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I understand the spiritual point you are making, and I agree that the New Testament reveals a deeper reality beyond the physical temple and earthly Jerusalem. Christ is the true Temple. Hebrews speaks of the heavenly Jerusalem. Revelation speaks of the New Jerusalem. Jesus said the kingdom would...

The typical premillennial view usually takes the “prince who is to come” in verse 26 and then makes the “he” of verse 27 an end-time Antichrist who confirms a future covenant. That is not what I am arguing. I believe Daniel 9:27 is fulfilled by Messiah. Christ confirms the covenant with many...

I understand your grammatical point, but the issue is not settled by saying Messiah is the nearest named Prince in verse 25. Daniel 9:26 gives us more information than simply the word “prince.” It says, “the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.”...

I believe you are relying heavily on the nearest noun argument: Daniel 9:25 says “Messiah the Prince.” Daniel 9:26 says “the people of the prince who is to come.” Therefore, he says, the “prince” in 9:26 must be Messiah. But Daniel 9:26 itself gives more information than merely the nearest...

Daniel 9:26 identifies the destroying people. And the destroying people, in history, were Roman. Daniel 9:25 says “Messiah the Prince.” But Daniel 9:26 does not say “Messiah the Prince.” It says “the people of the prince who is to come.” If Daniel intended simply to say “Messiah’s people,” the...

I agree with you that Messiah the Prince alone fulfills Daniel 9:27. I am not arguing that the apostate papacy fulfills Daniel 9:27. The one who confirms the covenant with many, and who causes sacrifice and oblation to cease in the midst of the week, is Messiah. Christ confirms the covenant...

I agree that Scripture often shows God delaying judgment until sin reaches its full measure. Genesis 15:16 is a clear example: the iniquity of the Amorites was not yet full. Amos also shows that repeated transgression accumulates until judgment can no longer be delayed. So I do not reject that...

The phrase “the people of the prince who is to come” in Daniel 9:26 gives us both an historical event and a prophetic identity. Daniel is told that after Messiah is cut off, “the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.” The order is important. First...

It appears to be a meaningful forty-year span between the cross of Christ and the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. After Israel’s leaders rejected the Messiah and delivered Him to be crucified, God did not immediately bring judgment upon the city or the temple. Instead, in mercy, He allowed a...

The following discussion should be considered in connection with the phrase “the end of it shall be with a flood” found in the Daniel 9:26 section of the commentary. The end of it shall be with a flood This phrase carries forward the judgment announced in the previous line. In its historical...

Please see my response in #'s 246 & 247.

Part 2. 4) “The People of the Prince Who Is to Come” — Daniel 9:26 Now we reach the controversial phrase: “the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary…” (v.26) This is the only other place in Daniel 9 where the Hebrew title nagiyd appears besides verse 25...

The following discussion should be considered in connection with the phrase “and the people of the prince who is to come,” found in the Daniel 9:26 section of the commentary. Part 1. And the people of the prince who is to come This brief yet weighty phrase— “the people of the prince who is...

I have no idea! I have attempted to interpret Daniel along with the other many verses in other books the best I can. But thank you for all of your comments and thoughts.

Have you matched the 70 weeks to your he arrival of Jesus? Have you also found the 70 weeks begin at the same starting date as the 4th and final Great Jubilee cycle? Have you found that both the 70 weeks prophecy and the 4th Great Jubilee are 490 literal years long? Hav you found that Jesus was...

25“Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; I believe the prophecy tells us there will be 69 weeks AND THEN the Messiah will come. The Messiah is given the...

Peter, I did not write the word “Okay” because I agreed… it was because I was not going to argue with him.

Okay.

I understand what you are suggesting, but I do not believe Paul is teaching a mystery disconnected from Daniel, the prophets, or the words of Christ. Paul does say the mystery was kept secret and made known to him by revelation. But Paul also says in Romans 16:26 that this same mystery is now...

Great question Peter.....When Paul speaks of the “mystery” revealed to him, I do not understand him to mean that the Old Testament said nothing about it at all. Rather, the mystery was present in seed form, shadow, promise, and prophecy — but it was not fully revealed in its completed form until...