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Aug 2, 2022 · The “seventy weeks” prophecy is one of the most significant and detailed Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. It is found in Daniel 9. The chapter begins with Daniel praying for Israel, acknowledging the nation’s sins against God and asking for God’s mercy.
A lot of theologians take Daniel's seventy weeks and interpret the seventy weeks to be 490 years, a year for each day. From a hermeneutic standpoint, I seek to know if this type of calculation is good hermeneutics.
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Gabriel announced, “Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city.” The objects of God’s decree are the Jews and Jerusalem. The number “seventy” is essential for the remaining verses, which divide it threefold, so understanding the source of this number is vital to a proper interpretation. The number “seventy” appeared earlier in c...
The reason for a tenfold jubilee is evident in the six results Gabriel listed: God decreed the seventy sevens “to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place” (v. 24). The mention of transgression, sin, and iniquity...
Darius/Cyrus would decree freedom for the captives in Babylon. Cyrus was a type of the Messiah, for the latter would also give freedom to captives—to captives of sin and death, out of the deepest exile by way of a new and greater exodus. The book of Isaiah gave prior biblical precedent for viewing Cyrus typologically: he is God’s anointed shepherd ...
Gabriel’s next words, “after the sixty-two weeks,” indicate the seventieth week is now in view. He declared that “an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing.” This “anointed one” is the prophesied Messiah, a figure fulfilled by Jesus, the “Christ” (i.e., the anointed one; cf. Luke 2:11). Some interpreters have suggested that the “princ...
The first step to decoding the Seventy Weeks is to understand the meaning of week. In Hebrew, the original word means “a period of seven” and can apply to days or years. A more literal translation of Daniel 9:24 would be “Seventy sevens are determined.”.
The 70 weeks of this prophecy represent a period of 490 years, based on the biblical principle that prophetic Scripture often uses a day to represent a year (Ezekiel 4:4-6; Numbers 14:33-34). In verses 25 and 27, the period of 70 weeks is divided into three time periods: seven weeks (49 years), 62 weeks (434 years) and one week (seven years).
Seventy Weeks are Determined Daniel 9: 24-27 states, “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.
Feb 23, 2024 · 7 Weeks + 62 weeks = 483 years. After the 69 weeks, there will be a gap before we arrive at the 70 th week. If you use a literal interpretation of the prophecy of the 70 weeks, then it begins with the declaration to rebuild the wall in Jerusalem. King Artaxerxes gave this decree in 444 BC.
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