GOD'S MINISTRY
THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OF
BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Revs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Daniels
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INTRODUCTION TO PROPHECY
by
Frank M. Boyd
CHAPTER 1
THE BIBLE, A BOOK OF
PROPHECY
The Bible, God’s divine book, the sacred word of the
Christian faith, differs in many ways from the sacred writings of other religions
- the Vedas and Shastras of Hinduism; the Zend-Avesta of the Zoroastrian
fire-worshipers of
Fulfilled prophecy and attested miracles, constitute the twin pillars which
uphold the structure of the inspiration of the Scriptures.
The
Prophetic Office (Old Testament
Times)
The word “prophecy” itself means “to speak forth,” and involves two kinds of
utterance, namely, a message for the people of the day and time in which the
prophet lived, and predictions of future events for the comfort, warning and
guidance of God’s people. Thus the prophet has a twofold character:
As
forth-teller who brings to light and then proclaims his message. This requires insight.
We see this aspect of the prophet’s ministry of old in revealing to
As
fore-teller, “a seer.” 1 Sam. 9:9. This requires foresight- to reveal in
advance the future as if some telescope were placed to the prophet’s spiritual
eye through which coming events were brought near and disclosed.
Examples
and Scope of the Prophetic Office
In Old Testament times God laid His hand on certain men and ordained them to be
His mouthpiece, the channel through which He would speak His message to
humanity. We find that Enoch (Gen. 5:21-24) prophesied. Jude 14. Moses is
distinctly called a prophet of God. Deut. 18:15. Elijah, Elisha, Samuel, and
the great voices of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, as well as the so-called
“minor prophets,” like Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, etc.- all sounded forth
their divinely imparted messages.
In New Testament times we note John the Baptist, that unique character whom God
ordained before his birth (Luke
God never intended that the function of the prophet should cease. Even in His
church He has set some to be “prophets.” Eph. 4:11. This New Testament ministry
does not partake so strikingly of the character of predicting future events as
did the office in the Old Testament, but rather was it given to complement or
throw vivid light by inspired utterances on the Scriptures- the revelation of
God already complete. See Acts 21:9, 10; 1 Cor. 14:29-32. These New Testament
prophets speak unto the “edification, exhortation, and comfort” of the assembly
of God’s people. 1 Cor. 14:30.
Definition
of Prophecy
Prophecy, then, particularly in the Old Testament sense, is “a miracle of
utterance” or “a miracle of knowledge, a prediction of something future beyond
the power of human sagacity to calculate.” –Binney.
As illustrations of human inability to foretell future events, think of the
following as examples: it would be impossible for any one of us to predict the
condition of our own family, even ten years hence. We could not tell whether
the family would be intact; who might have passed away, perhaps; what members
would have been removed from the circle by marriage, etc. We could not predict
the condition of out own city twenty-five years hence, whether it would have
increased in population or whether from unseen causes the population would have
slumped. Even statesmen who are accustomed to dealing with intricate internal
problems, and who have extensive knowledge of the history of the past and of
the trend of political movements, are unable to predict the condition of their
own country twenty-five years hence. One has said, “It is always the unexpected
that happens.” Who would have dared to predict in June 1914 the overthrow of
the Romanoffs, the Hohenzollerns, and the Hapsburgs? Who in 1939, when World
War II broke out, would have predicted the atomic bomb, the present alignment
of the nations, and the chaotic conditions that are prevailing now?
CHAPTER 2
IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY OF PROPHECY
Some people foolishly say that there is little if any value in the study of
prophecy; that if we know the reality of personal Christian experience, what is
the need of delving into the future of spending one’s time investigating
portions of Scripture that do not directly concern us? The answer is, “All
Scripture…is profitable....” 2 Tim. 3:16.
1. We need to be rounded out in Christian experience. 1 John 3:3. This
passage clearly teaches the sanctifying effect in the life of the Christian of
the knowledge of the imminence of the coming of the Lord (a prophetic event,
still future).
