Daniel's Prophecy of 70 weeks

Originally posted by St Udio
PuRe EnErGy, you may have a handle on the end-time 'sealed' messages,
but any attempts by you, or anyone else, to instruct others or spread the knowledge will result in a null attempt...
because the force of the prophetic word will cause your message of enlightenment to Fall on Deaf Ears...so that the prophetic 'sealed words' should remain in effect!

That is true; but only until the time determined is accomplished. There will be a revealing of all that is hidden, remember?

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which stands upon the sea and upon the earth.
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
~Revelation 10:7-11

John swallowed the scroll, and Daniel was promised that he would stand up in his lot in the final act of the age.

Two will stand up and know the mystery. And surely there will be more prophets of God - all of them will stand up.

But who will hear their report?

Very good thread, makes a great read so far, who knows what is to come, I feel we are coming towards the climax, fast, very fast, things are in place for all to see now, for me the message is simple however, in the end only one thing matters, only one thing needs to be in place in our hearts till the end, and those with understanding shall seek and find, God bless in Jesus's name.

The Prophecy of Daniel's 70 Weeks is the most intriguing read of the Bible imo. I've read it 100 times and still am fascinated each time, and I like going to different websites because each one offers an interesting insight.

But on one thing many agree as to where the human race is in accordance with the 70 week timeline:

That it begins in 2009. This correlates with all the other stuff I have been reading about 2012, about the Bible codes, about this guy in Israel who completed Isaac Newton work, and has determined the tribulation begins in July 2009.

I couldn't copy just the timeline but it is in this article:
www.yeshua.co.za...

This would indicate that in 2012, the world isn't going to end, but imo that is when the antichrist will unleash all hell on the earth. It will be cataclismic but not the end, it will be the midpoint of the 7 year tribulation. The tribulation is also known as Daniel's 70th week, a week being a 7 year period.






[edit on 23-4-2009 by Bombeni]

the prophecy of the 70 weeks was completed 3 1/2 years after the death of christ.

the angel gives a clear starting point from which to count the years.

proponents of the 70 week endtime theory have to stop the clock at jesus' death in order to make their theory work. there is nothing in the scripture that specifies the clock should be stopped.

if the clock needed to be stopped and restarted, then this defeats the purpose of counting years in the first place

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The 69th year was completed at the crucixion of Jesus (Messiah being "cut off") but the 70 the 70th year has yet to take place. There were actually a couple of other divisions/suspensions of time in this 70 weeks. I know it is complicated but I have read enough different theories that I do believe the 70th year is the Tribulation of Revelations. I know that some follow your belief though.

Originally posted by Bombeni
reply to post by miriam0566

 

The 69th year was completed at the crucixion of Jesus (Messiah being "cut off") but the 70 the 70th year has yet to take place. There were actually a couple of other divisions/suspensions of time in this 70 weeks. I know it is complicated but I have read enough different theories that I do believe the 70th year is the Tribulation of Revelations. I know that some follow your belief though.

thats pretty much what i said before. the clock stops at the death of christ.

yet... there is nothing telling us to stop the clock. there is nothing in the prophecy that says it will be fulfilled at a later date

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No, what you said was the prophecy of the 70 weeks was completed in the time of Christ. Many scholars believe only the 69th week was completed.

Originally posted by Bombeni
reply to post by miriam0566

 

No, what you said was the prophecy of the 70 weeks was completed in the time of Christ. Many scholars believe only the 69th week was completed.

miriam - ¨proponents of the 70 week endtime theory have to stop the clock at jesus' death in order to make their theory work. there is nothing in the scripture that specifies the clock should be stopped.¨

actually, there are events that occur after jesus´ death that fulifill the prophecy perfectly.

How Daniel’s Prophecy Foretells the Messiah’s Arrival

The prophet Daniel lived more than 500 years before the birth of Jesus. Nevertheless, God revealed to Daniel information that would make it possible to pinpoint the time when Jesus would be anointed, or appointed, as the Messiah, or Christ. Daniel was told: “You should know and have the insight that from the going forth of the word to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Leader, there will be seven weeks, also sixty-two weeks.”—Daniel 9:25.

To determine the time of the Messiah’s arrival, first we need to learn the starting point of the period leading to the Messiah. According to the prophecy, it is “from the going forth of the word to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem.” When did this “going forth of the word” take place? According to the Bible writer Nehemiah, the word went forth to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem “in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king.” (Nehemiah 2:1, 5-8) Historians confirm that the year 474 B.C.E. was Artaxerxes’ first full year as ruler. Therefore, the 20th year of his rule was 455 B.C.E. Now we have the starting point for Daniel’s Messianic prophecy, that is, 455 B.C.E.
Daniel indicates how long the time period leading to the arrival of “Messiah the Leader” would last. The prophecy mentions “seven weeks, also sixty-two weeks”—a total of 69 weeks. How long is this period of time? Several Bible translations note that these are, not weeks of seven days, but weeks of years. That is, each week represents seven years. This concept of weeks of years, or seven-year units, was familiar to Jews of ancient times. For instance, they observed a Sabbath year every seventh year. (Exodus 23:10, 11) Therefore, the prophetic 69 weeks amount to 69 units of 7 years each, or a total of 483 years.

Now all we must do is count. If we count from 455 B.C.E., 483 years takes us to the year 29 C.E. That was exactly the year when Jesus was baptized and became the Messiah! (Luke 3:1, 2, 21, 22) Is that not a remarkable fulfillment of Bible prophecy?

From 455 B.C.E. to 1 B.C.E. is 454 years. From 1 B.C.E. to 1 C.E. is one year (there was no zero year). And from 1 C.E. to 29 C.E. is 28 years. Adding these three figures gives us the total of 483 years. Jesus was “cut off” in death in 33 C.E., during the 70th week of years. (Daniel 9:24, 26)

“SEVENTY WEEKS”
490 years
7 weeks 62 weeks 1 week
(49 years) (434 years) (7 years)
455 406 ← B.C.E.  C.E. → 29 33 36

So it was that God removed the Law covenant by means of Christ’s death in 33 C.E. How, then, could it be said that the Messiah “must keep the covenant in force for the many for one week”? Because he kept the Abrahamic covenant in force. Until the 70th week ended, God extended the blessings of that covenant to Abraham’s Hebrew offspring. But at the end of the “seventy weeks” of years, in 36 C.E., the apostle Peter preached to the devout Italian man Cornelius, his household, and other Gentiles. And from that day on, the good news began to be declared among people of the nations.—Acts 3:25, 26; 10:1-48; Galatians 3:8, 9, 14.