Daniel 9:27-The Confirmed Covenant is a Bonded Covenant

Gregory M. Wilson, J.D.

Dear Anonymous:

In your part 3 Daniel 9:27 YouTube video you said something to the effect that Daniel’s 70^th week had been fulfilled during Jesus’ time, if memory serves me correctly.   I would encourage you to revisit your studies on this subject.  You have so much right eschatalogically, but on Daniel 9:27 I believe you need some additional study. 

1. The Six Purposes of Daniel’s 70 Weeks Prophecy

First, read Daniel 9:24 again.  There are six items which must be fulfilled through the conclusion of verse 27.  They have not been fulfilled.  Have these things happened: “and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy”?  No.  Therefore, Daniel 9:27 cannot have been fulfilled in Jesus’ time, nor has it yet been fulfilled.

2. The Acceptable Year of the Lord vs. The Day of Vengeance

There is a gap between Verse 26 and verse 27…..30AD to 2023 so far.   Read Isaiah 61:2.  Jesus opened his ministry with the reading of verses 1 and 2a.   He stopped short at “the acceptable year of the Lord”.  Why?  Because the day of vengeance (2b) has been reserved for Daniel 9:27 and the Book of Revelation.  There is a gap between verse 61a and 61b….another big gap, about 1,993 years and counting since His resurrection.

3. Daniel’s Covenant is a Bonded Covenant

Back to Daniel 9:27. The “confirmed covenant” is a bonded covenant. (Genesis 22:16-17; 1 Chronicles 16:16-17, Psalm 105:9-10; Hebrews 6:16-18; Ezekiel 20:37) A bonded covenant originates under an “oath” which has been collateralized with God’s character in His words (a “Divine Oath”).   In fact, Daniel tells us that the theme of Chapter 9 is the LORD (Jehovah) is a covenant keeper.  In Daniel 9, God’s personal covenant name (LORD/Jehovah) is used seven (7) times to the exclusion of Daniel’s other eleven chapters.  The prophet Ezekiel informs us what God is going to do with Israel in Daniel’s 70^th week.  He says in Ezekiel 20:34-38:

“34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.

 

37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.”

Therefore, this verse 27 covenant is bonded covenant supported by a Divine Oath.  Historically, it has been confirmed numerous times using the word “confirm” in the KJ Bible. (Genesis 22:16-17; 1 Chronicles 16:16-17; Psalm 105:9-10; Deuteronomy 29:12-15)  The verb “to confirm” in Daniel’s 27^th verse is also special.  It is used once in the OT next to the word “covenant”.  Additionally, Ezekiel use of the word “bonded covenant” appears only once in the Bible.  The Hebrew the verb to “confirm” is the root of one of the Lord’s names: Mighty God (Isaiah 9:6; Joel 1:15; Exodus 6:3).  The Hebrew word for confirm here is “gabar” which is the root of the word “mighty”.  This is a clue to the name of “he” in verse 27.  These single use words demand our inspection and consideration. 

Now I want to jump back to Daniel 9:26 because it and 9:27 are both associated with bonded covenants subject to the Divine Oath.  Moses confirmed the application of the Abrahamic promises to the Hebrew descendants of the Israelites. (Deuteronomy 29:12-15)   The Daniel 9:26 Oath is found in Psalm 2:7, 111:9, 110:4; Hebrews 7:21,28, 8:1; Luke 1:72-73; ; Galatians 3:17.  This pattern is crucial because Daniel 9 is about the Lord’s covenant nature as established in Daniel 9.   Since verse 26 is subject to a bonded covenant we should expect to find the same bond in verse 27 because prophecy is a study of divine patterns or shadows of things to come. (Colossians 2:16-17) 

4. Bonded Covenants are Holy Covenants

Daniel 9:26 and 27 and its Holy Covenant was “confirmed” by Luke where he says in Luke 1: 72-73:

“72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,” (Luke 1:72-73) 

This is the bonded covenant of Genesis 22:16-17, which was confirmed to Isaac and Jacob in 1 Chronicles 16:16-17; Psalm 105:9-10 and Deuteronomy 29:12-15) cited above.  It also included another bonded covenant which is associated with Daniel 9’s verses 26 and 27.  Review Psalm 110:4-5 below. 

“4 The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

 

5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.”

You will note the first coming aspect of verse 4 and the second coming aspect of verse 5.  These are perfect counterparts to the end of Daniel’s 70 weeks prophecy.  

5. The Abrahamic Covenant Has Two Fulfillments: Spiritual and Physical

I agree with you on your view that the covenant of Daniel 9:27 is the fullness of the yet to be fulfilled Abrahamic covenant.   Now I want you to consider this covenant carefully.  The Abrahamic covenant has two components: (1) a spiritual component (in Isaac which is of Christ. (See Gal. 3:16, 4:24) and (2) a physical component (in Jacob which will be the Yeshua believing remnant in Daniel’s 70^th week. (See Revelation 12:17, 14:12, 20:4-5).  Just as there are differences between the kingdom of heaven (earthly) and kingdom of God (spiritual), so are Abraham’s offspring likened to the stars of heaven (Church) and the sands of the seas (Jacob/Israel). (Genesis 22:17)

The atoning sacrifice of Christ followed Abraham’s sacrificial offer of Isaac to the Lord God.  Abraham’s offer was a shadow of Christ’s atoning offer.  It fulfilled the spiritual aspect of the Abrahamic promises.  Paul tells us that God received Abraham’s offer “in figure” or spiritually. (Hebrews 11:19).

