Fulfilled weeks of daniel 70 weeks angel gabriel gave daniel 70 weeks prophecy with very clear timings. The divisions of the 70 weeks in verse 24, gabriel says, seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city. Jan 14, 2014 the destruction is, in my estimation, undeniably confined within the parameters of the 70 weeks seventy weeks are determined for you people and for your city. The 70 weeks of daniel a bible study by jack kelley. 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. Writingsandaddressesonprophecyalwaysexciteinterest,becausetheyappealtotheelementofcuriosity.
This mystery in the light of these later predictions becomes a revelation. This document taken from the christian biblical church of god website at. Contentthe seventy weeks of danielchapter one early promises of a redeemer. Since the invention of futurism in the 16th century, daniel s prophecy of seventy weeks has been linked to a future antichrist and a future great tribulation. That ties in the rest of the message before i can go with thethe seven seals, which theres seven seals, seven plagues, seven trumpets, three woes, the woman in the sun, casting out of the red devil, the 144,000 sealed awayall happens between this time. The fact that both the protestant harlot churches and the hebrew roots movement embrace this heresy, proves the skill and efficiency of jesuit. Sitting upon his heavenly throne, god decreed that six things would be accomplished. I think you will find that this exposition is the finest exposition of the ninth chapter of daniel the seventy weeks you will find anywhere in christendom. Nov 01, 2004 this includes a mathematical prophecy. Daniels prayer, and the vision of the seventy weeks 9.
The seventy weeks of the prophecy a day for a year are divided into three periods that are separated. Jeremiahs book lamenta tions documents the pain of this event. Shea former associate director biblical research institute in the first year of darius the mede 538 b. The seventy weeks of daniel 9 when do they begin and end. A study of the seventy weeks of daniel by oliver b greene in 458 b.
Reference books refx cooper, david l the seventy weeks of daniel posted in new esword downloads. It has been called the backbone of all prophecy in the bible. After his vicarious prayer of confession, daniel is granted a revelation, conveyed to him by the man gabriel 9. Gabriel now helps daniel understand the time element of daniel 8, the 2,300 evenings and mornings see also v. Also, the newly recorded expositional commentary on daniel, 16session study with notes. Scripture can document a covenant made let alone one con firmed by antiochus the. As with all of scripture, the book of daniel is profitable for our study 2 ti 3. Missler, chuck, daniels 70 weeks, koinonia house, 2004. Since the invention of futurism in the 16th century, daniels prophecy of seventy weeks has been linked to a future antichrist and a future great tribulation. As we have noted in previous articles, the jewish and babylonian calendars used a 360day year. The 70 weeks prophecy seals up other prophecies in various ways. Cooper, david l the seventy weeks of danielfile submitter.
Almost all commentators recognize these sevens or weeks as referring to blocks of seven years. 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 daniels prayer for god to act on behalf of his people and city i. We cannot say in just what year the document was drawn up. Artaxerxes king of persia gave ezra a letter granting him permission to go to jerusalem and take priests and levites with him. From daniel and his three friends, we will learn the power of faith and commitment b. The fulfilled weeks of daniel 70 weeks christian truth center. Over the centuries scholars have proposed dozens of competing interpretations of these challenging verses, especially daniels prophecy of the 70 weeks. But the prophecy of 70 weeks is so much more than a messianic prediction.
Pdf daniels prophecy of the seventy weeks researchgate. Biblical scholars have catalogued more than 300 amazing prophecies that find precise fulfillment in the life and labor of the son of god. Jerry vines this has to be the apex of all the prophecies that god revealed to daniel. 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. 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. Students of old testament prophecy are well aware of daniels seventy weeks.
If we look at the six issues that daniels seventy week prophecy wraps up and finalizes we must of necessity come to this conclusion. Daniels prophecy of the seventy weeks by wayne jackson, m. First, one should reflect upon the historical background out of which the prophetic utterance arose. You may view or print a high reslolution pdf copy of the charts in this book at the following link. After angel gabriel declared to daniel the plans god has within 490 years dan 9. So let me start by saying that the seventy weeks of daniel are seventy continuous weeks of prophetic time. C biblical research institute, general conference of seventhday adventists, 1976. 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 seventy week prophecy of daniel part 1 this is a video presentation of the seventy weeks prophecy. If you get an understanding of this particular prophecy right here, you have a framework that will help you. In effect, gabriel told daniel that the interval between the commandment to rebuild jerusalem until the presentation of the messiah as king would be 173,880 days.
