The Truth About The Last Days, Antichrist, The Rapture, More.

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Did you know that the non-Messianic Jews, who this 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel is partly about,
actually leave it well alone? Why? Because they believe it to be cursed, and these Jews are
known to have actually put curses on people who do choose to study the 70 weeks prophecy. The
unfortunate thing is, if these Jews had studied and understood the seventy weeks of Daniel, then
they would have known exactly who Christ Jesus was.
So what did the 70 weeks of Daniel foretell? There are 3 important truths revealed in this
prophecy.
1. The end of the Jewish Nation as the special chosen nation of God.
2. The first coming of the Messiah, Christ Jesus.
3. The destruction of Jerusalem in AD70.
So if we take a look at the key verses from Daniel 9, we will see these truths revealed. But before
we take a look at this, I would like to make a point about something Daniel did before he received
the 70 weeks prophecy. In Daniel 9 verses 3-4, you will see that Daniel prayed to God. But this
wasn't an ordinary prayer, no, Daniel prayed with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. Meaning that
he was so sorrowful for the sins of the people (he included himself) that he did not eat, and he
truly humbled himself before God in prayer. If only us professing Christians would start praying this
way, rather than the casual vain prayers we tend to pray. We really should follow Daniel's example
in praying. Now let's look at this 70 weeks prophecy:
1. Daniel 9:24.....'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.'
So these 70 weeks of Daniel were given to the Jews to put an end to their sins. If you read through
the Old Testament, you will find that the Jews kept falling into apostasy, they kept disobeying God,
not trusting in Him. Now this shows how loving and merciful God is. He gives His people plenty of
warning and time to put an end to their evil ways and to turn fully to Him. What would happen at
the end of the 70 weeks if they didn't end their sins and turn to God? They would no longer be the
chosen people of God, which Romans 9 and Galatians 3 confirms.
But what are the 70 weeks of Daniel? Are they literal weeks, as in 70 lots of 7 days? No, they are
prophetic weeks, whereas the days equal years. If you take a look at Ezekiel 4:6, you will see that
God appointed a year for each day, so the 70 weeks are in fact 70 lots of years, or 490 years to be
precise. Also it could not be 490 days because nothing significant happened 490 days from the

2. starting point of this prophecy. It has to be 490 years, which you will see further on in this article.
So what is the starting point? In Daniel 9:25, God said the starting point of the seventy weeks
would be at the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. Now in 457 BC, King Artaxerxes gave the decree to
rebuild the city. so it is in 457 BC that the 490 year countdown begins.
2. Daniel 9:25.....'from the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the
Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks.'
So we have seven weeks plus threescore and two weeks, which comes to 69 weeks, until
Messiah the Prince. But as we learned the weeks are lots of 7 years, so this time period is 69 lots
of 7 years, which equates to 483 years. Now what happened 483 years after the command to
restore Jerusalem in 457 BC? Well, if we work it out, it comes to 27 AD. What happened in 27
AD? Christ was baptized in the river and the voice of God came down from Heaven saying "THIS
IS MY SON", and revealed Jesus as the Messiah!!
But why was this part of the time prophecy split into two time periods? We have (7 weeks) and
(threescore and two weeks, which is 62 weeks). So we have two time periods of 7x7 = 49 years
and 62x7 = 434 years. Is this significant? Yes! What happened 49 years after the decree to rebuild
Jerusalem in 457 BC? The restoration of the city! It was complete, in 408 BC. And then 434 years
from 408 is 27AD, Christ's baptism! The prophecies from God are always fulfilled exactly to the
letter, and this 70 weeks of Daniel is no exception!
Now we've had 69 weeks of this 70 weeks of Daniel so far, and there is one week left to fulfill.
Now many Christians take this last week and place it in the future from us. But this 70 weeks
prophecy of Daniel is a continuous timeline and there is no scripture whatsoever that suggests the
last week is to be taken away from the 70 weeks and placed in the future. Daniel 9:26-27 confirms
for us what this last week is. It says that He (Jesus) would confirm the covenant for one week, the
last week (7 years). This is the new covenant which Jesus did confirm. Now it says in Daniel 9:26-
27 that in the middle of the last week, 3.5 years after Jesus baptism, He would cause the sacrifice
to cease. Did Jesus do this? Of course He did, on the cross of Calvary in 31AD. But who
confirmed the covenant for the last 3.5 years (the last half of the last week)? His disciples did!!
And this brings us to the end of the 70 weeks of Daniel, when Stephen was stoned by the Jews,
which happened 3.5 years after the cross of Jesus. Stephen preached to the Jewish leaders, but
they "stopped their ears" and finally rejected the gospel message, and forsook their special status
as being God's chosen people.
3. Daniel 9:26.....'and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the
sanctuary.'
Finally, the 70 weeks of Daniel confirmed that the city of Jerusalem would be destroyed. It didn't
confirm the date of the destruction in the prophecy, but gave a warning for it. The Jews rejected
Christ as the Messiah, they didn't put an end to their sins as God warned in the seventy weeks
prophecy, and therefore lost their right as the chosen nation of God. And as a result the beloved
city of the Jews was also destroyed by the Roman army, and over 1 Million Jews lost their lives in
the seige. If only the Jews studied and understood this prophecy of Daniel, they would have
remained as God's chosen people and all this desolation would not have come upon them.
Is Bible prophecy important? I believe it is very important for us to study and understand, and this

3. 70 weeks of Daniel has great lessons for us all to learn.
Mark W
Bible Student and Website owner
England
http://www.endtimes-bibleprophecy.com
http://www.secondcomingofchristjesus.net
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