Daniel 9:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Confirm

Cause

Matthew 27:51

Hebrews 10:4

For the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate

That determined

1 Thessalonians 2:15

General references

Luke 21:20

Bible References

Confirm

for this is my blood which ratifies the covenant, the blood which is to be poured out for many for the forgiveness of their sins.

But God's free gift is not at all to be compared with the offense. For if by one man's offense the whole race of men have died, to a much greater degree God's favor and His gift imparted by His favor through the one man Jesus Christ, has overflowed for the whole race of men.

Yes, I mean that Christ has become a servant to Israel to prove God's truthfulness, to make valid His promises to our forefathers,

Christ ransomed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us -- for the Scripture says, "Cursed be everyone who is hanged on a tree" --

For when God made His promise to Abraham, He took an oath by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom He could take it,

For, because He was dissatisfied with His people, He said: "'See; the time is coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

And this is why He is the Mediator of a new covenant, in order that, after He had suffered death for securing redemption from the offenses committed under the first covenant, those who had been invited to share it might obtain the eternal inheritance promised them.

"'This is the covenant that I will make with them: In those last days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws into their hearts, and write them on their minds,'"

May God, who gives us peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, who through the blood by which He ratified the everlasting covenant, is now the Great Shepherd of the sheep,

Cause

And at once the curtain of the sanctuary was torn from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were split,

for the blood of bulls and goats is unable to take away sins.

For the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate

"So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place" -- let the reader take notice --

"So when you see the destructive desecration standing where he has no right to stand" -- let the reader take notice -- "then let those who remain in Judea fly to the hills;

"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, then understand that her devastation is near.

and so in that way all Israel will be saved, just as the Scripture says: "From Zion the Deliverer will come; He will remove ungodliness from Jacob;

That determined

who killed the Lord Jesus and persecuted the prophets and us; and who continue to displease God and show themselves in opposition to all mankind,

General references

"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, then understand that her devastation is near.