OVERVIEW OF DANIEL'S PROPHECY OF THE 70 WEEKS
By Dennis Schmidt 12/2012
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This paper discusses Daniel's prophecy of the 70 weeks. The scripture is found in the book of Daniel. The paper shows that an individual person "the Antichrist", will come on the seen, and he will exist in the end days (2000 years + after Christ's death). The paper also discusses the Jewish land, Israel's connection with this event and the blessings to God's chosen people the Jews. Jews were put aside until all the Gentiles come in prior to the coming of the Antichrist. All scriptures are from the King James' version Bible.
INDUCTIVE COMMENTS:
THEME: Prophecy of Jesus death ~28 AD, the temple destruction at 70 AD, then a large pause from 70 AD of 2000 + years to the seventh week of 7 years of End Times Events, Tribulation period, and the arrival of the Antichrist in the last times.
PURPOSE: Prophecy of Jesus death, revelation of when Jesus coming (which occurred about 750 year prior), and the antichrist with his destruction.
KEY VERSE:
Daniel 9:24-27 "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. {25} 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 troublous times. {26} 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. {27} 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."
WHO: God written mostly by Bible authors Daniel, Zechariah, Matthew, Luke, John, and Paul
TO WHOM: Elected Jews and Christians
WHAT: Bold and = pauses, first pause from Jesus death ~28 AD to 70 AD with the temple destruction then a large pause from 70 AD of 2000 + years to the seventh week of 7 years of Tribulation period at the End Times Events of antichrist in the last times.
Daniel 9:24-27
WHY: Jesus the Messiah will die for mankind’s sins
Daniel 9:25-26 434 years after the first 49 years it took to rebuild the city or 483 years total.
Matthew 21:4-5, 9-11
Romans 11:25-27 See Jeremiah 31:34 above.
WAY: Jesus death and resurrection will complete God’s plan of reconciliation for mans sins and transgression and bring an everlasting righteousness to man through faith imputation by Jesus.
Daniel 9:24 Jesus death ended sin, made reconciliation & imputed God's righteousness to those who believe.
Zechariah 12:9-10 Jesus will save all the Jewish people left in Jerusalem.
WHEREAS: The Antichrist will destroy the temple and the city of Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:26
The Jews never destroyed the temple or city. In 70 AD the Romans destroyed both the temple and city Jerusalem. A time gap of ~40 years occurs between Jesus death & 70 AD.
Luke 21:20 -24
WHERE: In Jerusalem , Israel
Zechariah 9:9
Zechariah 12:9-10 Jesus will save all the Jewish people left in Jerusalem.
Zechariah 13:1
WHEN: 434 years after the first 49 years it took to rebuild the city or 483 years total. Jesus dies for the sins of His people.
Daniel 9:25
WHILE: God has an everlasting covenant with the Jewish people even as the antichrist stops the sacrifices in the temple.
Genesis 17:7 Jesus never confirmed a covenant for just 1 week since His are all everlasting covenants to His people the Jews.
Psalms 105:8-9
Daniel 9:27
PAPER OUTLINE:
I) DANIEL'S PROPHECY:
II) SEVENTY WEEKS:
III) JEWISH PEOPLE:
IV) JERUSALEM:
V) PROMISES ABOUT JESUS DEATH & RESURRECTION MADE FIRST TO ISRAEL:
VI) PROPHETS SEARCHED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PROPHECIES BUT COULD NOT:
VII) COMMANDMENT TO RESTORE AND BUILD JERUSALEM:
VII) MESSIAH THE PRINCE:
VIII) CITY REBUILT WITH ITS WALLS RESTORED:
IX) MESSIAH BE CUT OFF BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF-JESUS DIED FOR BELIEVER'S:
X) ROMAN EMPIRE IN 70 AD DESTROYED JERUSALEM & TEMPLE:
XI) HE: THE ANTICHRIST - A MAN OF THE LATTER DAYS - END TIMES:
XII) MANY: JEWISH PEOPLE: 1 WEEK:
XIII) BLOOD SACRIFICES ARE FOR ISRAEL ONLY:
XIV) ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION:
XV) JEWISH KINGDOM ESTABLISHED AGAIN WITH JESUS ON THE THRONE:
I) DANIEL'S PROPHECY:
Daniel 9:24-27 Bold and = pauses, first pause from Jesus death ~28 AD to 70 AD with the temple destruction then a large pause from 70 AD of 2000 + years to the seventh week of 7 years of Tribulation period at the End Times Events of antichrist in the last times.
