70 WEEKS DEFINED

"Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people (Jews) and upon thy Holy city (Jerusalem).

We understand from scripture that this is not referring to a 7 day week (vs :25 makes that clear).

Genesis 29:27-28 gives the key to understanding how long each week is: "Fulfill her week...serve with me yet seven other years. Jacob did so and fulfilled her week."

The 70 weeks in Daniel 9:24 are 70 weeks of years with each week equaling 7 years.

70x7=490 years

The prophecy we see in Daniel 9:24-26 Covers the time period beginning with the commandment of Cyrus to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem to the time of the crucifixion of Christ.

Both history and Daniel 9:25 agree with the 483 years (69 weeks) that total time period encompassed (rebuilding to crucifixion).

But 70x7years=490 years. That leaves a total of 7 years that has yet to be accounted for (this is also one proof of a pre-wrath rapture—the focus shifts from the Church to Israel 3 ½ years before the anti-christ reveals himself and spends another 3 ½ years in brutal persecution of all who oppose him—equaling a total of 7 years).

The last seven years of prophecy in Daniel 9:24-27 have not yet been fulfilled, because the 70 weeks that have been determined upon the people of Daniel and his holy city are for a certain purpose (will discuss in future post) and can only be fulfilled while the Jews are occupying their own land (remember the 70 weeks are concerning the Jews and Jerusalem).