eternally-gratefull:
The following list of phrases, taken from the above quoted verses, is listed in chronological order of fulfillment of the events associated with each phrase:
and to anoint the most Holy
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week
shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself
to finish the transgression
and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness
and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease
and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate ( even until the consummation )
and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;
and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate
and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined
and to seal up the vision and prophecy
( I left the 'consummation' phrase where it is because it is an "extension" of the phrase in front of it. )
The 'abominations' phrase is the "decree" that brings about the line that follows it.
A similar association exists for the next two lines.
You absolutely
must learn that Biblical prophesy
is not written in a verse-by-verse, phrase-by-phrase, chronological order.
Just because something comes first in a passage of scripture - does not make it first chronologically.
You
must pay attention to the "grammar of the language" --- it is the
key thing that will help you understand what a passage of scripture is actually saying... ( or
not saying
)
"Just sayin'..."