Prophecy Of 70 Weeks

Amos 8:11(NLT)

“The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign Lord,

“when I will send a famine on the land—

not a famine of bread or water

but of hearing the words of the Lord.

2 Chron 7:14-15(NLT)

14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 15 My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.

1. My people- are you His?

-if you are His you are called and equipped

2. Humble yourself-

- choose God over self-His ways over your own

3. Pray- actually taking the time to make a petition

-prayer is 2 way, it is speaking your heart but also being instructed by His heart

4. Seek His face

-His face is where His eyes are seeing what He wants-His hands are where His face is

5. Turn from wickedness

-If He tells you to stop doing something then stop

-Giving place to the devil is disobeying God

-Don’t give the devil access to your house

Daniel 9:20-27(NKJV)

20 Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, [c]being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. 23 At the beginning of your supplications the [d]command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:

“Seventy [e]weeks are determined

For your people and for your holy city,

To finish the transgression,

[f]To make an end of sins,

To make reconciliation for iniquity,

To bring in everlasting righteousness,

To seal up vision and prophecy,

And to anoint [g]the Most Holy.

(70 weeks of years 490 years)

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“Know therefore and understand,

That from the going forth of the command

To restore and build Jerusalem

————This decree was issued by the Persian King Artaxerxes Longimanus “in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year” of his reign, according to Nehemiah 2:1. “The first day of the month of Nisan,”

Nehemiah 2:1(NLT)

2 Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan,[a] during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence.

——————-The 1st of Nisan in King Artaxerxes' twentieth year was computed by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, United Kingdom, as March 14, 445 B.C.”

Until Messiah the Prince,

There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;

The [h]street shall be built again, and the [i]wall,

Even in troublesome times.

“To sum up these calculations, Daniel's vision spoke of a total of seventy “sevens” or seventy “weeks” of years, equalling 490 biblical years. This period of time, beginning with the command to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem (March 14, 445 B.C.) until the Messiah was “cut off” (April 6, A.D. 32, the tenth of Nisan) is seven “sevens” plus sixty-two “sevens,” equaling sixty-nine “weeks of years” (173,880 days). This prophecy was fulfilled to the exact day. As a reminder, in calculating the duration in years between any date B.C. (before Christ), to any date A.D. (anno Domini, in the year of our Lord), one year must always be omitted. Therefore, the time lapse between Passover in 1 B.C. and the next passover in A.D. 1 is only one year, not two years,

Follow these computations with a calculator. From March 14, 445 B.C. (the date of the command to rebuild Jerusalem) to March 14, A.D. 32 is 476 years of 365 days each, or 173,740 days. Add the 24 days from March 14, A.D. 32 until April 6, A.D. 32 (Palm Sunday, the “cutting off” of Messiah) - twenty-four days. Then add the 116 leap days that occurred during this period (calculated by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, United Kingdom) − 116 days. These numbers added together (173,740 + 24 + 116 = 173,880) total 173,880 days, the exact duration of Daniel's 69 “weeks” of years.

The first sixty-nine “weeks” of Daniel's vision were fulfilled to the very day. The seven-year Tribulation Period, the last Seventieth Week of seven critical years, remains to be fulfilled in our generation (see figure 1).”

“And after the sixty-two weeks

Messiah shall [j]be cut off, but not for Himself;

And the people of the prince who is to come

Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.

The end of it shall be with a flood,

And till the end of the war desolations are determined.

Then he shall confirm a [k]covenant with many for one week;

But in the middle of the week

He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.

And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,

Even until the consummation, which is determined,

Is poured out on the [l]desolate.”

Daniels 70 weeks
Abrahams bosom
Tribulation
Ezekials war
Millienial reign

“First, Anderson stated that the commencement point of the vision is “the commandment to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,” which begins in Daniel 9:25.

This decree was issued by the Persian King Artaxerxes Longimanus “in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year” of his reign, according to Nehemiah 2:1. “The first day of the month of Nisan,”

Nehemiah 2:1(NLT)

2 Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan,[a] during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence.

according to the Talmud (a collection of writings that constitute Jewish civil and religious law), is the New Year for the computation of the reign of kings and for festivals. The 1st of Nisan in King Artaxerxes' twentieth year was computed by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, United Kingdom, as March 14, 445 B.C.”