There are two aspects of the work of the Holy Spirit, both of which are
necessary to produce a mature Christian experience.
a. The subjective side- the work of the spirit in us. The Holy Spirit
does an inward work in the new birth and in the various ministries that follow
the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and His work of conforming us through
sanctification of the Word into the image of Christ.
b. The objective side- the great plan of God revealed to us. cf. 2
Peter 1:16-21. In this passage Peter relates the remarkable personal experience
which he had on the Mount of Transfiguration and yet, in verse 19, he seems to
place more value on the prophetic word as evidence to his flock than on his
personal experience, no matter how remarkable that may have been.
2. Prophecy holds first rank as evidence of the authenticity and
genuineness of Scripture.
a. It appeals to the reason of unregenerate men and requires no spiritual
enlightenment to understand it. We have an excellent example of the rank of
prophecy as evidence in the test between Hananiah and Jeremiah as recorded in
Jeremiah chapter 28. (read this chapter.) There could be no doubt in the minds
of the assembled people which of the two men was the chosen instrument of god
and who spoke His word.
b. The Bible rests its whole claim to veracity and authority upon
fulfilled prophecy. God has ever confirmed His utterances by pre-announcing His
purposes and then by bringing them to pass according to His word. cf. Deut.
18:18-22; Isa. 41:21-23; Jer. 28:9.
Summary
of the Purposes of Prophecy
1. To vindicate God’s messenger. Jer. 28:9.
Just as Jeremiah of old was proven to be the divine spokesman in the incident
recorded in Jeremiah 28, so Isaiah. Ezekiel, Daniel, the other Old Testament
prophets, and our Lord Himself- all are demonstrated to be trustworthy, because
their predictions have been fulfilled.
2. To authenticate God’s message.
Just as the messenger of God is clearly seen by
fulfilled prophecy to be reliable. In Isaiah 41:21-23 God challenges the gods
of the heathen nations round about
3. To guide the course of God’s children. 2
Peter 1:19.
Prophecy acts to the spiritually enlightened mind as
the chat and compass to guide upon the sea of this present life and as a
lighthouse whose beams direct the Christian pilgrim into his desired haven and
enable him to avoid the rocks and shoals that would wreck his spiritual vessel.
4. To confirm and strengthen faith. cf. Dan.
10:19.
Daniel was greatly exercised in spirit during the
earliest days of the Medo-Persian Empire concerning the destiny of his own
people. He had been fasting and seeking God for three weeks and an angelic
being, probably Gabriel, sent to Daniel from God’s throne, brought to him a
further revelation of God’s plan for the Jews. Through this revelation and by
the presence of the angel he was strengthened and encouraged.
So, a clear understanding of the pattern of events, a
knowledge from God’s Word of the “signs of the times,” contributes mightily to
the spiritual fortitude of the child of God. The prophetic word provides this.
5. To build character.
a. Through intimacy with God.
One of God’s purposes in revealing His plans for
the future to His children is His desire for fellowship with them in revealing
His mind and heart to them. “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear
Him.” To Abraham, His friend, God revealed the necessity of His judgment upon
b. Through hope and expectation.
For example, the knowledge of the truth of the
Lord’s coming enables the Christian to avoid entangling himself in the many
worldly movements and practices of these last days which, if entered into,
would dull his spiritual sensibilities and perhaps even thwart God’s desire for
the Christian's readiness for the Lord’s coming.
CHAPTER 3
LAWS OF PREDICTIVE PROPHECY
Prophecy, to be genuine and authentic, must conform and does conform to certain
definite laws or formulas.
So deep were the impressions made by the study of these laws upon the mind of
the writer of this course in his
In addition to the facts previously presented, that a prophet is vindicated and
his message authenticated by the fulfillment of his predictions, there are
definite laws governing predictive prophecy.
A
prediction must be beyond the power of human foresight or sagacity. In other
words, forecast based on observable trends are ruled out.
A
prediction must contain a sufficient number of detail preclude guesswork.
Generalizations
or mere suppositions or conjectures, such as “Real estate values will be down
next fall,” do not fit the norm of real Bible prophecy. Compare such
generalizations with the prediction by Christ that the age down to his coming
would be characterized by “wars and rumors of wars, famines, pestilences, and
earthquakes in divers places” (fulfilled and being fulfilled). The difference
is apparent.
A
sufficient time must elapse between the prediction and its fulfillment to
preclude any agency of the prophet or of his contemporaries in bringing about
the result.
