Seventy Weeks of Daniel

  Last Call Ministries

 There have been volumes written on these four verses of Holy Scripture. These verses detail God’s plan for Israel from the time that Israel was captive in Babylon until the return of the Messiah Jesus. Many notables have discussed their theories and through the ages there has been some confusion on this subject. I confess in times past I have subscribed to some of the teachings of others however, I have pushed all the books away since I have noticed that some lacked conviction in their subject matter and I sought the Lord Jesus and the guidance of his Holy Spirit. The plan of the Lord Jesus is far above the ability of the intellect of man to comprehend on his own. The only way to understand is by the revelation of the Holy Spirit. I suggest you pray and join me in what I consider to be the most revealing (Glory to God) text on this subject.

In this declaration by the angel Gabriel he reveals seven things that will be accomplished through the Jewish people and Jerusalem during these seventy weeks. Below are listed the fulfillment of these declarations:

Finish the transgression: This declaration is to bring to completion or to bring the fullness of transgression. Jesus said speaking of the end time how that iniquity would abound. The fullness of transgression will abound in the midst of the Jewish nation and the holy city Jerusalem.

“But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.” (Mark 13:14-20)

“But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people” (Luke 21:23)

When the image of the antichrist is placed in the temple in Jerusalem the fullness of transgression has come. The Jewish nation has rejected Jesus the promised Messiah for more than two thousand years and to finish the transgression Israel receives another as the Messiah.

“I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.” (John 5:43)

“And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.” (Rev. 14:18)

The fullness of transgression arrives.

Make an end of sins: Since the fullness of transgression has come now it is time to make an end of sins. The armies of the earth have been gathered to the battle of the great day of God Almighty. Antichrist and his hordes have already trodden down the great city Jerusalem for 42 months, murdered God’s faithful and deceived the earth. Now it is time to pay the piper for their vile acts. The six of seven angels have poured out their vials of judgment on the earth and now it’s time for the last vial to be poured, which is poured into the air. A judgment from the air. (Rev. 16:17)

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” (Rev. 19:11-16)

This is the judgment of the air and the end of sins personally by the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Lord Jesus Christ himself.

 Paul said, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)

I bring this up simply to show you an interesting account of this very event in Isaiah:  “Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire.” (Isaiah 30:27) Also “And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod” (Isaiah 30:30-31) “As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it” (Isaiah 31:5)

This deserves repeating, in Revelations we see:

 “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean”

 “And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great” (Rev. 16:21)

These are the details of the judgment from the air. Remember back in the day of Isaiah the angel of the Lord went and destroyed the Assyrian army but this account is different. I’m sure when the armies of antichrist see the Lord Jesus return with the “Raptured” saints his army, they look like “Birds flying” a judgment from the air and an end of sins. Never again will God’s dwelling be subject to the sinful acts of man.

Reconciliation for iniquity: When Jesus was crucified sin was reconciled to God. By receiving Jesus as savior this reconciliation for iniquity is accounted to our lives. Since Jesus came into the world through the tribe of Judah he is included in the blanket statement of Gabriel as to what declarations will be accomplished through “Thy people”. “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life” (Romans 5:10)

Bring in everlasting righteousness: “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” (Rev. 11:15) When Jesus establishes the Kingdom of God on earth this is the bringing in of everlasting righteousness.

To seal up the vision and prophecy: “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” (Rev. 10:7) The establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth has been the theme of the bible from Genesis to Revelation. This is the kingdom that the Jews had so eagerly awaited for from the beginning. “And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.” (Luke 11:12)  “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all.” (Jude 1:14-15)

To anoint the most Holy: Jesus the Most Holy anointed from birth of the Holy Spirit. “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11) “And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?” (Luke 2:46-49)

After he was risen from the dead Jesus declares his victory, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18) Here is the anointing or Coronation of the Most Holy as King of kings and Lord of lords.

Gabriel divides the seventy-week timeframe into parts. The first two parts discussed are seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. These weeks represent years of time (one week= 7 years).  I am convinced that the people who study prophecy incorrectly try to lump these two time frames into one larger timeframe coming up with a number of sixty-nine weeks of years. If the number were to be considered as one larger period of time, it would have more than likely been written in the form of nine and threescore weeks. The fact that there is a noted difference distinguishing a seven-week period and a sixty-two week period suggests two events.

 The revelation of Gabriel in Daniel 9:25 is almost a riddle; mentioning the seven weeks first however what Gabriel says is very interesting, he says from the time of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem shall be sixty-two weeks and seven weeks and in fact two rebuilding programs occur in these timeframes. At the end of the sixty-two weeks of time the Messiah would also be killed (Cut off)

Picture a stopwatch with seventy weeks of total time and an egg timer that ticks off 62 weeks of time (434 years) both the stopwatch and the egg timer start at the same time. The sixty-two week egg timer as it nears it’s completion it comes upon the last seven-weeks of that timeframe (49 years), the 49 year unit of time is part of the sixty-two weeks mentioned. Both units of time came to glorious conclusion simultaneously.

