Understanding the seven years of the 70th week of Daniel is very important, because of the truth of its fulfillment and the deceptions based on it.
The 70th week of Daniel 9 is the only prophecy that foretold when Messiah would start His ministry and die for our sins. The context of Daniel 9 is that the Jews are at the end of their 70-year captivity, and Daniel is inquiring about what will happen to them. Daniel is not seeking information about the end times or the antichrist, just about the destiny of the Jewish nation. Daniel 9:24-27 gives the answer.
Seventy Shemitah cycles are determined for the Jewish people. The prophecy is pointing to seventy 7-year Shemitah cycles, which is ten 49-year Jubilee cycles. The first seven weeks of the prophecy point to seven 7-year Shemitah cycles, which is one Jubilee cycle of 49 years.
The commands from Cyrus and Darius were about the rebuilding the temple, not the city.
The timeline started with a command from Persian King Artaxerxes in 457 BC, so the 70th week occurred from 27-34 AD, which is the time frame in which we know Messiah carried out His ministry and died for our sins. This is confirmed by the book of 1 Esdras, which is an extension of the book of Ezra. And it’s validated, as a year of Jubilee took place in 457 BC, when the captive Jews were set free, confirming the starting year.
The command from King Artaxerxes in 445/444 BC was to restart the rebuilding of Jerusalem, as it had been stopped, which is why Nehemiah was so sad; so it’s not the correct decree.
Daniel 9:24 defines six things to be fulfilled during the 490 years. The Jews cannot fulfill them. Our Messiah did with His blood atonement that paid for transgressions and reconciled the Jews, and us, with the Father. Isaiah 53 foretold Messiah being wounded for our transgressions, our iniquities, when He was ‘cut off.’
In Daniel 9:25-27, you see how the 70-weeks are structured. It started with 7-weeks (one Jubilee cycle) during which the Jews were empowered to rebuild Jerusalem. Then 62 weeks of mostly silence from the prophets. And then the pinnacle of the prophecy, the last 7-years of the 70th week. Daniel 9:25 points to Messiah the Prince appearing after 69 weeks. 9:26 points to Him dying after the 69 weeks, meaning in the 70th week. His multi-year ministry took place in the 70th week, starting with His Isaiah declaration and anointing at His baptism.
The ‘people of the prince’ are the Jews, who are declared in Daniel 9:24 as ‘thy people.’ Messiah the Prince is of the tribe of Judah, so the Jews are ‘the people of the prince.’
The Jews caused Jerusalem and the temple to be destroyed because they continued in their rebellion against the Heavenly Father and they rejected His Son and delivered Him up to be killed, so it was their punishment.
The Jews caused Jerusalem and the temple to be destroyed because they attacked the army of Cestius, killing thousands of soldiers, which incited the ire of the Roman Emperor who sent three legions of soldiers to Jerusalem to capture the Jews.
The Jews caused Jerusalem and the temple to be destroyed because they caused the peaceable Titus, who tried to get them to surrender, to order the desolation after being horrified by the Jews causing hundreds of thousands of their own people to die.
Daniel 9:25-26 points to Messiah the Prince, so the ‘he’ in Daniel 9:27 is still Messiah, who came to ratify the everlasting covenant in the middle of the 70th week. The word ‘prince’ is the same Hebrew word, nagiyd. It makes no sense for the word prince to point to two different people. Many Jews believed in Messiah the Prince, 3,000 on Pentecost and more were added daily. Messiah’s Ekklesia was built on a foundation of Jews.
The 70th week of Daniel points to Messiah’s multiyear ministry, not just His death.
People who believe that the 70th week of Daniel 9 is yet to be fulfilled, proclaim that four days after the 69th week was fulfilled, Messiah entered Jerusalem to be ‘cut off,’ killed, fulfilling Daniel 9:26.
