Feeding the Flock

Ephesians Summary Message; Season 14; Episode ”101” (30min)

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"Sit, Walk Stand"

 

The Outline: 

OPENING  (1:1-2)

I.  DOCTRINAL (1-3)

A.  Our POSITION in Christ  (1:3-3:21)

                  “Seated”[i]  (2:6)

II.  PRACTRICAL (4-6)

B.  Our LIFE in The World  (4:1-6:9)

                  “Walk”  (4:1)

C.  Our ATTITUDE to The Enemy  (6:10-20)

                  “Stand Firm”  (6:11)

CLOSING  (6:21-24)

[i] The Three Major Divisions used in these notes are adapted from the book: “Sit, Walk, Stand” by Watchman Nee; Christian Literature Crusade, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, 1973.

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APPENDIX: The Interval

Between the 69th and 70th Week
of Daniel 9:24-27

 

“THEN AFTER THE SIXTY-TWO WEEKS”

            – The incident to follow is not the termination of “the 62 weeks” but is to occur sometime “after”

            – Definite Article:  “The…” refers to that previous timeframe in v26 not a “restart”

            – NOTE:  Why 69 weeks total so far is even split up into “7 weeks and 62 weeks” is not explained, but MALACHI did complete the O.T. Canon of Scripture in 396BC, which is 49 years from the “decree” to rebuild Jerusalem

“THE MESSIAH WILL BE CUT OFF AND HAVE NOTHING”

            – Completely denied access to His rightful earthly reign and inheritance of David’s throne

            – His DEATH is strongly implied here; His disinheritance is definitely foretold

“THE PEOPLE OF THE PRINCE WHO IS TO COME”

            – Another “prince” who is not the Messiah, (with a lower case “p”)

            – There is only one such who would qualify:  “the little horn” from the final “Ten-Horned Empire”

            – It is the “people” who will do this next action, not “the prince”

            – Therefore the “people” must be those of that Empire before this “prince” actually comes into power

“WILL DESTROY THE CITY AND THE SANCTUARY”

            – Complete destruction of the very thing that was “decreed” to rebuild at the beginning of the “70 weeks”

            – But the last “70th week” is yet to kick off

            – Implied GAP between the 69th and 70th week at least long enough for these two events to take place:  The Messiah rejected and killed, and the destruction of the city and sanctuary

ALTERNATIVES TO THE 7-YEAR PLACEMENT: 

  • Some associate it around Jesus’ death on the cross after approximately 3 ½ years of ministry because His sacrifice for sin put an end to the sacrifices
  • And some who place it there also apply the last “week” of Daniel’s 70 Weeks as the last week of days in Jesus life; Making Jesus’ death on Wednesday of that week
  • But that puts Jesus’ death as identical to the “abomination of desolation” which cannot be so; Jesus was crucified completely outside the city and could never be said to have desecrated it
  • And Daniel’s 70 Weeks prophecy was never about “weeks” of days centered around the Sabbath day; But based on the 7-year calendar for Sabbath Years in Israel’s calendar cycle
  • Some place the 7-year period around the destruction of the temple in ad70 by Titus and the Roman army with very convincing descriptions of the event and parallel to that of the Tribulation
  • But that puts a definition on the “abomination of desolation” that was never applied in Scripture; Demolition of the Temple is not at all the same as the Defilement
  • The destruction by Nebuchadnezzar (586bc) was not defined in those terms; Whereas Daniel’s own prophecy of the desecration (Daniel 11:31) that was later fulfilled by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (167bc) is clearly identified the same way as this to be done by “the prince who is to come”
  • The specific short term fulfillment of the “abomination” by Antiochus Epiphanes becomes a confirmation and illustration of the long range prophecy of the “prince who is to come” and his “abomination” in the middle of the 70th Week
  • So then we are left with a ‘mystery.’ In fact that is what the New Testament itself calls it and is exactly what Paul claims to have been revealed through him as His stewardship to deliver; It is “the church” the “body” of Christ (Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:16; 3:3-5, 9); It is also called by Paul “one new man” (Ephesians 2:15)
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