Daniel 9 26-27: The cutting of the new covenant in the Messiah's blood - and the strengthening of the new covenant by His resurrection.
Just a few days ago I discovered something which I believe is significant about the Hebrew word translated as "cut off" in Daniel 9:26.
The Hebrew word [karath H03772] is used multiple times in scripture - often in reference to the cutting off of a person or a people, etc; and MANY times it's used in reference to the cutting of a covenant.
With reference to the cutting off of the Messiah (Daniel 9:26), it means both.
So let's look at the word, and then look at some examples in scripture:
H03772 karath kaw-rath' a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces):--be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Here are some examples:-
Genesis 9:11:
And I will establish my covenant [b'riyth H01285] with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off [karath H03772] any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Genesis 15:18:
In the same day the LORD cut [karath H03772] a covenant [b'riyth H01285] with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Genesis 21:27:
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them cut [karath H03772] a covenant [b'riyth H01285].
Genesis 17:14:
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off [karath - H03772] from his people; he hath broken my covenant [b'riyth H01285].
Genesis 41:36:
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land not be cut off [karath - H03772] through the famine.
Exodus 12:15:
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off [karath - H03772] from Israel.
Exodus 8:9:
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cut off [karath - H03772] the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
Exodus 23:32:
Thou shalt cut [karath H03772] no covenant [b'riyth H01285] with them, nor with their gods.
THE CUTTING OFF OF THE MESSIAH WAS THE CUTTING OF THE NEW COVENANT IN HIS BLOOD:
We know that the Messiah was not cut off by God - He was cut off by the people (all those who wanted Him cut off from the people), who also killed Him, or supported the actions of those who killed Him.
Daniel 9:26-27
"And AFTER threescore and two weeks (which followed the first seven weeks) shall Messiah be cut off [karath H03772], 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).
And he (Messiah) shall strengthen covenant [H01285 b'riyth] with many for (the) one (remaining) week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease
(and on the wing/s of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate).
BECAUSE of the fact that the prophecy stated that it would be AFTER the threescore and two weeks (which followed the first seven weeks) that Messiah would be cut off [karath H03772] (but not for himself), the only correct way to understand verses 26-27 are as follows:
Daniel 9:26-27 FIRST OF TWO TOPICS:
"And AFTER threescore and two weeks (which follow the first seven weeks) shall Messiah be cut off [karath H03772] but not for himself (establishing the New Covenant in His blood);
and he (Messiah) shall strengthen the covenant [H01285 b'riyth] with many for (the) one (remaining) week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.
Daniel 9:26-27 SECOND OF TWO TOPICS:
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 - and on the wing/s of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Those who talk about an Antichrist figure "making a seven-year covenant with Israel" have no other scripture to base their claims on - they base their claims on Daniel 9:26-27 and the false assumption that the final seven years of Daniel's prophecy 'has never been fulfilled'.
They almost always have the "cutting off" of the Messiah (the crucifixion of Jesus) at the close of the 69th 'week' or at the start of the 70th week (instead of AFTER the 69th 'week' and in the middle of the 70th week, as the prophecy states).
Just a few days ago I discovered something which I believe is significant about the Hebrew word translated as "cut off" in Daniel 9:26.
The Hebrew word [karath H03772] is used multiple times in scripture - often in reference to the cutting off of a person or a people, etc; and MANY times it's used in reference to the cutting of a covenant.
With reference to the cutting off of the Messiah (Daniel 9:26), it means both.
So let's look at the word, and then look at some examples in scripture:
H03772 karath kaw-rath' a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces):--be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Here are some examples:-
Genesis 9:11:
And I will establish my covenant [b'riyth H01285] with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off [karath H03772] any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Genesis 15:18:
In the same day the LORD cut [karath H03772] a covenant [b'riyth H01285] with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Genesis 21:27:
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them cut [karath H03772] a covenant [b'riyth H01285].
Genesis 17:14:
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off [karath - H03772] from his people; he hath broken my covenant [b'riyth H01285].
Genesis 41:36:
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land not be cut off [karath - H03772] through the famine.
Exodus 12:15:
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off [karath - H03772] from Israel.
Exodus 8:9:
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cut off [karath - H03772] the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
Exodus 23:32:
Thou shalt cut [karath H03772] no covenant [b'riyth H01285] with them, nor with their gods.
THE CUTTING OFF OF THE MESSIAH WAS THE CUTTING OF THE NEW COVENANT IN HIS BLOOD:
We know that the Messiah was not cut off by God - He was cut off by the people (all those who wanted Him cut off from the people), who also killed Him, or supported the actions of those who killed Him.
Daniel 9:26-27
"And AFTER threescore and two weeks (which followed the first seven weeks) shall Messiah be cut off [karath H03772], 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).
And he (Messiah) shall strengthen covenant [H01285 b'riyth] with many for (the) one (remaining) week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease
(and on the wing/s of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate).
BECAUSE of the fact that the prophecy stated that it would be AFTER the threescore and two weeks (which followed the first seven weeks) that Messiah would be cut off [karath H03772] (but not for himself), the only correct way to understand verses 26-27 are as follows:
Daniel 9:26-27 FIRST OF TWO TOPICS:
"And AFTER threescore and two weeks (which follow the first seven weeks) shall Messiah be cut off [karath H03772] but not for himself (establishing the New Covenant in His blood);
and he (Messiah) shall strengthen the covenant [H01285 b'riyth] with many for (the) one (remaining) week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.
Daniel 9:26-27 SECOND OF TWO TOPICS:
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 - and on the wing/s of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Those who talk about an Antichrist figure "making a seven-year covenant with Israel" have no other scripture to base their claims on - they base their claims on Daniel 9:26-27 and the false assumption that the final seven years of Daniel's prophecy 'has never been fulfilled'.
They almost always have the "cutting off" of the Messiah (the crucifixion of Jesus) at the close of the 69th 'week' or at the start of the 70th week (instead of AFTER the 69th 'week' and in the middle of the 70th week, as the prophecy states).
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