But the prophecy is not just pointing to Messiah coming to die, but to His multiyear ministry in which He said, ‘repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
It started when He was baptized by John, when the Spirit descended on Him, and the Father proclaimed ‘This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’
Then He went into the synagogue, read the Isaiah passage and proclaimed that it was fulfilled in Him. His many miracles served to validate His authority.
On Passover, at the beginning of His ministry, He cleansed the temple, driving out the money-changers. Three years later He repeated this temple cleansing before He died as the Spotless Lamb on Passover.
Messiah confirmed the everlasting covenant of Daniel 9:4. Daniel 9:27 says that he ‘confirms’ the covenant, which means that the covenant already existed. We only have to look back to Daniel 9:4 to see that Daniel is pleading with the Heavenly Father to remember His covenant of mercy to those who love Him.
“And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments.”
Messiah came to confirm the everlasting covenant that was made to Father Abraham, which needed to be ratified by the blood of Messiah, the Spotless Lamb.
Romans 15:8 says, “Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers.“
Galatians 3:17 says, “And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect.”
Hebrews 13:20 says, “Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant.”
Daniel 9:27 points to the timing of Messiah’s death, in the middle of the 7-years. The word ‘for’ in Daniel 9:27 is added by the translators, making it seem to point to a 7-year covenant. It’s simply pointing to the last week of seven years.
Messiah’s death on the cross caused the need for temple animal sacrifices to cease, as He is the one-time atonement for sin. The Father validated this when He tore the temple curtain in two, though the rebellious Jewish leaders continued sacrifices until their judgment in 70 AD.
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The deception is that the 70th week of Daniel hasn’t been fulfilled yet.
We’ve been told that it is about an end-times antichrist who makes a 7-year peace agreement with Israel, which starts a 7-year tribulation period.
The Jesuits created this deception in the 16th century to deflect blame away from the Popes of Rome, as the Protestant Reformers had rightly identified them as the Little Horn of Daniel, Son of Perdition of 2 Thessalonians 2, and antichrist beast of Revelation 13.
They had Jesuit Priest Francisco Ribera, a brilliant man with a doctorate in theology, write a 500 page commentary with an opposing view, where he manipulated prophecies in the books of Daniel and Revelation, to create the narrative of a one-man antichrist in an end-time 7-year tribulation. This idea, called Futurism, was quickly adopted as the Roman Catholic Church’s official position on the Antichrist.
The true Church effectively rejected these futuristic concepts until the 19th century, when the Jesuits caused several people to promote these concepts; including Pastor Edward Irving, John Nelson Darby and Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, which led to these deceptions being taught at Dallas Theological Seminary, where the leaven of the Jesuits deceptions have spread around the world.
The historical witness of the many persecuted believers and theologians of the past have been pushed aside, and futurism is now taught by most Pastors.
I understand that this explanation of the 70th week of Daniel may be new to you, so I want to step back and take a child-like, logical view of the prophecy.
Simply ask yourself:
How long does it take the Father to fulfill His own 70 week prophecy? The obvious and correct answer is 70 weeks. If a 70 week prophecy is given and it is not fulfilled in 70 consecutive weeks, then the prophecy is not valid.
What week follows the 69th week? The obvious answer is the 70th week, but the enemy would have you believe that there is a 1,990+ year time gap between the 69th and 70th week, even though there is no such time gap defined in Daniel 9.
Daniel 9:25 mentions the arrival of the promised Messiah, and then Daniel 9:27 mentions a ‘covenant‘. Whose covenant do you suppose that it is referring to? Isn’t it logical to assume that it is Messiah’s covenant, as the reason that He came was to die to ratify the everlasting covenant with His blood as the Passover Lamb?
The text even proclaims that He was ‘cut off‘, meaning that He was killed, in the middle of the seven years, which matches Isaiah’s prophecy about the promised Messiah, in Isaiah 53:8, “He was taken from prison and from judgment. And as for His generation, who considered that He shall be cut off from the land of the living? For the transgression of My people He was stricken.”
