Dan 9:26-27
(26) And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
(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.
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Now the verse 27 show that Christ (the SAME messiah the prince in context) confirmed a new covenant with NEW TESTAMENT CONGREGATON, the church! It has to do with the whole New Covenant period from the Cross to the COnsummation! The period SYMBOLICALLY celebrate the week of the Feast of Tabernalces (see the Feast of Tabernacles study link I posed earlier).
As stated, that word in Daniel 9 translated confirm in the KJV is [
gabar], which 'is' the word strengthen. How was the Covenant made strong or Confirmed? It was confirmed by Christ going to the cross to put the muscle behind the Word promising Israel an inheritance. The people are the ones written on that will or agreement (Covenant). The body of Christ are the ones whom the promise of the Covenant was with. The Israel of God!
Galatians 3:17
- "And this I say, that the COVENANT, that was CONFIRMED before of God IN CHRIST, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect."
The Covenant was Confirmed "IN CHRIST" and is not made of non effect by the law. The promise was before the law. This Covenant, Confirmed [
prokauroo] (made authoritative) by Christ's death on the cross cannot be disannuled. He is it's STRENGTH! His Death made it Authoritative! And So we see the confirmation of The Prince/Leader (Christ) to make this Covenant strong and authoritative is the cross. This is what Christ did, not anti-Christ. Antichrist never strengthens a Covenant, at least not according to scripture. All rhetoric aside, the only one who the Bible (not I) says 'confirmed' any Covenant is the Messiah. And the only one who the Bible (not I) says 'strengthened' a Covenant is Messiah. So who are we going to believe? Theologians, teachers, or the Bible? The New Covenant is the Covenant made strong in Christ's Blood. He gave it it's strength. Have you never read in Hebrews of how the New Testament (exact same word Covenant) was of 'no force' while the covenantor was still alive? But after He was dead (cut off), then it was strengthened. This is what is in view in daniel 9 prophesying Messiah strengthening the Covenant for many for one week.
Hebrews 9:16
- "For where a covenant is, there must also of necessity be the death of the covenantor. For a Covenant is of FORCE after men are dead: otherwise it is of no Strength at all while the covenantor liveth."
That's the Word of the Living God telling us that the New Covenant had no strength until Christ died on the cross, cut off for our sins. And then was it made strong! Christ Confirmed or made strong the Covenant for many in His blood. The Covenant is like a will. It's a promise or agreement to hand over an inheritance to Israel. The Messiah had to die in order for us to receive the inheritance in that will. This He did at the cross. He confirmed the Covenant with many (NOT ALL) for this one week. Again, logically and Biblically we see that this also proves that the length of the week is from the cross, to the end, because that is the time of the confirmed or strengthened Covenant with Messiah. The only Covenant confirmed or strengthened by anyone in scripture. The only one where we see this language used. The will Confirmed at the cross, the inheritance received at the end. The New Covenant with Israel that Messiah/Christ confirmed. The New Covenant or Testament Church. They are the same. But don't take my word for it. Read Hebrews chapter 8 and 9 carefully, and God makes that abundantly clear. Speaking of the New Testament with relationship to the old Testament, God says:
Hebrews 8:9
- "For finding fault with them, (the old Covenant) He saith, behold, the days come saith the Lord, when I will make a New Covenant with the house of ISRAEL and with the house of Judah:
Hebrews Chapter 8 and 9 make it clear the New Covenant with Israel is the New Covenant Church. I ask no one to accept my words, study these two chapters yourself. This is the Covenant confirmed, made authoritative, strengthened in Christ. And these chapters show the New Covenant is strengthened in Christ's blood for the Israel of God!
Look at this one week confirmed by the Prince, Messiah, in the light of what the scriptures have to say about it. For example, why does God symbolize this time from the cross to the end of the world as one week in which the Covenant is strengthened (Daniel 9)? The answer I believe can be found in looking at Israel, and the command that she observe the feast of tabernacles 'one week.' We know what the Passover feast pointed to. We know what the Feast of Firstfruits or Pentecost pointed to. But do you know what the Feast of Tabernacles points to? Now about the daily sacrifice...
Daniel 12:11-12
- "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
- Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days."
This is when the daily or 'continual' shall be taken away.
In the Midst of the week. And it's not at the Cross as some people believe. It is just before the Abomination of desolation. It's when the candlesticks are killed after the testimony of the two witnesses
is finished (Rev. 11). When He (Christ) who restrains iniquity is taken out of the midst (2nd Thess 2).
After all are sealed who are to be sealed (Rev. 7). In simple terms, it is after the fulness of the gentiles have come in, and all Israel is Saved. Then and only then is a
final devastating judgment brought upon the unfaithful Church, a great departing from the faith (1st Timothy 4:1) where there is Apostasy and
remaineth no sacrifice for salvation. For example, All Israel has been Saved, and no one else remains to be Saved. This did not occur in 70AD! It will be in our near future. And if this time of tribulation is not shortened, because no one else is being saved, there would not be any saved flesh left on earth. But for the sake of the Elect, these days shall be shortened.
The first half of this final week is the time, times and a half that we read about in Revelation 12. The Woman there gave birth to the Man Child (Christ) and she spent Time, Times and 1/2 (3 1/2) fed and nourished under the wings (Protection) of God, away from the face of the serpent. This is the first half of the week (see Rev. 11-12 studies) which has to do with faithful testimony of Salvation Gospel to the world. The Holy People (Christians with the Holy Spirit) are protected from the Serpent and fed until the time their testimony is finished. Finished when they have secured all Elect God wanted to seal has been sealed. Only God knows when.
THEN at that time is the second half of the week. This is the midst (middle) when the other half of the week, the time, times, and 1/2 that is spoken of in Daniel 12 takes place. It's a time of great trial which God says 'will not end' until the power of the Holy People has been scattered (Dan. 12:7), then the End will come. The end is the consummation and the Second Coming. That's the end of the last week of Daniel chapter 9. Curious (not Really), That's "exactly" what 2nd Thessalonians 2 says. The end will not come
except there come a apostasy first, and the Holy Temple will have abomination (a false god) seated in it. That's the scattering of the Holy People spoken about in Daniel. Nothing comes out consistently inconsistent like all these other ideas about this last week. But here we have total consistency with everything else that is written about these things. That's because it's true. We must seek to understand God's Word correctly. It's when we go from one verse to another and there is a contradiction (as with many other theories) that we know we know we have the wrong interpretation.