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Daniel 9:21-27 Daniel seventy weeks prophecy
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1. Daniel 9:21-27 Daniel seventy weeks prophecy
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2. Time has not yet come
In the GNT (Greek New Testament), Jesus often says, "my time has not come". He is not going to the feast.
Verse routeJohn 7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. [kjv]
Verse routeυμεις αναβητε εις την εορτην εγω ουπω αναβαινω εις την εορτην ταυτην οτι ο εμος καιρος ουπω πεπληρωται [gnt]

Then, all of a sudden, Jesus reverses direction. Jesus is in control the entire time.

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3. Matthew 21:1-15 Triumphal entry
Verse routeMatthew 21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. [kjv]
Verse route21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. [kjv]
Verse route21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? [kjv]
Verse route21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. [kjv]

Palm Sunday is the day that Jesus enters Jerusalem. This was not "a day" but "the day" which angered the religious establishment. They were expecting the "Messiah" and "King".

What do branches represent? There were many trees in Jerusalem? What happened to the trees?


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4. Daniel 9:21-27 Daniel seventy weeks prophecy
Verse routeDaniel 9:25 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. [kjv]
Verse routeמשיחנגיד … [he]

Book: The coming princeThat this prophecy uses 360 day prophetic years was not realized until 1896 in a book "The Coming Prince" by the former chief of Scotland Yard Sir Robert Anderson.
Jesus is the "Messiah" (religious leader, 1st coming) and the "King" (civil leader, 2nd coming).

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5. Jesus as Messiah and King
In the Bible, Jesus has two roles: Messiah and King.

Jesus as Messiah and King
Jesus
Messiah King
First coming Second coming
Kinsman redeemer Avenger of Blood
Love God and neighbor Love God and neighbor

The Jews at the time of Christ expected both and were disappointed in the "first coming". The phrase "Thy kingdom come" refers to that "second coming" to replace the "evil rulers" of this world with "Christ" as "King". Many details are in Revelation.

This idea shifted in the 4th century when the church hierarchy (i.e., "tree" with "birds") became employed by those "evil rulers".

Does Jesus claim to be the "Messiah"? Does Jesus claim to be "God"?

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6. Jesus as Messiah and King

If not and I am

Today these words are pronounced the same. At the time, they would have sounded close enough to be play on words.

The adjacent pair of ancient Greek words "εί""if, whether" and then "μὴ""not" (potential) are used 17 times in Matthew. The play on words is with "εἰμί""I am".

How well does what Jesus says fit the play on words of "I am" when he speaks the words "if" "not"?

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7. Messiah and Saviour
Jesus is our "Messiah" (Savior), in Hebrew, the "ma-shee-ack". The "Messiah" is associated with the "kinsman redeemer". Many details are in the book of Ruth. This Hebrew word was translated into Greek as the ancient Greek word "χριστός""anointed one, Christ".

The Hebrew word "משיח" (ma-shee-ack) ≈ "Messiah, Anointed one".
משיח - Messiah, Anointed one



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8. King and ruler
Jesus is also our "King" (Prince), in Hebrew, the "na-geed". The "King" is associated with the "avenger of blood". Many details are in the book of Revelation. The ancient Greek word "βασίλεια""kingdom" as in "realm". A "basilica" is a hall of the king of the kingdom.

The Hebrew word "נגיד" (na-geed) ≈ "Prince".
נגיד - Prince



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9. Daniel 9:21 Gabriel at vespers
Verse routeDaniel 9:21 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. [kjv]
Verse routeועוד אני מדבר בתפלה והאיש גבריאל אשר ראיתי בחזון בתחלה מעף ביעף נגע אלי כעת מנחת ערב׃ [he]
Verse routeκαι ετι εμου λαλουντος εν τη προσευχη και ιδου ο ανηρ γαβριηλ ον ειδον εν τη ορασει εν τη αρχη πετομενος και ηψατο μου ωσει ωραν θυσιας εσπερινης [lxx]

The ancient Greek word "‎ἡμέρᾱ""day, time", comes from a PIE (Proto Indo-European) root meaning "heat", and may be relate to "ἕσπερος""evening" which has a connotation of "west" as in the setting sun and to the Latin word "vesper""evening" and the Russian word "вечер" (ve-sher) ≈ "evening".