The consequences of the 70 Weeks of Daniel deception are grand!
The enemy’s end times deception is based on the concept of a futuristic 70th week of Daniel. It causes people to look for an end times one-man Antichrist, instead of identifying the office of the papacy as the beast of Revelation, the Little Horn of Daniel and the Son of Perdition.
This is the very reason that the end times 7 year tribulation deception was created by the Roman Catholic Church. They were being accused by the Protestant Reformers of being the Antichrist system who persecuted the saints. The Protestant Reformers told people to ‘come out of her‘, which caused millions of people to leave the Roman Catholic Church and be saved by the pure Gospel of Messiah.
The enemy has programmed our minds to view the 70th week of Daniel as futuristic. But when you understand that the 70th week of Daniel has been fulfilled, and that it’s not an end-times 7-year tribulation period; most of the enemy’s deceptions about prophecy fulfillment crumble to the ground.
The Revelation Timeline Decoded Bible study series gives you the proof that the Popes of Rome are the beast of Revelation, the Little Horn of Daniel and the Son of Perdition.
David Nikao Wilcoxson
Watch these videos to understand the key concepts of the 70 week of Daniel 9 prophecy.
Here’s a video called The People, The Prince And The Covenant Of The 70th Week Of Daniel 9.
Here’s a video called The Jubilee Cycles In The 70th Week Of Daniel 9 Prophecy.
Here’s a video called The Chiastic Structure Of The Seventy Weeks Of Daniel 9 Shows The Fulfillment Of The 70th Week.
I was interviewed about the 70th week of Daniel 9 by pastor Michael Rowntree and Joshua Lewis on The Remnant Radio show.
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The 70th week Of Daniel 9 Decoded book explains the fulfillment in detail.
The enemy has created many prophecy fulfillment deceptions to mislead the saints, so that they’re not prepared for how the end-times with play out.
The 70th week of Daniel 9 points to Messiah coming to confirm the everlasting covenant with His blood as the Passover Lamb, which atones for our sins. HalleluYah!
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Hello David, i came across your page on 70th week from Daniel just randomly in a FB group.
I did not read your books yet, only the articles on the website, and it’s what i have believed all along. I do have a Sda background, but I’m not SDA anymore. I discovered i was being deceived about the true Gospel of Jesus Christ in that “church”
I have a question (maybe you already address that in your books) :
The roman Catholic church was established in the early years 300AD, and they do seem to be purposefully Anti-christ, leading people away from the true salvation gospel. However, since that time , don’t you think that most organized churches have joined them?
I’ve don’t some research into the National Council of Churches, which is the organization body that all churches ascribe to especially in US, in order to get the Nonprofit 401C3 status. And this council is a Catholic established governing system.
In order to be a member, “churches”(as they have hijacked the term and the meaning is totally different than Jesus intended) have to ascribe to a few basic doctrines, the main one being the Trinity….which the Catholic church , the Pope’s, proudly boast as being their invention since it’s not found in the Bible. There are other doctrines, and they also pay membership fees . I won’t go into details.
But in my opinion, any organization that submits itself to the pope , also becomes part of this anti-christ system…..or beast. Thank you for taking time to read my comment.
Hello Alma! That’s great that you understand the historical fulfillment of the 70th week of Daniel 9!
I agree that the Roman Catholic Church was codified in the fourth century, when Constantine and the Roman bishops made declarations at the Council of Nicaea and other councils.
The saints protested against the antichrist beast Popes and their harlot church, which caused the Popes to persecute them during the Dark Ages. The Protestant Reformers declared that what the Pope’s teach is contrary to Scripture.
Sadly, the counter-reformation has been very effective at bringing Protestant churches back under Rome’s authority. And we see many ‘Christian’ leaders and denominations partnering with the Pope in the name of unity.
When you say that the SDA church is deceiving people about the true Gospel, how do you believe that they are doing that?
