Nuggets from "Judgment Day: Islam, Israel, and the Nations" by Dave Hunt

Nuggets from “Judgment Day: Islam, Israel, and the Nations,” by Dave Hunt

There is no denying the fact that Jesus Christ alone (not Buddha, not Muhammad, et al.), qualifies as the Messiah, having fulfilled all of the Messianic prophecies. That still leaves one theoretical objection: who is to say that some other person may not also meet all of these criteria – next year or one hundred or even one thousand years in the future? That remote possibility is easily eliminated.

The prophet Daniel presents a definitive prophecy that had to be fulfilled on a certain date nearly two thousand years ago. He was told by the angel Gabriel, “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people [the Jews] and upon thy holy city [Jerusalem], to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy [i.e., to complete all the Messianic prophecies]. (Daniel:9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
See All...)  The Hebrew actually says “seventy sevens.” These are known as “Daniel’s seventy weeks.” These are not weeks of days but weeks of years.

The very day on which the Messiah would present Himself to Israel was foretold: “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem [not to be confused with rebuilding the Temple, which would already have been accomplished] unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks…” (Daniel:9:25Know 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.
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