The 70th Week
So what is this 70th week of Daniel prophecy all about? We will go
straight to the source as to discover the Truth. In the Bible, the
Book of Daniel reveals to us that Daniel had a vision and he was told
that 70 weeks were "determined" upon Israel.
Daniel 9:24-27
24 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.
Wow ... But, what are the 70 weeks of Daniel? The term "week" is
being used to describe a 7 year period. So, 70 weeks is equal to 490
years and the 70th week of Daniel is the final 7 year period. In the
70 weeks prophecy vision that Daniel had, he shares with us a bit
more:
Daniel 9:25
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.
So, we must find the date that the commandment to restore and to
rebuild Jerusalem appears to be, for us to use as a starting point of
the 70 weeks of Daniel, as to determine when the frightening events
of the 70th week of Daniel would occur.
Nehemiah 2:1-8
1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the
twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him:
and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been
beforetime sad in his presence.
2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance
sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of
heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why
should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my
fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed
with fire?
4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make
request? So I prayed to the God of Heaven.
5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if
thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest
send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I
may build it.
6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by
him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?
So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king,
let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they
may convey me over till I come into Judah;
8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest,
that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace
which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for
the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according
to the good hand of my God upon me.
The twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king was 445 B.C.
The Angel told Daniel, that from the date of the order to rebuild
Jerusalem, unto the arrival of the long awaited Messiah would be 69
of the 70 weeks of Daniel (483 years). So, the Angel shared with
Daniel that from 445 B.C. to this coming Messiah would be 483 years.
There are 360 days in a Jewish year. Based on this, it is 483 years
or 173,880 days from the order to rebuild Jerusalem unto this long
awaited Messiah ... When one does the math, it is astonishing to find
that the time period ends the exact day that Jesus rode into
Jerusalem, just days before His crucifixion and resurrection proving
Jesus is the Messiah.
Quite awesome ... But, remember, this 70 weeks prophecy study is
called the 70th week of Daniel because that is the 7 year time
period that truly concerns us. Let's recap ... We just found out
that 69 of those weeks (483 years) will have passed. But ... A
total of 70 weeks or 490 years was predicted by the Angel in Verse
24, to bring in Everlasting Righteousness and anoint the most
Holy.
Since we discovered that it was only 483 years from the order to
rebuild Jerusalem, to the day Jesus entered Jerusalem, that leaves
this extra week, or 7 year period. The question then becomes ... When
does the 70th Week of Daniel begin? I mean, it certainly did not
occur yet or we would have an era of Everlasting Righteousness.
There is a simple explanation for this. The Bible makes it clear that
when Jesus was crucified and resurrected, that Israel's "time clock"
stopped and it now began a time period known as the "Time of the
Gentiles."
Luke 21:24
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away
captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the
Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Romans 11:25
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this
mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness
in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be
come in.
It is the period of time which begins after Jesus' Resurrection but
before the 70th week of Daniel. So, from the Time of Jesus'
Resurrection to these End Times is the period of time known as the
Time of the Gentiles which is a time where Gentiles (individuals from
any nation other than Israel) have been given the opportunity to
accept Jesus as their Savior. How do we know that the Time of
Gentiles didn't begin until the death of Jesus?
Matthew 10:5-7
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not
into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans
enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
As you can see, the Lord has allotted a specified period of time for
the Gentiles to accept Jesus as their Savior which began at His
Resurrection and the start of the New
Covenant and continues until the End Times.
Galatians 4:4-5
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son,
made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under
the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
This fullness of time refers to the time Jewish people who were under
law given by Moses.
John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ.
Of course, if you read Romans,
Chapter 11 ... You'll find that one of God's chosen people of
Israel can be saved during the Time of the Gentiles as well.
The New Covenant (which would include the Gentiles) could not begin
until the Testator of it ... Died:
Hebrews 9:15-17
And for this cause He [Jesus] is the mediator of the New testament,
that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that
were under the first testament, they which are called might receive
the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there
must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament
is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all
while the testator liveth.
That is why there is an Old Testament and a New Testament in the
Bible. So, the the Time of the Gentiles began after the 69 weeks of
the 70 weeks of Daniel and then the Resurrection of Jesus occurred.
Let us look at the Biblical Timeline as to better understand this
Time of the Gentiles. We have created this 7000 Year graph from the
Bible to better assist us:
7000 Year Graph
Event
After Adam
B.C.
