After his vicarious prayer of confession, daniel is granted a revelation, conveyed to him by the man gabriel 9. The first 69 weeks of daniel 70 weeks prophecy were fulfilled with the cutting off of messiah jesus. This is also the only way you can make the three measures of the great tribulation 1260 days, 42 months, or 3 12 years come out the same. Nov 15, 2015 traditional interpretations of daniel 9 assume that the phrase seventy weeks is a way of saying 490 years, an assumption that is not supported by scripture. How can we be sure that this prophecy did in fact begin in 457 b.
Daniels prophecy of the seventy weeks by wayne jackson, m. Many christians, as said above, cut off the last 7 years from this 70 weeks prophecy of daniel and place them in the future, but there is not a single line of scripture that tells us to do this. Daniel s vision of four beasts concerning four kingdoms of the times of the gentiles, chapter 7 b. The seventy weeks of daniel the seventy weeks of daniel chapter 9 of the book of daniel describes one of the most important times in the history of israel and of the world. In this view of prophecy in the middle of the tribulation, antichrist will cause the sacrifices of a rebuilt jewish temple to cease. Jesus christ emphatically declared that the old testament scriptures contained prophecies he would fulfill luke 24.
The seventy weeks of daniel or, the wisdom of god in all of the seventy weeks seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. Research on the subject to know when it occurred still ongoing and the debate is still raging. This just really caps it all and pulls all of the prophecy of the bible together. The church, however, rarely explained the seventy weeks prophecy of daniel 9. The seventy weeks prophecy is one of the most significant and detailed messianic prophecies of the old testament. Using sir robert andersons 360day prophetic year to. Whitcomb it has often been said, and i believe with truth, that those who shun the study of biblical languages will find themselves at the mercy of. Daniel the seventy weeks perhaps no other portion of scripture is of more importance to the student of prophecy than these verses. It is agreed that the time of jesus first advent on earth such as the year he was born and the year he started his ministry is still debated by scholars. This video shows in a concise and nice way the 70 weeks mentioned by daniel. This prophecy is a prophecy for daniels people and daniels city. Daniels 70 weeks of years tribulation lamb and lion.
Especially in the world tomorrow broadcasts, the church focused on nebuchadnezzars image daniel 2, the beasts that represent world empires daniel 7, and the symbols and time frame of the book of revelation. He states that at the end of the first two periods 69 weeks or 483 years, the messiah will be cut off, a seemingly clear reference to the crucifixion. In this article, the author considers and defends the messianic interpretation of dan 9. All commentators accept this postponement it is s imply. While the apostle john is given the most extensive revelation of any new testament figure, the prophet daniel has that honor in the old testament. The ram and the goat 9 a prayer of daniel and vision of 70 weeks 1012 a vision of daniel. Explanation of the seventy weeks the first half of the one week jesus confirms the covenant. That ties in the rest of the message before i can go with thethe seven seals, which theres seven seals, seven plagues. A chart of the 70th week of daniel endtime pilgrim. The seventy weeks and the great tribulation a study of the last two visions of daniel, and of the olivet discourse of the lord jesus christ by philip mauro written in 1921, revised in 1944 table of contents chapter 1 principles that should govern in the interpretation of prophecy 1 bible chronology 2 a prophecy of transcendent interest 2. I am surely no yoda read the first post in this series to get what i am saying, but let me guide you with some things to think about, and then point you towards other resources on the internet that i think you will find helpful. He started his count of the seventy weeks with a decree of the persian king artaxerxes, which. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks chapter 9 of the book of daniel is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel in response to daniel s prayer for god to act on behalf of his people and city i.
From there we count out 483 biblical 360 day years. Daniel s prophecy of the seventy weeks by wayne jackson, m. Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the day of atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land. Over the centuries scholars have proposed dozens of competing interpretations of these challenging verses, especially daniels prophecy of the 70 weeks.
Since the prophecy delivered by gabriel to daniel in 9. What the bible says about seventy weeks prophecy, chart. In the concluding four verses of daniel 9, one of the most. This video is taken from chuck misslers video uploaded by. Does days in prophecy equal years daniel 9 seventy weeks. A lot of theologians take daniel s seventy weeks and interpret the seventy weeks to be 490 years, a year for each day.
The start date for the seventy weeks end times truth. As chapter 9 begins, jerusalem was in ruins and the prophet was diligently studying the seventy year prophecy of j eremiah 25. You shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you fortynine years. Nov 01, 2004 missler, chuck, daniels 70 weeks, koinonia house, 2004. The seventy weeks of daniel jerry vines sermon outlines. The seventy weeks prophecy is internally dated to the first year of darius son of ahasuerus, by birth a mede verse 1, elsewhere referred to within the book of daniel as darius the mede e. The entire passage of daniels 70 weeks is given below first for ease of study and so the context can be seen before we explain the remaining verses. The chapter begins with daniel praying for israel, acknowledging the nations sins against god and asking for gods mercy.
