Interestingly the Book of Daniel identifies the one who would ultimately cleanse the sanctuary as having the

name Muhammad. In response to Daniel's prayer for Jerusalem the Angel Ga riel addresses Daniel as !ammudot eing the root of the

"afsir of #urah as$#aff %&'% () June (*&( at *+'(%

,And when Isa son of Marium said' - children of Israel. surely I am the messenger of Allah to you/ verifying that which is efore me of the "awrat and giving the good news of an Messenger who will come after me/ his name eing Ahmad/ ut when he came to them with clear arguments they said' "his is clear magic., 0#urah %&'%1

"he "orah2"awrat in 3ur4anic conte5t and in Judaism today refers to the all the ooks of the prophets of Israel/ the -ld "estament/ and not 6ust the first five ooks of Moses.

"he word Ahmad means ,praised one,/ ,praiseworthy,/ and so forth. Basically Isa2Jesus is saying the 7rophet of Islam is propheci8ed with this title in the "orah2"awrat2 -ld "estament2"anakh. #o how do we know whether or not it is true9 :e have to look in the "awrat for answers.

#pecifically/ we have to go to the prophet Daniel. "he ook of Daniel has sym olic correspondence with the prophet of Islam eing the last prophet/ since the ook of Daniel was the last prophetic ook of Israel to e written. And Daniel was argua ly the last prophet of Israel.

"he prophecy comes in Daniel ;'(<. But efore we address it some conte5tual issues must first e hashed out.

According to most scholars the < easts depicted in Daniel chapter ) represent Ba ylonia/ Medes/ 7ersia/ and Ale5ander's Greek empire. "he ten =horns> represent the kings from Ale5ander on through the #eleucid kingdom'

&.Ale5ander the Great (.#eleucus I ?icator/ @.Antiochus I #oter/ <.Antiochus II "heos/ A.#eleucus II Ballinicus/ %.#eleucus III Beraunus/ ).Antiochus III the Great/ +.#eleucus IC 7hilopator/ ;.!eliodorus/ &*.#eleucus IC4s infant son Antiochus 0puppet for !eliodorus1.

"he last three ,horns, had to fall to make way for the ,little horn, 0Daniel +';1 who is Antiochus IC Dpiphanes and his arrival on the throne/ effectively y usurpation. Daniel )'(A is a reference to the persecutions of Antiochus/ his suppression of the Israelite religion/ and his attempt to force the Israelites to adopt the Greek customs. Daniel chapter && is specifically speaking a out Antiochus IC who is the same ,little horn, 0Daniel +';1.

"he prophecy of the king Gog from the land of Magog/ in D8ekial @+$@;/ is also not messianic as is commonly assumed ut in fact also refers to the #eleucids.

#o when we get to Daniel ;/ there are two anointed ones who are spoken of/ one of whom comes after ) weeks/ and the other after a further period of %( weeks. "he first ,anointed, is Byrus 0Isaiah <A'&1 whose decree to re uild Jerusalem comes <; years after the destruction of the city and the "emple/ which is the time when an ,anointed one, 0Daniel ;'(A1 is to come to fulfill the prophecy 0A+%$<;EA@) BB1. "he second segment of %( weeks 0Daniel ;' (%1 culminates in &*@ BB 0A+%$<;$<@<E&*@ BB1. Cerse (% indicates that ,after %( weeks an anointed one shall e cut off., "his ,anointed one, is the !igh 7riest Ale5ander Fannai 0&*@$)% BB1 who came to power 6ust at the end of the %( week period in &*@ BB and was the last of the important !asmonean leaders. "he phrase ,after %( weeks, indicates the time frame during which the ,anointed one shall e cut off/, that is suffer/ =karet>/ e5cision. "his punishment is given to Ale5ander Fannai for eing a tyrant.

#o there is nothing here that is messianic therein.

!owever/ what is commonly missed is that Daniel ;'(< specifically is a completely distinct messianic prophecy detached from the rest of the narrative.

