2023-12-27 周三 七十个七(二)

经文:为你本国之民和你的圣城,已经截定了七十个七,要终止过犯,了结罪恶,为罪孽成就平息,带进永远的义,封住异象和预言,并膏至圣所。(但九27,另译)

最后,二十七节说到一个七的七年。这七年乃是为给敌基督与以色列人坚定盟约。在六十九个七和末七之间有一空档,已经持续将近二千年。在这空档里,在秘密和奥秘的一面,基督在祂的复活里建造教会,作祂的身体和新妇。并且在这空档里,以色列一直在受苦;他们失去了祖宗的家园,被分散到各地。然而,神并未忘记祂的子民以色列,祂不断向他们赐与某种程度的怜悯。至终那末了的七年就要来到。

敌基督要与以色列人坚定盟约,应许要为着他们。他与他们所立的约乃是和平的协议。然而,在第七十个七之半,敌基督要改变心意,抵挡神,使祭祀和供献止息。这就是大灾难(太二四21)的起头,这大灾难要持续三年半之久。在大灾难期间,忠信的犹太人和仍留在地上的基督徒都要受到敌基督的逼迫。

敌基督使祭祀和供献止息之后,就以那使圣地荒凉者的可憎之物(敌基督的偶像-帖后二4)来代替。那使圣地荒凉者就是敌基督自己。

至终,所定之完全的毁坏必倾倒在那使圣地荒凉者-敌基督-的身上。

但以理所领受关于七十个七的话,不仅是个异象,也是个报告。我们将七十个七的异象联于神的经纶来研读,就会得帮助;知道我们自己在那里,该作怎样的人,以及今天该如何行。

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The Seventy Weeks (2) – Dan. 9:27

Finally, in verse 27 we have the one week of seven years. This week will be for Antichrist to make a firm covenant with the people of Israel.

Between the sixty-ninth week and the last week, there is a gap which has already lasted for nearly two thousand years. In this gap the church is being secretly and mysteriously built by Christ in his resurrection to be the Body of Christ and bride of Christ. Also, in this gap Israel has been suffering, having lost their fathers’ homeland and having been scattered. Nevertheless, God has not forgotten his people Israel but continues to grant them some degree of mercy. Eventually, the last week of seven years will come.

Antichrist will make a firm covenant with the people of Israel, promising to be for them. The covenant he makes with them will be a peace agreement. However, in the middle of the seventieth week, Antichrist will change his mind, fight against God, and cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease. This will be the beginning of the great tribulation (Matt. 24:21), which will last for three and a half years. During the great tribulation, both the faithful Jews and the Christians still on earth will suffer Antichrist’s persecution.

After he causes the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, Antichrist will replace them with the abominations (the idols of the Antichrist — 2 Thes. 2:4) of the desolator (Dan. 9:27c). This desolator is Antichrist himself.

Eventually, the complete destruction that has been determined will be poured out upon the desolator, Antichrist. What Daniel received regarding the seventy weeks was not only a vision but also a report. Daniel understood the seventy weeks, but because we are near the end of the gap, I believe that we understand this matter even better than Daniel did. By studying the vision of seventy weeks in relation to God’s economy, we will be helped to know where we are, what we should be and what we should be doing today.