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10. Daniel 9:21
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KJV: 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.
Hebrew: ועוד אני מדבר בתפלה והאיש גבריאל אשר ראיתי בחזון בתחלה מעף ביעף נגע אלי כעת מנחת ערב׃
Greek: και ετι εμου λαλουντος εν τη προσευχη και ιδου ο ανηρ γαβριηλ ον ειδον εν τη ορασει εν τη αρχη πετομενος και ηψατο μου ωσει ωραν θυσιας εσπερινης

11. Daniel 9:22 Skill and understanding
Verse routeDaniel 9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι συνετισεν με και ελαλησεν μετ εμου και ειπεν δανιηλ νυν εξηλθον συμβιβασαι σε συνεσιν [lxx]

The Greek word translated as "informed" is that of "made aware through understanding".

12. Daniel 9:22
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KJV: And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
Hebrew: ויבן וידבר עמי ויאמר דניאל עתה יצאתי להשכילך בינה׃
Greek: και συνετισεν με και ελαλησεν μετ εμου και ειπεν δανιηλ νυν εξηλθον συμβιβασαι σε συνεσιν

13. Daniel 9:23
Verse routeDaniel 9:23 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. [kjv]
Verse routeεν αρχη της δεησεως σου εξηλθεν λογος και εγω ηλθον του αναγγειλαι σοι οτι ανηρ επιθυμιων συ ει και εννοηθητι εν τω ρηματι και συνες εν τη οπτασια [lxx]

The Greek word translated as "commandment" is that of "reasoning".

The Greek word translated as "beloved" is that of "desire" and sometimes translated as "lust".

The Greek word translated as "matter" is that of "spoken words".

14. Daniel 9:23
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KJV: 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.
Hebrew: בתחלת תחנוניך יצא דבר ואני באתי להגיד כי חמודות אתה ובין בדבר והבן במראה׃
Greek: εν αρχη της δεησεως σου εξηλθεν λογος και εγω ηλθον του αναγγειλαι σοι οτι ανηρ επιθυμιων συ ει και εννοηθητι εν τω ρηματι και συνες εν τη οπτασια

15. Seventy and weeks
The "seventy weeks" prophecy in Daniel is well-known and important. Here we look only at the number "seventy" and "weeks" with the years implied.

The Hebrew word "שבעים" (sib-im) ≈ "seventy".
שבעים - seventy
The Hebrew word "שבעים" (sa-bu-im) ≈ "weeks".
שבעים - weeks

The corresponding Greek word for the Septuagint is "εβδομήκοντα" (eh-vtho-MEE-kon-ta) ≈ "seventy" with the translation word inferred.

16. Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks
Verse routeDaniel 9:24 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. [kjv]
Verse routeεβδομηκοντα εβδομαδες συνετμηθησαν επι τον λαον σου και επι την πολιν την αγιαν σου του συντελεσθηναι αμαρτιαν και του σφραγισαι αμαρτιας και απαλειψαι τας ανομιας και του εξιλασασθαι αδικιας και του αγαγειν δικαιοσυνην αιωνιον και του σφραγισαι ορασιν και προφητην και του χρισαι αγιον αγιων [lxx]
Verse routeשבעיםשבעיםולמשח … [he]

Without diacritical marks, the Hebrew is the same written word for both "seventy" and "weeks", but the pronunciation is different. In Daniel 9:24, the word is repeated twice, once for "seventy" and once for "weeks".

The word for "anointed" is the word used for "Christ".

17. Daniel 9:24 Most holy
Verse routeDaniel 9:24 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. [kjv]
Verse routeεβδομηκοντα εβδομαδες συνετμηθησαν επι τον λαον σου και επι την πολιν την αγιαν σου του συντελεσθηναι αμαρτιαν και του σφραγισαι αμαρτιας και απαλειψαι τας ανομιας και του εξιλασασθαι αδικιας και του αγαγειν δικαιοσυνην αιωνιον και του σφραγισαι ορασιν και προφητην και του χρισαι αγιον αγιων [lxx]
Verse route שבעים שבעים … ולמשח … [he]

In the Greek of the LXX (Septuagint), the "most" "Holy" is, literally, "Holy" "Holy", repeating the word for emphasis. Example: "Holy" of "holies".

