Daniel 9:26 says “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.”
The Sabbatical week of seven years that began the 62nd week began in 29/30 A.D. (Daniel 9:25). Christ’s ministry was 3 ½ years of the 62nd week. Remember that there were seven weeks, and then 62 weeks, together that makes 69 weeks. The people of the prince that shall come were the Romans who destroyed Jerusalem under Titus the prince that was coming, but that would be the last 3 ½ years of the 70th week.
Verse 26 combines events that happen in both the 69th week and 70th week. Between the 69th week and the 70th week is a generation. A Biblical generation was forty years. Verse 27 is one of the most problematic scripture passages, because many believe this to be speaking of the Antichrist, and many of us believed that. But as we look more closely at verse 27, we find an amazing parallel to verse 26. Let’s deal with each verse line upon line to get a better understanding of what is in view here.
Daniel 9:27 says “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…” The one week is a sabbatical week of seven years, but who confirms the covenant? Let’s look at the oldest translation of the Hebrew Old Testament being that of the Greek translation called the Septuagint. Daniel 9:26 says “After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One shall be put to death, yet there shall be no upright judgment for Him; and he shall destroy the city and the sanctuary with the prince who is coming, and they shall be cut off with a flood, and to the end of the war, which will be cut short, he shall appoint the city to desolations. 27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week, and in the middle of the week, My sacrifice and drink-offering will be taken away; and there shall be in the temple the abomination of desolations, and to the end of the time, an end to the desolation shall be appointed.”
If we closely look at the context, the He in verse 26, and 27 seems to indicate that Messiah is letting the desolation happen. Jesus prophesied the desolation that came to pass in A.D.70. The confirmation of the covenant is explained to us by the Apostle Paul in Galatians 3:15-17 which says “Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.”
Paul says that the Covenant was confirmed in Christ. Only the Messiah can confirm the covenant. Romans 15:8 says “Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:” What is very key in the ancient text is that we see Jesus fulfilled the covenant: Psalms 40:6-8 says (KJV) “Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” In Hebrews 10:9-10 the Hebrew writer says (KJV) “Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” A will is a Covenant, an agreement. Jesus satisfied the old agreement to establish the new agreement!
-Anthony Booker
The GATHERING Place 