Daniel Chapter 9 Verse 27 Abomination Of Desolation

📜 Daniel 9:27 (KJV)

“And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:
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 that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”

🔍 Popular Interpretations

1. Dispensational Futurist View

(Popular among Evangelicals and promoted by Scofield, Left Behind, etc.)

• “He” is interpreted as a future Antichrist.

• “One week” = 7 years (a prophetic “week” = 7 years, based on the “day-year” principle).

• Covenant is seen as a peace treaty between Antichrist and Israel.

• In the middle of the 7 years (3.5 years in), Antichrist breaks the treaty, stops sacrifices, and commits the “abomination of desolation.”

• This is often linked to a rebuilt third temple in Jerusalem during a future 7-year tribulation.

Problems with this view:

• It detaches verse 27 from the rest of the #prophecy contextually.

• It assumes a gap between the 69th and 70th week with no textual support.

• It assigns the covenant to Antichrist, though the verse doesn’t say the “he” is evil.

2. Messianic/Historic Christian View

(Held by early Church Fathers like Hippolytus, and Reformed theologians like Calvin)

• “He” refers to Messiah the Prince (Jesus) from verse 25.

• Jesus confirmed the New Covenant with many (Matthew 26:28).

• The one week is the final seven years of Jesus’ ministry, beginning at His baptism.

• In the midst of the week (3.5 years in), Jesus was crucified, ending the need for animal sacrifices by becoming the final sacrifice.

• The desolation and abominations refer to the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in 70 AD — judgment on Israel for rejecting the Messiah.

Strengths of this view:

• Keeps the flow of the 70 weeks consistent and consecutive.

• Fits with other scriptures about Jesus ending sacrifice (Hebrews 10:12).

• Historically aligns with the destruction of the Second Temple.

3. Preterist View

(Common in Catholic and some Reformed traditions)

• Sees Daniel 9 as completely fulfilled in the 1st century.

• The “he” could be Jesus or even a Roman ruler like Titus, who desecrated the Temple.

• The abomination is the Roman destruction in 70 AD.

• The “end” poured on the desolate refers to God’s judgment on apostate Israel.

🧠 My Honest Analysis

Let’s be brutally honest with what the text says and what it doesn’t say.

➤ Who is “He”?

Grammatically and contextually, “he” naturally points back to the last person mentioned in verse 26, which is Messiah, not “the prince that shall come” (who is linked to the people that destroy the city).

The verse doesn’t say "a wicked man" or "Antichrist" confirms a covenant. It simply says “he” confirms the covenant — and the only one Biblically known for confirming THE covenant is Yeshua (Jesus), not a deceiver.

➤ What covenant?

Jesus said at the Last Supper:

“This is the blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many…” (Matthew 26:28)

This clearly echoes Daniel 9:27 — “he shall confirm the covenant with many.”

➤ What does it mean to “cause the sacrifice to cease”?

Hebrews 10:10-12 says that Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins forever, and there is no more offering for sin. That’s the clearest fulfillment of this.

No temple or Antichrist needs to stop sacrifices if God already ended them through Christ.

➤ What about the Abomination?

Jesus referenced the “abomination of desolation” (Matthew 24:15), warning the early believers of the coming destruction. Many Christians did flee Jerusalem before 70 AD based on His warning.
The Roman armies setting up pagan standards in the holy place was the abomination.

✝️ My Conclusion

I do not believe Daniel 9:27 is about a future Antichrist making a 7-year peace deal.

I believe:

• The “he” is Jesus the Messiah.

• The covenant is the New Covenant confirmed with many.

• In the middle of the final 7 years, He was crucified — ending sacrifices in God’s eyes.

• The abomination and desolation point to Jerusalem’s destruction in 70 AD, as judgment on those who rejected the Messiah.

This view is faithful to context, honors the Messiah’s central role, and avoids forcing a gap between the 69th and 70th weeks (which the text never calls for).

📘 Septuagint Text of Daniel 9:27

The Septuagint version of Daniel 9:27 is notoriously different than the Masoretic Text (which most English Bibles, like the KJV, follow). Let’s first look at an English translation from the Brenton Septuagint (LXX):

Daniel 9:27 (Brenton LXX):
“And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week My sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away: and on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations; and at the end of the time an end shall be put to the desolation.”

🧠 Key Observations from the LXX

1. “One week shall establish the covenant with many”

• This is very similar to the Hebrew Masoretic rendering.

• However, the subject is not ambiguous in the LXX. It doesn't insert a pronoun like “he” to confuse the identity.

• It reads as a divine action — “shall establish the covenant” — which more naturally aligns with God or the Messiah than with a wicked figure.

✅ Supports the view that this is the Messiah confirming the covenant.

2. “My sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away”

• The Masoretic Text says “he shall cause the sacrifice... to cease” — which is passive and unclear who is acting.

• But in the Septuagint, the speaker is God: “My sacrifice... shall be taken away.”

