Seventieth Week

70 Weeks Prophecy

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Daily Bread Devotional Bible Study
The Book of Daniel
Chapter 9


Seventieth Week Bible Study

70 Weeks Prophecy on the 70 Weeks of Daniel

Welcome to our Christianity Oasis Daily Bread study program. This is our Seventieth Week Bible study looking into the 70 Weeks of Daniel vision and the 70 Weeks Prophecy of the End Times which are coming soon and how this Seventieth Week prophecy affects your be-YOU-tiful Christian walk.

Seventieth Week Prediction
70 Weeks Prophecy on the 70 Weeks of Daniel Story

Great to have you back! As we continue in our studies of the prophesies of the Prophet Daniel, let me remind you that as we learned before, these chapters are not in chronological order. Chapters 7 and 8 took place before Chapter 6, and now, Chapter 9 reverts back to the first year of the reign of Darius.

If you recall, way back in the Chapter 1 of Daniel, that God bestowed the gifts of wisdom, knowledge and skill upon Daniel. He starts off this writing by saying that he discovered in the book of Jeremiah the prophet, that He (God) would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. In other words, the captivity in Babylon would last for seventy years.

Jeremiah 29:10

For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good Word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Daniel, saddened in his spirit about this, fasted and prayed, asking for mercy from God upon Israel, confessing the sins of his forefathers as well as his own generation and asking to be delivered as they were once delivered out of Egypt. Daniel offers a very eloquent prayer to God, asking Him to let His anger be turned away and to again cause His face to shine upon Jerusalem and His sanctuary which lay in ruins.

Before Daniel ended his prayer, the Angel Gabriel again appeared to him and told him that when he began praying, Gabriel was commanded to show him a vision and make him understand it, because Daniel was greatly beloved. The vision is just four verses long, but the message in it is enormous. Let's take a look:

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.

Seventieth Week Timeline
70 Weeks Prophecy on the 70 Weeks of Daniel Interpretation

The term "week" is being used to describe a 7 year period. So, 70 weeks is equal to 490 years in the vision that Daniel had.

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 occurred as to have a starting point of the 490 years.

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.

Seventieth Week is the End Times
70 Weeks Prophecy on the 70 Weeks of Daniel Warning

The twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king was 445 BC.

The Angel told Daniel, that from the date of the order to rebuild Jerusalem, until the arrival of the long awaited Messiah would be 69 of the 70 weeks (483 years). So, the Angel predicted to Daniel that from 445 BC to this 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 until 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 study is called the 70th week of Daniel. We just found out 69 of those weeks (483 years) has past. 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. What's up with this 70th Week?

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."

"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 ...

There is a time period mentioned in the Bible known as the "Time of the Gentiles" ... It is the period of time which is after Jesus' death but before the End Times which is a time where Gentiles (individuals from any nation other than Israel) have been given the opportunity to accept Jesus as their Savior ... It is believed that the "Time of the Gentiles" would be the same amount of time as the Jewish time period. If we look at the C-O-O-L Bible Timeline ...

... 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.

Seventieth Week Concerns
70 Weeks Prophecy on the 70 Weeks of Daniel Danger

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 there will be an End Times period for the Israelites, then 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.

Seventieth Week is Coming
70 Weeks Prophecy on the 70 Weeks of Daniel False Peace

This 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 country and then break the deal during the 7 year time period.

Coincidentally, many so called "peace treaties" have been made between Israel and Palestine and other Muslim nations brokered by the United States, United Nations and others. All nations are involved and affected. Israel surrendered land to the Palestinians (which God told them to never do) as to obtain peace with it's neighbors. It did not work.

Leviticus 25:23

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

As they always have ... They disobeyed yet another of God's commands. If so, beware any peace treaty made with Israel. This Seventieth Week Bible study on the 70 Weeks prophecy about the 70 weeks of Daniel story reveals that there is an event coming that brings on the End Times. Don't be scared. Be Prepared.

Come on back again soon for more exciting stories from the book of Daniel.

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