Daniel’s Prophecy of Seventy Sevens

Daniel’s Prayer

• “my sin”
• Time of the evening oblation
• Greatly beloved

70 – 7’s

• Who is the prophecy for?
• 70 x 7 – 490
• Shabua – “unit of measure”

Six accomplishments during 490 years

• To finish the transgression
  • Zechariah 12:10; 13:1
• The make an end of sins
• To make reconciliation for iniquity
• To bring everlasting righteousness
• Seal up the vision and prophecy
• To anoint the most holy

Three Divisions

• 7 x 7 = 49 years
• 62 x 7’s = 434 years
• = 483
• + 7 years
• = 490
• The decree of Artaxerxes, Nehemiah 2:1-9
• Nisan 445 BC or March 14th 445 BC

First division of 49 years

• Jewish calendar is 360 days
• Old Testament canon closes 396 BC

Second division of 434 years

• 62 weeks Messiah “cut off”
• Messiah the prince
• March 14th, 445 BC to Sunday April 6th, 32 AD
• 173,880 / 360 = 483 years or 69 – 7’s
• Palm Sunday
• Titus 70 AD; Luke 19:42-44

Remaining week

• Zechariah 9:9-10
• Isaiah 9:6
• Romans 11:11
• The rise of the Antichrist

Lessons for Today

• The Antichrist is not a metaphor
• God is in control of the world.  He can certainly handle our problems
• Prophecy is a preset plan of God that nothing can change
• Christ could return today