Revelation of John Part 66

Seventy Weeks Are Determined

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; -- Dan 9:1 (KJV)

In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. -- Dan 9:2 (KJV)

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: -- Dan 9:3 (KJV)

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And whiles I was speaking, and 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; -- Dan 9:20 (KJV)

Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. -- Dan 9:21 (KJV)

And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. -- Dan 9:22 (KJV)

At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to show thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. -- Dan 9:23 (KJV)

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. -- Dan 9:24 (KJV)

Did you catch the 7 items to be accomplished?

1. finish the transgression

2. make an end of sins

3. reconciliation for iniquity

4. bring in everlasting righteousness

5. seal up the vision

6. seal up the prophecy

7. anoint the most Holy

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. -- Dan 9:25 (KJV)

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. -- Dan 9:26 (KJV)

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. -- Dan 9:27 (KJV)

Let's re-examine this reference to the seventy years.

In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. -- Dan 9:2 (KJV)

The Prophet Jeremiah

Announcement of Judgment upon the nation Judah

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, -- Jer 25:8 (KJV)

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. -- Jer 25:9 (KJV)

Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. -- Jer 25:10 (KJV)

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. -- Jer 25:11 (KJV)

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. -- Jer 25:12 (KJV)

And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. -- Jer 25:13 (KJV)

Now let's drop down to verse 29

For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. -- Jer 25:29 (KJV)

Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. -- Jer 25:30 (KJV)

A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. -- Jer 25:31 (KJV)

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. -- Jer 25:32 (KJV)

And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. -- Jer 25:33 (KJV)

Now let's go to chapter 29 of Jeremiah

For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. -- Jer 29:10 (KJV)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. -- Jer 29:11 (KJV)

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. -- Jer 29:12 (KJV)

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. -- Jer 29:13 (KJV)

And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. -- Jer 29:14 (KJV)

Now let's go to chapter 36 of 2 Chronicles

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. -- 2 Chr 36:16 (KJV)

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. -- 2 Chr 36:17 (KJV)

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. -- 2 Chr 36:18 (KJV)

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. -- 2 Chr 36:19 (KJV)

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: -- 2 Chr 36:20 (KJV)

To fulfil 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 fulfil threescore and ten years. -- 2 Chr 36:21 (KJV)

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The 70 year punishment has to do with 70 Sabbath Days

Every 7th day was a Sabbath day

But the seventh day is the sabbath

-- Exo 20:10 (KJV)

Every 7th Year was a Sabbath Year

But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. -- Lev 25:4 (KJV)

The Jubilee (50th year) was a Special Sabbath Year

Lev 25:8 -10 (KJV)

Disobedience to the Sabbath Year Jubilee

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, -- Jer 34:13 (KJV)

At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. -- Jer 34:14 (KJV)

And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: -- Jer 34:15 (KJV)

But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. -- Jer 34:16 (KJV)

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: 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. -- Jer 34:17 (KJV)

See also Deu 15:12-14 (KJV) 7 year freedom

Lev 25 Year of the Jubilee

The Jubilee is the Gospel Message Christ Preached

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, -- Luke 4:18 (KJV)

To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. -- Luke 4:19 (KJV)

The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; -- Isa 61:1 (KJV)

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; -- Isa 61:2 (KJV)

Why is this concept so important to understand ?

Israel became slaves and their land became desolate because they ignored the Sabbath Jubilee to allow their brother to go FREE.

Jewish sources say that 70 years in Babylon was punishment for not obeying 70 Sabbatical years. That sin spread over 490 years

There was 1 Sabbath year for each of the 7 years.

There was a Divine sentence decreed by Moses

for disobeying the Ten Commandments

And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; -- Lev 26:27 (KJV)

Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. -- Lev 26:28 (KJV)

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. -- Lev 26:29 (KJV)

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. -- Lev 26:30 (KJV)

And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. -- Lev 26:31 (KJV)

And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. -- Lev 26:32 (KJV)

And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. -- Lev 26:33 (KJV)

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, and enjoy her sabbaths. -- Lev 26:34 (KJV)

As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. -- Lev 26:35 (KJV)

How important is the concept of the

seven times ???

10 Commandments * 7 times = 70

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Back To The Book of Daniel

Seventy weeks ([;Wbv' {shaw-boo'-ah}) are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. -- Dan 9:24 (KJV)

The Hebrew word WEEK means 7 days or 7 years or simply 7

7620 [;Wbv' shabuwa` {shaw-boo'-ah} or [;buv' shabua` {shaw-boo'-ah} also (fem.) shebu`ah {sheb-oo-aw'}

Meaning: 1) seven, period of seven (days or years)

Jacob worked 7 years for Rachel but he received Leah

He worked 7 more years for Rachel

Fulfil her week ([;Wbv' {shaw-boo'-ah}) and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. -- Gen 29:27 (KJV)

70 Weeks (or sevens) means 70 * 7

Notice that there is NO MENTION OF THE TEMPLE

When did the decree go forth to restore and build Jerusalem?

Cyrus 537 B.C. (Ezra 1:2-4) decreed that they should build the house of God in Jerusalem.

Darius (Ezra 6:1-5,8,12) decreed that they should build the house of God in Jerusalem.

Artaxerxes 458 B.C. (Ezra 7:11-26) decreed that they should build the house of God in Jerusalem.

*** This is the only reference which satifies the prophecy accurately

Artaxerxes 445 B.C. (Nehemiah 2:5-8)decreed that they should restore and build the city and walls of Jerusalem.

And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. -- Neh 2:5 (KJV)

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Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem (445 B.C.) unto the Messiah the Prince (32 A.D.) shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. -- Dan 9:25 (KJV)

And after threescore and two weeks (32 A.D.) shall Messiah be cut off (tr;K' karath {kaw-rath'}), but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. -- Dan 9:26 (KJV)

3772 tr;K' karath {kaw-rath'}

Meaning: 1) to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week (7 years): and in the midst of the week he (Antichrist i.e. prince that shall come) shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. -- Dan 9:27 (KJV)

You will find this formula helpful when listening to this tape

445 B.C. Artaxerxes Longimanus decree March 14, 445 B.C.

+ 32 A.D. April 6, 32 A.D. was Jesus triumphial entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)

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477 years (these are solar years NOT biblical years)

* 365 (days in a solar year)

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174,105 days

+ 119 days (for leap years)

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174,224 prophetic days

+ 23 days (March 14th to April 6th)

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174,247 days total

/ 360 (a biblical year has 360 days see Rev. 11 1260 days = 42 months = 3 1/2 years)

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484 years (or 483 )

Daniel's prophecy

70 weeks = 62 + 7 + 1 (the last 7 years or final prophetic week of Daniel is yet to come )

7 * 7 = 49 (Building Jerusalem 49 years )

62 * 7 = 434 (434 more years till Christ )

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483 years till Christ

+ 7 years at the last days

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490 or 70 * 7

God told Daniel the precise time of Christ's arrival the first time.

Something to think about ...

[;Wbv'

The Hebrew word WEEK means 7 days or 7 years or simply 7

7620 [;Wbv' shabuwa` {shaw-boo'-ah} or [;buv' shabua` {shaw-boo'-ah} also (fem.) shebu`ah {sheb-oo-aw'}

Meaning: 1) seven, period of seven (days or years)

tr;K'

3772 tr;K' karath {kaw-rath'}

Meaning: 1) to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant