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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 9 – The Seventy Weeks
mentioned must have been some specific,

definite, and predicted period; but no

prophetic period can be found then

terminating, except the sixty-nine weeks of

the prophecy of Daniel, which were to extend

to the Messiah the Prince. The Messiah had

now come; and with his own lips he

announced the termination of that period

which was to be marked by his manifestation.

Here, again, is indisputable harmony. But

further, the Messiah was to confirm the

covenant with many for one week. This would

be the last week of the seventy, or the last

seven years of the 490. In the midst of the

week, the prophecy informs us, he should

cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease.

These Jewish ordinances, pointing to the

death of Christ, could cease only at the cross;