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NASB | Daniel 9:27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Daniel 9:27 "And he will enter into a binding and irrevocable covenant with the many for one week (seven years), but in the middle of the week he will stop the sacrifice and grain offering [for the remaining three and one-half years]; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until the complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who causes the horror." |
Subject: The AntiChrist |
Bible Note: Dear Mark, On Point 3: I tend to agree. Nevertheless, one must remember that John was under Roman custody on the island of Patmos. Everything he wrote was carefully scrutinized by the Romans before it ever left the island. Consequently, we can pretty conclusively say that nothing he wrote offended them. If it had, we wouldn't have the benefit of being able to see those writings today! I think it would be a leap to call what he wrote "code." (Of course, God could have miraculously caused the Romans from being offended.) Yet if it didn't have pertinence to John's recipients -- suffering under Roman persecution -- it wouldn't have fulfilled its stated purpose. As we study, we keep in mind that the belief in the verbal plenary inspiration of Scripture always starts with the assumption of relevance to the original intended readers. The cool thing about Revelation is that it is incredibly rich, without bopping off into all that stuff about tattoos. (As if something in your physical body could effect the eternal disposition of your soul!) [As an aside: Why, after all, are people more interested in the stuff that's nebulous than they are in the stuff that is clear? For me, Revelation 20 through 22 is a lot more exciting than Revelation 13 through 16. The didactic epistles are even more exciting! Now there's some stuff you can live by! Ah well... that's my own bias showing.] Actually, your rendering of Daniel's prophecy as you have done assumes either of the two literal millennial views. Amillennialists and full preterists would disagree. Now, if you said, "Coming from a pre-millienial, dispensational perspective, we interpret this passage to mean seven years for the following reasons..." -- you'd be on safer ground. Unfortunately, people don't do that. Instead they say, "It means seven years" -- as though they have the authority of Daniel himself. As much as we may agree with that assessment -- and I do tend to agree, by the way, but only after a very thorough study of the book -- we ought never speak with an authority greater than the Bible actually grants us. Better to state authoritatively the things we know to be authoritatively true. There is lots and lots of Scripture on which we can state things with absolute certainty and with the authority of the Scripture itself and, consequently, God Himself! "Now, that there," as Brother Hank's cousin would probably put it, "otter bless our socks clean off!" In Him, Doc |