OVERVIEW OF DANIEL'S PROPHECY OF THE 70
WEEKS
By Dennis Schmidt 1/2007
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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
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
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
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
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 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
Daniel 12:8-9
VI)
PROPHETS SEARCHED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PROPHECIES BUT COULD NOT:
1 Peter 1:11
Daniel 9:24
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
VII)
MESSIAH THE PRINCE:
Revelation 1:5 Messiah Jesus, about 28 AD, when He died
on the cross for our sins.
Daniel 9:25 483 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 9:25 434 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
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
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
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
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
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
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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