 Artaxerxes II reigned as King of Persia according to the historical record from 404-358 BC although the biblical record proves that his reign had to begin in 421 BC. When attempting to zero in on exact dates the ancient Persian historical record is foggy at best, especially when attempting to construct a timeline of history using the limited broken tidbits of Persian historical record as its foundation whereas the biblical timeframe is specific. Recorded in Nehemiah 2:17 the Bible declares that Artaxerxes II in his twentieth year gives the decree to build the city of Jerusalem being the reference point that Gabriel sited, starting both the stopwatch and egg timer. As time winds down the egg timer comes upon its last seven weeks (49 years) at this point King Herod begins a restoration program of Jerusalem and the Temple. The Gospel of John 2:20 states that the Temple was 46 years in building at the time Jesus began his ministry, his ministry was a period of three years in length concluding with the crucifixion and thereby completing the seven week and sixty-two week periods as declared by the angel Gabriel. The literal translation of Gabriel’s statement brings clarity to the matter of the seven-week period:

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build the covenant of peace unto the consecration of the anointed one, the Prince shall be seven weeks (49 years), and threescore and two weeks (434 years): the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

 Like a timer within a timer, two physical restorations concluding with the spiritual foundation of restoration fulfill both time periods and are within the sixty-two weeks mentioned by the angel Gabriel. As previously mentioned the first construction of the city and temple endured troublous times of war and interruption and although the second restoration was ongoing at the time of Christ, the Jews completed wall of Jerusalem during the troublous time of civil insurrection just before its destruction by the Romans. Both restorations are in complete agreement with the angel’s declaration.

  The seven-week period signaled the building of the eternal covenant of peace for all those who have accepted Jesus as their savior. The rejection of Jesus as the Messiah by Israel caused the stopwatch that keeps the total of seventy-weeks concerning the tasks and purposes to be accomplished through the Jewish people to come to a standstill leaving eight weeks of time (56 years) left on God’s stopwatch. From that moment clear through the present day Jesus has primarily used the Gentile nations to preach his Gospel to the world. Gabriel says that seventy weeks are determined upon the holy people and upon the Holy City. When the Israelis were reestablished as a nation and then recaptured the holy city of Jerusalem in 1967 the last eight weeks began ticking off the clock. When the new Jewish Temple is built and then dedicated according to the Mosaic precept, man will have stepped across the threshold of the last ten years of his existence. It is possible that the Temple could be built and stand there a few years before being dedicated however in my opinion that scenario is unlikely considering the religious zeal of Orthodox Judaism. In any case the dedication of the Temple is the signal mechanism for a 940Day countdown to the beginning of the seventieth and last week promised to Israel and the world, as we know it.

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:

According to any book I have ever read on this subject, all of them have claimed that the “He” in this verse is speaking of antichrist. It has been taught that antichrist makes a seven-year pact with Israel allowing them to build their Temple and in the middle of the seven years, he breaks his agreement, placing his image in the Temple and ushers in the judgment of God Almighty. This conclusion is a mistake. Lets take a close look at this verse.

To confirm a covenant is to establish the certainty or validity of the covenant already in existence. So, the conclusion of a seven-year agreement between Israel and antichrist on this basis alone is a mistake. This covenant already exists and the validity of this covenant is confirmed with many for one week, the seventieth and last week promised to Israel. Again, this covenant is not something that comes into existence during the last week but rather already exists.

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people” – (Jeremiah 31: 31-33)

“For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah” (Hebrews 8:8)

 “And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament (Covenant), which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matthew 26:27-28)

This is the covenant already in existence that “He”, the Lord Jesus will confirm with many for one week. When Gabriel says, He will confirm the covenant with many for one week, he is speaking of the blood bought covenant of Jesus Christ. Remember, this is the last week that God appointed to the Jewish nation. After the Rapture of the church God appoints Israel as his ministering tool to preach the Gospel to the world through his 144,000 anointed Jews. The book of Revelation spells this out clearly. Revelation chapter seven shows 12,000 Jews from each tribe being sealed with the seal of God Almighty. This seal is the baptism of the Holy Ghost which only Jesus can give. These are sealed while the antichrist goes forth conquering the world and the holy land. (Rev. 7:1-17) The temple is already built signifying that the beginning of the last week promised to Israel is near.

How is God going to reach these 144,000 Jews? We read in Revelation 11:3-7 how Jesus gives power to his two witnesses and they prophecy for 3-1/2 years “And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.” These two wittnesses are clothed in “Sackcloth” which means they are mourning as those who in the days of the old covenant law would be in mourning for sin and trespass. They are mourning for “Stiff Necked” Israel because they still reject the Messiah Jesus. The confirming final week starts when the first of the 144,000 Jews receives the true Messiah “Jesus Christ” being sealed with the seal of God, this seal is the baptism of the Holy Spirit and a result of the testimony of these two prophets.

“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God” (Rev. 14: 1-5) The only way you can be without fault before God is to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior thereby having your sins blotted out of God’s memory forever. “I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more” (Jeremiah 31:34)

 In turn, these 144,000 preach the everlasting Gospel to the world resulting in a worldwide conversion.

