Daniel’s 70 Weeks Prophecy by Chamcham Ch. Marak

Daniel’s 70 Weeks Prophecy

Daniel’s 70-week prophecy of Jesus the Messiah is found in Daniel chapter 9, verses 24 through 27. We’ll quickly look at the first 69 weeks of this prophecy, and then we’ll be looking more closely at the last remaining week, which is so very important for us to understand. Let there be no mistake, God’s love for mankind is at the heart of this prophecy, because Jesus laid down His own life and died for the forgiveness of our sins. Daniel’s 70-week prophecy clearly shows us that Jesus is the Messiah who fulfilled this Bible prophecy, and He did it right on time as the Bible predicted. Come and explore God’s great love for you, and the amazing accuracy of this beautiful prophecy.

There are only two prophetic keys needed for you to understand this prophecy, and here is the first key, Ezekiel 4:6 and Numbers 14:34 tells us that one day of prophetic time equals 1 literal year. Therefore, if you multiply the 70 weeks, times 7 days per week, this equals 490 prophetic days, which now becomes 490 literal years, according to Ezekiel 4:6 and Numbers 14:34. The second key is simply the fact that there is no zero year when crossing over from BC to AD. The Timeline and the Calendar are different. Therefore, when you calculate from BC to AD on the calculator, you must always add 1, to get the correct answer. If you don’t do this your calculation will fall short by 1 year. Now that you have these two keys, let’s look at the prophecy which begins with the Decree to Restore and build Jerusalem.

The Bible says from the decree to Restore and build Jerusalem, until the Anointing or Baptism of the Messiah, there will be 69 prophetic weeks, or 483 literal years. The decree was issued in 457 BC by the Persian king Artaxerxes, you can read about it in Ezra chapter 7 verses 13 through 26. Jesus’ baptism was in the autumn of 27 AD, exactly 483 years after the decree, just like the Bible said it would be.

Then the Bible says the Messiah would be cut off in the middle of the 70th week. Since there are 7 days in a week, this means He’d be cut off 3 ½ days after His Baptism, which in prophetic time is 3 ½ years. History tells us Jesus was cut off by crucifixion in the spring of 31 AD, exactly 3 ½ years after His baptism, just as the prophecy indicated.

This means there are only 3 ½ years remaining in the 70 weeks, or 490-year prophecy for Daniel’s people, the Jews, to accept Jesus as their Messiah. Although many Jews did accept Jesus as their Messiah, the nation as a whole had rejected Him. Their fate as a nation, had been sealed at the close of the 70-week prophecy with the stoning of Stephen, the first Christian Martyr, in the autumn of 34 AD, exactly 3 ½ years after the Messiah was cut off by crucifixion.

To summarize, the decree to restore and build Jerusalem was issued in 457 BC, Jesus started His ministry with His Anointing, or Baptism, in the Autumn of 27 AD, then in the middle of the 70th week, He died on the cross in the Spring of 31 AD, yet He continued to confirm the covenant with the Jewish nation for another 3 ½ years, until the Jews stoned Stephen to death in the Autumn of 34 AD, at which time, Jesus soon called Saul, who became the Apostle Paul, to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles.

This, is God’s Love, for you my friend! You can read about it in John 3:16-17, which says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

Here is the complete text of Daniel 9:24-27 (KJV)

''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. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troubles times.  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate''.

Numbers 14:34 (KJV) “After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.” Ezekiel 4:6 (KJV) … “I have appointed thee each day for a year”.

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