Thank you,
David
Why don’t believers SEE Messiah fulfilled this week with his blessed, blood sacrifice? Honestly, it grieves me. OSAS deluded folks, JZ deceivers/infiltrators are purposely confusing. It does not help that silly, blind ones keep devising ridiculous mathematic formulas that make no sense whatsoever. It’s both sad and maddening to watch/listen to. FMs, JEZ and other groups are working diligently to counter what our dear Heavenly Father did for us. They are working to STEAL salvation from those who do not know the truth and from those who are poor and ignorant because of evil men/women who do not care to educate them. Bless you, Brother.
For those who do not know, LEARN Salvation: 1 Corinthians 15; JOHN 14; Romans 10.
It’s hard to comprehend how people, especially pastors, as so deceived about this prophecy. If we just apply the proper context and Daniel’s definitions for the key words, we see that it’s about Messiah the Prince coming to confirm the covenant that was mentioned in Daniel 9:4.
I believe some DO know what they are doing. They show this to me when I see the FM/SOJ hand signs and gestures. Many are waking up to these signs. I pray Father pours out His spirit on the sleepy=headed Saints soon. I look forward to this year’s Divine Appointments. Enjoy the day.
“The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” PROVERBS 15:3
Yeshua’s ministry was over 490 days and ended at Shavuot (Pentecost) when the Holy Spirit was given – mirroring the giving of the Torah to Moses. The ‘Passover’ in John 6:4 was added at a later date by Eusabious to try extend the period of Yeshua’s ministry and is evident due to the feeding of the five thousand which would have required the Jews to eat bread containing leaven during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, thus breaking His Torah obedience, which clearly did not happen. Overall though it was refreshing to find someone not taken in by the pre-trib rapture deception.
Thank you for your comment Kathy. The prophecy points to Messiah confirming the covenant in the middle of the seven years, as His one-time blood sacrifice ended the need for temple animal sacrifices. So if Messiah’s ministry was only around 490 days, what took place during the other 787 days of the first part of the 70th week of Daniel?
Hi David,
Just wanted to let you know that I finished the Daniel Decoded. Incredible in so many ways.
I am 1/3 through with the Olivet Discourse. This book has made me cry and smile at the same time. I can’t believe we have been deceived for so long by these Jesuit pastors in the pulpits. Yes, Jesuits! You can’t be in the ministry for decades and not know the truth about Scripture, history and prophecy. These are pastors for Heaven’s sake.
On another note, you and your readers may be interested in this latest news below.
Pope Francis instructs Vatican entities to move all funds to Vatican bank by Sept. 30
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252093/pope-francis-instructs-vatican-entities-to-move-all-funds-to-vatican-bank-by-sept-30
Pastor Chuck Baldwin calls out the Hagees, Osteens, and Copelands for their multi-million dollar mansions and ministries BUT what about the VATICAN and the Roman Catholic Church Empire?
Hi ACM, thank you for your comment. The fulfillment of the 70th week of Daniel is incredible!
Yeah, the Olivet Discourse makes you grateful to know the truth and irritated that our pastors have not taught us these things!
The Society of Satan has been very effective at hiding the truth of prophecy fulfillment.
That’s interesting about Jorge making a declaration about funds. The financial markets are in flux and someday the bottom will fall out. Then Jorge may offer a one world financial system, for people who join with Him.
Keep pressing on for the glory of our King!
I appreciated your clear expounding on the Daniel 70 weeks prophecy. It seems so obvious, uptil verse 27 ( the middle).
So if there is no 7 year tribulation, what are your thoughts elsewhere in regards to endtime events. As pre-millenial rapture is clearly a trap to deceive sincere believers.
Thanks,
Dan
Thank you for your comment Dan! There’s too much to explain here in this little box. Keep going through the explanations and you’ll get your answer.