II) SEVENTY WEEKS:
Daniel 9:24 "Seventy weeks"
Weeks of years equals 7 days and 70 weeks equals 70 X 7 equals 490 days. Each day is weeks of years equal to 490 years since Judaism has weeks of days and weeks of years. The 70 weeks are also divided into 7 weeks, 69 weeks, and 1 week. Two pauses occurs after the 69 weeks of ~40 years & an undisclosed time period before the last week occurs.
Ezekiel 4:6
Daniel 9:24 continued "are determined upon thy people"
III) JEWISH PEOPLE:
The 70 weeks prophecy is directed towards the Jewish people, Jewish land Israel, and Jewish city Jerusalem. Likewise the promises are also to the Jewish people.
Jeremiah 31:31-37 These ordinances are still true. Therefore, Jewish people are still God's people today.
John 4:22 Jesus death & resurrection in the New Testament is made to Israel. Gentiles are later grafted in.
Romans 11:1-2, 11, 18 Israel is the root.
Daniel 9:24 continued "and upon thy holy city,"
IV) JERUSALEM:
At the time of the prophecy, the city Jerusalem and the temple were in ruins. The prophecy states that they will be rebuilt and later destroyed again. After an interlude the city and temple will again be rebuilt. The blood sacrifice will take place and a person, the Antichrist, will go into the temple and stop the sacrifices. He will commit abominations and desolate the temple.
Daniel 9:24 continued "to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness," Jesus death ended sin, made reconciliation & imputed God's righteousness to those who believe.
V) PROMISES ABOUT JESUS DEATH & RESURRECTION MADE FIRST TO ISRAEL:
This prophecy to Israel will be fulfilled at the close of the 70th week, a time of great blessing for Israel is prophesied. The church will already be raptured when this occurs.
Zechariah 9:9
Zechariah 12:9-10 Jesus will save all the Jewish people left in Jerusalem.
Zechariah 13:1
Matthew 21:4-5, 9-11
Romans 11:25-27 See Jeremiah 31:34 above.
Daniel 9:24 continued "and to seal up the vision and prophecy,"
Daniel 12:8-9
VI) PROPHETS SEARCHED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PROPHECIES BUT COULD NOT:
1 Peter 1:11
Daniel 9:24 continued "and to anoint the most Holy. {25} Know therefore and understand, <that> from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem"
VII) COMMANDMENT TO RESTORE AND BUILD JERUSALEM:
There were three decrees given for the Jewish people to return to Judah with the first in 538 BC under Zerubbabel (Joshua as priest) to rebuild the temple (see Ezra 1-6). The second in 458 BC under Ezra to complete the rebuilding of the temple & restore the Jewish faith (see Ezra 7-10). The third return in 445 BC under Nehemiah to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and the city (see Nehemish 1-6) which starts Daniel's 9:24-27 seventy weeks prophecy. The Jewish community in Jerusalem is discussed in Nehemiah 7-13. This command occurred about 445 BC when Artaxerxes sent out the degree. The walls took a short period of time to complete. It took most of the 49 years to rebuilt the entire city. This is not the future Millennial temple which is discussed in Ezekial 41-46.
Nehemiah 2:8
Daniel 9:25 continued "unto the Messiah the Prince"
VII) MESSIAH THE PRINCE:
Revelation 1:5 Messiah Jesus, about 28 AD, when He died on the cross for our sins.
