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The Seventieth Week of Daniel Revised
As most students of the Bible and in particular biblical prophecy know, the prophecy of the seventieth week of Daniel helps to compose the prophecy of the seventy weeks which is recorded in Daniel 9:24-27. There are three major interpretative approaches with regards to the prophecy of the seventy weeks in Daniel 9:24-27. These different approaches can be classified into two categories: (1) Christological (2) non-Christological. The "non-Christological" approach is also called the "Liberal interpretation." This approach does not take Scripture as literal prophecy whereas the Christological view does. The liberal interpretation or "non-Christological" view does not believe Daniel 9:24-27 is a prophecy of the Messiah. They argue that Daniel was written in the second century B.C. which means that they view the book of Daniel as being written after all the historical events prophesied had come to pass. Therefore, they view the entire book of Daniel as representing the author's (not Daniel) interpretation of past history. This "non-Christological" group believe the fulfillment of Daniel 9:24-27 is found in the events that led up to the persecution of the Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes IV in the second century B.C.
Daniel's Seventy Weeks: The Keystone of Bible Prophecy
Did the Bible really predict the coming of the Messiah before it happened? To answer this question this book explores the prophecy of 70 Sevens found in Daniel 9 in light of its 2nd temple chronology, the Bible's messianic symbolism, and the messianic redemptive symbolism found in the sacrificial service of the Torah.
Among modern Bible scholars, the two most commonly accepted dates for Jesus’ crucifixion are either Nisan 30 AD or Nisan 33 AD. Many researchers have called upon Daniel’s 70-Week Prophecy to support their Crucifixion date of choice. However, another factor which is often overlooked is the role played by the Sabbatical and Jubilee Years which were so important to Jewish life and expectations during the Second Temple Period. It can be demonstrated that the Jews in the 1st century AD were looking forward to the year fixed by Daniel’s Prophecy while being fully aware of its intersection with the Sabbatical and Jubilee Year Cycles. Therefore, associating particular events in the ministry of Jesus to either a Sabbatical or Jubilee Year is not only a reasonable expectation, but a necessary component in any apologetic argument for Jesus of Nazareth being the promised Messiah. This study investigates the roles played by those Sabbatical and Jubilee Years which coincide with documented events within the ministry of Jesus, and how the environment in these Years influenced certain interactions between Jesus and His Jewish audience. Being able to fix specific years to events spread over the course of Jesus’ ministry delivers a more holistic argument which results not just in a more high-confidence Dateline, but one which is unique such that it disproves others. Consequently, these findings dovetail together to date His crucifixion with high confidence, allowing us to conclusively discriminate between 30 and 33 AD.
An Exposition of the 70 Weeks of Daniel 9:20-27
While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the LORD my God for his holy hill-21 while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 He instructed me and said to me, "Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. 23 As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the message and understand the vision: 24 "Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for 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. 25 "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixtytwo 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him." NIV Summary -What is this period of seventy sevens referring to? When was it fulfilled or has it been fulfilled?
The "70 weeks" Verses of Daniel 9.24-27 Unlocked: The Hidden Dates Revealed
to be published, 2024
There is evidence within the text of the book of Daniel that the key to the “70 weeks” verses of Daniel 9.24-27 is 1 week = 6 years. Using only data Daniel could have known in 536BCE, and this key, Gabriel’s hidden dates in the “70 weeks” verses 9.24-27, are revealed to be: 497BCE, 170BCE, 167BCE and 164BCE. These are identified as the date of: the Birth of Nehemiah; the murder of Onias iii the High Priest; the occupation of Jerusalem and the Sabbath massacre; and the liberation of Jerusalem and rededication of the Temple. Further detail of the dates of these events is calculated from the 2300 days, the 1335 days and the 1290 days, combined with the day and month date: 24 first month. This is identified as Fri 24 first month 167 BCE the date of occupation of Jerusalem. Exactly 1335 days later the rededication of the Temple occurred on Wed 25 ninth month 164 BCE, the first Hanukah, as reckoned by the Jubilee solar calendar. Sun 1 sixth month 170BCE is identified as Onias’ murder 2300 days before Hanukah and on Sun 10 eighth month 164BCE the liberation of Jerusalem occurred 1290 days after the invasion. The precision of the dates reveals the Book’s depiction of a deterministic, providential view of history. The numerological significance of the 420-year interval between the existential crises of 587BCE and 167 BCE , 70 ( completion) 6(perfection) (or human history) suggested the imminence of the End of History and that The Last Judgement was near. The successful use of the Jubilee calendar confirms a 2nd century BCE origin of the Book as we have it. Corrected and slightly expanded final version.
