Daniel 9:25 Meaning and Explanation
“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →From the command to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Messiah the Prince is a measured span of weeks.
What Does Daniel 9:25 Mean?
Gabriel marks a starting point, the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, and counts forward to the Messiah the Prince across seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. The city will indeed be rebuilt, street and wall, though in troubled times.
Here the prophecy names the coming One outright: Messiah the Prince. From the rebuilding of a ruined city the eye is drawn to the arrival of the Anointed King. Christians read this as a pointer to Jesus, whose coming the prophets foretold and whose kingdom would rise not with sword but with grace. God measures history and keeps his appointments; the Messiah came in the fullness of time.
Daniel 9:25 in the Original Language
mashiach (מָשִׁיחַ), 'Messiah' -- the Anointed One; the same title rendered in Greek as Christ.
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What does Daniel 9:25 mean?
From the command to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Messiah the Prince is a measured span of weeks.