Only a Levite, of the priestly line of Aaron, could become high priest, enter into the Holy of Holies, and sprinkle blood on the mercy seat of the Ark. It is a little-known fact that Yeshua was more Levite than He was a Judean. This was accomplished by “the seed of the woman” (Genesis 3:15). Mary, the mother of Yeshua, and Elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, were first cousins. Mary’s mother was the younger sister of Elisabeth’s mother. Both mothers were of the priestly lineage of Aaron (Luke 1:5).
Here is why many people do not understand the 70 weeks of Daniel. The second level does not speak of years, but begins to speak in terms of 7-day weeks. The complete ministry of Yeshua was seventy weeks, or 490 days, not three and a half years. Yeshua was baptized on Sunday February 16, AD 27. Sixty-two actual weeks later, which was 434 days, Yeshua rode into Jerusalem on a donkey on Saturday morning April 24, AD 28. There was no Palm Sunday. Neither was there any resurrection on Easter Sunday, but more about that in another article. His ministry ended June 20, AD 28, when His Ghost was given to the 120 disciples. The difference between a “ghost” and a spirit, is that a ghost is a spirit that has had human habitation.
After the Exodus of the children of Israel (House of Jacob) from Egypt in 1598 BC, the nation of Israel was to be the spokesmen of Yehovah, in order to reveal to the rest of the world the knowledge of God. That is why the Jews are called “God’s special people”: Deuteronomy 7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.