Daniel’s
70 weeks
Dan
9,20-27
The
last days refers to the the entire age of grace, consisting
of the last 2000 years. The Bible teaches that the last days began
when Christ was crucified, marking the beginning of the seventy weeks. What the Bible means
by last days is that we are living in
the last age of man’s reign on earth. According
to context, Daniel was in deep prayer over many days and perhaps months
to the point that he wore out the angel trying to answer his prayer (Dan
9-21).
Sequence
of Events in the Book of Revelation
Dan
9,24-27 says:
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. "Know therefore and
understand, That from the going forth of the command to restore and
build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and
sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, even in
troublesome times. "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be
cut off, but not for Himself; and the people of the prince who is to
come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be
with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the
middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And
on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until
the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the
desolate." NKJV
What
this Bible passage says:
1.
Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people – This is the entire
span of the age of grace. The clock began ticking at the crucifixion of
Christ. However, keep in mind that 62 weeks plus 7 equals 69, making the
70th week unaccounted for and thus significant.
2.
Finish the transgression -- the period of disobedience of Israel
(throughout the age of grace)
3.
Make an end of sin (atonement for inequity) -- Jesus was crucified
4.
Bring in everlasting righteousness – The kingdom of God at the
Millennium
5.
Seal up the prophecy – Until the end of the age
6.
Anoint the most holy place (Jerusalem) – Where Christ will establish
His throne for a thousand years.
Since the description of
Daniel’s 70 weeks entails the
age of grace, this 70 weeks can be better understood as 70 generations
within a 2000 year period. We simply divide 70 into 2000 to get the length
of a generation of about 28 ½ years, the average age when people start
having children. Therefore, when Jesus
said in Matt 24-34, “I tell you the truth, this generation will
certainly not pass away until all these things have happened,” He was
talking about a 28 ½ year period!
Mat
1-17 says, "Thus there were
fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David
to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile of Babylon to the
Christ."
Event Year
from creation Year
of Event
Creation: 0
3950 BC
Birth
of Abraham
949
2001 BC
Birth
of Christ 3944
6AD
Christ's
Crucifixion
3981
32AD
Year
to date
5960
2022AD
http://www.matthewmcgee.org/ottimlin.html
According
to the time chart above
Between
Adam and the birth of Abraham:
1949
years
Between
Abraham and the cross:
1995 years
Between
the cross and us:
1990 years
There
is a well-established pattern of approximate 2000-year periods between
major events transpiring all the way back to Adam. This is highly suggestive that
the end of the age is at hand. This age of grace shouldn't last any longer than 2000
years, except that Christ promised He would delay in the
parable of the Ten Virgins (Mat 25-5).
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