And again, Paul states in Romans 15:8:

“Now, I say that Jesus Christ was the minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:”

From the call of Abraham there have always been two “seeds”, the earthly and the heavenly.  This typology of the heavenly (stars) and earthly (sand or dust) we will understand the Lord’s prophetic pattern typology.  One seed was likened by Jehovah as the “dust of the earth” (bond child) or the “sand of the seas” (Gen. 13:16, 22:17) and the other was likened to “the stars of heaven” (child of promise). (Hebrews 11:12; Gen. 15:5)  But in Daniel 9:27, the physical aspects of the Abrahamic promises remain unfulfilled. (Galatians 3:17-18) This is the “confirmed covenant” expressed in 1 Chronicles 16:16-17; Psalm 105:9-10 and Deuteronomy 29:12-15.  The “confirmed covenant” of Daniel 9:27, a bonded covenant, necessarily must follow the pattern of the verse 26 bonded covenant.   They are bound up in the two-part pattern of the Abrahamic promises.  Just as Daniel 9:26 is about Christ’s first Advent, so too, is Daniel 9:27 about Christ’s second Advent.  At His first coming He was Messiah ben Joseph, the suffering servant, and at his second coming he will be Messiah ben David, the Lion of Judah.  

In Daniel 9:26 we have the spiritual fulfillment of the Abrahamic promises to the fathers and in Daniel 9:27 we must expect the physical fulfillment of the Abrahamic promises.  As a part of the spiritual fulfillment in verse 26 we also must observe that there is an associated bonded covenant describing Jesus as a priest after the order of Melchizedek as noted above.  

Now I am going to prove to you that the unfulfilled physical aspects of the Abrahamic covenants will be fulfilled starting in Daniel 9:27.

6. The Apostle Paul Interprets Isaiah 59:20-21 and Places His Second Advent Prophecy into Daniel 9:27.

Let’s read Romans 11:25-27: 

“25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.”

Paul is quoting Isaiah 59:20-21 which states:

“20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.

21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.” 

Isaiah 59:20-21 is a “first advent prophecy.  Did you notice Paul’s switch?  He switched Isaiah’s word “Redeemer” with “Deliverer”.  Paul makes a Second Advent prophecy out of Isaiah’s first Advent prophecy.  Ask yourself this: Question No. 1.  Why did Paul switch Redeemer for Deliverer?  Because Paul knows that Christ the Redeemer came in Daniel 9:26.  He teaches it.  Question No. 2.  When does the Deliverer come to Zion?  He must come in Daniel 9:27. 

Paul’s prophecy takes place after the “fullness of the Gentiles”. (Romans 11:25)  The “fullness of the Gentiles results in the resurrection/rapture events described in 1 Thess. 4:17 and 1 Cor. 15:52.  So, we are necessarily moved to place Paul’s “Deliverer” prophecy into Daniel 9:27, the only place where it can manifest God’s doctrinal truth to remnant Israel based on the unfulfilled Abrahamic promises.

What does this mean for Daniel 9:26 and 27?  It places the Redeemer and Deliverer in Daniel’s parallel verses 26 and 27.  This treatment is consistent with the spiritual and physical aspects of the Abrahamic promises.  It is the illusive key to understanding Daniel 9:27. 

In 2015, I wrote an article titled “Literary Architecture of Daniel 9: A Case Study of Isaiah 59”.  It’s in my book.  It has also been posted on “www.fivedoves.com”.  Bottom line: Isaiah 59 is the counterpart to Daniel 9…every verse.  The Redeemer of Isaiah 59:20 is none other than our Lord Jesus in Daniel 9:26. The Deliverer of Isaiah 59:21 is our Lord in Daniel 9:27 who saves remnant Israel. (Romans 6:6, 27, Isaiah 11:10-11, Romans 11:26-27)

7. The Restoration of Remnant Israel in Daniel’s 70^th Week.

What is the purpose of Daniel 9:27 and the Book of Revelation?  It is about the salvation of remnant Jacob (Israel) in Christ Yeshua. (Revelation 12:17, 14:12, 20:4-5) Daniel 9:27’s full story is told by the Prophets and confirmed in the Book of Revelation.  Who stands at the beginning of Revelation 1? It is He the “Alpha and Omega of verse 8.  And at the end of Chapter 22: the Alpha and Omega of verse 13.  God in Christ is the Alpha and Omega or in Hebrew the Aleph Tav.  The Aleph Tav analyses of Daniel 9 and Isaiah 59 are compelling.  

Daniel 9:27 is about the restoration of remnant Israel.  It is about the fulfillment of the Abrahamic promises “in Jacob”.   The Abrahamic promises were also fulfilled in Daniel 9:26, albeit “in Isaac”, the child of promise which is Christ.  The Abrahamic covenant was bifurcated into its two components, the spiritual and physical.  The first part was fulfilled in AD 30 and the second part to be fulfilled perhaps in AD 2030.  We shall see. 

In Christ, Greg Wilson