Douglas Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 13 May 2005 20:45:47 +0000 (UTC), lsenders@hotmail.com wrote:
>

>
> If the 70 weeks of Daniel represent time, they cannot contain gaps.
> Dispensational theory, which you seem to be following here, relies of
> a huge gap between the 69th and the 70th week, but time has no gaps.
>
Then why is the Church denoted as a "mystery?"
>
> You seem to have inserted a gap, jumping from events that occurred 19
> centuries ago, (the ministry of Jesus) to imagined events that are
yet
> future. This is a glaring flaw in your interpretation.
>
This "glaring flaw" perfectly and historically explains the "two
Messiahs." The distinction of the Lamb of God and the Lion of Judah.
Also, this is the exact same division which Jesus Himself unfolds when
in Lk 4:16 He divides Isa 61:1 from 61:2.

Also, Daniel 9:26 would be false if there were no division between the
weeks. The previous 69 weeks are literally fulfilled exactly "in
time." When, "in time" did the "prince" ever "make a firm covenant
with the many for one week?" You want literal fulfillment "in time"?
Fine, now show me the historical record which evidences the historical
fulfilment of the 70th week as can be shown for the first 69? The
burden of proof falls into you lap.

"The middle of the week" falls in perfectly with John's revelation
which was not written to the "churches" until 96AD. Obviously then the
sacking of the temple, 40 yrs after Christ's ascension does not fit
either Daniel's nor John's prophecies. Therefore it must yet be
future. In point of fact, it occurs in exactly as both the Jewish
testament and the NT detail. The Abomination of Desolation occurs in
the "middle of the week" when the "Great Dragon" is cast out of heaven
and he possesses the Antichrist, "the prince" to declare himself to be
God. THEN the prophecies of Joel and Zephaniah, detailing the Day of
the Lord, come to fruition.

The whole presupposition of the Tribulation, "the time of JACOB's
trouble" is the divine purification of the nation of Israel. The
Church is already pure "in Christ."
>
> This is apparently based on a misinterpretation of Daniel 9:27, "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..."
>
> I suggest this refers to the Messiah, not Antichrist, and "confirming
> the covenant" refers to the ministry of Christ and the gospel being
> preached around the world.
>
Doesn't fit. It doesn't fit the whole gender of Daniel's prophecy. It
also does not gender itself to John's revelation which reveals the out
playing of Dan