Chapter Five: Premillennialism (13): Critique of the Premillennial Explanation of Daniel 9 (2)
David Engelsma critiques the dispensationalist premillennial interpretation of Daniel 9:24-27, particularly the doctrine of the rapture and the gap between the sixty-ninth and seventieth weeks. The article demonstrates how the premillennial reading requires eisegetical additions not found in the biblical text itself, defending instead a Reformed approach to eschatological prophecy.
Previous article in this series: February 1, 2017, p. 203. Introduction As I pointed out in the preceding article in this series, the vision of the seventy weeks in Daniel 9:24-27 is of the greatest importance to dispensational premillennialism. The Daniel passage is as important to premillennialism as Revelation 20. Wholly and exclusively a prophecy about the nation of Israel, not at all about the church, the passage is explained by premillennialism as forecasting the return of the captive...
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