Messiah the Prince Shall Be Cut Off
Daniel 9:24-27.
"24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in Everlasting Righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah [Hebrew,mashiyach, the Anointed One] the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah [Hebrew, mashiyach, the Anointed One] be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 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"
(Daniel 9:24-27). This prophecy of Daniel anticipated the timing of the appearance of the Messiah, believed to have occurred about 2,000 years ago by the Christians, but rejected to this day by much of the House of Israel. "We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long"
(Psalm 74:9). The appearance of the Messiah to be sacrificed for the sins of mankind was anticipated by the devout Simeon.
"25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the LORD's Christ.
27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for Him after the custom of the Law [i.e., dedicate the male child to the LORD],
28 then took he Him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 LORD, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in Peace, according to Thy Word:
30 for mine eyes have seen Thy Salvation,
31 which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32 a Light to lighten the Gentiles, and the Glory of Thy people Israel"
(Luke 2:25-32). Even the timing of the Messiah's Appearance was calculated and prophesied in the Hebrew Scriptures, so that those who looked for Him would find Him.