彌賽亞

5. 彌賽亞的到來

但 9:21-27

在但以理書第9章中，但以理為導致神的聖殿荒涼的罪認罪後，有一位天使告訴但以理，以色列因自己的罪被擄，為期七十年。

天使說，已經定了七十個七來止住罪惡與罪孽。換言之，要「終結罪惡與罪孽」，所需的時間將是原來的七倍。(但 9:24)

你當知道，當明白，
從出令重新建造耶路撒冷，直到有受膏君 (彌賽亞) 的時候，必有七個七，和六十二個七。
正在艱難的時候，耶路撒冷城連街帶濠，都必重新建造。

但 9:25

正如以斯拉記第4章和第7章所記載的，關於修復並重建耶路撒冷街道的命令，是來自亞達薛西王，時間是在「王第七年五月」。(拉 4:21; 拉 7:8) 發現萬有引力定律的艾薩克·牛頓曾研究此日期，並斷定為西元前457年，他將此結論寫在他1707年版的欽定本聖經書頁的邊欄上。若在西元前457年加上69個七，便得出西元27年，即基督受洗被膏之年。根據路加福音第3章1節記載，當時正值提庇留皇帝在位第15年。提庇留在西元12年10月23日舉行軍事慶典後不久，便獲授治理各省的權柄。正如以斯拉記第4章和第7章所記載的，關於修復並重建耶路撒冷街道的命令，是來自亞達薛西王，時間是在「王第七年五月」。(拉 4:21; 拉 7:8) 發現萬有引力定律的艾薩克·牛頓曾研究此日期，並斷定為西元前457年，他將此結論寫在1707年版的欽定本聖經書頁的邊欄上。若在西元前457年加上69個七，便得出西元27年，即基督受洗被膏之年。根據路加福音第3章1節，當時正值提庇留皇帝在位第15年。提庇留在西元12年10月23日舉行軍事慶典後不久，便獲授治理各省的權柄。 ¹

在此，我們得知但以理預言中的「日」其實是指「年」。事實上，希伯來文中表示「日」的詞彙，往往也有「年」的意思。² 在但以理書第10章，但以理提到他禁食了「三個七日」（但10:2-3），強調這些「日」是真實的「日」。

6. 耶穌受難

但 9:21-27

一位天使告訴但以理，彌賽亞 — 那位受膏君，將在「六十九個七」之後到來，並將在「一七之半」後被剪除（但 9:26-27），即三年半之後。An angel told Daniel that the Messiah, the Prince, would come after 69 sevens, and that He would be cut off after half a seven,^{Dan 9:26-27} after 3 ½ years.

從路加福音中，我們得知耶穌於西元27年，提庇留皇帝在位第15年，開始了祂的傳道事工。(路3:1)From Luke’s gospel, we understand that Jesus began His ministry in A.D. 27, the 15th year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius.^{Luke 3:1}

使徒約翰闡述了四個逾越節，這證明耶穌傳道了三年半，於西元31年結束。The apostle John explained four Passovers, which prove that Jesus had a 3 ½-year ministry, ending in A.D. 31.

第一次逾越節記載在約翰福音第2章13節，隨後在約翰福音第5章1節中提到了一個未具名的節期。在約翰福音第4章35節，耶穌說：「你們豈不說，到收割的時候，還有四個月嗎。」 接下來的節期是逾越節，其時間絕不會晚於約翰福音第5章1節所說的節期。第三次逾越節在約翰福音第6章4節中提及，而第四次則是西元31年結束耶穌生命的逾越節。The first Passover is in John 2:13. It is followed by an unnamed feast in John 5:1. In John 4:35, Jesus said, “You say there are yet four months and then comes the harvest.” The next feast was the Passover, which cannot have been later than the feast of John 5:1. The third Passover is mentioned in John 6:4, and the fourth is the Passover that ended Jesus’ life, in A.D. 31. 

(過了) 一七之半，
他必使祭祀與供獻止息

但 9:27

我們也能證實耶穌受難的日子，那只能發生在西元31年。根據舊約所訂的規矩，逾越節是在尼散月十四日舉行。從美國海軍天文台的月球觀測紀錄，我們可以得知西元31年的尼散月十四日是星期三。We can also prove the day of Jesus’ crucifixion, which can only have occurred in A.D. 31. According to the rules set out in the Old Testament, the Passover is held on the 14th day of Nisan. From the moon record of the U.S. Navy Observatory,³ we can see that the 14th day of Nisan in the year A.D. 31 was on a Wednesday.

然而，路加福音第24章21節和馬太福音第28章1節告訴我們，耶穌是在星期四被釘十字架的。這是因為猶太節期的規定不允許逾越節落在星期三。例如，在2000年、2002年和2003年，逾越節都改到了尼散月十五日。However, Luke 24:21 and Matt 28:1 tell us that Jesus was crucified on a Thursday. This is because the Jewish festival rules do not allow the Passover to fall on a Wednesday. For example, in 2000, 2002, and 2003, the Passovers were all moved to the 15th day of Nisan.

西元31年，逾越節也被移至尼散月十五日。這應驗了何西阿書第3章2節的塔古姆譯本所言：「我在尼散月十五日，藉著我的『梅姆拉』（我的道）將他們贖回。」In the year A.D. 31, the Passover was also moved to the 15th day of Nisan. This fulfilled the Targum of Hos 3:2, which said, “I redeemed them by My Memra (My Word) on the fifteenth day of the month of Nisan.”

神預言了耶穌被釘十字架的日期、月份和年份。God prophesied the day, month, and year of Jesus’ crucifixion.

7. The king of the North

Dan 9:26-27; Dan 10:1-21; Dan 11:1-3

In Daniel 9, an angel told Daniel that Satan, “the Ruler of the people to come,” would make a covenant with many.^{Dan 9:27} However, Satan, as the “Ruler of the Covenant,” will make his first appearance as the captain of the armies of Rome.

In Chapter 10, Daniel saw a vision of a Glorious Man, the same vision of Christ that John saw in Revelation 1. Daniel was in great distress, wanting to know the meaning of the vision, and after three weeks of prayer and fasting, an angel came to explain the vision to him.

The angel’s explanation began with King Darius in the year 539 B.C. and ended with the appearance of the angel Michael in the Lord’s Day. It is the longest single prophecy in the Bible.

Before explaining the vision, the angel said he needed to return to fight the captain of Persia, and indeed, the captain of the armies of Greece would then come, “but,” he said, “no one upholds me against these except Michael, your captain.”^{Dan 10:21} These “captains” were all captains of angels, who fight the conflicts of men.

With the force of a flood they will be swept away, and also Ruler of the Covenant

Daniel 11:22

Then, in Chapter 11, the angel said three more kings would stand up in Persia, and then a mighty king would arise whose dominion would be broken up toward the four winds.^{Dan 11:2} We of course know that the mighty king was Alexander the Great and that the four dominions were the four kingdoms of his four generals. From here, the angel prophesied all the conflicts between the Seleucid kings and the kings of Egypt. The angel described this with so much detail that many atheists want to deny that the prophet Daniel even existed! The angel said that Antiochus IV Epiphanes would be a vile person.^{Dan 11:21} His wickedness went up to the four spirits of heaven in Verse 22,^{Dan 11:22}  when Satan, the “Ruler of the Covenant,” was swept away by his attack. In Verse 31, Satan became the king of the north, who set up the abomination of desolation and defiled the sanctuary.^{Dan 11:31} 

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