THE BOOK OF DANIEL is quoted often in the New Testament Book of Revelation. In many ways, the two books need to be read and studied together. Daniel lived at an important time of ancient history and his story is critical to our understanding of what is happening today. His visions speak powerfully of the end times, and his writing continues to exalt the “Most High God.” The accuracy and reliability of his remarks concerning future events have caused many to question his authorship of this book. However we have complete confidence that he not only wrote the book, but that God used him powerfully to bring His message to His people about what is about to happen in our time. Daniel Chapter 9 The 69 Weeks & Arrival of Messiah!
Daniel Ch 9 The 69 Weeks of Prophecy
Daniel Chapter 9 Notes & Pdf
The 70 Weeks
Jesus’ Confidential Briefing Four disciples (Peter, James, John and Andrew) ask about His Return. Jesus’ response is recorded in three Gospels (Mt 24, 25; Mk 13; Lk 21).
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The Olivet Discourse
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, When shall these things be? And What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Matthew 24:3-8
All these are “non-signs”: the end is NOT yet The Key Event When ye therefore shall see the Abomination of Desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains… Matthew 24:15-16
Jesus highlighted this very passage in Daniel as the key to prophecy in Matthew 24:15. He authenticates Daniel as a prophet, and the author of this book! He also holds us responsible to understand this passage. [Note its Jewishness: “In Judea… not on the Sabbath Day.”]
The Flight from Judea
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day: Matthew 24:17-20
The Great Tribulation
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. Matthew 24:21-22
Old Testament (Tenach) Texts
• Original Hebrew (“Vorlage”): In the days of Ezra and Nehemiah.
• Septuagint Translation (LXX): From 285-270 B.C., Ptolemy Philadelphus II commissioned 70 top scholars at Alexandria to translate the Hebrew Tenach (Old Testament) into the common Greek of that day. It is the primary quoted text in the New Testament.
• Masoretic Text (MT): Derived from the Council of Jamnia, A.D. 90.
Daniel Chapter 9 Outline
• Daniel’s Prayer Dan 9:1-19
• Angel Gabriel’s Visit Dan 9:20-23
• The Seventy Weeks Dan 9:24-27
1] 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;
2] 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.
“Darius”: Uncle of Cyrus? [Same as Chapter 6?] “…was made”: passive recipient. Here he was reading Jeremiah’s prophecy. Daniel took it literally! (Jer 25:11,12; 29:10). YHWH: 7X in this chapter only. And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 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. Jeremiah 25:11, 12
Note: It is the “servitude of the nation” in view here, not the city only. 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. Jeremiah 29:10 Here also the “servitude of the nation” is in view here, not the destiny of the city.
3] And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
4] And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; Sixty-seven of seventy years had passed… Notice Daniel’s response: he goes to prayer. Prayer (for that which was certain?): Daniel is, again, our example: He is “in the Word” and in Prayer! (Prayers: Ezra 9; Neh 9?) [Cf. “Thy Kingdom Come.” Prayer is God’s way of enlisting you in what He is doing. Fasting in NT:Mt 9:14,15; Acts 13:2,3; 14:23; 1 Cor 7:5; 2 Cor 6:5; 11:27.]
The Importance of Confessing Our Sins
5] We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
6] Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
“We have sinned…”: Only two in OT of which no evil is spoken of Joseph and Daniel. His prayer is corporate on behalf of his people…
7] O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
8] O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9] To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against him;
10] Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11] Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. Their national destiny determined by their behavior (2 Chr 7:14)!
12] And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
13] As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
14] Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
15] And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16] O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. Focus: Jerusalem and God’s people…
17] Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. Note the increasing tempo of the verbs of action…
18] O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
19] O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hearken and do! defer not, for thine own sake! O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name… You can even discern Daniel’s trembling—even through the translation…
Daniels Interrupted Prayer
20] 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;
21] 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. “man”: ish, man or servant. Gabriel: Always on a mission of Messianic announcement. “at the beginning”: Dan 8:15-16.
22] And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
23] At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. “Beloved”: Cf. Abraham, disciples: “friends” prophetic insights Daniel, John: “beloved” apocalyptic details.
The “70 Weeks” of Daniel
The Scope 9:24
The 69 Weeks 9:25
(The Interval) 9:26
The 70th Week 9:27
The Scope of 69 & 70th Weeks of Prophecy “Thy People, Thy Holy City” (Dan 9:24)
24] Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy Place.
shabu’im = sevens, “week.” (Gen 29:26-28; Lev 25, 26). hatak, determined, reckoned.
1) The focus of the passage is on the Jews, not the Church or the Gentile world.
2) The six major items listed have yet to be completed…to seal up (close authority of) the vision; to anoint the godesh gadashim, the Holy of Holies, etc. Unfulfilled in over 2000 years: v.26 will detail an intervening Interval between the 69th and 70th Weeks. A key to understanding this passage is to realize that the 70 “Weeks” are not all contiguous.
“Weeks” = ?
Days: Sabbath on the 7th Day (Gen 2:2; Ex 20:11);
Weeks: Feast of Weeks (Lev 23:15,16);
Months: Nisan to Tishri (Ex 12:2; Lev 23:24);
Years: Sabbatical Years for the Land (Lev 25:1-22; 26:33-35; Deut 15; Ex 23:10,11; 2 Chr 36:19-21). Note: focus of entire prophecy is Israel, not the Gentile world (Dan 9:24). Seventy “Sevens” imply weeks of years (Gen 29:27, et al.). Sabbath for the land ordained and failure to keep the Sabbath of the land was the very the basis for 70 years captivity (2 Chr 36:19-21).