Second, “from the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem” given on March 14, 445 B.C., there is a period of seven “weeks” (7 × 7 = 49 years), and sixty-two “weeks” (62 × 7 = 434 years) which total 69 weeks of years (69 × 7 years = 483 biblical years). This period of 483 biblical years equals 173,880 days (483 × 360 days = 173,880 days).

Third, at the end of the sixty-nine “weeks” (483 years), or 173,880 days, there will be a time when, according to Daniel, the “Messiah[…]”

Excerpt From: Grant R. Jeffrey. “Armageddon.” iBooks. https://books.apple.com/us/book/armageddon/id420758724

“next passover in A.D. 1 is only one year, not two years, because there is no such year as o B.C.

For those who want to confirm these calculations for the period of the 69 “weeks” by working back from our calendar dates, there is another way to calculate. Follow these computations with a calculator. From March 14, 445 B.C. (the date of the command to rebuild Jerusalem) to March 14, A.D. 32 is 476 years of 365 days each, or 173,740 days. Add the 24 days from March 14, A.D. 32 until April 6, A.D. 32 (Palm Sunday, the “cutting off” of Messiah) - twenty-four days. Then add the 116 leap days that occurred during this period (calculated by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, United Kingdom) − 116 days. These numbers added together (173,740 + 24 + 116 = 173,880) total 173,880 days, the exact duration of Daniel's 69 “weeks” of years.

Excerpt From: Grant R. Jeffrey. “Armageddon.” iBooks. https://books.apple.com/us/book/armageddon/id420758724

“1. The Babylonian Captivity 606 B.C to 536 B.C.

This seventy-year captivity began with Nebuchadnezzar invading Judea (Daniel 1:1-2) and ended with the decree issued by King Cyrus in 536 B.C, which authorized the Jews to return to Jerusalem.

God has always been precise in His dealing with Israel in terms of its stewardship of the land. When Israel crossed the Jordan River to enter the Promised Land, they entered a special covenant relationship with God that was expressed by the law of the Sabbath of the land. According to this law, every seven years Israel was to let the land lie fallow and not harvest the crops. God promised that He would provide a bumper crop in the sixth year to carry them over the “Sabbath year” of rest for the land and provide enough seed to plant again in the eighth year of the cycle.

This act of obedience would demonstrate Israel's total trust and obedience to God. At the end of the seventh cycle of the forty-ninth year, God promised to supply enough food to feed them during both the forty-ninth and the fiftieth years. Then the cycle would resume (Leviticus[…]”

Excerpt From: Grant R. Jeffrey. “Armageddon.” iBooks. https://books.apple.com/us/book/armageddon/id420758724

“was known as the Year of Jubilee - the year in which the land would lie at rest, all debts would to be cancelled, and all slaves would be set free. This Jubilee Year became a symbol and a promise of the Great Jubilee, that day when true liberty would be realized as the Messiah came to set up His Kingdom and proclaim liberty to all humans.

There is no scriptural evidence that Israel ever faithfully kept the law of the Sabbath of the land by letting the land lie fallow for a whole year. Once Israel adopted a monarchy under King Saul in 1096 B.C, for the first time, the law of the Sabbath of the land could have been enforced by royal decree. However, Israel did not obey God in this matter, and 490 years later, in 606 B.C., she had missed keeping this Sabbath a total of seventy times. Moses prophesied more than 850 years earlier that Israel would disobey this Sabbath law and would go into captivity for her disobedience.

“Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies land; even then shall the land rest[…]”

Excerpt From: Grant R. Jeffrey. “Armageddon.” iBooks. https://books.apple.com/us/book/armageddon/id420758724

“aristocracy broke their solemn covenant of liberty that they had made before God and enslaved their servants again. In anger God declared, “Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth” (Jeremiah 34:8,17). If Israel would not voluntarily keep the Sabbath of the land seventy times in 490 years, God would keep it for them.

The record of 2 Chronicles 36:17-21 declares that God specifically took Israel into captivity in Babylon from 606 B.C. to 536 B.C. “to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years” (verse 21).

