Verse 25 to 27 basically break down the 70 weeks:
Verse 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.
1) 7 weeks x 7 days = 49 days/years
2) threescore (1 score = 20) and two weeks =
3 x 20 = 60 + 2 = 62 weeks x 7 days = 434 days/years
Verse 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."
After 62 weeks or 434 days/years
Verse 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.
1 Week = 7 days/years
Total: 49 + 434 + 7 = 490 days/years
which is the same as 70 weeks x 7 = 490 days/years
The next step is to determine the time in history where these numbers apply.
Verse 25 states:
"Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince"
According to the book of Ezra, 3 decrees where send out to rebuild Jerusalem:
1st Decree: historically one was written by Cyrus to restore the house of God - Ezra 6: 1-3.
2nd Decree: written by Darius to resume the work on the temple - Ezra 6: 8.
3rd Decree: By Artaxerxes to restore and build Jerusalem -
Ezra 7: 1-28 which was dated in the fall of 457 BC
By following carefully the graph included in this file, Daniel 9: 24-27 can be applied and Daniel 8:14 determined.
DANIEL 8:14 EXPLAINED IN DANIEL 9:24-27, PAGE 2 |
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