The 69 Weeks (Dan 9:25)
25] Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the King shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
The Trigger (terminus ad quo):
The Decrees to “Rebuild Jerusalem”?
1) Cyrus, 537 B.C. Ezra 1:2-4
2) Darius Ezra 6:1-5, 8, 12
3) Artaxerxes, 458 B.C. Ezra 7:11-26
4) Artaxerxes, 445 B.C. Neh 2:5-8, 17, 18
(1) (2) and (3) were to build the Temple. Only the last one (4) was to rebuild the city, the walls, etc. Note: bxor> rehob, “street”; #Wrx’ haruts, moat, fortification. Why “7 + 62”? Time to build the city? Time to close the Old Testament canon? Time between Testaments?
Nominal 360-day Years Examined
• Biblical Usage: Genesis (Gen 7:24; 8:3,4); Daniel (Dan 9:27; 12:6); Revelation (Rev 11:2,3; 13:5).
• Ancient calendars based on 360-day years.
• Assyrians, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Hebrews, Persians, Greeks, Phoenicians, Chinese, Mayans, Hindus, Carthaginians, Etruscans, Teutons, et al. All these calendars were based on a 360-day year; typically, twelve 30- day months. (In ancient Chaldea, their calendar was based on a 360-day year and it is from this Babylonian tradition that we have 360 degrees in a circle, 60 minutes to an hour, 60 seconds in each minute, etc.)
• Orbital Changes? Long day of Joshua (Josh 10:12, 13) due to Mars pass-bys? [Strangely corroborated by Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, which draws on eye witness account of the two moons of Mars before adequate telescopes available. Cf. Joshua Commentary or our briefing package, Signs in the Heavens..] In 701 B.C., all calendars appear to have been reorganized. Numa Pompilius, the second King of Rome, reorganized the original calendar of 360 days per year, by adding 5 days per year. King Hezekiah, Numa’s contemporary, reorganized his Jewish calendar by adding a month each Jewish leap year (on a cycle of 7 among every 19 years).
The Target (terminus ad quem)
The Meshiach Nagid: “The Messiah the King.” The prediction is to the presentation of the Messiah the King (Nagid is first used of King Saul). On several occasions in the New Testament when they attempted to take Jesus as a King, He invariably declined, “Mine hour is not yet come.” (Jn 6:15; 7:30, 44; etc.) Then one day, He arranges it.
The Triumphal Entry The Lamb of God
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. Zechariah 9:9
Jesus Comes as The Lamb of God on Passover
All four Gospels, Mt 21:1-9; Mk 11:1-10; Lk 19:29-39; Jn 12:12-16. Nisan 10: “take to everyone a lamb.” Jesus deliberately arranges to fulfill Zech 9:9. This is the only day He allows them to proclaim Him King (Lk 19:38). Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. Luke 19:38 …quoting Psalm 118. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, “Master, rebuke thy disciples.” Luke 19:39
Why? What for? The Pharisees assure our noticing the significance! And He answered and said unto them, “I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” Luke 19:40 Jesus held them accountable to recognize this very day (Lk 19:41-44). This was the 10th of Nisan, prior to the Passover on the 14th of Nisan, A.D. 32.
Chronology of His Ministry
Christ’s ministry began in fall A.D. 28 (Tiberius was appointed in A.D. 14.)
Augustus died August 19, A.D. 14 (within the) 15th year of Tiberius ( Lk 3:1). 4th Passover: April 6, A.D. 32 [Sir Robert Anderson, 1894]. (Other chronologies presume a Friday crucifixion)
[Other examples of Precision: Gen 8:4, Noah’s new beginning, 7th month, 17th day. (Exodus 12:2: Nisan becomes 1st month.) Jesus resurrected on the anniversary of the “New Beginning” under Noah!]
The 69 Weeks
Sobering Judgment Declared By Jesus
And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. Luke 19:41, 41 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another …because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. Luke 19:43, 44
Should we not in light of this revelation of Jesus words study to show ourselves approved unto God, workmen that need not be ashamed at His coming. 2 Timothy 2:15
Next Session: The Interval (Dan 9:26) between the 69th & 70th Weeks. The 70th Week (Dan 9:27); the key to end-time prophecy!
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Recruited into senior management at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan, Chuck established the first international computer network in 1966. He left Ford to start his own company, a computer network firm that was subsequently acquired by Automatic Data Processing (listed on the New York Stock Exchange) to become its Network Services Division.
Returning to California, Chuck found himself consulting, organizing corporate development deals, serving on the board of directors at several firms, and specializing in the rescuing of financially troubled technology companies. He brought several companies out of Chapter 11 and into profitable operation. Chuck thrived on this type of work.
As Chuck notes, his day of reckoning came several years ago when — as the result of a merger — he found himself the chairman and a major shareholder of a small, publicly owned development company known as Phoenix Group International. The firm established an $8 billion joint venture with the Soviet Union to supply personal computers to their 143,000 schools. Due to several unforeseen circumstances, the venture failed. The Misslers lost everything, including their home, automobiles and insurance.
It was during this difficult time that Chuck turned to God and the Bible. As a child he developed an intense interest in the Bible; studying it became a favorite pastime. In the 1970s, while still in the corporate world, Chuck began leading weekly Bible studies at the 30,000-member Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, in California. He and Nancy established Koinonia House in 1973.
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