In other words, God decided to force Israel to keep the Sabbath of the land to make up for the missed seventy years of letting the land rest (Jeremiah 25:11). After the completion of this[…]”

Excerpt From: Grant R. Jeffrey. “Armageddon.” iBooks. https://books.apple.com/us/book/armageddon/id420758724

“This overlapping seventy-year period of “desolations” began with the conquering of Israel's land and the besieging of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar on the tenth day of the tenth month, Tebeth, 589 B.C., and ended seventy biblical years later (biblical years of 360 days each) to the exact day in 520 B.C., the twenty-fourth day of Chisleu, when the foundation of the Second Temple was laid (see Haggai 2:18). The interval between these dates is exactly seventy biblical-prophetic years, which equals 25,200 days (70 × 360 days = 25,200 days). This precision of fulfillment using this 360-day year is one of the strong proofs that God still observes the ancient 360-day biblical year in calculating the interval or duration for prophetic periods.

3. The Restoration Period 525 B.C to 445 B.C.

This period began with the dedication of the Second Temple on Passover, 515 B.C (Ezra 6:15-22), and ended exactly seventy years later with the decree by the Persian King Artaxerxes authorizing Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem in the month of Nisan, 445 B.C (Nehemiah 2:1, 7).

The Four-Hundred-Thirty-Year Cycle”

Excerpt From: Grant R. Jeffrey. “Armageddon.” iBooks. https://books.apple.com/us/book/armageddon/id420758724

“revealed to Israel in Leviticus 26. In this chapter the Lord established promises and punishments for Israel based on her obedience and her disobedience. On four different occasions in this passage, God told Israel that if, after being punished for her sins, she still refused to repent, the punishments previously specified would be multiplied by seven (the number of completion). “And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins” (Leviticus 26:18; see also Leviticus 26:21, 23-24, 27-28). In other words, if Israel did not repent, the punishments already promised would be prolonged or multiplied seven times: 360 years × 7 = 2,520 biblical years. Taking God's warning into consideration, the end of the punishment and final restoration to the land would be accomplished in 2,520 biblical years of 360 days each.

The end of the captivity in Babylon, according to the Bible and other historical sources, including Flavius Josephus, is recorded as having occurred in the spring of 536 B.C. This date is the starting point for our calculations: 2,520 biblical years × 360 = 907,200 days. Converting this figure into our calendar year of[…]”

Excerpt From: Grant R. Jeffrey. “Armageddon.” iBooks. https://books.apple.com/us/book/armageddon/id420758724

Daniel 9:20-27(AMP)

20 While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy hill of my God—

21 Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the former vision, being caused to fly swiftly, came near to me and touched me about the time of the evening sacrifice.

22 He instructed me and made me understand; he talked with me and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give you skill and wisdom and understanding.

23 At the beginning of your prayers, the word [giving an answer] went forth, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.

24 Seventy weeks [of years, or 490 years] are decreed upon your people and upon your holy city [Jerusalem], to finish and put an end to transgression, to seal up and make full the measure of sin, to purge away and make expiation and reconciliation for sin, to bring in everlasting righteousness (permanent moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) to seal up vision and prophecy and prophet, and to anoint a Holy of Holies.

25 Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until [the coming of] the Anointed One, a Prince, shall be seven weeks [of years] and sixty-two weeks [of years]; it shall be built again with [city] square and moat, but in troublous times.

26 And after the sixty-two weeks [of years] shall the Anointed One be cut off or killed and shall have nothing [and no one] belonging to [and defending] Him. And the people of the [other] prince who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood; and even to the end there shall be war, and desolations are decreed.

27 And he shall enter into a strong and firm covenant with the many for one week [seven years]. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and offering to cease [for the remaining three and one-half years]; and upon the wing or pinnacle of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate, until the full determined end is poured out on the desolator.

Rev 19:11-21(AMP)

11 After that I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse [appeared]! The One Who was riding it is called Faithful (Trustworthy, Loyal, Incorruptible, Steady) and True, and He passes judgment and wages war in righteousness (holiness, justice, and uprightness).

12 His eyes [blaze] like a flame of fire, and on His head are many kingly crowns (diadems); and He has a title (name) inscribed which He alone knows or can understand.