I recommend understanding the Olivet Discourse, so that you see that it’s about the judgment of the Jewish nation in the first century, and not about the end times. This website has easy to find links to summaries, videos about the Olivet Discourse and a link to request a free PDF copy of the book. https://bibleprophecydecoded.com
Once you see that the 70th week of Daniel 9 and the Olivet Discourse are not about the end times, then Revelation will make more sense. On the same website you will find links to Revelation summaries, videos about the fulfillment of Revelation and a link to request a free PDF copy of the Revelation Timeline Decoded book summary.
I pray that the explanations bless you in seeing more of the glory of our beloved Messiah!
David
I am no scholar, but I have never been comfortable with the time and prophesies we are told to accept right after Christ comes back! I understand when Christ comes back, He comes back as Lord of Lords! God vanquishes evil, and satan is bound in Heaven. The jesuits have had to fit in a time where they will rule the earth-the 1000 yr reign- I believe it to be a lie. If they knew this, they would not fight anymore, and the vatican can’t accept this. I believe constantine and simon magus the magician from Acts 8 (a must read) When Christ steps foot on earth all evil is vanquished. and only rightishness’ is restored and the end of all evil. humbly…allan
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
1. To finish the transgression
2. To make an end of sins
3. To make reconciliation for iniquity
4. To bring everlasting righteousness
5. To seal up the vision and prophesy
6. To anoint the most Holy
All these are full filled at the cross in AD 33 and a half.
Hebrew 9:11-12
John 19:28-30
Colossians 1:14
Mathew 1:21
John 2:19–21
2 Corinthians 6:16
Ephesians 2:19–22
1 Peter 2:4–5
490 days means 70 working days or without Sabatical years yovel/Jubilee years and weeks plus 70 Shabatical years and 10 Jubilee years equals = 570 days = 570 prophetical years.
2 Chronicles 36:21
Ezra 1:1-2
In BC 20, Herod started the temple work.
It took 46 years as per John 2:20.
Ie. 62 and 7 weeks = 69 weeks to 483 days plus 70 plus 10 = 563 in AD 26.( or 570 minus one week )
Royal decree by Cyrus concerning the temple in BC 537. (2 Chronicles 36:22 Ezra 1:1-2).
563 minus 537= AD26 = 69 weeks= Herod completed the temple.
Jesus was anointed from/by Heavenly Father in 30 AD, at His baptism by John the Baptist.
Mathew 3:16-17
Luke 3:21-22
Acts 10:37u
Daniel 9:25
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.
AD 26 plus 7 = AD 33. At the age of 30, Jesus was anointed, and in AD 33 and a half, jesus crucified.
Daniel 9:26 first part
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself:
Daniel 9:26 Second Part.
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 that, the Romans destroyed the Temple.
That was in AD 70.
Daniel 9:27
(Mathew 24:15)
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.
Matthew 24:15
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:)
This is the prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27,
I agree that the six things in Daniel 9:24 were fulfilled when Messiah was crucified for our sins. https://70thweekofdaniel.com/messiah-fulfilled-the-purposes-of-daniel-924-during-the-70th-week-of-daniel/
I respectfully disagree with your timeline explanation. The text does not point to ‘working days.’
The 490 years of the Daniel 9 prophecy points to the 70 Sabbatical years (which the Jews had failed to keep) times seven, not 570 years.
We see this in Matthew 18:22-22, “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”
A Jubilee cycle is 49 years, not fifty, as the prophecy represented ten 49-year Jubilee cycles.
The 50th year is also the first year of the next 49-year cycle.
We see this in the first division of time, in the 7 weeks, which is the 49 years of the Jubilee cycle. The first year of the 490-year prophecy represented the Jews being released and empowered to rebuild Jerusalem.
The text points to Messiah being killed in the middle of the seven years of the 70th week.
Keep pressing on for the glory of our King!
Amazing and very helpful.
Thank you for teaching and answering questions.
May the Lord bless and keep you and keep making you a blessing to many!
Angelina, praise our Heavenly Father for giving us eyes to see and ears to hear! Contact me anytime to let me know how I can help you. Keep pressing on for the glory of our King! David