Daniel 2, 7, 9, 12 the coming of messiah the prince. How daniels prophecy foretells the messiahs arrival. Daniels prophecy of 70 weeks foretells the messiahs arrival. Daniel 2, 7, 9, 12 the coming of messiah the prince abide in christ. The word translated grecia in the book of daniel is the name yavan javan, the name of a son of joktan, and of the race ionians, i.
End of days bible study of the prophet daniel by h. Jews for judaism daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation. What we should take as a beginning to the correct analysis is to understand, that in daniel s view, those weeks represented years, so the 70 weeks of daniel. Old testament messianic prophecies quoted in the new. The book of daniel is an apocalypse, a literary genre in which a heavenly reality is revealed to a human recipient. The book of daniel contains some of the most beloved stories as well as some of the most hotly contested, disputed prophecies in all of scripture. And at that time shall michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of your people. The striking prophecy of the anointed one in daniel 9. The book of daniel hadavar messianic ministrieshadavar. The messiah would come and make atonement for iniquity in 70 units of seven, referred to in the context as weeks but the word means a unit of seven. There is a longstanding tradition within christianity of reading daniel 9 as a messianic prophecy foretelling the coming of jesus christ. Daniel paul k, a christian by faith is a retired banker from india. Its introduction contended that daniels apocalyptic messianic prophesies are all most easily explained as referring to the history of the jews from babylonia through the chanukah wars.
The prophet daniel predicted the coming of the messiah jesus christ in a prophecy that has been called the 70 weeks prophecy. Daniel says, from the going forth of the word to restore and build jerusalem unto the messiah the prince, there shall be seven weeks 49 years. The messianic time table according to daniel the prophet. In many ways, daniel is a book of paradox, offering very straightforward narratives revealing gods greatness and. The book of daniel, gives the year of christs return. The book of daniel is filled with messianic illusions and calculations that even left daniel pondering their meanings. And after the sixty two sevens messiah shall be cut off and there would be nothing for him, and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. David eggert director, the ishmael project bridges international right away it became apparent that daniel lives a christian life straight out of the pages of the book of acts. Therefore, daniel is revealing that the messiah who offered up his life to do the work of redemption had to come and make this sacrifice prior to 68 ad. God hasnt just left the planet only to show up again at the end. A very controversial book named israel is the messiah blitz. The messiah the prince in the king james translation is actually the meshiach. Jesus went from this anointing and began systematically fulfilling all the messianic signs of isaiah 61.
It should also be observed that the word prince, which is applied to messiah in daniel 9. The book of daniel is unsealing middle east and prophecy. The messianic time table according to daniel the prophet jews. He not only takes care of his people in their present affliction, but is bringing an everlasting kingdom of peace, which was only prophesied in daniels day, but finds its fulfillment in jesus the messiah. Daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation jews for judaism. Since other prophecies found in the book of daniel, such as the 70year prophecy of jeremiah and the 70weeks prophecy indicating the year of the appearance of the messiah, were fulfilled exactly as predicted, we can have confidence that god also provided the details found in this prophecy in daniel 11 long before they took place. Jesus mentions daniel as the author as well matthew 24. It was that an anointed one or messiah would come at the expiration of a prescribed number of weeks, not ordinary weeks but weeks of years. About twentyfive centuries ago the angel gabriel revealed to daniel a vital truth. You should know and understand that from the issuing of the word to restore and to rebuild jerusalem until messiah the leader, there will be 7 weeks, also 62 weeks.
In effect, gabriel told daniel that the interval between the commandment to rebuild jerusalem until the presentation of the messiah as king would be 173,880 days. The message of the book of daniel is that, just as the god of israel saved daniel and his friends from their enemies, so he would save all israel in their present oppression. The genre of the book of daniel is narrative history, prophetic oracle, and it includes apocalyptic material. He is president of hope of the world ministries, senior pastor and. Therefore, the average jew must not even come close to this book. It reveals to us the future events of the return of jesus the messiah to the earth and the establishment of his kingdom. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. In the fall of 2009 daniel gave me a copy of his autobiography, traitor. Daniel and the messiah part 2 continued by rabbi baruch we have learned already that when messiah returns to earth to establish his kingdom, he will arrive from the clouds at the mount of olives. The majority of these quotations and references are taken from the book of isaiah, but they range over the entire. Mose stamps i was able to order the book that was mentioned during our bible study service. I had no idea what i was getting myself into when i started the journey of reading this incredible work.