[morning as early early]

18. Daniel 9:24 Septuagint
Verse routeDaniel 9:24 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. [kjv]
Verse routeεβδομηκοντα εβδομαδες συνετμηθησαν επι τον λαον σου και επι την πολιν την αγιαν σου του συντελεσθηναι αμαρτιαν και του σφραγισαι αμαρτιας και απαλειψαι τας ανομιας και του εξιλασασθαι αδικιας και του αγαγειν δικαιοσυνην αιωνιον και του σφραγισαι ορασιν και προφητην και του χρισαι αγιον αγιων [lxx]
Verse routeSeventy weeks have been determined upon your people, and upon the holy city, for sin to be ended, and to seal up transgressions, and to blot out the iniquities, and to make atonement for iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy. [bs3]
Verse routeשבעיםשבעיםולמשח … [he]


19. Daniel 9:24
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KJV: 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.
Hebrew: שבעים שבעים נחתך על עמך ועל עיר קדשך לכלא הפשע ולחתם חטאות ולכפר עון ולהביא צדק עלמים ולחתם חזון ונביא ולמשח קדש קדשים׃
Greek: εβδομηκοντα εβδομαδες συνετμηθησαν επι τον λαον σου και επι την πολιν την αγιαν σου του συντελεσθηναι αμαρτιαν και του σφραγισαι αμαρτιας και απαλειψαι τας ανομιας και του εξιλασασθαι αδικιας και του αγαγειν δικαιοσυνην αιωνιον και του σφραγισαι ορασιν και προφητην και του χρισαι αγιον αγιων
Brenton: Seventy weeks have been determined upon your people, and upon the holy city, for sin to be ended, and to seal up transgressions, and to blot out the iniquities, and to make atonement for iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Latin: septuaginta ebdomades adbreviatae sunt super populum tuum et super urbem sanctam tuam ut consummetur praevaricatio et finem accipiat peccatum et deleatur iniquitas et adducatur iustitia sempiterna et impleatur visio et prophetes et unguatur sanctus sanctorum
Wycliffe: Seuenti woukis of yeeris ben abreggid on thi puple, and on thin hooli citee, that trespassyng be endid, and synne take an ende, and that wickidnesse be doon awei, and euerlastynge riytfulnesse be brouyt, and that the visioun, and prophesie be fillid, and the hooli of seyntis be anoyntid.
Luther: Siebenzig Wochen sind bestimmt über dein Volk und über deine heilige Stadt, so wird dem Übertreten gewehret und die Sünde zugesiegelt und die Missetat versöhnet und die ewige Gerechtigkeit gebracht und die Gesichte und Weissagung zugesiegelt und der Allerheiligste gesalbet werden.

20. Daniel 9:24 Wycliffe
Verse routeDaniel 9:24 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. [kjv]
Verse routeSeuenti woukisyeerishoolihooliseyntisanoyntid. [wy]

Wycliffe explicitly adds the Middle English word "yeeris""years".

The Middle English word "hooli""holy" become the source of the English word "holiday" and is related to the English word "whole".

The Middle English word "seyntis""saints" (older form).

21. Happy Holidays and the Wassail
Happy Holidays Happy Holy days
English "holiday" from Old English "haligdæg" for "holy day" with Germanic "g" to English "y".
These "holy days" included all of the twelve days of Christmas.

Verse routeMatthew 26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. [kjv]
Verse routeελεγον δε μη εν τη εορτη ινα μη θορυβος γενηται εν τω λαω [gnt]
Verse routefreols-daigefolke. [wes]
Verse routehalidaypuple. [wy]
Verse routeholy dayepeople. [ty]



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22. A Greek week
Heptagon 7The modern Greek word "εβδομάδα" (eh-vtho-MA-tha) ≈ "week" literally means a "group of seven" and is made up of two parts.
The ancient Greek word "ἑπτά""seven" and is the source of English words such as "heptagon" which is a polygon that has "seven" sides.

Octagon 8 Hexogon 6
Heptagon 7 Pentagon 5
There are octagons, heptagons, hexagons, pentagons, etc. One person got very upset when I claimed there were 2-sided polygons. How did I reconcile with that person?


23. Daniel 9:24 A Latin week
Verse routeDaniel 9:24 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. [kjv]
Verse routeseptuaginta ebdomades adbreviatae sunt super populum tuum et super urbem sanctam tuam ut consummetur praevaricatio et finem accipiat peccatum et deleatur iniquitas et adducatur iustitia sempiterna et impleatur visio et prophetes et unguatur sanctus sanctorum [v]
Verse routeשבעיםשבעיםולמשח … [he]

Latin has two words for week. Both appear in the above verse.

24. Daniel 9:24
Verse routeDaniel 9:24 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. [kjv]
Verse routeseptuaginta ebdomades adbreviatae sunt super populum tuum et super urbem sanctam tuam ut consummetur praevaricatio et finem accipiat peccatum et deleatur iniquitas et adducatur iustitia sempiterna et impleatur visio et prophetes et unguatur sanctus sanctorum [v]
Verse routeשבעיםשבעיםולמשח … [he]

The ancient Greek word "ἐξελαύνω""drive out, chase away". The ancient Greek word "σφραγίζω""seal (document), close tightly"

By contrast, the ancient Greek word "σφαγή""slaughter, butchery".