• This directly connects the removal of sacrifice to God’s will, possibly because a greater, final sacrifice (Yeshua) would replace it.

✅ This powerfully supports the Messianic fulfillment — Jesus being the once-for-all sacrifice that ends the sacrificial system (see Hebrews 10:10).

3. “On the temple shall be the abomination of desolations”

• Again, this mirrors both the Hebrew and what Yeshua quoted in Matthew 24:15.

• The placement of the abomination is on the temple — implying something defiling the holy place.

• In history, this occurred when the Romans desecrated the temple in 70 AD, setting up their standards and eventually destroying it.

✅ Aligns with the historical 70 AD fulfillment and the warnings of Jesus in the Olivet Discourse.

4. “At the end of the time, an end shall be put to the desolation”

• The Septuagint ends on a hopeful note: desolation is not permanent — it has an end.

• This suggests judgment is temporary, fitting the Biblical pattern of destruction followed by restoration.

• It echoes prophecies in Zechariah, Isaiah, and Revelation about future redemption and the return of God's glory.

✅ This opens the door to seeing Daniel 9:27 as not just about judgment, but a redemptive turning point in history.

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✝️ My Final Thoughts (Including LXX Insights)

The Septuagint strengthens the interpretation that this prophecy is:

• Messianic, not Antichrist-based.

• About the New Covenant, not a political peace treaty.

• Fulfilled in Christ, not a future 7-year tribulation.

• Culminating in judgment (70 AD) — but also promising eventual restoration.

The LXX clearly places the focus on God’s covenant, God’s sacrifice, and God’s control over judgment — which beautifully fits the work of Jesus as Messiah.

🕍 What Is on the Temple Mount Today?

Currently, the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque dominate the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Let’s look at them individually and symbolically.

1. 🕌 The Dome of the Rock

• Built in 691 AD under the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik.

• It sits on or very near the site of the First and Second Temples.

• It features inscriptions in Arabic around the dome explicitly denying the Sonship of Yeshua:

  “God has no son.”

• It is an Islamic shrine — not a mosque — built to assert Islamic theology on top of what was once the holiest site in Judaism.

• Many scholars believe it was a deliberate symbolic takeover of the Jewish and Christian holy space.

2. 🕌 Al-Aqsa Mosque

• Located at the southern end of the Temple Mount.

• Considered the third holiest site in Islam, based on Islamic tradition that Muhammad ascended from there during the Night Journey.

• Has been a frequent source of political and religious conflict, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries.

🧠 Do These Structures Fit the “Abomination of Desolation”?

Let’s go deeper and test them against Biblical and prophetic standards.

🔥 Definition of “Abomination”

In Hebrew, the word for “abomination” is תּוֹעֵבָה (toʿevah) — which typically refers to:

• Idolatry

• False worship

• Desecration of holy things

In Daniel and other prophetic books, an “abomination” especially implies blasphemous defilement of a place God once declared holy.

✡️ The Temple Mount is where God placed His Name (1 Kings 9:3), so its desecration is a serious matter.

💣 Key Points of Desecration:

1. Blasphemy against Jesus
   The Dome of the Rock includes Qur'anic verses that deny the deity of Christ, stating:

   “God is only One God. Far be it removed from His transcendent majesty that He should have a son.”

   That alone is a direct contradiction of the Gospel — and to have it inscribed over what was once God's holy hill is a spiritual provocation.

2. Replacement Theology in Stone
   The Islamic inscriptions effectively say:

   • “The God of Abraham has no Son.”

   • “This place no longer belongs to Israel or Christ.”

   • “It belongs to Islam.”

   This is more than a building — it’s a claim of spiritual dominance over the God of the Bible and His Messiah.

3. A Structure Invited by Judgment
   After rejecting Messiah, the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD. About 600 years later, this Islamic structure was raised on the ruins of God’s former dwelling.

   As Daniel 9:27 said: “...on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations...”

🧩 Prophetic Implications

If we read Daniel 9:27 literally and historically, and believe:

• Messiah came and was “cut off” (crucified),

• The Temple was destroyed (70 AD),

• And a blasphemous structure was raised on the sacred mount…

Then the Dome of the Rock fits very precisely as an abomination of desolation — one that:

• Denies the covenant,

• Blasphemes the Son,

• Occupies the holy ground,

• And has stood for over 1,300 years as a symbol of false dominion.

Some would argue this is ongoing desolation until the “consummation” (end) spoken of in Daniel 9:27.

🕊️ What Comes Next?

According to prophecy (e.g., Zechariah 14, Ezekiel 40–48, Revelation 11), there may be:

• A final cleansing or reclaiming of the Temple Mount,

• Possibly a new Temple or at least a restoration of true worship,

• Followed by the Messiah's return and reign from Jerusalem.

That would mean this “abomination” has an expiration date — and God will reclaim His holy hill.

🧭 Summary