For a
group of commissioners of a great city to say that by a certain year a
beautiful park area will be realized in that city and then for them to plan for
and construct that park is not prophesying or fulfilling prophesy.
Note.- Dr. A. T. Pierson says: “Certain things characterize all Bible prediction; viz., remoteness of time, minuteness of detail, novelty of combination, mystery of contradiction.” For illustrations of the last two points see Ezek. 12:13, and Jer. 34:2, 3, and the historic explanation of the seeming contradiction of these two prophetic utterances, one by Jeremiah in Jerusalem and the other at the same time in the land of Babylon. Cf. 2 Kings 25:1-7.
“Fulfilled prophecy is a proof of inspiration because the Scriptures’ predictions of future events were uttered s long before the events transpired that no merely human sagacity or foresight could have anticipated them, and these predictions are so detailed, minute, and specific, as to exclude the possibility that they were fortunate guesses. Hundreds of predictions concerning Israel, and the land of Canaan, Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, and numerous personages- so ancient, so singular, so seemingly improbable, as well as so detailed and definite, that no mortal could have anticipated them- have been fulfilled by the elements, or by men who were ignorant of them or utterly disbelieved them, or who struggled with frantic desperation to avoid their fulfillment. It is certain, therefore, that the Scriptures which contain them are inspired. ‘Prophecy came not in olden time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.’ 2 Peter 1:21.” –Scofield.
Laws
of Simple and Compound Probability
Often unbelievers in the miraculous
nature of Bible prophecy will resort to statements such as, “It was just a
coincidence,” etc. But there is an accurate, arithmetical formula which can be applied
to any supposed prediction, which will reveal the extent of its genuineness and
miraculous nature.
This formula consists in the laws of simple and compound probability. The law
of simple probability is:
A prediction with one detail or feature has one chance in two of fulfillment;
as for example, “It will snow on Christmas day.” It is obvious that either it
will or will not snow on that day, two possibilities, one of which will fulfill
the prediction.
The law of compound probability is:
A prediction with two features has one chance in four of fulfillment, and every
detail added makes the probability of fulfillment less and less. As, for
example, “Snow, accompanied by high winds, is the weather forecast for
Christmas Day.” This ratio of probability may be expressed in mathematical
terms by the fraction one-half (one chance in two) multiplied by itself as many
times as there are features in the prediction. Again, the fraction of
probability of fulfillment of a prediction with three features- “It will rain
October 10th; the rain will come from the north; and the drops will
be big”- would be arrived at by multiplying one-half by itself three times: 1\2
x 1\2 x 1\2 or 1\8; that is, one chance in eight, or with four details 1\2 x
1\2 x 1\2 x 1\2, or 1\16. In other words a prediction with four details or
features would have one chance in sixteen of being fulfilled.
The intricate interrelation between the details of a prophecy and the rapid
increase of the ratio of probable fulfillment, as details are added, can be
illustrated by the warp and woof of cloth in which every thread of the warp
touches every thread of the woof at right angles. In other words every detail
of a genuine prophecy has a distinct relationship to every other detail, all of
which makes the fulfillment so complicated.
There are 333 details in the predictions of Scripture concerning the person and
career of Messiah. The fraction of probability in this case would be expressed
1\2 (333), or one-half multiplied by itself 333 times. The result of this
mathematical problem will give the fraction in round numbers of one over 84
plus 97 ciphers; thus:
1
840000000000000000 (97 ciphers)
In other words, the prophesies concerning Christ had one chance in all this
multiplied of being fulfilled. To sum up the matter, only Omniscience could
foretell events in such detail concerning a coming Deliverer, and only
Omniscience could bring about the fulfillment of these marvelous prophecies
logic and reason, even on the part of the unregenerate man who impartially
examines these facts, will admit the supernatural therein.
CHAPTER 4
INTERPRETATIVE LAWS OF PROPHECY
In
addition to the laws of predictive prophecy and those of simple and compound
probability, there are several laws which apply to the field of interpretation
and with which the student of the Word should be familiar.
Testimony to Jesus.
