490 years to the day from the decree. This is precisely how many times He forgave His brother.
Yes, you are right, Jesus confirmed that Israel was given 490 years in which to repent under the terms of His covenantal agreement with the nation of Israel. Each year, the Israelites were required to make a corporate sin offering for the nation of Israel as well as a personal sin offering to God for their own personal sin. God complained that the Israelites came dishonestly before Him to offer up their yearly Sin Sacrifices with their backs towards Him and only their heads turn to see him, in the hope that God would not see what they were doing in front of them and it being hidden from view by their bodies. The end of the 490 years granted to Israel to fully repent of their continual idolatrous worship, coincided with the end of the first two ages of Israel's existence from the time of the birth of Isaac. The start of the third age of their existence coincided with the Birth of Christ at the beginning of the fifth age of mankind.
The second portion of Daniel 9:24 speak of the changes that were to come and ushered in by their Messiah, Christ, when He was crucified on a tree for the sins of the people of the whole earth. It was not the sacrifice of animal yearly that was now needed to receive forgiveness, but our repentance of our sins being gained through the death of God's only Son and our acknowledging that Jesus was the Son of God.
When the premise of the OP is not in line with the Truth that Daniel wrote of, then the thread can only go off the rails from the very beginning with the "would be teachers" flooding the thread with their own understanding.
Hello there,
The final weeks of the seventy weeks of Daniel nine immediately precede the thousand year reign, and carry into that period the blessings indicated in Daniel 9:24 (above), which will characterise the Millennium.
1. The restraining of Satan
2. The restraining of transgression
3. The sealing up of sins
4. The rule of the rod of iron.
5. The willing obedience of Israel.
6. The feigned obedience of many of the nation.
* The first thing to be accomplished when the seventy weeks have accomplished their purpose is, 'to finish (H3607=.'Kala') the transgression' (H6588 =
.'Pesha').
* What does this mean? Will transgression be 'finished' in the sense that it is so completely accounted for by Atonement and Forgiveness, that it will never again raise its head? No. For the Hebrew word 'Kala', translated 'finish' here, is also translated as follows:-
Forbid (1), keep (1), keep back (1), refrain (2), retain (1), shut up (4),
withhold (2), be stayed (2), be restrained (2), be stayed (1), and finish (1).
Daniel 9:24, is the only place where it is translated 'finish' in Scripture: and in the marginal notes it is corrected by the words, 'or restrain'. The word is used of the imprisonment of Zedekiah and of Jeremiah, and the noun forms 'kele', and 'beth kele,' translated 'prison'.
* Daniel nine does not teach us that when that prophecy is fulfilled transgression will be 'finished', it will be RESTRAINED or IMPRISONED. This will be also the condition of Satan throughout the Millennial Kingdom, he will be 'bound' for a thousand years, but he will by no means be 'finished'. In like manner, sins will be SEALED UP, as the marginal notes indicate against the reading of 'to make an end (H2856. 'chatham') of sins'.
And later posted this: -
I am shocked at the divergent nature of the opinions expressed. I will not respond to any, for I believe only the word of God itself can be the arbiter. It is far too complex for me to unravel.
The thing about telling untruths, they need to be also wrapped around truthful gems such that they do not get in the way of the "would be teacher's" opinion that conveyed their misguided message.
Shalom