7/26/2023 0 Comments Timetable of daniel 9 chart![]() ![]() Although those influenced by dispensationalism see this prophecy as predicting a future seven-year tribulation period and a peace treaty between Antichrist and Israel, as I have argued, the prophecy makes much better sense when seen as a messianic prophecy, predicting the coming of Jesus (Israel’s Messiah) with great accuracy and specificity–known as the “messianic interpretation.” But everyone does agree that it is also one of the most important of Old Testament prophecies. ![]() Christ or the Antichrist?Īs noted, Daniel 9:24-27 is one of the most disputed and difficult prophecies in all the Old Testament. ![]() Or, is Daniel instead speaking of the coming of the Messiah, who makes a strong covenant on behalf of those whom he is about to redeem at the climax of his messianic mission? The choice is fundamental as to how we understand this prophecy. The critical question is whether or not Daniel is speaking about a future Antichrist making a seven-year peace treaty with Israel which marks the beginning of the tribulation. When we come to Daniel 9:27 and read of someone who makes a strong covenant with the many for one week, we have come to an interpretive fork in the road.
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