Tuesday, 15 September 2015

#1 WHO IS MESSIAH?

Where do we go to find ‘the Messiah’?

Towards the end of the 70 year Babylonian Captivity, the angel Gabriel told Daniel the elderly Jew that Mashiach Nagid or ‘Messiah the Prince’ was coming. (Daniel 9:25)
Daniel must have thought: “How wonderful! At last king David’s throne will be restored and God’s promise to establish the kingdom forever will be realised.” (2 Sam 7)
But… no sooner has He arrived… “Messiah shall be cut off”!               
Why??  Surely this long-awaited Prince will not be executed?                   
Afraid so…                                                                                                 

Gabriel then added: “ayin” – meaning either ‘for nothing’ or more likely, ‘with nothing’.
The innocent Anointed Prince will be executed?...with not even His own clothes??  Unthinkable!!
Who is this? Just a prophet?

Daniel was even told the year in which this would happen!...69 ‘weeks’ of years after the order to rebuild Jerusalem. This authority was given by Persian king, Artaxerxes I Longimanus, to Nehemiah his Jewish cupbearer. (Nehemiah ch2)

Not only that, Jerusalem and its temple would then be destroyed – again!!


Which prince was stripped and executed in Jerusalem, 483 years after the rebuild of Jerusalem?...and BEFORE the Romans sacked the city in AD 70.                                                                                          
Let’s look for more clues…. Click the link:
http://hotspuds.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/2-clues-in-tanakh.html

2 comments:

  1. …and people claim the Book of Daniel was made up, centuries later??

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  2. We haven't included dates because biblical scholars can't agree on when Artaxerxes gave the order - somewhere between 445 & 455 BC, nor can they agree on when Jesus Christ was crucified - between 29 & 33 AD. My guess is 450 BC and 32 AD but I'm not a Jew to understand their calendar.

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