0000 AA
4000 B.C.
130 AA
3870 B.C.
235 AA
3765 B.C.
325 AA
3675 B.C.
395 AA
3605 B.C.
460 AA
3540 B.C.
622 AA
3378 B.C.
687 AA
3313 B.C.
874 AA
3126 B.C.
930 AA
3070 B.C.
987 AA
3013 B.C.
1042 AA
2958 B.C.
1056 AA
2944 B.C.
1558 AA
2442 B.C.
1656 AA
2344 B.C.
1659 AA
2341 B.C.
1694 AA
2306 B.C.
1724 AA
2276 B.C.
1758 AA
2242 B.C.
1788 AA
2212 B.C.
1820 AA
2180 B.C.
1850 AA
2150 B.C.
1879 AA
2121 B.C.
2006 AA
1994 B.C.
2009 AA
1991 B.C.
2084 AA
1916 B.C.
2095 AA
1905 B.C.
2108 AA
1892 B.C.
2109 AA
1891 B.C.
2169 AA
1831 B.C.
2169 AA
1831 B.C.
2260 AA
1740 B.C.
2370 AA
1630 B.C.
2434 AA
1566 B.C.
2514 AA
1486 B.C.
2514 AA
1486 B.C.
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2950 AA
1060 B.C.
2990 AA
1010 B.C.
3030 AA
970 B.C.
3034 AA
966 B.C.
3070 AA
930 B.C.
3087 AA
913 B.C.
3089 AA
911 B.C.
Elijah prophet
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3125 AA
875 B.C.
3413 AA
587 B.C.
3483 AA
517 B.C.
3550 AA
450 B.C.
Alexander the Great
History Books
3665 AA
335 B.C.
Antiochus Epiphanes defiles Temple
History Books
3832 AA
168 B.C.
4000 AA
0
4033 AA
33 A.D.
4033 AA
33 A.D.
2nd Temple destroyed
History Books
4070 AA
70 A.D.
The starred items below correspond with the items in the chart above with the same amount of stars.
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Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
This means Noah began having his three sons at age 500. They were not
triplets.
Ham was youngest so they were not all born at age 500.
Genesis 9:24
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son
had done unto him.
This is further proven because Arphaxad was born when Shem was age
100 (which was 2 years after the Flood).
Genesis 11:10
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and
begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
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Genesis 11:26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Terah lived 70 years and begat his three sons.
Like Noah though, they were not all born at same time, this is just
when he began having children. They were not triplets.
So, we must search the scriptures a little as to discern Terah's age,
when he had Abram (not when he started having his children).
We know that Terah died when he was 205:
Genesis 11:32
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died
in Haran.
The very next verse in the Bible reveals that once Abram's Dad died,
God called Abram to leave Haran.
Genesis 12:1
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will
shew thee:
This is confirmed again:
Acts 7:4
Then came he [Abram] out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in
Charran [Haran]: and from thence, when his father [Terah] was dead,
He [God] removed him [Abram] into this land, wherein ye now
dwell.
Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran just after Terah died.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Doing the math ... Terah was 205 when he died.
Abram was 75 when he left Haran after Dad died.
205 - 75 = 130
Terah was 130 years old when Abram was born.
So, the timeline would be ... 2121 B.C. - 130 = 1991 B.C. = Abram's birth.
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Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Exodus 12:40-41
40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt
in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and
thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the
hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
Acts 7:6
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
Galatians 3:16-17
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He
saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed,
which is Christ.
17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed
before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty
years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none
effect.
The time between the promise made to Abraham when he left Haran
headed for the Promised land and the Law (Old Covenant) given to
Moses in the wilderness after the Exodus was 430 years.
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Time of Judges
Acts 13:16-22
16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said,
Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and
exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt,
and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
18 And about the time of forty years suffered he
their manners in the wilderness.
19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of
Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the
space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto
them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the
space of forty years.
22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them
David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and
said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own
heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
Paul shares that after the exodus that there were judges for about
450 years.
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Elijah was a prophet in and around 875 B.C.
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We see that Abraham who was called by God to become the Father of
God's chosen people, was born around 2000 AA. If God's chosen people
of that time period got from 2000 AA until 4000 AA which is 2000
years then that would suggest that 2000 years would be given as the
Time of the Gentiles as well.
In short, the Jewish people received a certain amount of time to
choose God, but chose their selfish ways instead and then Jesus was
sent from Heaven, but the Jewish people did not accept Him as Lord.
Their time period stopped. The Bible says that at this time all other
nations and races (Gentiles) would receive the same amount of time
(2000 years) to accept the Lord.
When the "Gentiles" time period ends, it will bring about the last
"week" or seven year period that we spoke of earlier. This 7 year period
of time is called ...
The End Times
It is interesting that in the Book of Revelation, the Antichrist
reigns terror for 3½ years (Chapter 13) ... The two witnesses
prophecy for 3½ years (Chapter 11) ... and, the woman
in the wilderness is hidden for 3½ years (Chapter 12) ... Is
it not coincidental that 3½ years is exactly half of 7 years?
It is obvious that the End Times are split into two, 3½ year periods.
(The 7 remaining years from the 490 years.)
There will be an End Times period for the Gentiles, then a
gathering and "Rapture" of those believing Christians. Then an End
Times period for the Israelites and a gathering and a "Rapture"
for the Jewish believers and those who became Christians during the
second 3½ years.
Daniel 9:26-27
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.
The 70th week of Daniel prophecy tells of the people of the prince
that shall come
(Antichrist's empire) confirming a covenant
(deal or treaty) with Israel for 7 years, but will break the
covenant in the midst
of the 7 years and set out to destroy
Israel. This simply means that many countries will confirm
or
agree with a peace treaty made between Israel and another entity and
then this other entity will break the peace deal during the 7 year
time period.
Coincidentally, many so called "peace treaties" have been attempted
between Israel and other Muslim nations brokered by the United
States, the United Nations and other major countries as of late. One
of them will be ... The peace treaty spoken of by Daniel.
In short ... Beware of any peace treaty made with Israel because the
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