The aim of the book is to show that the god of israel, the one true god, is greater than the pagan gods. I predict that pizza will arrive on my doorstep in the next 20 seconds. What we should take as a beginning to the correct analysis is to understand, that in daniels view, those. Summary of the book of daniel the story of the bible. The book of daniel portrays the messiah as a suffering cut off 9. The book of daniel was likely written between 540 and 530 b. You know, for religious fanatics and other societal oddballs. Mar 26, 2019 the prophet daniel predicted the coming of the messiah jesus christ in a prophecy that has been called the 70 weeks prophecy. Israel is the messiah kindle edition by daniel paul k. More than any other book of the hebrew scriptures, the writings of the prophet daniel confront us with.
The book of daniel identifies the prophet daniel as its author daniel 9. This is proved by daniels personal experiences and by the prophecy, which runs through the book, of the establishment of the kingdom of god, a universal, eternal kingdom, a kingdom of peace and justice for all who prove faithful to him. The widely held view that the book of daniel is largely fictional rests mainly on the modern philosophical assumption that longrange predictive prophecy is impossible. In the bible, the prophet daniel received a prophecy that reveals in a very detailed and amazing way the exact time of the coming of the messiah. In this book, the prophet daniel gives us a panorama of the history of the world. What we should take as a beginning to the correct analysis is to understand, that in daniels view, those weeks represented years, so the 70 weeks of daniel. In the next article, gd willing, we will investigate the relationship between the second half of daniel 9. At that time, babylon was the worlds greatest superpower, having conquered the assyrian capital of nineveh around 612 b. You should know and understand that from the issuing of the word to restore and to rebuild jerusalem until messiah the leader. Even most liberal scholars who propose multiple authors for the book of daniel agree that the author of daniel chapter 9 also wrote chapter 12.
The most amazing and exact prophecy about messiahs coming in daniel 9 and much more. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel. The book of daniel contains the crucial foundational passages concerning israel and the coming of the messiah, jesus christ. As the son of man he is portrayed as having full access to the presence of the ancient of days and exercises the prerogatives of deity 7. Israel, its sister kingdom to the north has already. The head of his courtiers, daniel the prophet, turns to god after he read in the book of jeremiah that the babylonian exile would last 70 years.
The book of the prophet daniel is the major apocalyptic book of the old testament and contains the prophecy of the son of man, a messianic figure fulfilled in. In the septuagint, the vulgate, and many other ancient and modern translations of holy writ, it comprises both its proto and its deuterocanonical parts, which two sets of parts have an equal right to be considered as inspired, and to be included in a. The majority of these quotations and references are taken from the book of isaiah, but they range over the entire corpus of jewish writings. We praise god that you have chosen to visit our facebook page. But something in this prophecy bothered the sages so much that they wrote in the mishna that the book of daniel is so holy it defiles the readers hands.
It is important that the reader understand that daniel is not speaking about the edict of king cyrus, which spoke not of the rebuilding of jerusalem, but of the rebuilding of the temple. Jun 04, 2017 i predict that pizza will arrive on my doorstep in the next 20 seconds. Hey family awesome bible teaching we just had from our very own rev. Additionally, a large proportion of the book is written in aramaic rather than the traditional hebrew adding to the complexity of these biblical texts. The book of daniel introduction to the book of daniel in the bible. More than any other book of the hebrew scriptures, the writings of the prophet daniel confront us with evidence of the time of messiahs comingevidence that many people would rather not see. The book of daniel is the book of revelation in the old testament because it is an excellent prediction of the coming of jesus christ, the messiah and the. Christians say the book of daniel accurately predicts that.
He will descend the mountain, much like when he entered jerusalem forty years before the destruction of the second temple, a few days prior to. This prophecy in the book of daniel written over 500 years before jesus was born also warned jerusalem and the jewish temple sanctuary would be destroyed after messiah jesus christ would be executed. The book of daniel is an excellent prediction of the coming of the messiah and the triumph of his messianic kingdom 2. In this case, it would not be 7 days but 7 years daniel 9. The implication is that the messiah would be resurrected from the dead after he was killed. Also note that the book of daniel clearly shows gods sovereign control over the gentile rule. This book contains fascinating details of the events which will precede jesus return. But endtimes prophecy is not just a christian thing.
