Seventy Weeks are determined upon thy people (the Jews) and upon thy holy city (Jerusalem) to...anoint THE Most Holy (Kadosh Kedoshim)
To start at beginning of this study, here is the link to the Introduction Jocelyn Andersen: The Six Purposes of Daniel's 70 Weeks: Introduction
The singular Hebrew word Kadosh
means a holy person, place, or thing, and the plural word Kedoshim means
Holy ONES. The two words together, Kadosh Kedoshim,
translate literally into “the Holy [person, place, or thing] of the Holy ONES.
This is a reference to the Godhead.
קֹ דֶ ש קָ דָ שִׁ ים
Anoint means to rub oil on, to
consecrate. The question is, what or who will be anointed?
In some interlinears, The phrase
is rendered as Holiness of Holinesses but, depending upon context can more accurately
read one of three ways: The Holy ONE of the Holy ONES. It
could also read the Holy Thing of the Holy ONES. Or it could read the Holy Place
of the Holy ONES.
There are references in scripture,
where the Hebrew words Kadosh Kedoshim refer to other things besides the
Holy Place of the Holy ONES, known more commonly as the Holy of
Holies, which was located in the temple [in Jerusalem]. We see examples of this
in Exodus 30:28-30, where the words are applied to the altar and
furnishings within the temple. Exodus 30:36 records that the priestly perfume
is consecrated to God and set apart to become a Holy Thing of the
Holy ONES (“It shall be to you Kadosh Kedoshim [a Holy Thing
of the Holy ONES]).
Does Daniel 9:24 refer to the Holy Place
of the Holy ONEs, which was located in the temple in Jerusalem …or
to the Holy ONE of the Holy ONES…Messiah himself?
Ellicott believed the reference is to
Messiah. This writer agrees. He wrote, “Now, from the careful manner in which this and the following verse are
connected by the words “Know therefore,” it appears the words “most Holy” are
parallel to “Messiah the Prince” [Daniel 9:25], and that they indicate a person.”
A translator of the Syriac
version also believed the person of Messiah is referenced in Daniel 9:24 and
rendered the words Kadosh Kedoshim as “Messiah the Most Holy.”
There is good reason to believe
that Daniel 9:24 refers to a holy person rather than to a holy place or
thing.
Jesus Christ is THE Holy
ONE of the Holy ONES.
The anointing of the Holy ONE
of the Holy ONES completes our Creator’s six purposes for the seventy weeks.
These purposes are for Daniel’s people [the Jews] and for Daniel’s city
[Jerusalem]. They are not for the nations. Though whether the purposes
are fulfilled or not (which they will be) all nations and the entire earth will
be impacted by their fulfillment or lack thereof.
All six purposes of the seventy
weeks must be fulfilled before the seventieth week can conclude. Concluding the
six purposes, outlined to all of us through the pen of the Prophet Daniel, will
be the grand finale of the seventy weeks. Jesus the Messiah is presently our
savior, friend, brother, high priest, and captain of the armies of Yahweh. But
he has not yet been anointed as the Son of David and reigning King of Israel. A
coronation will take place, one that includes consecrating [with the anointing
oil] the Holy ONE of the Holy ONES. Just as Jesus, our
Creator, submitted to being baptized by John, this writer believes he will also
submit to being anointed King of the nation that rejected him twice, once over
two thousand years ago, on Passover, and again, seven years before his coming,
when they will accept the imposter (John 5:43) and sign the Covenant with Death
and Agreement with Hell (Isaiah 28:18).
Let us not forget that Daniel
9:24 is dealing with Daniel’s people (the Jews) and Daniel’s holy city
(Jerusalem). God’s people Israel know full well that when Messiah comes, he
will be the physical descendant of David and will sit upon the throne of David
as the King of Israel. David was promised a dynasty that would never end, and
he will get it (2 Samuel 7:16-17).
Israel rejected God from being
their king while the prophet Samuel was judge. They re-affirmed this when they
rejected Jesus by saying to Pilate, “We have no king but Caesar!”
God authorized Samuel to anoint
Saul as King over Israel and after him, David, who was succeeded by some of his
descendants. However, the descendant of David who is next in line to succeed to
the throne of Israel, is the resurrected man, Christ Jesus, and he has yet to
be anointed as King (John 6:15).
Had Jesus been a biological son
of Joseph, he would have been disqualified as king. Joseph descended from the
line that God said would never see a man succeed to the throne again. But Jesus
is not the son of Joseph. He is the biological son of Mary, whose lineage is
qualified for succession.
Had he not been arrested and
crucified, the people would have attempted to forcibly anoint him as king.
That’s where things were headed when he made his entry into Jerusalem riding on
a donkey. But he did not permit that to happen at that time. Jesus came the
first time, as the Lamb of God, to take away the sins of the world. But when he
comes the second time, there will be a coronation.
