Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Abomination, desolation - continued

Shalom, Mishpachah.

Today is Yom Richown. The "head day" of the week. Since it is still only 10:35 pm, we would call it "Saturday," although it is no longer the Shabbat.

Continuing on, let's actually take the time to define these words. First, Strong's has this to say about them (and I'm using Dan. 9:27 for the Tanakh - the OT - and Matt. 24:15 for the Brit Chadashah - the NT:

OT:8074 shaameem (shaw-mame'); a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense):
KJV - make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish (-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate (-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
OT:8251 shiqquwts (shik-koots'); or shiqquts (shik-koots'); from OT:8262; disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol:
KJV - abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).
NT:946 bdelugma (bdel'-oog-mah); from NT:948; a detestation, i.e. (specially) idolatry:
KJV - abomination.
NT:2050 ereemoosis (er-ay'-mo-sis); from NT:2049; despoliation:
KJV - desolation.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

Now, knowing that words in Hebrew usually are found in "families," and that words in Greek often stem from other sources, we should also look at the words to which the numbers refer:

OT:8262 shaaqats (shaw-kats'); a primitive root; to be filthy, i.e. (intensively) to loathe, pollute:
KJV - abhor, make abominable, have in abomination, detest,  utterly.
NT:948 bdelussoo (bdel-oos'-so); from a (presumed) derivative of bdeoo (to stink); to be disgusted, i.e. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry):
KJV - abhor, abominable.
NT:2049 ereemo-oo (er-ay-mo'-o); from NT:2048; to lay waste (literally or figuratively):
KJV - (bring to, make) desolate (-ion), come to nought.
NT:2048 ereemos (er'-ay-mos); of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, NT:5561 being implied):
KJV - desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

(We could go another level with NT:5561, but I'm going to stop here.)

Now, something that is VERY important is to LEAVE THE LABELS BEHIND! What I mean is this: Both Gavri'el (Gabriel) quoted by Dani'el (Daniel) and Mattityahu (Matthew) were trying to convey a message and were using these words to describe events to come; they were NOT introducing some title of an event! The words MEANT SOMETHING and were intended to disseminate knowledge at a basic level.

Gavri'el's words were as follows in Dan. 9:27:

27 Vhigbiyr briyt laarabiym shaaVuwa` echaad
vachatsiy hashaaVuwa` yashbiyt zeVach uwminchaah
v`al knaf shiquwtsiym mshomeem v`ad kaalaah
vnecheraatsaah titakh `al shomeem:

Allow me a bit of leeway on my transliteration scheme, here: A "bet" at the beginning of a word is ALWAYS a "bet" (a "b" sound), whether the dagesh dot is included or not, and is never a "vet." So, any "v" sound at the beginning of a word MUST be a "vav." Thus, I can capitalize at the beginning of sentences with a "V" for a "vav" and a "B" for a "bet." Elsewhere in the sentences, a "v" represents a "vav" and a "V" represents a "vet," and a "b" represents a "bet."

Also, the "vav" following a "cholem" making a "cholem with vav" or a "vav" with a central dot making a "shureq" instead of a "qibbuts" is represented with a "w" attached to the "o" or the "u," as "ow" and "uw," respectively. The vowel sound does not change that much and may not be recognizable by the ear of an English speaking person.

27 Vhigbiyr = 27 And-he-shall-strengthen
briyt = a-covenant
laarabiym = with-many
shaaVuwa` = seven
echaad = one
vachatsiy = and-in-middle
hashaaVuwa` = of-the-seven
yashbiyt = he-shall-stop
zeVach = sacrifice
uwminchaah = and-gift
v`al = and-against
knaf = a-wing
shiquwtsiym = of-abominations
mshomeem = he-shall-desolate
v`ad = and-until
kaalaah = an-end
vnecheraatsaah = and-that-decided
titakh = shall-be-poured
`al = against
shomeem: = desolated:


27 And-he-shall-strengthen a-covenant with-many seven one and-in-middle of-the-seven he-shall-stop sacrifice and-gift and-against a-wing of-abominations he-shall-desolate and-until an-end and-that-decided shall-be-poured against desolated:

And, as I have said on numerous occasions within the forums I visit, the "he" here must refer to the "Messiah" of verse 26, not the "prince that shall come," which is within a prepositional phrase (in English) or a subordinate noun in a noun construct state (in Hebrew).

Thus, it is not some "antichrist" who (1) strengthens a covenant with many for one seven, (2) who stops the sacrifice and the gift in the middle of that seven, and (3) leaves the desolated desolate until everything determined is poured out against them until the end, because of a WING of abominations! It is Yeshua` the Messiah of God who does all of that.

First, (1) the covenant strengthened for one seven is the DAVIDIC COVENANT and Yeshua` offered Himself as their anointed King only to be rejected, even though God the Father Himself anointed Him with the "oil of gladness" and identified Him as David's rightful heir by calling Him His own Son (Matthew 3:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22 cff Psalm 2:1-12; 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13; 28:6; Psalm 89:3-4, 26-29, and 33-37).
It was (2) HE who stopped the sacrifice and the gift in the middle of the seven by completing the need for sacrifice in the presentation of His own body (the veil) for sin (Hebrews 10:1-22).
And it was (3) HE who left the house of Isra'el DESOLATE until everything determined is poured our against them until the end comes, because of a myriad of abominations in rejecting Him as their King (Matthew 23:37-39)!