"hat is the ) weeks referring to Byrus and %( weeks referring to Ale5ander Fannai are completely separate from the )* weeks in verse ;'(<.

Because verse ;'(< is speaking a out )* weeks/ ut %(G) is not )*/ it is %; .

Daniel ;'(< thus is a carefully concealed messianic prophecy. Most people who read it directly often mistake the ) weeks and %( weeks with the )* weeks spoken earlier.

#o how does Daniel ;'(< connect with #urah %&'%9

In this verse/ a prophecy attri uted to the time of the Ba ylonian e5ile/ the prophet Daniel propheci8ed to the e5iled Israelites'

=#eventy Hsevens4 0) I )*1 have een decreed for your people and your holy city/ to finish the transgression/ to make an end of sin/ to make atonement for iniJuity/ to ring in everlasting righteousness/ to ,seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place., 0Daniel ;'(<1

:hen the prophet Daniel propheci8es a out the coming sealing of prophethood/ he point lank uses the DIAB" same words that are used in the 3u'ran for the 7rophet Mohammed/ who is the seal of the prophets.

"he term used in the !e rew of Daniel/ " laKhetom Nabia" is the exact cognate equivalent of the arabic KLLMNOP QRST "KhUtim an$?a iyVn,/ in the 3u'ran.

"hey are the e5act same #emitic words.

"here have een many predictions in Judaism ased on the "anakh 0-ld "estament1 on when the Messiah 0Maseeh1 would come. #ome that were specifically applied to the 7rophet of Islam included ,I will make him an e5ceedingly great nation, 0Genesis &).(*1/ ,a prophet from the midst of thee, 0Deuteronomy &+'&A1/ ,he shined forth from Mount 7aran, 0Deuteronomy @@'&1 and ,And should he see ridersWpairs of horse$riders/ riders of asses/ riders of camels, 0Isaiah (&')1. In addition/ the Muslims were thought to e indicated y the ,Xenites, mentioned in ?um ers (<'(&$((.

#o where do the #eventy Hsevens4 0) I )*1 or <;* years fit in the a ove Daniel ;'(< prophecy9

During the years efore the irth of the prophet Mohammed there was great messianic e5pectation ased on the prophecy of the 7rophet Daniel among Jews. "he prophet Daniel here prophesi8ed that the time from when the "emple was lost to the coming of Messiah would e )5)* years 0Daniel ;'(($ ()1.

"he "emple was lost during the time of #himeon en Xosi a/ known as Bar Xokh a 0son of a star1/ who fought a war against the Yoman Dmpire and retaking Jerusalem. !e resumed sacrifices at the site of the "emple and made plans to re$esta lish a theocratic Israel. !e esta lished a provisional government and egan to issue coins in its name. But ultimately was defeated in &@( BD.

#ince the #econd Bommonwealth 0last Jewish kingdom1 ended in &@( BD with the crushing of the revolt of Bar Xoch a/ this would e when the prophecy ecame active.

"here was widespread e5pectation/ recorded in the Midrashei Geulah/ that &@(BD 0the defeat of Bar Xoch a1 G <;* years would mean that the propheci8ed 7rophet would come in the year %(( BD. :hich miraculously fits with the coming of the 7rophet of Islam.

"he prophet Daniel is even called ,Ish !aMuDot, 0Man of Delights1 in Daniel &*'&&/ which is the same root as the name mu!aMeD 0machmad1. "he he rew word ,machmad, means something eloved/ something precious/ or something desira le from the root =chamad>. "he root ,chamad, is also the

root of the name Muhammed.

"he word machmad in !e rew comes from the root B!.M.D/ the root of words such as =coveted>/ =delightful>/ =delightful>/ =desira le> and so on.

In Ara ic/ the root B!.M.D is the root of words such as =praised>/ =decent>/ =praiseworthy>/ and this is also the root of the name Muhammad.

