Tradition must give way to the clear statements of the Scripture

    Gabriel, (Dan. 9:21; Lk. 1:19,26) explain the vision to this man. So he approached where I was standing; when he came near, I was terrified and fell facedown. (Ez. 1:28; 44:4; Dan. 2:46; Rev. 1:17) “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision refers to the time of the end. ” (Dan. 11:35, 40) While he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep, (Dan. 10:9; Lk. 9:32) with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, made me stand up, (Ez. 2:2; Dan. 10:10, 16, 18)  and said, “I am here to tell you what will happen at the conclusion of the time of wrath, because it refers to the appointed time of the end.(Mt. 13:7) Dan. 8:16–19 CSV  Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning your people and your holy city: to restrain transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for lawlessness, to establish everlasting righteousness, to conclude vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. Dan. 9:24 ISV “ Upon thy people and upon thy holy city ...

  Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: “HE WAS LED LIKE A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND LIKE A LAMB THAT IS SILENT BEFORE ITS SHEARER, SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH. “IN HUMILIATION HIS JUSTICE WAS TAKEN AWAY; WHO WILL DESCRIBE HIS GENERATION? FOR HIS LIFE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE EARTH.” The eunuch answered Philip and said, “Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself, or of someone else?” Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him. Acts 8:30–35 The rhetorical question suggests the insensitivity of this generation for its act against God’s servant, who was slain unjustly as he was silent. Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible, Second Edition (Denmark: Thomas Nelson, 2019). Th...