First in
importance is the fact that all prophecy, whatever its subject matter, has some
relation to God’s great plan of redemption and realizes its focus in a witness
or testimony to Jesus, the Messiah, in whom every phase of
redemption is to be consummated. He is the focal point of it all. Revelation
While the book of Revelation is a special unveiling of Christ in His relations
to the church, to Israel, to the nations and to every individual human being,
it is further true that all prophecy, all Scripture, is the unveiling of Him
personally.
Development from seed to full maturity.
Messianic prophecy, particularly, begins in an all
comprehensive seed-prophecy of Gen. 3:15 and develops into the blade, then the
ear and then the full corn in the ear. In other words, prophecy is permeated
with divine life and has grown from this miracle seed into a mighty, spreading
tree, full of the fruits of God’s great redemptive purpose. (We shall be
studying Messianic prophecy in a later chapter.)
The law of prophetic double reference.
This law may be stated somewhat as follows: “Prophetic double reference is a
method by which a prophecy of a person or event near at hand or immediate in
fulfillment is made the means of teaching a deeper truth or of foretelling a
future happening more remote. One event, near at hand in fulfillment, may be
typical of a more remote fulfillment. Again, one obvious person addressed may
be representative or typical of another hidden personality behind the scenes.”
To illustrate. We meet this law in Isa. 7:13-16 and in Isa. 8:1-4. in the
perspective of the promise of the Virgin Son there is blended a local coloring
in the foreground, immediate in its fulfillment in the time of king
Ahaz-“Butter and honey shall he eat that he may know to refuse the evil and
choose the good. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose
the good, the land that thou (Ahaz) abhorrest shall be forsaken by both her
kings (Rezin, Pekah)” vv. 15, 16. The fulfillment of this immediate aspect of
the prophecy seems to be in the record of 8:1-4, where the birth of Isaiah’s
son, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, is to be the sign to that present generation of the
failure of the confederacy of the kings of
Another striking example of the law of double reference is found in Ezek.
28:1-9, where part of the prophecy is addressed to Ethbaal, the then reigning
king of
The term “
4. The
law of prophetic perspective.
“The law of prophetic perspective is a method of describing future events as if
they were continuous and in immediate sequence.” cf. Isa. 61:1-3 and Luke
4:17-20. In reading the Book of Isaiah, the Lord Jesus leaves off after the
words “the acceptable year of the Lord,” closes the book, and tells the people,
“This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears.” Had He continued to read
and then given such and explanation of the passage, His word would have been
untrue, for the “day of vengeance of our God” has not yet come and already a
gap of almost two thousand years has elapsed since the beginning of “the
acceptable year of the Lord,” and still “the day of vengeance” has not arrived.
In other words, the prophet sees both advents as one would look at distant
ranges of mountains, the intervening valleys not being visible, until one climbed
to the top of the nearest range. This is “prophetic perspective.”
CHAPTER 5
OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES
The Old Testament prophecies are almost endless in number and almost infinite
in detail. These are concerning the nations surrounding
Examples
of Prophetic Fulfillment
1.
This prophecy is dated in the year 595 B.C. The first six verses of the chapter
give us a general statement of the coming overthrow of the city at the hand of
more than one nation. Verses 7-11 deal particularly with the siege of
Nebuchadnezzar against
2.
The history of
“The grandeur of this ancient Egyptian city beggars description. The
The glory of this magnificent city must have been of surpassing grandeur. God
promised to bring it into the dust. He fulfilled His Word, yet left enough
evidence remains in the ruins to reveal the great height from which she was
debased.
3.
4.
This passage was written about 1500 B.C., and before
a. “I will destroy your high places and bring your sanctuaries into desolation”
(30, 31).
The
b. “I will scatter you among the nations.”
The Jews were scattered at the time of the capture by Titus, but their complete
scattering was accomplished in A.D. 135. a false Messiah by the name of
Barchochebas, arose and led the fanatical Jews against the Romans, and they
successfully resisted the Roman armies for some time until an able Roman
general, Julius Severus, was summoned to subdue them. It is said that 500,000
of the Jews were killed at this time and many more thousands were taken and
sold into slavery.
c. “Your enemies shall dwell therein.”
After the dispersal of the Jews the land was put up for sale by the Emperor
Hadrian and was bought by the Gentiles, who flocked in to settle the land.
d. “I will make your cities waste.”
