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The most confusing passage in the Bible
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Daniel 9 is one of the most difficult passages in the Bible to study. It’s quite enigmatic, and that’s why people get confused by it (the 2nd part of the chapter, that is, the first half is a beautiful prayer we use till today).
While Christian scholars believe that Daniel’s prophecy concerns a 70 week period, if you read it closely, he refers to a six week period and then a 62 week period (what confuses people more is that the term “shavuah” used here, does not refer to weeks, it’s a Torah term for a 7-year period.)
Accordingly, the prophecy addresses two events, one that was to occur 49 years after the rebulding of Jerusalem (beginning of v. 25).
Then there will be a destruction 62×7(434) years after that. These calculations lead us to understand
The first ”anointed” is Cyrus: Isaiah proclaims that Cyrus would give the actual command to rebuild Jerusalem. God declares through the prophet, ”He [Cyrus] shall build My city” (Isaiah 45:13; see also Ezra 1:1-8, 6:1-5). Indeed, it was Cyrus who issued a proclamation (ca. 537 B.C.E.) for the return, and for the rebuilding to start. This occurred forty-nine years after the destruction of Jerusalem. God declares concerning Cyrus, ”He is My shepherd, and shall perform all My pleasures; even saying of Jerusalem: ’She shall be built’; and to the Temple: ‘Your foundation shall be laid’” (Isaiah 44:28). Hence, the Scriptures teach that it was during the reign of Cyrus that the rebuilding of the city began. This was symbolized, first of all, by the start of construction on the Second Temple, which was completed ca. 516 B.C.E., seventy years after the destruction. It is with the completion of the Temple that the period of desolation officially terminates.
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THIS IS THE TRUE EXPLANATION ACCORDING TO DANIAL
FROM OUR ORAL TRADITION
LONG LIVE THE TRUTH !
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