The prophet daniel lived more than 500 years before the birth of jesus. Nevertheless, jehovah revealed to daniel information that would make it possible to pinpoint the time when jesus would be anointed, or appointed, as the messiah, or christ. Many people think that biblical prophecies about the end of the world and the battle of armageddon are a christian thing. Newly formed greek citystates were squabbling with each other over land.
From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild jerusalem, until the messiah, the prince, there will be seven weeks and sixtytwo weeks. Israel is the messiah according to author daniel paul k. After the end of the sixtynine weeks messiah is to be cut off. Nov 01, 2004 in effect, gabriel told daniel that the interval between the commandment to rebuild jerusalem until the presentation of the messiah as king would be 173,880 days. In these chapters you will find one of the most dominant prophecies. Recently he has written a book named israel is the messiah, which is available on.
In more mundane language, it is an account of the activities and visions of daniel, a noble jew exiled at babylon, its message being that just as the god of israel saved daniel and his friends from their enemies, so. May 02, 2020 daniels vision of the end times depicts israels messiah by whom many will be made pure and holy daniel 12. There is a strong enmity between the greeks christian orthodox and the turks muslims that goes back to the conquest of constantinople istanbul and the rise of the ottoman empire. In this book, he has clearly denounced his own religion christianity thus claiming this religion to be manmade. Daniel 9 the coming of the messiah one for israel ministry. Traitor is a valuable resource for any wanting to learn from pastor daniel s experience. Its introduction contended that daniel s apocalyptic messianic prophesies are all most easily explained as referring to the history of the jews from babylonia through the chanukah wars. Okay, admittedly, i havent ordered the pizza, nor shown you a receipt suggesting that i have. The new testament frequently cites jewish scripture to support the claim of the early christians that jesus was the promised jewish messiah, but only a handful of these citations are actual predictions in their original contexts. Daniel, as many other authors of the antiquity and the bible, writes of himself in the third person throughout the first part of the book. A very controversial book named israel is the messiah. Now in the first year of cyrus king of persia, that the word of the lrd by the mouth of jeremiah might be. Found in the book of daniel, this is the most important prophecy of our time. We should study the book of daniel to understand its prophetic accuracy.
By messiah we must understand the same person who is spoken of in daniel 9. I was recently reading a commentary on the book of daniel. In the hebrew bible, and in most recent protestant versions, the book of daniel is limited to its protocanonical portions. My messiah church family is truly blessed to have been a part of the teaching and preaching of pastor rhodes. And the people a prophecy of rome of the prince who shall come antichrist. Gabriels prophecy of the seventy weeks 25 know and understand this. The messiah the prince in the king james translation is actually the meshiach nagid, the messiah the king. The mod the messianic prophecies in the book of daniel. The book of daniel shows the rejection of the messiah by the jews, the future destruction of jerusalem, the reign of antichrist, and the coming triumphant messiah who is given an. This is a fascinating date, because it just so happens to correspond to the sunday before the jewish passover of that year. The book of daniel makes it even clearer that messiah had to come before the destruction of the second temple.
Daniel and the messiah part 2 continued by rabbi baruch. Sep 02, 2018 the most amazing and exact prophecy about messiahs coming in daniel 9 and much more. In this article, we will simplify this prediction to give you a short and easy to comprehend synopsis of one of the most amazing prophecies of the bible which proves the truth of these holy scriptures. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. It also describes the apocalyptic visions given by god, and reveals the events. The book of daniel serves as the major apocalyptic book of the old testament, as chapters 712 foretell the end times. How daniels prophecy foretells the messiahs arrival the prophet daniel lived more than 500 years before the birth of jesus. Thus, the date of messiahs coming calculates out to be precisely april 6, 32 ad, which is based upon the total number of days in the first 69 weeks of daniels prophecy of the seventy weeks. Nov 01, 2008 messiah shall be cut off, and but not for himself. That anointing was the inauguration of jesus ministry for it manifested him as the messiah of god and ushered in the beginning of daniels 70th week.
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