Schedule Daniel Chapter 9 Lesson 10 Prayer & 70 Weeks
Class num Date Passage Topic Missions Missions No Class No Class 1 1 9-Jan-11 Chapter 1 Captive & No Compromise 2 16-Jan-11 Chapter 2 Kings Dream 3 23-Jan-11 Chapter 3 Fiery Furnace 4 30-Jan-11 Chapter 4 Mad Monarch 5 6-Feb-11 Chapter 5 Weighing in 6 13-Feb-11 Chapter 6 Liars and Lions 7 20-Feb-11 Chapter 2 The image 8 27-Feb-11 Chapter 7 Beasts that Bother 9 6-Mar-11 Chapter 8 Goats 13-Mar-11 Missions 20-Mar-11 Missions 10 27-Mar-11 Chapter 9 Seventy Sevens 11 3-Apr-11 Chapter 10 Allies, Adversaries, Angels 12 10-Apr-11 Chapter 11 Coming Conflict 13 17-Apr-11 Chapter 12 Terrible Tribulation Wrap Up Summary 14 24-Apr-11 (Easter Sunday) 1-May-11 Elective Special 8-May-11 Mother s Day Start of Summer 15-May-11 Session Information: Richard Mastronardo mastronardo@rcn.com Facebook: EBFC Daniel Page 2
Review: Over view of the book: Historical 6 Historical Narratives Mainly Prophetic 4 Main Visions Focus Intro. Future of the Gentile Nations Future of Israel Division Personal Life of Daniel Visions of Nebuchad nezzar Visions of Belshazzar Decree of Darius Four Beasts Vision of Ram & He Goat Vision of 70 Weeks Vision of Israel s Future Chapter 1 2-4 5 6 7 8 9 10-12 Kings Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius Belshazzar Darius Cyrus Background Topics Daniel Interprets other s Dreams Angel s Interpret Daniel s Dreams Written Lang. Hebrew Aramaic Hebrew Timeline of the book of Daniel Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius/Cyrus 1 2 3 4 7 8 5 9 6 10-12 Exile Image Furnace Insanity Four Beasts Ram & Goat Writing on wall 70 wks Lions Den 4 Kings Page 3
LESSON: 1. The Introduction (vs 1-2): Jeremiah 25:12 (ESV) 12 Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste. Jeremiah 29:10 (ESV) 10 For thus says the LORD: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. 2 Chronicles 36:20-21 (ESV) 20 He took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. 2. The Prayer (vs 3-19): a. Daniel s response (3-4): Turned attention to God On behalf of the nation Page 4
b. Comparison (4b-15): God List things that describe God, or things God does Who we are List things that describe us or that we do c. Request (vs 16-19): Page 5
3. The explanation (vs 20-27): a. Intro (20-23) b. 70 sevens For: The Calculation: Page 6
The following charts are from George M. Schwab Hope in the Midst of a Hostile World P&R Publishing pages 132-145 General Reading Passover A.D. 33 62 year-weeks 572 years 7 year-weeks Cyrus s decree 539 B.C. Dispensational View End Times Church Age Gap Passover A.D. 33 62 year-weeks 173,880 days 7 year-weeks Artaxerxes decree 444 B.C Page 7
Critical View 1 Temple Worship Resumed 164 BC Temple desecrated Onias s death 171 BC 62 year-weeks 370 years NOT 434 7 year-weeks Cyrus s decree 539 B.C. Jerusalem Destroyed 586 BC Critical View 2 Temple Worship Resumed 164 BC Temple desecrated Onias s death 171 BC 62 year-weeks 7 yearweeks Cyrus s Ascension 558 B.C. Jeremiah s Prophecy 605 BC Page 8
Josephus 103 yrs Rome 103 Years self-rule 180 years Greeks 34 year Persians Titus Destroys the Temple Herods Hasmoneans Alexander the Great 490 years total 70 years in ruins Return to Jerusalem Jerusalem Destroyed 586 BC C.F. Kiel Last week: End Times Christ s 2 nd Advent 62 year-weeks of Jubilee! The church age Sabbath of Sabbaths Christ s first advent Cyrus s decree 539 B.C. Page 9
Kline & Young Last week: End Times Christ s 2 nd Advent 62 year-weeks of Jubilee! The church age Sabbath of Sabbaths Christ s first advent Cyrus s decree 539 B.C. Start End Prince who is to come Prince who imposes covenant Literal Figurative 605 BC 586 BC 539 BC 444 BC 165 BC Dispensational Critical 1 Critical 2 Josephus Keil Kline Young George M. Schwab Hope in the Midst of a Hostile World P&R Publishing pg.145 AD 70 Eschaton Antiochus Titus Christ Antichrist Antiochus Christ Antichrist Page 10
Big Picture 2 7 8 9 Head of Gold Lion Babylon (Neb) Dispensational view Persia Arms Silver Bear Lopsided Ram2 Horns one larger Decree to Go Forth and rebuild Greecee Torso Bronze Leopard Goat Little horn 69 weeks continued Rome Legs of Iron Terrible Beast Messiah Cut off Feet of Iron and Clay 10 horns Little Horn Final week Messianic Rock Son of Man receiving the Kingdom Page 11
Summary: CONCLUSION: Since God is in control: - - Page 12
FOR NEXT WEEK: Read Daniel Chapter 10 Work through the process of identifying the symbols, their referents, and their meanings. What is the primary message and purpose of the vision? Bibliography: Boice, James Montgomery, Daniel an Expositional Commentary, Baker Books 1989 Schwab, George Hope in the midst of a Hostile World, P&R 2006 Wiersbe, Warren Be Resolute, David C. Cook, 2000 Baldwin, Joyce Daniel Tyndale OT Commentaries, IVP 1978 Bauman, Alex, Our God Reigns: Daniel, Regular Baptist Press 2010 Budge, E.A Babylonian Life and History Barnes & Noble Publishing 1993 http://media.alwaysbeready.com/library/campbell-charlie/studiestopical/prophecy/bible%20prophecy%2c%20class%20e%2c%20the%20tribulation%2c%20daniel%5c%27s%20seventy%20w eeks%20timeline%20%5bconverted%5d.pdf Page 13