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TheWordIsOne
Well, the account starts by telling us that Gabriel visited Daniel and spoke to him of things that were going to be happening in the future. He was praying diligently in his room, as was his custom, and Gabriel stood with him and told him that God had sent him to give him insight and understanding of these coming events of the world's unfolding future.
He tells Daniel that 70 sevens are going to unfold. However the most amazing working out of the explanation, in my mind, is that the clock wasn't going to start running on those 70 sevens until some event happened for which no one could have possibly known 'when' it was going to happen. Or even if it would happen. He then tells Daniel that there are a few loose ends that the Jews (his people) need to tie up, and they do.
Gabriel then explains to Daniel that the 70 sevens will be broken down into smaller pieces. First will be 7 sevens, then 62 sevens. Of course that's only 69 of the sevens. But at the end of the first seven, the city is rebuilt. As the prophecy foretells, the account of the rebuilding of the wall explains several trials and troubles that were had during the rebuilding of the city wall. At the end of the next group of sevens, the sixty-two sevens, Messiah was here. It is believed that exact date is the date that he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, and then a few days later he was crucified.
After the end of the 62 sevens, which now ends the 69 sevens spoken of, Gabriel goes on to tell Daniel of some events that will be taken place as time continues to march forward. There will be war and desolation upon the earth. The ruler of the people to come, possibly the children of Ishmael, will set up a ' abomination that causes desolation at the temple site'. Very possibly the temple known as the 'Done of the Rock' which is an abomination of another god sitting right on the holy and sacred ground of God's temple. And Gabriel tells him that it will stand there until the time of the end, when all that has been decreed will be poured out.
The only still unclear part for me, is Gabriel's explanation that:
He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering.
It could be Jesus, in some respects. However, the pronoun 'he' comes right after the discussion of the 'ruler who will come'. Confirming a covenant with many for one seven is troubling in that regard. Jesus didn't make it through 7 years of preaching, as far as we see from the Scriptures. Confirming the covenant could be Jesus' crucfixtion, but then that leaves us to wonder what happened to the other half of the seven?
So, I'm happy to look over what you've got on this matter, but you can leave the word study for disparaging names for another time.
God bless,
Ted