 12:7. This king of the north and his followers will invade, occupy and rule over Israel, Jerusalem, and the temple mount for 42 months before the Lord will pour out His wrath upon the desolaters. [Jeremiah 30:1-7; Ezekiel 38:11-16; Daniel 11:41; Micah 5:5; Zechariah 14:1-5; Revelation 11:2; 12:3-17; 13:5]

None of the events of the time frame of the 70th week of 2,520 days has transpired yet and is still pending at this time. [Romans 11:25-26]

In fact, there is a breach in the time lapse that can be found in all of the prophetic visions related to the time of the end of this present age.

Events on the earth between the end of the 69th week [about 33 A.D.] and the beginning of the 70th [still future] are not recorded in the scope of visionary prophecy ... many significant things have come and gone over the last 2,000 years and they are simply not there.

For example: Daniel's visions track the geopolitical phases of the Middle East through the end of the rule of Antiochus IV [11:21-35] .... and then the rest of the unfulfilled portion jumps directly to the time of the end. [Daniel 11:36-45; 12:1-12]

Greetings!

Stephen5 said:

The Lord's continued covenant with the nation of Israel is expressed by the explicit time lapse given in a vision to Daniel the prophet

The covenant confirmed in Daniel 9 is the covenant of the 70 weeks of years decreed for Israel in the context of the chapter .... there is no other covenant described....

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The 70-week prophecy (along with the 69-week one also in Daniel) refer to the years of Christ's ministry (details upon request).

But I'm afraid you're mistaken about there being no other Covenant described there because Daniel also contains the 2,300 day prophecy which in fact (when treated as years as Numbers and other locations specify) yields 1844, the exact beginning of the Baha'i Era!

(And there are other prophecies in Daniel and Revelation that yield 1260, which is in fact the same year in the Muslim calendar as 1844 in the Christian calendar!)

Best!

Bruce

"But I'm afraid you're mistaken about there being no other Covenant described"

>I don't think so

>The covenant within the context of Daniel 9 is the decree of the 70 weeks of years [490 prophetic years] decreed for national Israel .... past and future

>This time frame is evidence of the continued covenant of the Lord with Israel and His intent to restore the kingdom to the nation [Acts 1:6]

>The nation rejected their Messiah and King at His first advent, but this is going to change at His second .... a remnant part of the nation will turn and believe

>The end of the 69th week was about 33 A.D. ..... and the Lord was cut off

>The 70th week of 7 years is still pending and He is going to confirm the covenant with the "many" [the believing remnant part of Israel] by executing the 70th week in which all 6 objectives will be met for a believing remnant of the nation

>Daniel's visions contain nothing about the church ..... all of them are a focus upon Israel and the Middle East ..... past and future

>There is a breach in the scope of the visions between the Lord's first advent and His next which is still future

>There is nothing in the scope of earthly events recorded in the visions of all of the Bible prophets between the end of the 69th week and the beginning of the 70th .... absolutely nothing

>Israel is in the land today after centuries of absence and there is a reason for it .... to experience the 70th week decreed for the nation [Jeremiah 30; Daniel 12; Ezekiel 38; 39; Micah 5; Matthew 24; Romans 11; Revelation 12]

>Watch the Middle East and learn the meanings of the Bible prophets with respect to the time of the end of this present age

>Keep in mind that Jesus Christ is an Israelite by His humanity and Israel is still His national people

>The church is a different matter and is composed of both Jew and gentile related to matters of salvation only ..... not national ethnic origin

No, IOV the 69th week points to the beginning of Jesus' ministry, as you said.

But the 70th week indicates its end because He was cut off "in mid-week," thus yielding a 3 1/2 year period for His ministry.

And as I said, the other prophecies fit perfectly with years of the beginning of the Baha'i Era, and are the more spectacular for employing two different calendars to yield exactly the same year!

Peace,

Bruce