Resurrection before 400 ad uninspired records of how early christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed. I am surely no yoda read the first post in this series to get what i am saying, but let me guide you with some things to think. The 70 weeks of daniel equal exactly 490 years to the solar day. So let me start by saying that the seventy weeks of daniel are seventy continuous weeks of prophetic time.
Gods calendar specifies that days are to be counted as years and the years are grouped into units of seven as in 70 sevens. We are presented with two time prophecies juxtaposed with each. The seventy weeks of daniel by randall price no portion of the old testament scripture is as essential to unlocking the mysteries of the prophetic plan for gods future program for israel and the nations than the book of daniel and. If we look at the six issues that daniels seventy week prophecy wraps up and finalizes we must of necessity come to this conclusion. Daniel sat a captive in babylon, away from his people for 69 years, and wondered if god had forgotten him. The seventy weeks of daniel by william marrion branham. Jerry vines this has to be the apex of all the prophecies that god revealed to daniel. He published this discovery in a book called the coming prince, a commentary on daniel s 70th week. Understanding daniels 70 weeks the creation concept. From a hermeneutic standpoint, i seek to know if this type of calculation is g. More then 2500 years ago in the land of babylon a hebrew prophet named daniel, a captive from the land of. The fall feasts of israel and the timeline of the final 7 years of this age. No alchemy of origenistic spiritualizing interpretation can change that. Then cometh the end 21st annual midwest lectures page 2 2003 this material may be freely distributed as long as it remains unchanged and proper credit is given for source.
The prophecy of the seventy weeks therefore belongs to the larger. Daniels prophecy of 70 weeks foretells the messiahs. The seventy weeks of daniel or, the wisdom of god in all of the seventy weeks seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to. During the first seven sabbaticals the city of jerusalem is. The prophet daniel lived more than 500 years before the birth of jesus. Jeremiah study bible what we learn from daniels 70 weeks. In his prayer daniel mentions jeremiahs prophecy of seventy years of captivity verse 2, but gabriel says it will not be just seventy years but seventy times seven years. Daniels 70 weeks prophecy and the jesuit lie of futurism. Sign up here to receive our free digital version of personal update. Bohrs notes on daniel 9 overview of daniel 9 and its historical context 538 b. The text reads literally seven weeks, and sixtytwo weeks.
His prophecy of the seventy weeks is the backbone of all other endtime prophecies in the bible. Some combine the numbers and understand the text to mean until an anointed one, a ruler. The basics of the 70 week prophecy of daniel 9 are relatively simple and clear as i am sure you will now agree. The prophet daniel, beloved of god, tested and true. This revelation is recorded in daniel 9 and was given in. The book of daniel was written while the jews were in exile in babylon because of their sin and rebellion against god. Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
What is the correct calculation of daniels 69 weeks. Daniel s vision of ram and he goat and another little horn, chapter 8 c. Much of our commentary below is based on josh mcdowells book, the new evidence that demands a verdict, pages 197201. The covenant was to be confirmed for 1 week, or 7 years. The starting point of the seventy weeks is stated in verse 25. The vision of daniel s seventy weeks, then, can be explained simply. The book of daniel can be a daunting book to deal with because. The seventy week prophecy of daniel part 1 this is a video presentation of the seventy weeks prophecy. But the history of israel and jerusalem is determined to be 70 weeks so there is one week 7 years remaining. The seventy weeks of daniel by thomas ice let the postmillennial and amillennial commentators look long and steadily at this fact.
In order to get that to make sense, those interpreters use a persian decree, usually the one from circa 458 bce, as the starting point for their interpretation, which makes the. First, one should reflect upon the historical background out of which the prophetic utterance arose. How we interpret other portions of prophetic scripture will, to a great degree, be determined by how we interpret these verses. Also, the newly recorded expositional commentary on daniel, 16session study with notes. Now, in daniel 9, gabriel returns and gives him another time prophecy, this time of 70 weeks dan. It refers to a period of seventy sabbaticals or periods of seven years required to bring in the ultimate jubilee. We consider them to be of major importance the first reason is this. This is a jewish calculation about the 70 weeks of daniel. From their research, we also know that exactly 483 years after the decree of artaxerxes the lord jesus rode into jerusalem on a donkey to shouts of blessed is the king. Chuck missler examines some of the most provocative passages in the bible the messianic and endtimes prophecies in the book of daniel. Then cometh the end 21st annual midwest lectures page 1 2003 this material may be freely distributed as long as it remains unchanged and proper credit is given for source. Therefore the 70 weeks of daniel consist of 490 years of 360 days each. It has been called the backbone of all prophecy in the bible. This period of time is referred to as the seventy weeks of daniel, or the seventy sevens.
