SOME "REVELATIONS" FROM DANIEL 9:24-27
[24] 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.
[Notes: "Weeks" - from the Hebrew שָׁבוּעַ (shabuwa`), which means "a heptad, seven of anything." In this case, "seven years" or 490 total years. "Thy people" - this prophecy refers to Israel. "Thy holy city" - refers to Jerusalem. The six accomplishments listed will not all be fulfilled until the 490 years are completed, when Jesus begins His role as King on the throne of David - Rev. 20!]
[25] 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.
[Notes: The command to "go forth" was decreed by Artaxerxes in 444 B.C. (the 20th year of his reign - Neh. 2:1-8). Jesus, "Messiah the Prince," would be at His triumphal entry 483 years later (49 + 420 + 14). It is at that time, He will be killed - see next verse.]
[26] 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.
[Notes: After the 483 years, Jesus would be crucified for OUR sins, not His own! After that (A.D. 70), Rome destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. The future "prince," (verse 27) will be the Antichrist; he will be from the area which was controlled by the Roman Empire.]
[27] 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.
[Notes: The Antichrist will rule for "one week" (the remaining seven years of the 490). It is from this verse that we know the "weeks" are weeks of years. This "Seventieth Week of Daniel" is also known as "The Time of Jacob's Trouble (Jer. 30:7) and the "Tribulation" (Mt. 24:29). The seven years are divided into two halves, three and one half years each. Each half is described as "Time, times, and half a time" (a "time" being one year of 360 days - Dan. 7:25; 12:7; Rev. 12:14); "1260 days" (Rev. 11:3; 12:6); and "42 months" (Rev. 11:2; 13:5).
The "abominations he shall make it desolate" refers to him declaring himself to be God and demanding to be worshipped as such (Dan. 8:1-13 - Antiochus Epiphanes was a type of the Antichrist - Mt. 24:15; Rev. 13:1-18).]
The Good news for "the saved" (born again believers), is that we will not be here when the Antichrist reigns (Jn. 14:1-3; 1 Cor. 15:50-54; 1 Th. 1:10; 4:13-18; 5:9; Rev. 3:10). The last mention of the Church in the time line of Revelation is Chapter three. The Tribulation is described in Chapters 6-18! If you have never trust in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you need to do so today! The world is described as totally wicked (Days of Noah), and being plagued with homosexuality (Days of Lot), when Christ comes for His Church. Is there any doubt that the world meets that description today? Jesus died for your sins according to the Scriptures, He was buried, and His Father raised Him from the dead according to the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:3-4). Trust Him before it is too late!
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