And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
After those sixty-two weeks, the Messiah will be killed, but not for anything he did wrong. Then an army led by a future ruler will come and destroy the city and the holy temple. It's going to end like a devastating flood, and the destruction will keep going until the war is completely over.
The Messiah's death wasn't his punishment, it was part of a bigger plan that would change everything.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Daniel, the prophet is in Babylonian exile around the 6th century BC, praying for the restoration of Jerusalem after reading Jeremiah's prophecy about seventy years of desolation. Gabriel delivers a vision outlining seventy weeks of years as a timeline for God's redemptive plan for Israel, which includes the Messiah's arrival and future judgments. This verse specifically foretells the Messiah's death and the destruction of the city and temple by a coming prince's people, pointing to historical events like the Roman siege in AD 70.
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