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Daniel has been praying about the sin of his people and God says there are 70 weeks determined upon thy people.
There are 70 weeks determined upon this people and there will be the end of transgression; there will be the end of sins; there will be the reconciliation for iniquity; there will be the bringing in of everlasting righteousness; there will be the sealing up of vision and prophecy and there will be the anointing of the most Holy One. So we begin with this time factor, this 70 weeks. What is it?
"A time will come" says Gabriel. "A time will come when all sin will finish for this nation." "A time will come when transgression will end." "A time will come when there is established everlasting righteousness. There will be no need of prophet; there will be no need of prophecy; there will be no need of vision, and that time will be at the end of 70 weeks."
Now literally that is 70 periods of 7.The word translated "weeks' means a period of 7. At the end of 70 periods of 7 then this will be true concerning the people of Israel. So we want to discover just what these periods of 7 are 70 weeks or 70 periods of 7, and we ask ourselves - can we determine how long these weeks are?
If you turn again to Daniel, chapter 4, we read there you will remember about Nebuchadnezzar that he was to become as a beast of the field, and we read at the end of verse 32 "and seven times shall pass over there until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of man." Seven times were to pass over the king, Nebuchadnezzar.You will remember that we saw in chapter 4 that the tree was cut down and the stump was left, and seven times were to pass over him and we discovered that those 7 times were seven years.
Now are we thinking in those terms? First of all I want us to establish the length of a year in scripture, for wherever you turn in scripture the length of a year was not the length that we have for our year today. You know that there are 365 ¼ days in a year, that is why we have the leap year to make up the quarters. 365 days in our year, but when we turn to scripture and we look there at the years laid down in scripture, we find that in actual fact a scriptural year consisted of 360 days.
A year in scripture consisted of 12 months, all of an equal length of 30 days, and
the confirmation of this you will find in the story of the flood.
Look at Gen. Ch. 8 and verses 3 and 4 and there we read "And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month." The rains came in the second month, the ark rested in the seventh month the rains began on the 17th day, the ark rested on the 17th day. In other words -5 months - 150 days. 30 days a month. Each month in scripture is just 30 days, and the 12 months period is 360 days, so when we talk in terms of prophetic years, we are thinking of years of 360 days.
Now Daniel, chapter 7 and verse 25 speaks of the anti-Christ making war with the saints, and there we have a little phrase used "they shall be given into his hand until a time of times and the dividing of time" or, a time, two times and half a time – 3 1/2 Move on to Daniel, chapter 12 verse 7 and we get a further indication there - a time, times, and a half. 3 1/2 again.
"Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem unto the Messiah, the Prince shall be seven weeks and three score and two weeks" (7 weeks and 62 weeks) "And after three score and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself." We are presented then with a period of 70 weeks or 70 periods of 7 years, 490 years which are sub-divided into 7» 7 periods of 7 years, that is 49 years and 62 periods of 7 years.
If my arithmetic is correct, 434 years, and one final period one week of 7 years totals 490 years. 490 prophetic years, and Daniel is told quite specifically "Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah (the anointed one) the Prince, shall be 7 weeks and 3 score and 2 weeks." In other words a period of 69 weeks, 483 years, 483 prophetic years.
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Daniel’s Seventy sets of Seven (70 weeks)
Daniel’s Prophecy in Daniel Chapter 9 -
“A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler—the Anointed One —comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times”. (Dan. Ch.9:24-25)
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