“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb” (Rev. 7:9-10) Palms symbolize victory and great Joy, although this victory is gained through the laying down of their lives for their testimony of Jesus as Lord. The white robes are the robes of righteousness, which can only be had by receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior. This is the sum of what Gabriel is speaking of when he says, “He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week”

Now we need to back up and discuss the Temple in Jerusalem. The Law of Moses will be the law of the land. That’s why Jesus told his disciples that when you see the abomination of desolation and warned them to flee to the mountains he said pray that your flight be not in winter or on the Sabbath, since on the Sabbath you can’t do any servile work so transportation won’t be available, purchasing gasoline for their cars will not be possible and so on.

 I realize that many who speak on prophecy have said that the temple will be built during the tribulation however I believe it is before. The key to this is found in Daniel 8:13-14 “Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice (beginning), and the transgression of desolation (end), to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?”

 “And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then (After) shall the sanctuary be cleansed.”

These twenty-three hundred days are actual days, an exact time frame. The actual original words that translate into the word “Days” actually are the words “ Ereb” and “Boqer” meaning Evening and Morning” equaling a “Day”. This is further confirmed by the angel to Daniel when he is told in the same chapter in the twenty-sixth verse: “And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days”

Since this number stands for actual days, this number translates to 6.38 biblical years. (It really doesn’t matter what Calendar you subscribe to since God knew we would be using a yearly calendar other than the biblical 360 day format.) This is why the time frame was quoted in days. So, from the moment of the sacrificial dedication of the temple (the first animal sacrifice) till the moment that the image of antichrist is placed in the temple (Abomination of Desolation) will be 2300 days or 6.38 years. Since the angel says in Daniel 9:27 that in the middle of the seventieth week (3-1/2 years) is when the abomination of Desolation occurs we then can conclude that the temple must be built prior to the tribulation. This timeframe will include most of the testimony of the two prophets of God howbeit their testimony won’t begin until after the animal sacrifice of dedication upon the Alter is accomplished. The two witnesses will finish their testimony and be killed on the orders of the antichrist about 7-8 months into his reign. The world celebrates their death and the bodies of these prophets are not even put in graves, but lay in the streets of Jerusalem for 3-1/2 days. Then God raises them from the dead, they stand upright on their feet, and they ascend into heaven with their enemies watching them go.

I believe that the two anointed ones will be the apostle John and Moses. John is told the he must Prophecy again “And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings” (Rev. 10:11)

Moses was the one who revealed to the children of Israel that God would raise up a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken and God said, “I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him” (Deuteronomy 18:18-19)

 In my mind, it makes perfect sense for Moses to be testifying against this reconstituted institution of the old covenant law. Moses was the one that had power over the waters to turn them to blood in Egypt. I know some have said that one of those prophets will be Elijah because it doesn’t rain during their testimony and it is possible however, it just seems that Moses would be the more appropriate choice.

 Here we see a progression first the temple is built and dedicated with a blood sacrifice showing the return of Mosaic law in Israel. (The Rapture of the church takes place either before the temple is built or soon after but most likely before since in fact Jesus said, "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." (Matthew 24:44) I believe that if we were to see the temple built all our eyes would be or should be skyward in expectation.) We then see for the first time in two thousand years true Prophets of God in Israel that have authority to unleash on the earth whatever  plagues they wish. Next there is the conversion of 144,000 Jewish evangelists.

  In the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease:

We have already discovered that the ritual practices of the Old Testament will be in full operation in these last days. The fact that they are in force as the law of the land demonstrates that the nation is still awaiting their promised Messiah. Although Jesus has for the first time in two thousand years raised up true prophets of God among the Jews and they testify in power daily in the streets of Jerusalem and more than likely in the temple on temple mount, the Religious leaders still reject the truth, as does most of the nation and the world. It is the same attitude that Israel had when Jesus walked among them two thousand years before. The reward for this rejection is that God allows the nation to receive another as Messiah, the Antichrist. The fatal abomination is the rejection of Jesus and this rejection is declared worldwide when antichrist takes seat on the Holy of Holies in the Temple. This is the Abomination that causes Desolation.

When Gabriel explained to Daniel, “He shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease” he was saying that Jesus will allow Israel and the world to receive the antichrist as the god of the earth. Yes, antichrist is the mechanism by which this is accomplished but, it is Jesus who looses the seals of judgment. Jesus is in control. The apostle Paul sums this up beautifully in 2^nd Thessaloanians chapter 2:7-11:

“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he (Holy Spirit) who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness”

And for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate:

  Since the sin of man has reached it’s fullness and Jesus has preached his Gospel of the Kingdom through his chosen, yet the majority of mankind has chosen to reject his mercy, Jesus simply lets go of the reins giving man over to his own corruptible nature. This abomination of desolation catapults the Judgments of God on the Christ rejecting world and heralds the return of Jesus to establish his Kingdom on earth. In fact, the judgments are the final and most grievous birth pains of the coming Kingdom of God on earth. Just like a woman in labor, the birth is kind of messy and extremely painful however, after that a Joyful celebration for all those who have received Jesus as Lord and Savior, a kingdom without end. Hallelujah.

I hope that this teaching blessed you as it has blessed me.

Lord Jesus, Open the understanding of your people! Amen

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