Jesus, the Holy ONE
of the Holy ONES, the one who is already King of kings and Lord of
lords, will finally be anointed as King of the Jews. They will anoint him, and
he will submit to it, just as he did to the baptism of John. The Nation of
Israel will once again [and forever more] have their God reigning over
them (2 Samuel 8:7, John 6:15, 19:15, Colossians 2:9).
Summary
Seventy weeks have been determined
upon the people of Daniel and their holy city (the Jews and Jerusalem) to
accomplish six things that will have the effect of saving the earth and all of
its inhabitants from total annihilation. All six purposes will be concluded before
the end of the final seven years just prior to the 2nd Coming of
Jesus back to this earth.
1. The
progression of destruction caused by Israel’s transgression in rejecting her
true Messiah will be stopped, else the human race and the earth itself will be
destroyed.
2. On
the Day Christ returns, God will rescue his estranged wife, Jewish survivors of
the Time of Jacob’s Trouble who did not swear allegiance to the Man of Sin by
taking his mark. Israel will then accept her true Messiah and will never again
offer a sin offering that denies the Lamb of God.
3. God,
in his mercy will make a proprietary shelter [during the Great Tribulation] to
protect his ancient people from their own depravity [in disavowing their true
Messiah]. In a political and theocratic move, He will reconcile the nation back
to himself. It is important to remember that this is a national
reconciliation.
4. A
golden age of everlasting righteousness and world peace will be ushered in and
administered through Daniel’s people [the Jews] and from Daniel’s city {Jerusalem],
which will become the capitol city of the world. The Prince of Peace will usher
in world peace and his government will be administered from Jerusalem. Israel
will become planet earth’s head nation.
5. All
vision and prophecy will be closed up, sealed, and stopped…no more itinerant
ministries—ever. When God’s kingdom comes, The Word of the Lord will flow only
from Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:2-3).
6. The
Kadosh Kedoshim (the Holy ONE of the Holy ONEs)
will finally allow himself to be anointed as King of the Jews.
The 69th Week of Daniel ended
when the leadership of Israel, followed by the general population, rejected
Jesus Christ as both their Savior and their King. At that time, God stopped
dealing with Israel as a nation. From the time he created the nation until they
rejected his Christ, regardless of what they had done, God had always dealt
with them nationally, because God is Israel’s “maker” as well as her husband
(Isaiah 43:15, 54:5).
See the introduction to this
study for details on Israel and Judah’s marriage and divorce.
Daniel’s people are presently in partial
possession of their holy city. Currently, there are parts of Jerusalem the
Israelis do not control. The seventieth week is the final seven years
immediately prior to the physical and visible return of Jesus back to planet
earth. The seventieth week will begin at the signing of Israel’s seven-year Covenant
with Death and Agreement with Hell. The Man of Sin will be revealed three and a
half years later, when he sets his image in the Holy Place of the Holy ONES and
proclaims himself to be God. God’s people, Israel, will then know without a
doubt that they are living in the Time of Jacob’s trouble.
Although the Jewish people are
currently in possession of the land of Israel, they still do not have full
control over all Jerusalem, or even over the entire land area promised to
Abraham. There is a reason they have yet to rebuild their temple and resume the
daily sacrifices. Daniel 9:27 tells us the treaty acknowledging Israel’s
historic right to offer sacrifices in temple worship, will signal the
beginning of Daniel’s seventieth week, which will devolve into the Time of
Jacob’s Trouble and culminate in the visible and physical return of Messiah at
the Battle of Armageddon.
We are presently living in the
gap between the 69th and 70th Weeks. This gap is called,
among other things, the Time of “Christ in You.” Jesus is presently building
his Ek-klesia, the OUT-CALLED. We are not yet his Bride. At the harpazo,
he will CALL us OUT as his Body, but he will return to earth with us as his
Bride (see the introduction to this study for details on that).
It has been over 2000 years since
the 69th week concluded. The 70th week will not begin
until the Covenant with Death and Agreement with Hell is signed by the
Israelis. That will not happen until after God fulfills His purpose for and
shifts his focus from his Out-Called Body of Christ and back to national
Israel. In order for that to happen, the time of “Christ In You,” must be
concluded at the raising of the dead [in Christ] and catching up of the living
at the resurrection/rapture (2 Thessalonians 2:6-8).
After the Out-Called are called
out, God will once again lift up his countenance upon Israel, and all six
purposes for the seventy weeks will find their convergence and conclusion in
the seven years immediately preceding the physical and visible return of our
Creator to this planet (Ephesians 3:2-4, Colossians 1:26-27, 2 Thessalonians
2:6-7).
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