The threat, “your cities shall be a waste,” has long since been abundantly
fulfilled. Travelers have spoken of the desolation of
Recent years have witnessed the fulfillment of another group of
prophetic Scriptures in the beginnings of the restoration of the
e. “Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons.” cf. also 2 Kings 6:29.
This scripture was literally fulfilled during the straitness of the siege of
CHAPTER 6
OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES CONTINUED
5.
Literally has every word of the prophecy concerning
6.
a. “The mountain of the house … as high places of the forest.” South of the
Mosque of Omar there is a place 350 feet in extent, filled with lofty cypresses
and other trees. This is the place where the temple, the House of the Lord, had
its situation on
b. “Become heaps.” Today heaps of ruined walls and towers mark the place where
once the royal seat of David was, and where the glory of God was manifested in
the
c. “Ploughed as a field.” Portions of
d. New Testament prophecy concerning
Note especially Matt. 24:2. At the siege of
True, they are endeavoring by their own efforts, with no intelligent dependence
upon God, to re-establish
“He (Julian) resolved to erect on the commanding eminence of Moriah a stately
temple which might eclipse the splendor of the Church of Calvary on the adjacent
hill of Calvary…and to invite a numerous colony of Jews whose stern fanaticism
would always be ready to second…the hostile Pagan government. At the call of
the great deliverer, the Jews from all provinces of the empire assembled on the
Holy Mount of their fathers. The temple has in every age been the ruling
passion of the children of
Ambrose, bishop of
“Whilst Alypius, assisted by the governor of the province, urged with vigor and
diligence the execution of the work, horrible balls of fire, breaking out near
the foundation with frequent and repeated attacks, rendered the place from time
to time inaccessible to the blasted and scorched workmen, and the victorious
element continued in this manner, obstinately and resolutely bent, as it were,
to drive them to a distance. The undertaking was abandoned.” “History of the
Decline and Fall of the
CHAPTER 7
MESSIANIC PROPHECY
As noted in Interpretive Laws of Prophecy, the great subject of
prophecy, both direct and related, is the Coming Deliverer, promised by God at the
time of the fall of man. The focus of prophecy, then, is Messiah and the
purpose of prophecy is to exalt Him- “that in all things he might have the
pre-eminence.”
Prophecy proceeds from outline to detail. The larger, more general statements
are first given, then the intricate and detailed follow.
The
First Prophecy Concerning Christ
The first prophetic statement concerning the Coming Deliverer is found in Gen.
3:15- “The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpents head.” This is very
general and broad in scope and could have been fulfilled in any man descended
from Eve. When Cain was born Eve thought he was the realization of this
promise. The last clause of Gen. 4:1 may be translated: “I have gotten the man,
even Jehovah (the Coming One).”
The
Messianic Line Prophetically Restricted
God began then to restrict the lineage of Messiah, making prophecy, as it
proceeds to unfold, more and more intricate and difficult of fulfillment.
Upon the death of righteous Abel, God raised up a new seed, Seth, who in
turn was the progenitor of Noah, who, with his family of three sons, survived
the judgment of the flood. Of these sons Shem was chosen from whose line
Messiah was to come and upon whom the blessing of God peculiarly rested. Gen.
9:26, 27.
Note further that it was from Shem that Abraham came, the great father
of the faith clan, who was called of God to leave his own kindred to go into a
divinely appointed country. Gen. 11:10. 25-27, 31; 12:1-3; 15:1-4;
Then the line of Isaac is designated. Gen. 17:18, 19;
Of Jacob’s sons,
The most prominent of Jewish commentators affirm that
How remarkably has the phrase, “to him shall be the gathering of the peoples”
(literal), been fulfilled! The followers of Christ are found in every tribe and
tongue, in every land and clime. The peoples (nations) have surely been
gathered to him.
Note also the prophecy of Balaam, the hireling prophet. Num. 24:7-19. Balaam,
without desiring it and contrary to the directions of Balak that he should
curse
The
Prophetic Ministry of Messiah. Deut.
18:15-22.
Moses, the great leader and prophet of God’s people,
The
Royal Lineage of Messiah
In God’s promise to David that his house and his kingdom should “be established
forever” and his “throne established forever” (2 Sam.
