July 03, 2003 (24)VARIOUS COMMENTS BY DIVERSE COMMENTATORS. John Wesley’s Notes Daniel 9:27 He shall confirm – Christ confirmed the new covenant. Forerunner Commentary Daniel 9:27 Protestants try to ascribe the covenant of verse 27 to the Antichrist because “he,” they say, refers to “the prince who is to come.” But this cannot be! Remember the poetic organization! The key is the word “many.” It is literally “the many,” and whenever it is used in the Old Testament, it refers to either the covenant people Israel or to the saints, that is, true believers. Jesus says in Matthew 26:28, “For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” Christ makes the covenant, not Antichrist! Confirm means “strengthen” or “make firm”almost to the point of being unbreakable. This helps substantiate its reference to the New Covenant, an everlasting covenant that strengthened the basic requirements of the Old Covenant. Significantly, when Christ in the Olivet Prophecy gives His disciples the signs of the end, He does not mention a covenant or treaty to be enacted between the Antichrist and the Jews, Christians, saints, or anyone! He does mention both of the events Gabriel mentions here: the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 (Matthew 24:2) and the abomination of desolation (verse 15). Richard T. Ritenbaugh And he shall confirm the covenant – Christ. The confirmation of the covenant is assinged to Him. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Havernick, Hengstenberg and Auberlen regard the Messias as the subject, and understand by the confirmating of the covenant, the New Covenant by the death of Christ. Keil and Delitzsch. In the half of the week, or in the middle of the week, etc,: because Christ preached three and one-half years, and then by His sacrifice upon the Cross abolished all the sacrifices of the law. Footnotes Douay ver.
We need the riches of HIS glory not the riches of this world.