IS DANIEL'S SEVENTY-WEEKS PROPHECY MESSIANIC? PART 1
This first article surveys how Daniel 9:24–27 was understood in the early centuries of the church through the early part of the fifth century. A second article considers the validity of the messianic interpretation of Dan 9:24-27.
En la plenitud del tiempo: Reconociendo Daniel 9:24-27 en el Nuevo Testamento
Revista Theologika, 2021
This article explores the influence of the seventy weeks prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27 in the New Testament. Of particular interest to this study is the string of references that refer to “the fullness of time.” The author enquires about the significance that the people of the New Testament placed upon these statements, how they were impacted by the vision of Daniel 9:24-27, and how widespread was the understanding of the 70 weeks as weeks of years in the early Christian Church. The paper concludes that the understanding of people in the New Testament era was that “the fullness of time” had arrived, based on the “weeks” of Daniel’s prophecy being counted as years rather than days.
The Seventy Weeks of Daniel: A Glimpse of God's Eternal Hope
The seventy weeks of Daniel found in Daniel chapter 9 was a revelation given to Daniel to bring clarity rather than confusion, yet its context and intended meaning has baffled scholars for centuries. James A. Montgomery calls it the dismal swamp of criticism. This paper will briefly set its immediate context in Daniel chapter 9 and go over some of the main approaches that scholars have used to wade through the swamp to arrive at their theories of the original meaning of the seventy weeks. This is a necessary step to understanding how to interpret Daniel 9 in a more current context. Apocalyptic literature is meant to be lifted out of its context and applied to future similar patterns in historical events. Exegitically we may not be able to make Jesus the original intent of the author. but theologically He is definitely the fulfillement of the ideals and goals of the 70 weeks of Daniel. As Joyce Baldwin wrote, “it is possible to be so preoccupied with numbers as to miss the essential truth which those numbers declare." John Goldingay concludes, this is not prognostication…it is promise. We can be certain that after centuries of irreconcilable interpretations of this passage that His time scale is bigger than ours as well. We need to learn to accept the mystery of God and trust His promises in faith.
The Seventy Weeks of Daniel Revised 2014.doc
Daniel 9:24 "Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. 25 So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. 26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. 27 And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate." (NASB95) One must adhere to sound hermeneutical principles when interpreting the prophecy, which appears in Daniel 9:24-27. The rules and principles involved in interpreting the Bible is called hermeneutics. The English word "hermeneutics" comes from the Greek verb hermeneuo and the noun hermeneia. These words point back to the wing-footed messenger god Hermes in Grecian mythology who was responsible for transmuting what is beyond human understanding into a form that human intelligence can grasp. He is said to have discovered language and writing and was the god of literature and eloquence, among other things. He was the messenger or interpreter of the gods, and particularly of his father Zeus. Thus, the verb hermeneuo came to refer to bringing someone to an understanding of something in his language (thus explanation) or in another language (thus translation). Thus interpretation involves making clear and intelligible something that was unclear or unknown. A compound form of this verb appears in Luke 24:27 with regards to the Lord Jesus Christ interpreting or explaining the Scriptures concerning Himself to His disciples. Luke 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained (diahermeneuo) to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. (NASB95)