13 He is dressed in a robe dyed by [c]dipping in blood, and the title by which He is called is The Word of God.

14 And the troops of heaven, clothed in fine linen, dazzling and clean, followed Him on white horses.

15 From His mouth goes forth a sharp sword with which He can smite (afflict, strike) the nations; and He will shepherd and control them with a staff (scepter, rod) of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath and indignation of God the All-Ruler (the Almighty, the Omnipotent).

16 And on His garment (robe) and on His thigh He has a name (title) inscribed, king of kings and lord of lords.

17 Then I saw a single angel stationed in the sun’s [d]light, and with a mighty voice he shouted to all the birds that fly across the sky, Come, gather yourselves together for the great supper of God,

18 That you may feast on the flesh of rulers, the flesh of generals and captains, the flesh of powerful and mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all humanity, both free and slave, both small and great!

19 Then I saw the beast and the rulers and leaders of the earth with their troops mustered to go into battle and make war against Him Who is mounted on the horse and against His troops.

20 And the beast was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who in his presence had worked wonders and performed miracles by which he led astray those who had accepted or permitted to be placed upon them the stamp (mark) of the beast and those who paid homage and gave divine honors to his statue. Both of them were hurled alive into the fiery lake that burns and blazes with brimstone.

21 And the rest were killed with the sword that issues from the mouth of Him Who is mounted on the horse, and all the birds fed ravenously and glutted themselves with their flesh.

Col 2:16-17(NKJV)

16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a [j]festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the [k]substance is of Christ.

BRIDE OF CHRIST

2 Cor 11:1-2(NKJV)

11 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly—and indeed you do bear with me. 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Eph 5:25-27(NKJV)

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might [g]sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

Eph 5:25-27(TPT)

25 And to the husbands, you are to demonstrate love for your wives with the same tender devotion that Christ demonstrated to us, his bride.[l] For he died for us, sacrificing himself 26 to make us holy and pure, cleansing us through the showering of the pure water of the Word of God. 27 All that he does in us is designed to make us a mature church for his pleasure, until we become a source of praise to him—glorious and radiant,[m] beautiful and holy, without fault or flaw.[n]

John 3:28-30(TPT)

28 You heard me tell you before that I am not the Messiah, but certainly I am the messenger sent ahead of him. 29 He is the Bridegroom,[v] and the bride belongs to him. I am the friend[w] of the Bridegroom who stands nearby and listens with great joy to the Bridegroom’s voice. And because of his words my joy is complete and overflows! 30 So it’s necessary for him to increase[x] and for me to be diminished.[y]

1.Jesus chooses His bride

A. The bride can accept or deny

2. He gives His bride gifts and then leaves for a time and the bride doesn’t see Him.

3. The gifts were given for the bride to remember Him

4. The groom goes to prepare a place in his father’s house for His bride.

5. The Father tells the Son when to go back and get the bride.

6. The bride doesn’t know when the groom is coming and usually it like an abduction. She has to be ready always

7. He takes His bride to His Father’s house and there is a marriage supper or celebration for 7 days.

8. Then the Groom and the bride make a public appearance together.

1.Jesus Chooses His bride-

Eph 1:3-4(NKJV)

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

2. He gives His bride gifts and then leaves for a time and the bride doesn’t see Him.

Eph 4:8(NKJV)

8 Therefore He says:

“When He ascended on high,

He led captivity captive,

And gave gifts to men.”

3. The gifts were given for the bride to remember Him and to stay faithful.

Romans 12:6-8(NKJV)

. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Hebrews 11:6(NKJV)

6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

4. The groom goes to prepare a place for His bride.

John 14:1-3(NKJV)

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many [a]mansions; if it were not so, [b]I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

5. The Father tells the Son when to go back and get the bride.

Mark 13:32-33(NKJV)

32 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.

6. The bride doesn’t know when the groom is coming for her and usually it like an abduction. She has to be ready always.

1 Thes 5:1-2(NKJV)

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

7. He takes His bride to His Father’s house and there is a marriage supper or party for 7 days.

Rev 19:6-9(NKJV)

6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the[d] Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”

8. Then the Groom and the bride make a public appearance together.

Rev 19:11-16(NKJV)

11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He [e]had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in [f]fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a [g]sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: