SEVENTY SEVENS

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks are determined

For your people and for your 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 vision and prophecy,

And to anoint the Most Holy.

   SEVENTY SEVENS (or seventy shavuim "sevens not weeks") . (7 x 70 = 490 years).
    ARE DETERMINED (or decreed). God has decided that this period of time would take place.
    UPON "THY PEOPLE," (Daniel's people is Israel)
    AND UPON "THY HOLY CITY" which is Jerusalem. These verses deal primarily with Israel.

Already fulfilled during the first coming of Yeshua

TO FINISH" THE TRANSGRESSION (or to finish disobedience),

AND "TO MAKE" AN END OF SINS (or end to sin),

AND "TO MAKE" RECONCILIATION FOR INIQUITY (or atonement)

To be fulfilled during the first coming of Yeshua

AND "TO BRING IN" EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS, or to bring in Jesus Christ the Messiah; to bring in everlasting righteousness regarding Israel and Jerusalem.

AND "TO SEAL UP" THE VISION AND PROPHECY, or to complete and finish this vision and prophecy.

AND "TO ANOINT" THE MOST HOLY (to anoint or "Messiah" Yeshua)

9:25. KNOW THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND, THAT FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT (or issuing of the decree) TO RESTORE AND TO BUILD JERUSALEM UNTO THE MESSIAH THE PRINCE SHALL BE SEVEN WEEKS (or seven ‘sevens’), AND THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS (or sixty-two ‘sevens’): THE STREET SHALL BE BUILT AGAIN, AND THE WALL, EVEN IN TROUBLOUS TIMES (or in times of trouble).

    Next, an explanation of the times and major events that would take place.
    KNOW THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND. This is a command—"know and understand"
    THAT FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT or decree
    TO RESTORE AND TO BUILD JERUSALEM

    UNTO THE MESSIAH THE PRINCE - The Messiah Yeshua
    SHALL BE SEVEN WEEKS or seven ‘sevens’ which is 49 years,
    AND THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS or sixty-two ‘sevens’ (or 62 x 7 years which is 434 years)
    THE STREET SHALL BE BUILT AGAIN, (which is in Jerusalem)
    AND THE WALL which is of Jerusalem shall also be built again - Nehemiah 2:17,18; 6:15-19,
    EVEN IN TROUBLOUS TIMES (or in times of trouble)-Dan 9:25. This gives a total of 483 years, leaving one week (or one period of 7 years) left. Jerusalem was to be rebuilt; however, it would not be easy. There would be times of trouble during this rebuilding.
    The seventy weeks are divided into three parts.
    (1) Seven weeks or 49 years. This may have covered the rebuilding in troublous times. All are fulfilled.
    (2) Sixty-two weeks or 434 years. This covered from the end of the 49 years to, perhaps, the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem before His crucifixion. All are fulfilled.
    (3) One week or 7 years remain. This is the Tribulation, which is still to come as of the writing
    of this book.
    Thus, 49 years + 434 years gives us a total of 483 years. This leaves one week or one period of 7 years to fulfill the total of 490 years.
    The 483 years fulfilled the rebuilding of Jerusalem, just as Daniel had seen, as well as the coming of the Messiah, Jesus. At exactly what point in time the 483 years were completed is uncertain. Allowing for errors in the calendar, the transition from B.C. to A.D., and other items, many believe it was when Jesus entered Jerusalem in triumph four days prior to being crucified. There are other opinions as well.

9:26. AND AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS (or sixty-two ‘sevens’) SHALL MESSIAH (or the Anointed One will) BE CUT OFF, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF (or will have nothing): AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PRINCE (or ruler) THAT SHALL COME SHALL DESTROY THE CITY AND THE SANCTUARY; AND THE END THEREOF SHALL BE WITH (or will come like) A FLOOD, AND UNTO THE END OF THE WAR DESOLATIONS ARE DETERMINED (or have been decreed).