25. Romans and Psalms : Sheep for the slaughter
Verse routeRomans 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. [kjv]
Verse routeκαθως γεγραπται οτι ενεκεν σου θανατουμεθα ολην την ημεραν ελογισθημεν ως προβατα σφαγης [gnt]
Verse routePsalms 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. [kjv]
Verse routeοτι ενεκα σου θανατουμεθα ολην την ημεραν ελογισθημεν ως προβατα σφαγης [lxx]

The ancient Greek word "σφαγή""slaughter, butchery" and could be the "throat" (place where the victim is struck).

Discuss: Is this "killed" a physical or figurative "killing"?
Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow. Saint Augustine (Early Christian father)

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26. Daniel 9:25
Verse routeDaniel 9:25 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. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι γνωση και συνησεις απο εξοδου λογου του αποκριθηναι και του οικοδομησαι ιερουσαλημ εως χριστου ηγουμενου εβδομαδες επτα και εβδομαδες εξηκοντα δυο και επιστρεψει και οικοδομηθησεται πλατεια και τειχος και εκκενωθησονται οι καιροι [lxx]
Verse routeמשיחנגיד … [he]


27. Daniel 9:25
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KJV: 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.
Hebrew: ותדע ותשכל מן מצא דבר להשיב ולבנות ירושלם עד משיח נגיד שבעים שבעה ושבעים ששים ושנים תשוב ונבנתה רחוב וחרוץ ובצוק העתים׃
Greek: και γνωση και συνησεις απο εξοδου λογου του αποκριθηναι και του οικοδομησαι ιερουσαλημ εως χριστου ηγουμενου εβδομαδες επτα και εβδομαδες εξηκοντα δυο και επιστρεψει και οικοδομηθησεται πλατεια και τειχος και εκκενωθησονται οι καιροι
Brenton: And you shall know and understand, that from the going forth of the command for the answer and for the building of Jerusalem until Christ the prince there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks; and then the time shall return, and the street shall be built, and the wall, and the times shall be exhausted.
Latin: scito ergo et animadverte ab exitu sermonis ut iterum aedificetur Hierusalem usque ad christum ducem ebdomades septem et ebdomades sexaginta duae erunt et rursum aedificabitur platea et muri in angustia temporum
Luther: So wisse nun und merke: Von der Zeit an, so ausgehet der Befehl, daß Jerusalem soll wiederum gebauet werden, bis auf Christum, den Fürsten, sind sieben Wochen und zweiundsechzig Wochen, so werden die Gassen und Mauern wieder gebauet werden, wiewohl in kümmerlicher Zeit.
Russian: Итак знай и разумей: с того времени, как выйдет повеление о восстановлении Иерусалима, до Христа Владыки семь седмин и шестьдесят две седмины; и возвратится народ и обстроятся улицы и стены, но в трудные времена.

28. Nehemiah 2:1,5-6 Commandment to rebuild Jerusalem
The most important part of Nehemiah, not often mentioned, is that it puts a time and date on the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem.

Verse routeNehemiah 2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. [kjv]
Verse route2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. [kjv]
Verse route2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. [kjv]

The Hebrew and Babylonian month of Nison is traditionally in the spring. This precise date (e.g., in the NIV (New International Version)), has been dated to August of 445 BC or 444 BC., about 100 years after the 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel.

Note: Ezra/Nehemiah were originally one book, not two.

29. Nehemiah 2:1
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KJV: And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
Hebrew: ויהי בחדש ניסן שנת עשרים לארתחשסתא המלך יין לפניו ואשא את היין ואתנה למלך ולא הייתי רע לפניו׃
Greek: και εγενετο εν μηνι νισαν ετους εικοστου αρθασασθα βασιλει και ην ο οινος ενωπιον εμου και ελαβον τον οινον και εδωκα τω βασιλει και ουκ ην ετερος ενωπιον αυτου

30. Nehemiah 2:5
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KJV: And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
Hebrew: ואמר למלך אם על המלך טוב ואם ייטב עבדך לפניך אשר תשלחני אל יהודה אל עיר קברות אבתי ואבננה׃
Greek: και ειπα τω βασιλει ει επι τον βασιλεα αγαθον και ει αγαθυνθησεται ο παις σου ενωπιον σου ωστε πεμψαι αυτον εις ιουδα εις πολιν μνημειων πατερων μου και ανοικοδομησω αυτην