"he !e rew (machmad) occurs in 13 verses

1 King 20: !et " #ill send m$ servants unto thee tomorro# about this time and the$ shall search thine house and the houses of th$ servants and it shall be% &that' #hatsoever is ()*+,+N- in thine e$es% the$ shall .ut &it' in their hand% and ta/e &it' a#a$0

2 1h 3 :12 +nd the$ burnt the house of 3od% and bra/e do#n the #all of 4erusalem and burnt all the .alaces thereof #ith fire% and destro$ed all the 3556)! vessels thereof0

,gs 7:1 8is mouth &&is' most s#eet: $ea% he &is' altogether )59*)!0 -his &is' m$ beloved% and this &is' m$ friend% 5 daughters of 4erusalem 0

"sa ::11 5ur hol$ and our beautiful house #here our fathers .raised thee% is burned u. #ith fire: and all our ()*+,+N- -8"N3, are laid #aste0

)am 1:10 -he adversar$ hath s.read out his hand u.on all her ()*+,+N- -8"N3,: for she hath seen &that' the heathen entered into her sanctuar$% #hom thou didst command &that' the$ should not enter into th$ congregation0

)am 1:11 +ll her .eo.le sigh % the$ see/ bread ; the$ have given their ()*+,+N-8"N3, for meat to relieve the soul: see % 5 )5<6% and consider; for " am become vile0

)am 2:: 8e hath bent his bo# li/e an enem$: he stood #ith his right hand as an adversar$% and sle# all &that #ere' ()*+,+N- to the e$e in the tabernacle of the daughter of =ion: he .oured out his fur$ li/e fire0

*>e 2::1 ,on of man% behold% " ta/e a#a$ from thee the 6*,"<* of thine e$es #ith a stro/e: $et neither shalt thou mourn nor #ee.% neither shall th$ tears run do#n0

*>e 2::21 ,.ea/ unto the house of "srael% -hus saith the )ord 356; ?ehold% " #ill .rofane m$ sanctuar$% the excellenc$ of $our strength % the 6*,"<* of $our e$es% and that #hich $our soul .itieth; and $our sons and $our daughters #hom $e have left shall fall b$ the s#ord0

*>e 2::27 +lso% thou son of man% &shall it' not &be' in the da$ #hen " ta/e from them their strength :7@1% the Ao$ of their glor$% the 6*,"<* of their e$es % and that #hereu.on the$ set their minds % their sons and their daughters%

8sa 2: Bor% lo% the$ are gone because of destruction : *g$.t shall gather them u.% Cem.his shall bur$ them: the ()*+,+N- &.laces' for their silver% nettles shall .ossess them: thorns &shall be' in their tabernacles0

8sa 2:1 *.hraim is smitten% their root is dried u.% the$ shall bear no fruit: $ea% though

the$ bring forth % $et #ill " sla$ &even' the ?*)59*6 &fruit' of their #omb0

4oe 3:7 ?ecause $e have ta/en m$ silver and m$ gold% and have carried into $our tem.les m$ goodl$ ()*+,+N- -8"N3,

+ll of #hich is .articularl$ fascinating because the .ro.het 6aniel is called the "son of man" once in 6aniel @:1D0 +nd then in 6aniel D:13% #hen it s.ea/s about the future messiah to come% it s.ea/s about him as "one li/e son of man"% as in one li/e the "son of man" #ho is the .ro.het 6anielE

+nd #hat does the ,urah 1: sa$F -hat it #as .ro.heci>ed that "+hmad"% meaning the ".raised one" or ".raise#orth$" #ould comeE

,o the date of his coming% his name as CohammedG+hmad (the .raise#orth$)% and him being the seal of .rohethood #ere all .ro.heci>ed in the -a#ratG-ana/h% as the HuIran outlines0 -his is one of man$ exam.les #here the HuIran itself acts as a tafsir for the

?ible itself0