    AND AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS or sixty-two ‘sevens’ which is 434 years (note the 434 years, plus the 49 years, equals a total of 483 years total),
    SHALL MESSIAH (which is Jesus Christ) (or the Anointed One will)
    BE CUT OFF (or killed) (or CUT OFF FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING-ref Isa 53:8) (Jesus Christ was crucified),
    BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF. He did not die for Himself. Jesus never sinned. He died for those who should trust on Him as their Lord and Savior. We note that it said AFTER 434 years this would happen. The verse continues,
    AND THE PEOPLE, which are the people of the Roman Empire, the fourth beast, the people—
    OF THE PRINCE (or ruler)
    THAT SHALL COME. The prince that shall come is referring to the Antichrist that would come in the future. The verse continues,
    SHALL DESTROY THE CITY which is Jerusalem
    AND THE SANCTUARY or temple;
    AND THE END THEREOF SHALL BE WITH (or will come like)
    A FLOOD, which can indicate with great force or mightily,
    AND UNTO THE END OF THE WAR wherein the Roman Empire comes against Jerusalem, unto the end of this war,
    DESOLATIONS ARE DETERMINED (or war will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed-NIV)-Dan 9:25,26. Jesus also prophesied about the temple's destruction, in Mt 24:2-AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, SEE YE NOT ALL THESE THINGS (the temple)? VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT HERE ONE STONE UPON ANOTHER, THAT SHALL NOT BE THROWN DOWN.

The commandment went forth to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, just as predicted. The city, street, and wall were rebuilt in troublous times. Jesus Christ, the Messiah, did come. After the sixty-ninth week, He was crucified, cut off out of the land of the living, but rose from the dead and ascended up to be with the Father. Then the fulfillment of the feast at Pentecost, signified the beginning of the church age. Within a generation, the temple was destroyed and the city. All happened exactly as prophesied.

    As the summer of 68 A.D. came (dates are as best as can be determined), Jerusalem was near defeat by the Roman legions. Vespasian was made emperor in 69 A.D. He allowed his son, Titus, to make the final attack, which came in 70 A.D. The temple (often referred to as Herod's temple) was destroyed. Not one stone was left upon another, as Jesus had said. Multitudes were slaughtered. By the year 73 A.D., all traces of a self-ruling Jewish nation had completely disappeared. Israel was scattered among all nations.
    Jesus said, DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM, WEEP NOT FOR ME, BUT WEEP FOR YOURSELVES, AND FOR YOUR CHILDREN. FOR IF THEY DO THESE THINGS IN A GREEN TREE, WHAT SHALL BE DONE IN THE DRY?-Lk 23:28,31.
    Then from the time of Pentecost to the soon coming Rapture, there are seven churches. They are listed in the Revelation.
    Then the Jews began to return to the land of Israel. Israel became a nation on May 14, 1948. Soon, the Rapture will occur, ending the church age. The Antichrist will come forth.
    Sixty-nine of the seventy weeks (or 483 years) have been fulfilled. One week (or 7 years) remains, which is the Tribulation.
    There is a gap (or time lapse) between the events of verse 26 and the events of verse 27. The seventieth week is yet to come. It is the period called the Tribulation.

THE SEVENTIETH WEEK

9:27. AND HE SHALL CONFIRM THE COVENANT WITH MANY FOR ONE WEEK (or one ‘seven’): AND IN THE MIDST (or middle) OF THE WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION (or offering) TO CEASE (or end), AND FOR THE OVERSPREADING OF ABOMINATIONS HE SHALL MAKE IT DESOLATE (or on a wing of the temple, he will set up an abomination that causes desolation-NIV), EVEN UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION (or complete destruction), AND THAT DETERMINED (or that is decreed) SHALL BE POURED UPON THE DESOLATE (or on him).

    AND HE (which is the Antichrist, which shall come from the people that destroyed Jerusalem and the temple, in approximately 70 A.D.—the Roman Empire), the verse continues,
    SHALL CONFIRM (or sign or agree to)
    THE COVENANT (or treaty, agreement, or peace accord)
    WITH MANY (which is Israel and others)
    FOR ONE WEEK (or one ‘seven,’ or for seven years). (Note, the confirming or signing of this covenant is the beginning of what is called the Tribulation.)