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Daniel prophecy
1. Daniel prophecy
Daniel 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]
… משיח נגיד … [he]
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 [lxx]
Daniel, put in charge of the Magi by Nebuchadnezzar, is provided with prophecies that include the day of crucifixion of the Messiah.
That 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.
≈ 544 BC (Daniel)
≈ 445/444 BC (Nehemiah) Commandant to rebuild Jerusalem.
≈ 31/32 AD (Crucifixion)
= 70 AD (temple destroyed)
Jesus is the "
Messiah" (religious leader, 1st coming) and the "
King" (civil leader, 2nd coming).
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.
John 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]
υμεις 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.
He sets up a password for a donkey for "the day" not just "a day".
He tells Judas he must act now and not delay, even though they wanted to wait.
He does things to antagonize the religious leadership.
Jesus is in control the entire time.
3. Matthew 21:1-15 Triumphal entry
Matthew 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]
ο δε πλειστος οχλος εστρωσαν εαυτων τα ιματια εν τη οδω αλλοι δε εκοπτον κλαδους απο των δενδρων και εστρωννυον εν τη οδω [gnt]
21:9 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]
21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? [kjv]
21:11 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?
4. Daniel 9:25
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.
5. 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.
Nehemiah 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]
2:5 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]
2:6 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.
6. Nehemiah 2:1
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
7. Nehemiah 2:5
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
8. Nehemiah 2:6
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
9. Prince that shall come
Daniel 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]
… משיח … [he]
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 [lxx]
The
"Messiah" (first coming) is cut off, not the
"King" (second coming).
For whom was Jesus "
cut off"?
Who 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.
10. Daniel 9:26
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.
11. Daniel 9:27 Abomination
Daniel 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]
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 [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?
12. Daniel 9:27
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
13. Olivet discourse
Jesus will refer to this event during the "
silent years" in the Olivet discourse as a future end-times event.
Matthew 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]
οταν 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.
The temple in Jerusalem must be rebuilt. The Jews are ready but a Muslim mosque is standing there.
Everyone must have a technology similar to the Internet and modern cell phones.
14. Matthew 24:15
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
15. Prophetic years in the Bible
Revelation 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]
και 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.
There are 360 day years in Genesis.
There are 360 day years in Revelation.
An important three and a half year period is given in many ways to make sure that it is clear.
Sackcloth is black.
16. 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.
69*365.2422 = 25,202 days
70*360= 25,200 days
Thus, the
70 prophetic years is within
2 days of
69 actual years. Pretty close.
17. Prophetic years
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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. Date of destruction
Go back 40 prophetic years (one generation) to what Jesus said at that exact place.
Matthew 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. [kjv]
24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. [kjv]
ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν αυτοις ου βλεπετε ταυτα παντα αμην λεγω υμιν ου μη αφεθη ωδε λιθος επι λιθον ος ου καταλυθησεται [gnt]
In his end-times discourse in Matthew 24, Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple where not one stone will be left. This is a short range prophecy that prophets often used to validate long range prophecies. Most people remember the next verse.
This happened sometime near or before September 8, 70 AD. Forty prophetic years before would have been sometime in
late March or early April of
31 AD. (I had never seen this connection before but decided to try this on 2022-04-14 and it appeared to fit nicely).
21. Matthew 24:1
KJV: And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Greek: και εξελθων ο ιησους επορευετο απο του ιερου επορευετο και προσηλθον οι μαθηται αυτου επιδειξαι αυτω τας οικοδομας του ιερου
22. Matthew 24:2
KJV: And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Greek: ο δε ιησους αποκριθεις ειπεν αυτοις ου βλεπετε παντα ταυτα παντα αμην λεγω υμιν ου μη αφεθη ωδε λιθος επι λιθον ος ου μη καταλυθησεται
23. Count the days
Here are the calculations for the sixty-nine week prophecy of Daniel.
7 weeks of years = 49 years
62 weeks of years = 434
49 + 434 = 483 years
a prophetic year is 360 days
486*360 = 173,800 days
173,800 / 365.25 = 475.84
445.58 - 475.84 + 1 = 31.26
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.
24. Timeline: 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.
Matthew 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]
25. Matthew 26:39
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
26. Olivet discourse
Matthew 24:3 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? [kjv]
24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. [kjv]
και αποκριθεις ο ιησους ειπεν αυτοις βλεπετε μη τις υμας πλανηση [gnt]
24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. [kjv]
πολλοι γαρ ελευσονται επι τω ονοματι μου λεγοντες εγω ειμι ο χριστος και πολλους πλανησουσιν [gnt]
24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. [kjv]
μελλησετε δε ακουειν πολεμους και ακοας πολεμων ορατε μη θροεισθε δει γαρ γενεσθαι αλλ ουπω εστιν το τελος [gnt]
[False teachers, functional equivalence]
27. Many
Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. [kjv]
και αποκριθεις ο ιησους ειπεν αυτοις βλεπετε μη τις υμας πλανηση [gnt]
24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. [kjv]
πολλοι γαρ ελευσονται επι τω ονοματι μου λεγοντες εγω ειμι ο χριστος και πολλους πλανησουσιν [gnt]
Approximately 600,000 died in the Bar Kokhba revolt which appears to have been a military revolt against Rome. Jesus appears to be talking about a more general deception involving a large number of people.
600,000 localized Bar Kokhba revolt
50,000,000 World War II casualties
7,000,000,000 Population today.
50,000,000,000 Population from the time of Christ (estimates vary)
28. Matthew 24:3
KJV: 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?
Greek: καθημενου δε αυτου επι του ορους των ελαιων προσηλθον αυτω οι μαθηται κατ ιδιαν λεγοντες ειπε ειπον ημιν ποτε ταυτα εσται και τι το σημειον της σης παρουσιας και της συντελειας του αιωνος
29. Matthew 24:4
KJV: And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Greek: και αποκριθεις ο ιησους ειπεν αυτοις βλεπετε μη τις υμας πλανηση
30. Matthew 24:5
KJV: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Greek: πολλοι γαρ ελευσονται επι τω ονοματι μου λεγοντες εγω ειμι ο χριστος και πολλους πλανησουσιν
31. Matthew 24:6
KJV: And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Greek: μελλησετε δε ακουειν πολεμους και ακοας πολεμων ορατε μη θροεισθε δει γαρ παντα γενεσθαι αλλ ουπω εστιν το τελος
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