The
Royal Line Established by Genealogical Records
One might wonder why so much space in the first chapter of Matthew and the
third chapter of Luke is taken up with a long list of names difficult for us to
pronounce. But they have a most important and definite place in Holy Writ. They
are there to substantiate Christ’s claim to be “son of Abraham, son of David,”
in fulfillment of the covenant promise. Matt. 1:1. Scan these two records and
you will note that the one in Matthew traces the line of Christ back from
Joseph, Jesus’ foster father, to the familiar names of Jesse, Obed, Ruth, Boaz,
Judas (or Judah), Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham.
Jesus’ foster father, Joseph, is seen to be in direct succession to the throne
of David through Solomon. But Christ, though the legal son of Joseph, if
He had been the actual son of Joseph, had no right to the throne, because of a
curse pronounced by God on the house of Jeconiah. Jer. 22:24-30.
By this pronouncement of God He has carefully guarded the great truth of the
virgin birth of Christ. If Jesus were the son of Joseph by natural generation,
He would be under Jeconiah’s curse, would have no claim to the throne of David,
and we would have no Saviour in Him.
Thus enters the purpose of the second genealogical record recorded in Luke,
chapter three. You will note the repetition of the familiar names from
Matthew’s record in verses 31 to 34 of the record in Luke. But in verse 31 the
name of Nathan, son of David, appears. While in verse 23 Joseph is
designated as son of Heli, in Matthew 1:16 he is clearly begotten of Jacob.
He could not be the actual son of both men. The explanation lies in the words
“begat” and “the son of” (note italics). Sons-in-law in Hebrew genealogical
records appear as sons. Evidently Heli was the father-in-law of Joseph and the
actual father of Mary, who traces her line back to Nathan, son of David.
Consequently, being the actual son of Mary by supernatural generation, Jesus
our Lord, avoided the curse pronounced on Jeconiah, and by the marriage of Mary
and Joseph he became legally the son of Joseph and inherited the rights and
succession to the throne of David through Joseph’s lineage from Solomon. He was
indeed not only
How wonderful are the wisdom of God and the “ways” of the accomplishment of His
divine purpose “past finding out!”
The
Deity of the Messiah
In the prophetic mold not only is the Savior and Messiah seen to be the “Son of
man,” coming forth through a defiantly designated family tree, but a more
mysterious revelation is introduced, a purely supernatural element. The
Deliverer is to be virgin born. His name is to be “Immanuel” (Isa.
The Old Testament itself speaks of God’s Son in Prov. 30:4. This verse is the
answer to the oft-repeated question of the Jewish seeker after truth, “Can God
have a son?”
CHAPTER 8
MESSIANIC PROPHECY CONTINUED
The
Time of Messiah’s Appearance
Chapter nine of Daniel and particularly the portion, verses 24 to
27, is chronologically the most important prophetic passage in Scripture, for
upon a clear understanding of it depends a sane, intelligent, symmetrical
interpretation of other prophetic Scripture, especially the Book of Revelation.
(The student should read these verses very carefully).
In view of the fact that we shall no doubt recognize this passage further in
other relations to Bible truth, we will give it somewhat comprehensive
treatment here. Daniel (student of prophecy-Dan. 9:2) was earnestly seeking God
at the expiration of the seventy-year period of Babylonian captivity. Jer.
25:11, 12.
To Daniel appeared the angel Gabriel who brought to him a further revelation of
the divine purpose for
The entire prophecy has to do with Daniel’s “people”
and Daniel’s “city,” that is, the nation of
Two different princes are mentioned, who should not be
confused: the first is named Messiah the prince (v. 25); and the second
is described as the prince that shall come (v. 26).
The entire time-period involved is exactly specified
as Seventy Weeks) v. 24); and these Seventy Weeks are further divided
into three lesser periods; first, a period of seven weeks; after that a
period of threescore and two weeks; and finally, a period of one week
(vv. 25, 27).
The beginning of the whole period of the Seventy Weeks
is definitely fixed at “the going forth of the commandment to restore and to
build
The end of the seven weeks and threescore and two
weeks (69 weeks) will be marked by the appearance of Messiah as the “Prince” of