Daniel 9:25 continued "<shall be> seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall," 483 years from the kings decree in 445 BC to ~ 28 AD
VIII) CITY REBUILT WITH ITS WALLS RESTORED:
Nehemiah 2:5-9 King issues the decree in ~445 BC
Daniel 9:25 continued "even in troublous times. {26} And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself:" 434 years after the first 49 years it took to rebuild the city or 483 years total.
IX) MESSIAH BE CUT OFF BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF-JESUS DIED FOR BELIEVER'S:
Matthew 16:21
John 3:16
Daniel 9:26 continued "and the people of the prince that shall come"
These are not the people of Jesus the prince (Jews), but a different prince who is from the Roman empire. The prince that shall come in 9:27 is the Antichrist from the revived Roman Empire. The "and" is the first pause after 69 weeks of about 40 years when the Romans destroyed the city of Jerusalem and the temple.
X) ROMAN EMPIRE IN 70 AD DESTROYED JERUSALEM & TEMPLE:
Daniel 9:26 continued "shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;"
The Jews never destroyed the temple or city. In 70 AD the Romans destroyed both the temple and city Jerusalem. A time gap of ~40 years occurs between Jesus death & 70 AD.
Luke 21:20 -24
Daniel 9:26 continued "and the end thereof <shall be> with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
The Romans killed about a million Jews and scattered the Jewish nation for about 1900 years until Israel was restored in 1948.
Daniel 9:27 "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:"
XI) HE: THE ANTICHRIST - A MAN OF THE LATTER DAYS - END TIMES:
A second time gap exists here between the 69th AND 70th Week. The gaps are both between Jesus' death of ~28 AD & 70 AD when the Romans destroyed the temple and city. It is also between Jesus' death and 2000 + years that the next temple is built. Then the Antichrist, of the revived Roman Empire, shall confirm the covenant with Israel of sacrifices in the temple & brake it three & half years later.
2 Thessalonians 2:2-4
Who is this man? He will exist. If he existed already then why has Jesus not returned as the scriptures plainly states? He is spoken of as a real individual person and not an idea.
Daniel 7:21-22
2 Thessalonians 2:6-9 He will do signs & wonders. The mystery of iniquity exists even now, but this is not the Antichrist. Paul says that he will come. It is an Antichrist spirit. John says the same thing that there is an Antichrist person also.
1 John 2:18
1 John 4:3 Spirit, not "the man"
Revelation 13:1 Beast equals antichrist. He comes from the sea of people. He controls the ten member restored Roman Empire.
Revelation 13:3-4 Him = the beast = the Antichrist man.
Revelation 13:8 Worship the antichrist.
Revelation 13:15-18
John says the Antichrist is an individual & the number of his name is 666. Many people have found objects with that number. They are not a man. They could be spirits of antichrist. Not the antichrist himself.
XII) MANY: JEWISH PEOPLE: 1 WEEK:
Genesis 17:7 Jesus never confirmed a covenant for just 1 week since His are all everlasting covenants to His people the Jews.
Psalms 105:8-9
Daniel 9:27 continued "and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,"
XIII) BLOOD SACRIFICES ARE FOR ISRAEL ONLY:
Jesus never stopped the sacrifice & oblation for Israel. They continued until the Romans destroyed the temple in 70 AD. When Paul reports to the elders his success of gentile conversions, they report to him the success of Jewish believer's zealous for the law:
Zechariah 14:16 Sacrifice @ Feast of Tabernacle
Acts 21:20-26 During the millennium sacrifices will be done again.
Daniel 9:27 continued "and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make <it> desolate, even until the consummation, & that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
XIV) ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION:
Daniel 11:31
Daniel 12:11
Matthew 24:14-15 Jesus said that Daniel 9:27 - Abomination he, antichrist, shall make it desolate will occur at the end days. Hence, a 69-70 gap exists.
XV) JEWISH KINGDOM ESTABLISHED AGAIN WITH JESUS ON THE THRONE:
Luke 21:24 This occurred in 1976. We are living in the last days.
Luke 21:32 God is coming shortly for his people.
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