This document provides an overview of the 70 weeks prophecy from the book of Daniel. It discusses the 3 time periods that make up the 70 weeks (7 weeks, 62 weeks, 70th week), the 6 goals that are to be accomplished, and 7 key events predicted. The document tentatively interprets each of the 6 goals and provides context around prophetic weeks representing 7-year periods based on a 360 day calendar. It aims to connect the 70 weeks prophecy to both national Israel and the church.

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5. AHIJAH WARNS JEROBOAM
(I KINGS 14:15)
“I warned Israel’s first king, Jeroboam, that the
Lord would strike the northern kingdom as a
reed is shaken in the water. God swore He
would uproot Israel from the land. Assyria
would carry them off, for they had provoked the
Lord by bowing down to pagan Asherim.”
does invade
was. Assyria
And so it
carry off the
721 BC, does
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thern kingdom
nor

6. JEREMIAH WARNS JUDAH
(JEREMIAH 25:12, 29:10)
“God made it my duty to warn the southern
kingdom, Judah, that King Nebuchadnezzar
would move against Judah and make the land a
desolation. Judah had learned nothing from her
sister’s example! They would be in exile for 70
years and then God would bring them back.”
And King Neb
uchadnezzar
does precisely
that! Judah,
Daniel and E
zekiel include
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rs in Babylon
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7. GABRIEL SPEAKS TO DANIEL
(DANIEL 9)
I counted out Jeremiah’s
70 years of captivity–I
did! I prayed to God and
confessed the sins of my
people. I knew God acted
righteously in punishing
Judah for her failure to
obey His voice . . . but the
70 years are almost over!

8. GABRIEL SPEAKS TO DANIEL
(DANIEL 9)
“Gabriel came to me in a
vision and told me that 70
weeks were decreed for
our people and for our
holy city. God allotted 70
weeks to accomplish a
great work of six parts:”

9. GABRIEL SPEAKS TO DANIEL
Point of Curio (DANIEL 9)
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focuses on th
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within his life
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passing the
entire future
of the Jewish
race.
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ing Prince” b
y Anderson,
Chapter V, fo
r a discussion
of these
relationships
. Also, Slide S
et #28.

10. 70 WEEKS
6 GOALS
The 70 Weeks prophetically announce God’s
purposes for national Israel and sets a time
frame for accomplishing them.
I easily apply this Jewish timeline to the
Church, as well. I also believe that the goals
themselves will have real expressions in the
life of both God’s redemptive lines: that of
the Church and that of Israel.

11. 70 WEEKS; 6 GOALS
(DANIEL 9)
To finish the transgression
To make an end of sin
To make atonement for iniquity
To bring in everlasting righteousness
To seal up vision and prophecy
To anoint the most holy place

12. 70 WEEKS; 6 GOALS
(DANIEL 9)
To finish the transgression
To make an end of sin
To make atonement for iniquity
To bring in everlasting righteousness
To seal up vision and prophecy
To anoint the most holy place
Israel on God’s Redemptive Road

13. EACH GOAL INTERPRETED . . .
TENTATIVELY
To finish the
tr
ansgression
IMHO: Given the Jewish context here, we deal with
national Israel’s long history of unfaithfulness to her
covenant with God. We may well see that history of
failure ended and a heart for faithfulness developed
before the 70 weeks end.

14. EACH GOAL INTERPRETED . . .
TENTATIVELY
To make an e
nd of sin
IMHO: For Christians, only the life, death and
resurrection of the Messiah will meet this goal’s
demands. The Messiah’s death does get mention
within the prophecy, strengthening my certainty
of this assignment. But I wonder if national
Israel’s sinful rejection of Jesus will also end?

15. EACH GOAL INTERPRETED . . .
TENTATIVELY
r iniquity
tonement fo
To make a

16. EACH GOAL INTERPRETED . . .
TENTATIVELY
r iniquity
tonement fo
To make a
IMHO: This sharpens the focus of the previous
element’s more general scope. HOW will sin
come to an end? Through Jesus’ atonement on
the cross, His sacrificial atonement. Yet, does
this atonement express its power in the context of
national Israel’s need for a sin covering?

17. EACH GOAL INTERPRETED . . .
TENTATIVELY
To bring in everlasting righteousness
IMHO: Here, we must reach to the return of Jesus
Christ. Can the Jewish timeline really reach that
far from Daniel’s time? Do the Jews, as a race,
play a part in securing everlasting righteousness
for more than their own race?

18. EACH GOAL INTERPRETED . . .
TENTATIVELY
To seal up vision and prophecy
IMHO: Paul tells us one day prophecy will end;
Joel celebrates an outbreak of intense visioning
and dreaming right to the end. Gabriel tells us
vision and prophecy have a 70 week run in God’s
plan for the Jews . . . and us, as well?

19. EACH GOAL INTERPRETED . . .
TENTATIVELY
To anoint the most holy place

20. EACH GOAL INTERPRETED . . .
TENTATIVELY
To anoint the most holy place
IMHO: Here we have a clear reference to the
temple, center of Jewish worship. Its ‘anointing’,
in this context, takes on, well . . . apocalyptic
overtones. Will we find a temple for God anoint
at the end of Jewish history? (Hint: Check
Ezekiel 40+)

21. 70 WEEKS
3 TIME DIVISIONS

22. 70 WEEKS; 3 DIVISIONS
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24. WHAT’S IN A WEEK?
Jews traditionally calculate a year as having 12-30
day months. They used a lunar calendar
Such a count reflects Genesis 7:11,24 and 8:14
where 5 months = 150 days.
Such a count makes consistent sense of numerous
prophetic calculations in which . . . .
3 1/2 years=42 months=1260 days=times, time
and half a time

25. 70 WEEKS
7 EVENTS

26. 70 WEEKS; 7 EVENTS
(EVENTS 1-4 = FIRST 69 WEEKS)
Jerusalem rebuilt-even in times of distress
After the 62 week period, Messiah cut off, has
nothing
‘People of prince who is to come’ destroys holy city
City’s destruction comes, war/desolation will exist
until the end

27. 70 WEEKS; 7 EVENTS
(EVENTS 5-7 = 70TH WEEK)
Prince who is to come makes covenant for one week
Mid-week, he puts an end to grain offering
One comes on ‘wings of abomination’ to make
desolate, until a complete destruction pours out on the
desolator!
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