{"id":1708,"date":"2015-05-17T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T23:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2022-10-14T19:17:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T23:17:46","slug":"daniel-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/daniel-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chapter nine<\/strong> contains one of the key prophecies of the entire book, affecting our understanding of many New Testament prophecies. Daniel saw this vision during \u201cthe first year of Darius,\u201d<\/em> the one mentioned in Daniel 5:31, so this probably took place around the time of chapter six. Daniel was meditating on Jeremiah\u2019s prophecy regarding the end of Israel\u2019s captivity and noted that the 70 years should be nearing their completion (Daniel 9:1-2; Jeremiah 25:11; 29:10-14). Because part of the condition of Israel\u2019s return was their repentance toward God, Daniel began to pray for national repentance and placed himself as national \u201cconfessor\u201d of sin (Daniel 9:3-19). His prayer was specific and honest. It exalted God and humbled Daniel and his people. \u0643\u064a\u0641 \u0631\u0628\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0644<\/a> It praised God\u2019s sovereignty and acknowledged Israel\u2019s continued fallibility. One key part of the prayer was Daniel\u2019s request that God \u201cshow favor to [his] devastated sanctuary,\u201d<\/em> the Temple in Jerusalem (Daniel 9:17).<\/p>\n

While Daniel prayed, Gabriel appeared to him with the answer to his prayer (Daniel 9:20-23). \u0643\u064a\u0641 \u062a\u0631\u0628\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062a\u0631\u0646\u062a<\/a> Daniel recognized him as the same one who he saw in chapter eight. \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0628 \u0633\u0644\u0648\u062a\u0633<\/a> In the remaining four verses (Daniel 9:24-27), Gabriel revealed to Daniel Israel\u2019s future. This is clear from the description in verse 24 \u2013 \u201cyour people and your holy city,\u201d<\/em> e.g., Israel and Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

The key to understanding this prophecy is the interpretation of the \u201cseventy weeks\u201d (Daniel 9:24). The Hebrew phrase is actually \u201cseventy sevens,\u201d so there are four basic options \u2013 70 days, weeks, months, or years. Gabriel explained that 69 of these \u201csevens\u201d will last \u201cfrom the issuing of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives\u201d<\/em> (Daniel 9:25). The only command to rebuild Jerusalem (not just the Temple) was issued by Artaxerxes to Nehemiah in 444 B.C. (Nehemiah 2:1-8). The \u201cprince\u201d that was to arrive was called \u201can anointed one\u201d in verses 25 and 26, the translation of the Hebrew word mashiach<\/em> or Messiah<\/em>. In his book, Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ<\/em>, Harold Hoehner has exhaustively proven that Jesus was crucified (\u201ccut off\u201d) 483 years to the day<\/span> from the command to rebuild Jerusalem. Thus, the only literal interpretation is to read these 69 \u201cweeks\u201d as \u201csets of seven years\u201d (69 x 7 = 483).<\/p>\n

Gabriel said there will be another \u201ccoming prince,\u201d whose people \u201cwill destroy\u201d Jerusalem and the Temple (Daniel 9:26). This took place in A.D. 70 at the hands of the Romans under the leadership of Titus. Since Gabriel said \u201cthe people of the coming prince\u201d<\/em> would do this, rather than the prince himself, everything that follows in verse 27 cannot refer to the A.D. 70 events. The final \u201cseven\u201d \u2013 the 70th week or final 7 years \u2013 will begin with a covenant the coming prince will make with Israel, apparently including allowing the Temple sacrifices to resume again. However, \u201cin the middle of that week,\u201d<\/em> he will break that covenant \u201con the wing of abominations.\u201d<\/em> Because Jesus referred to this as still future (Matthew 24:15), it cannot refer to Antiochus Epiphanes. However, this does match Daniel\u2019s vision of the little horn in Daniel 7:23-27, who will run rampant over Israel and Jerusalem for a \u201ctime, times, and half a time\u201d<\/em> (Daniel 7:25), later interpreted by John as three-and-a-half years (Revelation 11:2-3; 12:6, 14). Thus, Daniel 9:27 must refer to the Tribulation and Antichrist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For modern scholars to reject Daniel simply because they do not believe it could have happened as stated is to arrogantly set themselves against 2,500 years of Jewish scholarship, the Hebrew prophets, and the Savior 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