Of course only God knows when the 70 th week will start. The fact that God is again actively working with the Jews means He’s wrapping up His work with the church, and it won’t be long before Christ’s return. In fact, Daniel 12:4 first used the phrase, “the end time”, which is the time period when these 70 weeks will come to an end. Yet, over the past 130 years, the Jews have miraculously regathered back to their land, and this is a clear sign from God that we now live in the end times, and that the start-up of the 70 th week is not far away. It’s obvious that this church age has now been going on for close to 2000 years, meaning there’s a long gap between the 69 th and 70 th weeks. Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:9-26, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, and Revelation 13 all tell us of specific events that need to take place during this 7 year timeframe, but they’ve not yet occurred, meaning the 70 th week is still future. Again we see that God’s prophetic Word is to be taken literally, and is completely, 100% accurate.īut what about the 70 th week? Has it started yet? No, it hasn’t. What’s so amazing is that mathematicians have calculated that God’s timetable was perfect, for these 483 years take us right up to 30BC, the exact time when Christ was crucified. Now Daniel 9:26 predicted that the Messiah would be cut off after the first 69 weeks, or 483 years. This timeframe is the 70 weeks of Daniel, where 1 week equals 7 years, and 70 weeks equals 490 years.īiblical scholars believe these 70 weeks started in 445BC. It’s Daniel 9:24-27, and it speaks of a divine schedule, a timeframe that’s absolutely essential to help you see the sequence of events in the end times. Today, I want to focus on one prophetic passage.
It’s necessary that we rightly interpret these prophecies so we can have the understanding God wants us to have about His plans for both the Jews and the church. I’ve recently written about an enormous number of Old Testament prophecies that are particularly relevant to those of us living in the end times. What really amazes and encourages me is how much God has told us in His Word about the return of Jesus Christ to this earth.
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