Reading for June 14th

Read Daniel 9.20-27 In verse 24:Seventy weeks; Gabriel interprets Jeremiah's 70 years as "70 weeks of years" by applying the calculation of the Jubilee year at "seven weeks of years" (Lev 25.8; see also 2 Chr 36.21) from 167 BCE, the total of 490 years would place the beginning of the calculation in 657 BCE during the reign of Manasseh, whose evil deeds prompted God to destroy Jerusalem and the Temple (2 Kings 21.10-15). Gabriel's interpretation points to the Maccabean revolt as the time when the punishment of Jerusalem would end. In verses 25-26: Seven weeks: Many claim that this is the 49 years that passed from the destruction of the Templein 587 to 538 when Sheshbazzar laid the foundation for the Second Temple (Ezra 1.1-11; 5.13-16). The remaining sixty-two weeks or 434 years points to 104 BCE as the time of fulfillment, which goes beyond the period of the Maccabean revolt. An anointed one shall be cut off; Antiochus removed the high priest Onias III, who was subsequently murdered (2 Macc 4.3-34). The troops of the prince who is to come: Antiochus sacked Jerusalem in 167 BCE following his humilating withdrawal from Egypt. In verse 27: He shall make a strong convenant with many for one week: Antiochus appointed Jason and then Menelaus as high priests in the Temple (2 Macc 4). Comments or Questions..