Slide 1 Daniel s 70 Weeks Daniel 9:24-27 Bill Lockwood Slide 2 General Outline 1. The Messiah s earthly advent and its purpose (24) 2. The beginning point of the prophetical 70 weeks (25a) 3. Initial phase of the prophecy rebuilding of Jerusalem (25b) 4. The Messiah s death (26a) 5. Jerusalem and temple destroyed because of Jewish rejection of Messiah (26b) 6. The Messiah s covenant replaces the former covenant (27a) 7. The Full End of the Jewish system (27b) Slide 3 Erroneous Views
Slide 4 National Israel? C.I. Scofield Concerned primarily with Daniel s people, and their holy city, Israel and Jerusalem. Church age - nothing to do with the prophecy The millennial reign of Christ He will bring in everlasting righteousness. NOTE: End of National Israel No Righteousness Today Slide 5 Gap Theory? John Walvoord People of the prince that shall come (9:26)? As no such period followed immediately the fulfillment of the sixty-ninth week, the futuristic interpretation of the passage looks for fulfillment in the last seven years preceding the second advent of Christ to establish his millennial kingdom. The Millennial Kingdom, p. 259. Slide 6 Concerns Antiochus Epiphanes Anchor Bible Series (Hartmann and DiLella) World Biblical Commentary (John Goldingay) Composition (168 B.C.) Deny Daniel Wrote Salvation History
Slide 7 Seventy Weeks Prophecy Slide 8 Daniel 9:24-27 Verse 24 Verse 25 Verse 26 Verse 27 Slide 9 9:24 Seventy Weeks?-490 Days Lev 25:1-7 Ezek. 4:6 2 Chron. 36:21 Ordinary Weeks? SIN (490 Years) 2 Chron. 36:21 70 Years Captivity END of SIN (490 Years) 9:24
Slide 10 Blessings That Occur To Finish Transgression To Make End of Sins To Make Reconciliation for Iniquity To Bring in Everlasting Righteousness To Seal Up Vision and Prophecy To Anoint the Most Holy Slide 11 Chronological Breakdown (9:25) Slide 12 7 Weeks 62 Weeks 1 Week After the 62 Weeks; In Midst of week 49 434 Years years Jerusalem Built Unto Anointed One, The Prince 7 Years Anointed One Cut OFF
Slide 13 Beginning of the Time Frame From Going Forth of Command Zerubabbel -- 536 B.C. (Cyrus; Ezra 1:8,11) Ezra s Return --- 457 B.C. Nehemiah s Return---444 B.C. Slide 14 7 Weeks 62 Weeks 1 Week 49 Years Jerusalem Built After the 62 Weeks; In Midst of week 434 years Unto Anointed One, The Prince 7 Years Anointed One Cut OFF 444 B.C. 483 Yrs 39 A.D. Slide 15 Events During the 70 th Week (9:26)
Slide 16 Events During the 70 th Week Anointed one CUT OFF Isaiah 53 The Messiah Shall Be Slain (Syriac Version) And Shall Have Nothing There shall be none belonging to Him What this shall be, which shall not more be his, is to be supplied from the context, what hitherto was His, viz. His people, whose Prince He heretofore was. The Jews, as a nation, cut themselves off, when they crucified Him. Edward Pusey Slide 17 People of the Prince Shall Come and Destroy Matthew 23:34-36 Vespasian, Titus Roman Armies were His armies Luke 21:22 Slide 18 Firm Covenant (9:27)
Slide 19 Firm Covenant Antichrist? Messiah Makes Covenant For One Week? And one week shall establish the covenant with many (LXX) Matt. 26:28 Sacrifice and Oblation to Cease Wing of Abominations (Mt. 23:36; 24:15) Slide 20 Seventy Weeks Full End of Jewish System Inauguration of Christian System