He published this discovery in a book called the coming prince, a commentary on daniels 70th week. No alchemy of origenistic spiritualizing interpretation can change that. Almost every mistake ive run across in studying the various interpretations of end times prophecy can be traced back to a misunderstanding of this passage. This prophecy is a prophecy for daniels people and daniels city. The seventy weeks prophecy is one of the most significant and detailed messianic prophecies of the old testament. The first view is the traditional orthodox jewish or rabbinic interpretation which today is nonmessianic. For information contact the 39 th street church of christ, 15331 east 39 street, independence, mo 64055. Interpreting daniel s seventy weeks three historic views by randall price we will consider below three views of the prophecy of the seventy weeks in daniel 9. Contents the messiah has come 1 the exact time was. Understanding daniels 70 weeks the creation concept. Internet archive contributor princeton theological seminary library language english. 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 three prophetic periods of daniels 70 weeks prophecy daniel 9 by carl franklin the first period. 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.
Interpreting daniels seventy weeks world of the bible. 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. This article was originally published in the november 2004 personal update news journal. Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. Lets take a look once again at matthews amazing lineage of yeshua. This second division is much more difficult of accurate interpretation than is the first major division. The ram and the goat 9 a prayer of daniel and vision of 70 weeks 1012 a vision of daniel. He is the one is now available in pdf format at no charge click on image above. The 70 weeks will terminate with the second coming of messiah and the establishment of his millennial kingdom here on earth. Daniels seventy weeks and the new exodus1 resources by dr.
The 70 weeks of daniel equal exactly 490 years to the solar day. Thus, our lord has in mind seventy weeks of years, or 490 years. 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 daniels prophecies, the prophecy of the seventy weeks provides the indispensable. 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. These weeks have no more to do with the church than did the seventy years in babylon or the fourhundred years in egypt. The hebrews had special sets of seven days, seven weeks, and seven years. 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.
The start date for the seventy weeks end times truth. The writing of truth the book of daniel consists of twelve chapters which divide equally into six narrative 16. 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. Introduction the book of daniel easily divides itself into historical perspectives chapters 16 and predictive pointers for the future chapters 712. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city. Almost all commentators agree that the seventy sevens should be understood as seventy weeks of years, in other words, a period of 490 years. This just really caps it all and pulls all of the prophecy of the bible together. It is not a myth that god has chosen israel for himself. I just dont see a way to say that the fate of the people and the city lie outside the divinely mandated period.
The chapter begins with daniel praying for israel, acknowledging the nations sins against god and asking for gods mercy. The 70 weeks of daniel 9 fulfilled on 3 april ad 33. 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. Ezra was given authority to collect gold and silver, purchase bullocks, rams, and lambs for. What is the correct calculation of daniels 69 weeks.
The seventy weeks of daniel by thomas ice let the postmillennial and amillennial commentators look long and steadily at this fact. The angel informs him that seventy weeks have been decreed for them, and then gives a detailed but cryptic description of those weeks. Jesus christ emphatically declared that the old testament scriptures contained prophecies he would fulfill luke 24. A study of the seventy weeks of daniel by oliver b greene a study of the seventy weeks of daniel by dr. 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. The oracle found in the preceding chapter 28 was spoken of in the fourth year of zedekiah. As daniel prayed, the angel gabriel appeared to him and gave him a vision of israels future. Greene the starting point of the seventy weeks in the interpretation of this important and well known prophecy, gabriel gave daniel not only the starting point, but the stopping place as well. There is also great consensus that the seventy sevens refers to years, since this is what daniel was contemplating in jeremiah 25. The start date for the seventy weeks the start date for the seventy weeks according to daniel 9. What early christians believed about the 70 weeks of daniel 9. Resurrection before 400 ad uninspired records of how early christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed.
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