daniel chapter 9 session 1

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DANIEL CHAPTER 9SESSION 1

August 15, 2009

Daniel’s 69 Weeks


Organization• Historical Chapters 1 - 6

–1 Deported as a teenager–2 Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream–3 Bow or Burn: the Furnace–4 Nebuchadnezzar’s Pride–5 The Fall of Babylon–6 The Lion’s Den–7 Times of the Gentiles

Aramaic


Organization• Historical Chapters 1 – 6• Visions Chapters 7 - 12

– 7 Times of the Gentiles– 8 The Ram and the Goat– 9 The Seventy Weeks–10 A Glimpse of the Dark Side–11 The “Silent Years” (in advance)–12 The Consummation of All Things


Not in Chronological Order 1 Babylonian Captivity 606 B.C. 2 Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream 602 B.C. 3 Nebuchadnezzar’s Image 4 Nebuchadnezzar’s Pride 7 The Times of the Gentiles 556 B.C. 8 Ram and Goat vision 554 B.C. 5 Babylon falls to Persians 539 B.C. 9 Vision of seventy weeks 538 B.C. 6 The Lions’ Den10 -12 Closing visions


The Book of Daniel

1 Introduction2 King’s Dream3 Bow or Burn!4 King’s Ego Trip

5 Fall of Babylon6 Plot of Magi

7 Times of Gentiles 8 Ram and Goat

9 The 70 Weeks10 The Dark Side11 & 12 Conclusion

Historical Prophecies


The Book of Daniel

1 Introduction2 King’s Dream3 Bow or Burn!4 King’s Ego Trip

5 Fall of Babylon6 Plot of Magi

7 Times of Gentiles 8 Ram and Goat

9 The 70 Weeks10 The Dark Side11 & 12 Conclusion

Historical Prophecies

Written inAramaic

Written inHebrew


MATTHEW 24, 25

BriefingMessiah’s

ConfidentialMARK 13

LUKE 21


Jesus’ Confidential Briefing• Four Disciples ask about His Return

–Peter– James– John–Andrew

• Private Briefing in 3 Gospels–Matthew 24, 25–Mark 13– Luke 21

Points them to Daniel 9 asthe key to End-time Prophecy

The Olivet

Discourse


The 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?

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3Messiah then gives them a 2-chapter answer…


And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Matthew 24:4-8


The Key Event

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:)

Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains . . .

Matthew 24:15, 16


The Key Event



Matthew 24:15, 16


The Flight from JudeaLet him which is on the

housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:

Matthew 24:17-20


The Great Tribulation

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Matthew 24:21, 22


CHAPTER 9Danie

lThe 70 Weeks


Old Testament (Tenach) Texts

•T – Torah (Gen, Ex, Lev, Num, Deut)

•N – Nebiim (Prophets)


Old Testament (Tenach) Texts

•T – Torah (Gen, Ex, Lev, Num, Deut)

•N – Nebiim (Prophets)

•K – Kethubim (Writings)TNK = Tanak/Tenach


Old Testament (Tenach) Texts• Original Hebrew (“Vorlage”)

– In the days of Ezra and Nehemiah• Septuagint Translation (LXX)

– 285-270 BC, Ptolemy Philadelphus II commissioned 70 (72?) top scholars at Alexandria to translate the Hebrew Tenach (Old Testament) into the common Greek of that day

– Primary quoted text in the New Testament• Masoretic (Hebrew) Text (MT)

– Derived from the Council of Jamnia, 90 AD


Daniel 9The Interrupted Prayer

• Daniel’s Prayer 1 - 19• Gabriel’s Visit 20 - 23• The Seventy Weeks 24 - 27


Daniel 9:1,2

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of efei came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.


And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith efei, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

Jeremiah 25:11,12


For thus saith efei, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Jeremiah 29:10


Daniel 9:3,4

And I set my face unto efei God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

And I prayed unto efei my God, and made my confession, and said, O efei, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;


Daniel 9:5,6

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.


Daniel 9:7

O efei, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.


Daniel 9:8,9

O efei, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

To efei our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;


Daniel 9:10,11

Neither have we obeyed the voice of efei our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.


Daniel 9:12

And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.


Daniel 9:13,14

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before efei our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

Therefore hath efei watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for efei our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.


Daniel 9:15

And now, O efei our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.


Daniel 9:16

O efei, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.


Daniel 9:17

Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for efei's sake.


Daniel 9:18

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.


Daniel 9:19

O efei, hear! O efei, forgive! O efei, hearken and do!

defer not, for thine own sake!

