The countdown to Christ’s arrival is much greater than we ever could have hoped for.
In a message by Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, Cahn discussed the signs from biblical prophecy about Jesus’ arrival to the world, and how they showcase that God is the ultimate promise keeper.
Looking at the book of Daniel, Cahn points out how the angel Gabriel is the one who appeared to both Daniel and Mary, making the point that God would fulfill the promise He made of a coming Messiah. He also describes how the number 70 plays an important role in Messianic prophecy.
“What’s the sanctuary? The temple. So therefore, Messiah will come, then the city of Jerusalem and the sanctuary, the temple, will be destroyed. So, do we know if that happened? Well it happened. It happened in the year 70 A.D. The destruction of Jerusalem and the temple,” Cahn says. “What does that mean? It means whoever the Messiah is, he had to have come before the date 70 A.D. no matter what. Anybody who comes after that is disqualified.”
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“There’s only one who’s famous for dying for sins. Daniel 9 [says] he’ll be cut off. He’ll make an end of sin. [This] matches up with Isaiah 53. He will die for [our] sin. Could God make this any clearer than that?” Cahn asks. “Then there are 70 sevens. What are they? Sometimes you’ll hear it said, ‘the 70 weeks of Daniel, the 70 sevens.’ It’s a time period clearly.”
Cahn explains how this period of time refers to the number of years of needed to rebuild the temple. The number 70 also refers directly to the amount of time the Jewish people were to be exiled according the prophet Jeremiah for all the years they did not observe the Sabbath. Cahn explains that when these numbers are placed in the correct context, they become a prophetic symbol of the number of years for Jesus’ coming and sacrifice.
“It’s all about the countdown to Messiah,” Cahn says.
The fingerprints of God are all over these prophecies, pointing to the coming of the Messiah who would take away the sins of the world. All the way from the time of Abraham to the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, God showed His faithfulness. In the same place of Mount Moriah where God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, He sacrificed His only Son for our sake.
“What is on Mount Moriah? The Temple Mount and Calvary,” Cahn says. “It’s God; He’s confirming, He’s saying I’m going to fulfill all my promises in this one act. When the Messiah dies all my promises are in that.”
Second Corinthians 1:20 tells “For all the promises of God in Him are ‘Yes’ and in Him ‘Amen,’ to the glory of God through us.” God promised to bring us a Savior, and in the perfect time, the promise was fulfilled. Just as God was faithful to provide the sacrifice who wiped our sins clean, He will also be faithful to return in all of His glory, just as His Word says.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
