The anointed one who is cut of is Jesus. This speaks of his crucifixion which took place at the end of the 69th week. The people of the coming Antichrist destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in AD 70. All this has already happened. Some time in the future the Antichrist will make a seven year treaty with Israel. This starts the 70th week, which is still in the future.
Hi, thanks for your thoughts. Here's a few questions:
1) When did the 69 Weeks expire?
"...from the going forth of the commandment...
unto Messiah the Prince shall be 7 weeks, 60, and 2..."
The 69 weeks expire at "Messiah the Prince".
2) What does "Messiah the Prince" mean and what event does this refer to?
"Messiah" means "anointed" and Jesus was "anointed" in the Jordan by John and the Holy Spirit where He laid aside His carpenter belt and took up the Gospel mantle and went forth preaching the kingdom of God.
3) When did Jesus' baptism occur?
Luke says Jesus was baptized when Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, and Herod the Terarch all reigned, and there was only one year in history when that simultaneous reign occurred --- according to the Syro-Macedonian calendar which was the calendar of the region, that year was 27 A.D. Moreover, if you start calculating the 69 Weeks from "the going forth of the commandment" which was the decree of Artaxerxes in 457 B.C., and count off 483 years, it brings you to.........(drum roll please)........27 A.D. Jesus fulfilled "Messiah the Prince" when He was baptized in the Jordan in 27 A.D.
4) What happened after the 69 Weeks expired?
That which almost the entire Christian world doesn't seem to understand but is so simple even a child can:
the 70th Week began! The 70th Week began with Jesus coming up out of the Jordan and proceeding to preach the Gospel for the next 3 1/2 years, saying "the time is fulfilled", referring to the 69 Weeks --- then "after (69 Weeks) Messiah shall be cut off" and "after" the 69th Week means "during" the 70th, specifically "in the midst of the week" -- then Jesus continued preaching the Gospel through the disciples for the remaining 3 1/2 years (Hebrews 2:3 KJV) at which time the 70th Week expired and Paul began taking the Gospel to the Gentiles.
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