O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name…

Interruption…


Daniel 9:20,21

And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before efei my God for the holy mountain of my God;

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.


Daniel 9:22,23

And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

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.


The “70 Weeks” of Daniel

The Scope 9:24

The 69 Weeks 9:25

(The Interval) 9:26

The 70th Week 9:27


The Scope

Seventy weeks are determined

upon thy people and upon thy 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 the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy Place.

Daniel 9:24


“Weeks” = ?Days: Sabbath on the 7th Day

Gen 2:2; Ex 20:11

Weeks: Feast of Weeks Lev 23:15,16

Months: Nisan to TishriEx 12:2; Lev 23:24

Years: Sabbatical Years for the Land Lev 25:1-22; 26:33-35

Deut 15; Ex 23:10,11;

2 Chr 36:19-21


The 69 Weeks

Know therefore and understand, that

from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem

unto the Messiah the King shall be seven weeks,

and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

Daniel 9:25


The 69 Weeks

Commandment to restore Jerusalem

The Messiahthe King

1. 7 X 7 = 49 years+

2. 62 X 7 = 434 years=

3. 69 x 7 = 483 years

Terminus ad quo Terminus ad quem

How do we know where to start

counting?


The Decrees to “Rebuild Jerusalem”?

1) Cyrus, 537 B.C. Ezra 1:2-4

2) Darius Ezra 6:1-5, 8, 12

3) Artaxerxes, 458 B.C Ezra 7:11-26

4) Artaxerxes, 445 B.C Neh 2:5-8, 17, 18

rechob = “street”charuts = “wall, moat”

The city,not just the

Temple


The 69 Weeks


The Messiahthe King

69 x 7 = 483 years

Decree of Artaxerxes

LongimanusMar 14, 445 BC



Nominal 360-day Years• Biblical Usage

–Genesis–Daniel–Revelation

• Ancient calendars based on 360-day years• Assyrians, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Hebrews, Persians, Greeks,

Phoenicians, Chinese, Mayans, Hindus, Carthaginians, Etruscans, Teutons, et al.

• Orbital Changes? – Long day of Joshua Joshua 10:12, 13– (Due to Mars Pass-Bys?)


Mars Near Pass-Bys?

Spring: Mar 20, 21Inside; after perihelionAhead, loses energyEarth +, Mars -

Fall: Oct 25Outside; from aphelionPasses behind EarthEarth -, Mars +

MarsEarth

Resonant OrbitEarth: 360 daysMars: 720 days

365 ¼687

Stabilizedin 701 BC

Every 104 years, there was anear pass-by


The 69 Weeks


The Messiahthe King

69 x 7 x 360 = 173,880 days





The 69 Weeks


The Messiahthe King

69 x 7 x 360 = 173,880 days


LongimanusMar 14, 445 BC ?



The Triumphal Entry

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Zechariah 9:9


The Triumphal Entry

Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

Luke 19:38

…quoting Psalm 118We may miss the point…


The Triumphal Entry

And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, “Master, rebuke thy disciples.”

Luke 19:39

Why? What for?


The Triumphal Entry

And He answered and said unto them, “I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”

Luke 19:40


Chronology of His Ministry• Christ’s ministry began in fall 28 AD

– Tiberius appointed: 14 AD• Augustus died August 19, 14 AD

– Ministry began (within the) 15th year of Tiberius Luke 3:1

– 14 AD + 14 years == 28 AD• 4th Passover: April 6, 32 AD

Sir Robert Anderson, 1894– (Other chronologies presume a Friday crucifixion)


The 69 Weeks


The Messiahthe King

The TriumphalEntry

April 6, 32 AD



69 x 7 x 360 = 173,880 days



The 69 Weeks


The Messiahthe King

The TriumphalEntry

April 6, 32 AD



LXX

300 years earlier

69 x 7 x 360 = 173,880 days



The 69 Weeks


The Messiahthe King

The TriumphalEntry

April 6, 32 AD

445 BC - 32 AD:March 14 - April 6:Leap Years:

173,74024

116

173,880



LXX

300 years earlier

69 x 7 x 360 = 173,880 days



Judgment Declared

And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over it,

Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

Luke 19:41, 42


For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another,

…because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Luke 19:43, 44


Next Session• The Interval Dan 9:26

–between the 69th & 70th Weeks• The 70th Week Dan 9:27

– The key to End Time Prophecy


Insertion…

“God’s War on Terror”


Insertion…

“The Islamic Antichrist: The Shocking Truth about the Real Nature of the Beast”


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