31. Nehemiah 2:6
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KJV: And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
Hebrew: ויאמר לי המלך והשגל יושבת אצלו עד מתי יהיה מהלכך ומתי תשוב וייטב לפני המלך וישלחני ואתנה לו זמן׃
Greek: και ειπεν μοι ο βασιλευς και η παλλακη η καθημενη εχομενα αυτου εως ποτε εσται η πορεια σου και ποτε επιστρεψεις και ηγαθυνθη ενωπιον του βασιλεως και απεστειλεν με και εδωκα αυτω ορον

32. Daniel 9:26 Messiah as the anointed one
Verse routeDaniel 9:26 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. [kjv]
Verse routeמשיחנגיד … [he]
Verse routeκαι μετα τας εβδομαδας τας εξηκοντα δυο εξολεθρευθησεται χρισμα και κριμα ουκ εστιν εν αυτω και την πολιν και το αγιον διαφθερει συν τω ηγουμενω τω ερχομενω και εκκοπησονται εν κατακλυσμω και εως τελους πολεμου συντετμημενου ταξει αφανισμοις [lxx]

The "Messiah" (first coming) is cut off, not the "King" (second coming). For whom was Jesus "cut off"? The LXX uses "anointed one" which is the source of the name "Christ".

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33. Daniel 9:26 Prince that shall come
Verse routeDaniel 9:26 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. [kjv]
Verse routeמשיחנגיד … [he]

Book: The coming princeWho are the people who will destroy the city and the temple in 70 AD?

Who is the "prince who shall come"? This is the source of the title of Anderson's book The Coming Prince.

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34. Roman general Titus

According to Josephus, in 70 A.D., near the end of the Jewish War (Rebellion), Roman General and future Emperor Titus did not want the temple destroyed. He ordered the 500 year old temple to be spared.

The temple caught on fire and melted the gold into the cracks the temple. To get the gold, the temple was taken apart piece by piece. Today, only the temple mount remains. This is just as Jesus had said.

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35. Daniel 9:26
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KJV: 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.
Hebrew: ואחרי השבעים ששים ושנים יכרת משיח ואין לו והעיר והקדש ישחית עם נגיד הבא וקצו בשטף ועד קץ מלחמה נחרצת שממות׃
Greek: και μετα τας εβδομαδας τας εξηκοντα δυο εξολεθρευθησεται χρισμα και κριμα ουκ εστιν εν αυτω και την πολιν και το αγιον διαφθερει συν τω ηγουμενω τω ερχομενω και εκκοπησονται εν κατακλυσμω και εως τελους πολεμου συντετμημενου ταξει αφανισμοις
Latin: et post ebdomades sexaginta duas occidetur christus et non erit eius et civitatem et sanctuarium dissipabit populus cum duce venturo et finis eius vastitas et post finem belli statuta desolatio
Slavonic: И по седминах шестидесяти двух потребится помазание, и суд не будет в нем: град же и святое разсыплется со старейшиною грядущим, и потребятся аки в потопе, и до конца рати сокращенныя чином, погибельми.

36. Daniel 9:27 Abomination
Verse routeDaniel 9:27 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. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι δυναμωσει διαθηκην πολλοις εβδομας μια και εν τω ημισει της εβδομαδος αρθησεται μου θυσια και σπονδη και επι το ιερον βδελυγμα των ερημωσεων και εως συντελειας καιρου συντελεια δοθησεται επι την ερημωσιν [lxx]

Daniel talks about the abomination that makes desolate. This will happen about 165 B.C., the so-called "Silent Years".

The "prince that shall come" is usually take to be the end-times person who is the political, economic and military leader of the world. He shall make a peace covenant and, in the middle of it, cause "abominations".

The Septuagint says just "Messiah" or "Christ" not the "King" or "Prince" (which would be the second coming).

When exactly is this week? For the sacrifice and oblation to cease, it must have started? And there must be a temple? Right?

