Therefore, this prophecy is at that time concluded. It is the only old testament passage which refers to the messiah as messiah. Mauro is probably more embarrassed by the lack of a good explanation of the latter part of daniel 9. The first sixtynine sevens is described in daniel 9. Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to annoint the most holy place daniels 70 weeks could not possibly apply to the destruction of the temple in 70 ad as. As for the week in which the destruction takes place, i refer you to my book on daniel. This scroll was sealed at the end of the book of daniel and opened at the time of. This is the holy book of daniel, known simply as the book of daniel.
Daniel 9 niv bible in the first year of darius son of. In the concluding four verses of daniel 9, one of the most important prophecies of the old testament is contained. Randy white gives detailed information about the most important timing prophecy in all the bible. This observation also explains why the critics try so hard to debunk. All of this is the same 1290 days referred to in different ways through different prophets. The seven sevens weeks and sixty two sevens in daniel 9. Breviarium chronologicum on the epoch of the last destruction of jerusalem 1704 this destruction of jerusalem happened at the time of the expiration of the 70 angelical weeks, which, according to dan. His system requires that the seventieth week of daniel be a definite time period of seven years. As shown in the above covenant eschatology commentary on daniel 9. Daniel 9 interpreting bible prophecy literally youtube. The hoped for restoration to take place after the 70 years of captivity 9. Great difficulty is experienced in discovering what sort of weeks is intended. The holy bible book 27 daniel kjv dramatized audio.
The biblical interpretation of daniels 70 weeks this initial post on this theological views blog, of daniels 70 week prophecy dan 9. Daniel the prophet receives an intriguing prophecy from the archangel gabriel in this passage, known as the seventy weeks prophecy, for gabriel gives a seventyweek time frame for the coming of the messiah. Most people jump right into those four verses, but this is too important to cut corners. Daniel was written for the israelites who had been living as captives in babylon for almost seventy years.
It essentially sets forth a 490 year period, which the dss community understood neatly as ten jubilees, 49 years each. The prophecy of seventy weeks chapter 9 of the book of daniel is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel in response to daniel s prayer for god to act on behalf of his people and city i. The mysteries of daniel and the 70 weeks historical preterism. Here things get a bit prophetically complicated, unless one is steeped in the chronological schemes of the book of daniel and ezekiel particularly the 70 weeks prophecy of daniel 9. The book of daniel is filled with messianic illusions and calculations that even left daniel pondering their meanings. Additionally, a large proportion of the book is written in aramaic rather than the traditional hebrew adding to the complexity of these biblical texts. Now viewing scripture range from the book of daniel chapter 9. Both the ancient hebrews to whom daniel was writing and the ancient babylonians to whom he was subservient the book of daniel having been written in babylon during the latter half of the 6th century bc used a 360day year. Gabriel informs him concerning the seventy weeks to the coming of christ. A period of time where the gospel must be witnessed unto all nations, as jesus commanded in the great commission. In order to understand this prophecy, one must be very familiar with its context. Daniel 9 is only one of twelve chapters, so we should start with some context. Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to annoint the most holy place. Daniel 9 purports itself to have been written during the babylonian captivity of the sixth century b.
Since, no one latedates daniel to the time of christ, daniel 9. In the first year of darius the son of assuerus of the seed of the medes, who reigned over the kingdom of the chaldeans. From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild. In the concluding four verses of daniel 9, one of the most. This means that the expression 70 weeks is speaking about a time period of 490 years. On the other hand, it is remarkable that in leviticus 25. This morning we come to one of the most crucial prophetic passages in scripture for it concerns both events that are still in the future for us and is confirmed by the events predicted that have already taken place. The second main part of the book in the hebrew bible viixii is taken up with four visions which daniel describes in the first person. Lets go to daniel 9 and lets look at the 70 weeks of daniel. The first year of his reign, i daniel understood by books the number of the years, concerning which the word of the lord came to jeremias the prophet, that seventy years. However, i believe that modern scholars fallaciously date the book of daniel to the second century b. Koerber, june 20 timeline of events 605 bc first captives including daniel taken to babylon 586 bc destruction of jerusalem and the temple 539 bc medes and persians conquer babylon 538 bc cyrus decrees that the exiles return. This essay is an excerpt from my book on eschatology, called the high king of heaven.
Jesus confirmed this prophecy of daniel refers to the destruction of jerusalem in matthew 24. Jews for judaism daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation. Apr 22, 2011 lets go to daniel 9 and lets look at the 70 weeks of daniel. Many years later we find the prophet praying about three things. He divides the first sixtynine weeks into two periods, the first of seven weeks and the second of sixtytwo weeks.