These seventy weeks of years are broken down into three segments or sub categories. The only thing that is not initially distinctly clear and that many dispute is the date evidence. Further this one week will be the last week of the 70 week 490 year prophecy of daniel. These weeks have no more to do with the church than did the seventy years in babylon or the fourhundred years in egypt. Daniel s vision of seventy weeks concerning the nation israel, chapter 9 d. Therefore, 70 weeks would be the equivalent of 70 times 7 years or 490 years. Pdf unedited commentary for a popular handbook on the eschatological section of. A chart of the 70th week of daniel by gavin finley md download the pdf file of this article. Matthew 1 that we find clues that point us back to daniel 9 and the prophecy of 70 weeks, thus inexorably linking both covenants together. The passage states that the time from the start date of the prophecy, the decree to restore and rebuild jerusalem, to the end date, messiah will be cut off, is seven weeks and sixtytwo weeks or sixtynine weeks total. In verses 25 and 27, the period of 70 weeks is divided into three time periods. The 70 weeks will terminate with the second coming of messiah and the establishment of his millennial kingdom here on earth. Analysis of views regarding the 70 weeks of daniel 9.
To understand the 70 weeks of daniel 9, a person needs to learn the origin of gods calendar. A historical survey of the daniels seventy weeks and its. The writing of truth the book of daniel consists of twelve chapters which divide equally into six narrative 16 and six visionary chapters 712. The seventy weeks of daniel by randall price no portion of the old testament scripture is as essential to unlocking the mysteries of the prophetic plan for gods future program for israel and the nations than the book of daniel and, of all daniel s prophecies, the prophecy of the seventy weeks provides the indispensable. The seventy weeks of daniel 160 ad clement of alexandria cyrus had, by proclamation, previously enjoined the restoration of the hebrews. But the prophecy of 70 weeks is so much more than a messianic prediction. What early christians believed about the 70 weeks of daniel 9. The 70 weeks of daniel were to begin from the going forth of the command to restore and build jerusalem verse 25.
Jesus christ confirmed the covenant the first 12 of the 70th week. Sir roberts interpretation of the seventy weeks in daniel 9 was based on assumning a 360day prophetic year and by assuming that a week means seven years. The seventy weeks of daniel 9 when do they begin and end. Lets take a look once again at matthews amazing lineage of yeshua. Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. Over the centuries scholars have proposed dozens of competing interpretations of these challenging verses, especially daniel s prophecy of the 70 weeks.
The 70 weeks of daniel 9 fulfilled on 3 april ad 33. A study of the seventy weeks of daniel by oliver b greene jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of babylon, those did cyrus the king take out of the temple of babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was. First, chapter 9 opens with daniel realizing from jeremiahs writings that israels captivity would last 70 years. You should know and understand that from the issuing of the word to restore and to rebuild jerusalem until messiah the leader. Gabriels instructions to danieljuly 30, 1961, sunday morning. He published this discovery in a book called the coming prince, a commentary on daniels 70th week. So the first 69 weeks of those seventy weeks brings us to the coming of messiah in what must be a political appearance as the prince. Daniel s 70 weeks prophecy and the jesuit lie of futurism full.
Nevertheless, jehovah revealed to daniel information that would make it possible to pinpoint the time when jesus would be anointed, or appointed, as the messiah, or christ. And his promise being accomplished in the time of darius, the feast of the dedication was held, as also the feast of. The start date for the seventy weeks the start date for the seventy weeks according to daniel 9. It is known to most of us as the prophecy of 70 weeks, and it is the only prophecy in the bible that gives us a secular date by which we can accurately calculate the first coming of the messiah. Some questions of deepest interest arise in connection with the period covered by our last chronological table. In search of the seventy weeks of daniel 9 journal of hebrew. This promise of a redeemer who would put down all opposition to god made an. You may view or print a high reslolution pdf copy of the charts in this book at the following link. From the time of the messiah, anointing of christ, to the end of his earthly ministry is exactly 3 12 years. For information contact the 39 th street church of christ, 15331 east 39 street, independence, mo 64055. God gave daniel this prophecy to tell him he had not forgotten about him or his promises to the nation of israel.
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