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37. Daniel 9:27
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KJV: 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.
Hebrew: והגביר ברית לרבים שבוע אחד וחצי השבוע ישבית זבח ומנחה ועל כנף שקוצים משמם ועד כלה ונחרצה תתך על שמם׃
Greek: και δυναμωσει διαθηκην πολλοις εβδομας μια και εν τω ημισει της εβδομαδος αρθησεται μου θυσια και σπονδη και επι το ιερον βδελυγμα των ερημωσεων και εως συντελειας καιρου συντελεια δοθησεται επι την ερημωσιν

38. Olivet discourse
Jesus will refer to this event during the "silent years" in the Olivet discourse as a future end-times event.
Verse routeMatthew 24:15 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: ) [kjv]
Verse routeοταν ουν ιδητε το βδελυγμα της ερημωσεως το ρηθεν δια δανιηλ του προφητου εστος εν τοπω αγιω ο αναγινωσκων νοειτω [gnt]

Jesus expects you to read and understand this. At least two things are required for everyone to "see" (with understanding) this abomination in the Holy of Holies.

39. Matthew 24:15
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KJV: 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: )
Greek: οταν ουν ιδητε το βδελυγμα της ερημωσεως το ρηθεν δια δανιηλ του προφητου εστος εν τοπω αγιω ο αναγινωσκων νοειτω

40. Prophetic years in the Bible
Verse routeRevelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι δωσω τοις δυσιν μαρτυσιν μου και προφητευσουσιν ημερας χιλιας διακοσιας εξηκοντα περιβεβλημενους σακκους [gnt]

A prophetic year in the Bible appears to consist of 360 day years. An important three and a half year period is given in many ways to make sure that it is clear.

Sackcloth is black.

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41. Seventy year captivity
Once, in a Sunday School talking about Daniel and the Babylonian Captivity (mid 1980's), I brought up the "seventy year" captivity.

The pastor, with a somewhat sarcastic smile and in a somewhat humorous way (as was his style) said, "It was only sixty-nine years" and moved on.

Later I discovered that 70 years of prophetic 360 day years differs from our (about) 365.2422 days per solar year by 2 days. Thus, the 70 prophetic years is within 2 days of 69 actual years. Pretty close.

42. Prophetic years
Excel: 40 prophetic years before 9/11 formulas Excel: 40 prophetic years before 9/11 values

About 2005, I thought about prophetic years and decided to see what was happening 40 prophetic years before the 9/11 terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Excel spreadsheet to the rescue.
One close event to April 9, 1962, 40 prophetic years before the 9/11 attack, was the deliberations in the Supreme Court to ban prayer in public school.

Note: The difference of 40 solar years and 40 prophetic years is about 40*5.25 days or 210 days or 6.84 months.

43. April 1962
The case was argued in the Supreme Court on April 3, 1962, 40 prophetic years and 6 days before the 9/11 attack. Pretty close.
Can anyone see any connection between the two events? Perhaps not.

The announcement of the decision was on June 25, 1962. What were you doing then?

Here is a photo from St. Paul's Vacation Bible School from June 29, 1962. Four days earlier the Supreme Court decision to ban prayer in public school was announced.

Teachers started to change how classes were conducted and taught when the school year began that September.

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44. Roman general Titus

According to Josephus, in 70 A.D., near the end of the Jewish War (Rebellion), Roman General and future Emperor Titus did not want the temple destroyed. He ordered the 500 year old temple to be spared.

The temple caught on fire and melted the gold into the cracks the temple. To get the gold, the temple was taken apart piece by piece. Today, only the temple mount remains. This is just as Jesus had said.

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45. Calculations: count the days
Here are the calculations for the sixty-nine week prophecy of Daniel. So 173,800 days from August of 445/444 BC is March/April of 31/32 AD. Go back about 33 years and one gets 3/2 BC. Go forward 38 prophetic years to the predicted destruction of the temple.

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46. Timeline: Prophecy of Daniel
Prophecy of Daniel
Decree to rebuild: 173,800 days after early August of 445 BC is March/April of 31 AD.
Temple destruction: 14,400 days before early September of 70 AD is March/April of 31 AD.

It had to happen at this time. There was no other way. [one drop of blood fallacy]
Verse routeMatthew 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. [kjv]



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47. Matthew 26:39
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KJV: And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Greek: και προελθων μικρον επεσεν επι προσωπον αυτου προσευχομενος και λεγων πατερ μου ει δυνατον εστιν παρελθετω παρελθατω απ εμου το ποτηριον τουτο πλην ουχ ως εγω θελω αλλ ως συ

48. Seven days without God makes one weak
Verse routeGenesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. [kjv]
Verse route2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. [kjv]

Digits Caution Heptagon 7
The prime number "seven" is related among many PIE languages and is the basis of the seven day week going back to Genesis.
The English word "week" is related to many other words involving a "turning" as in one weekly cycle turning into another cycle.

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