Be_Comforted

Amen. 'Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.' This gives a specific time of 'seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks' and also a sign 'unto' the Messiah - this should have been clear to those who were living at the time, they observed God's times and seasons and had the date of the dedication of the second temple recorded Ezra 6:15. '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.' This states that after the time period translated as 'threescore and two weeks' the covenant (Isa 42:6) would be cut, complete in its terms and that this would be marked by the sign 'the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary'. Accordingly it was the actual destruction of the second temple and the sanctuary which was the sign that the new covenant was complete, was cut, all the terms determined and confirmed. '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.' This is referring to the new covenant promised Jer 31:31-34. Whether it refers to the confirming of the Son by the Father or the confirming of the new covenant to the people by the Father, or the confirming of the new covenant to the people by the Son, ALL glorify God. The word 'cause' is important, the sacrifice of the Son was the cause for the animal sacrifices and the meat offerings to be made to cease. The sacrifices and oblations continued because the people rejected their Saviour, rejected God's new covenant. The word 'for' is important, the temple was destroyed, the daily sacrifice made to cease by the Romans and an abomination placed there but this was not a permanent fixture over the Holy of Holies, this cannot be the abomination prophesied here 'overspreading' (on the west wing of) the temple since this abomination was prophesied to remain until 'that determined shall be poured upon the desolate'. 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. Dan 12:11-12 I believe the punctuation deceptive and consider days as years, the 'thousand two hundred and ninety days' marks an event that has happened since the abomination was set up.

Peace, God guides us to the answers we seek through his Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can only guide those who want to know the truth because they submit to his guidance.