After a careful study of the phrases background, we discover that the construction refers to. The divisions of the 70 weeks in verse 24, gabriel says, seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city. Jeremy corbyn and angela rayner outline labours plans for education watch live guardian news 125 watching live now. Seventy sevens are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city daniel 9. Gabriel mentions seventy sevens will take place before god will put an. In studying this prophecy, it is important to keep in mind that this message was concerning events related to the jewish nation but.
It is the only old testament passage which refers to the messiah as messiah. The number seventy appeared earlier in chapter 9 when the prophet was reading in the book of jeremiah about the desolations of jerusalem. He divides the first sixtynine weeks into two periods, the first of seven weeks and the second of sixtytwo weeks. Within the context of the book of daniel, this passage parallels the prophetic.
Vaticanus 350 ad masoretic text 1008 ad 24 seventy sevens have been decreed upon your people and upon the city, zion, to complete the guilt and to deal with the unjust offenses and to wipe away the injustices and to fully understand the vision and to establish everlasting righteousness and to complete the visions. Some liberal scholars who deny prophecy claim that the book of daniel was written much later. Draw a time line on the board or have one already drawn on paper to help explain the 70 sevens. Haydons study brings these texts to bear on the seventy sevens in daniel 9. Redemption in 70 sevens part ii the second temple era. Similarly, the seventysevens of daniel 9 cover the time period from the medopersian empire to the coming of the messiah. This is one of the greatest prophecies of the bible because it foretells the timing of the first. This is one of the greatest prophecies of the bible because it foretells the timing of the first and second coming of the messiah, jesus christ. Saad is a commentary on the prophecy of the seventy sevens of daniel, the 2,300 evenings and mornings daniel 8, the two staffs of zechariah zechariah 11, the timeline of the lord, gods chosen people, the prophecy of from the nile to the euphrates and who was darius the mede. Daniel 9, the flood, and yhwhs redemptive purpose 10. Similarly, the seventysevens of daniel 9 cover the time period from the. Great difficulty is experienced in discovering what sort of weeks is intended.
Although previously gentile history and prophecy recorded in daniel was related to. The prophecy foretold a period of seven times seventy yet to come, or seventy sevenyear periods. Verse 24 begins with seventy sevens niv or weeks in some translations until the restoration of jerusalem. Seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up prophecy and to anoint the most holy. Textual variants daniels 70 weeks, susanna, prayer of. The seventy sevens 20 while i was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people israel and making my request to the lord my god for his holy hill 21 while i was still in prayer, gabriel, the man i had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. Viewed by three major theological interpretations and.
At the time daniel wrote this prophecy, jerusalem had been destroyed and its citizens killed or deported to babylon. Thus, daniel divides the 490 years into three sections. The events between the sixtyninth seventh and the seventieth seventh are detailed in. Daniel 9, new international version niv the bible app. Verse 25 describes a period of seven sevens and sixtytwo sevens from the issuing of the decree to rebuild jerusalem until. Seven sevens is another way of saying seven groups of seven equaling 49. In the first year of his reign, i, daniel, was meditating on the scriptures that gave, according to the word of god to the prophet jeremiah, the number of years that jerusalem had to lie in ruins, namely, seventy. Unfortunately it was not the answer he may have been expecting.
The background is given in verses 12, where daniel states that he had been studying the book of jeremiah as well as some other prophets such as isaiah. Reconsidering the seventy sevens of daniel 9 richard s. Daniel 9 prays for his nation and then gabriel comes to him and gives him the prophecy in daniel 9. Daniel s prayer in verses 319 of the chapter refers to the fulfillment of a specific seventyyear period, the seventy years of the babylonian captivity as prophesied by jeremiah. That prophecy is found in the book of daniel, chapter 9. As daniel prayed, the angel gabriel appeared to him and gave him a vision of israels future.
The prophecys concern is the time period from which the wall and the streets of jerusalem would be rebuilt until the time when messiah would be. Close students of this short but complex otkp know that interpreters differ widely on the exact meaning of dozens of the details found herein. The seventy sevens prophecy is found in the book of daniel 9. Since this is exactly 483 years prior to ad 27, this is the most likely year that the seventy sevens of daniel 9. Click chart to enlarge charts from recommended resource jensens survey of the ot used by permission. While daniel is praying an angel is sent to him to give an answer to his prayer. The first sixtynine sevens is described in daniel 9. This prophecy of seventy sevens does not end with the first advent of christ, but with the second advent and the establishing of the millennial kingdom. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks chapter 9 of the book of daniel is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel. The sevens that gabriel talks to daniel about are years. A realized eschatological view and commentary of daniel 9. The chapter begins with daniel praying for israel, acknowledging the nations sins against god and asking for gods mercy. Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, 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, and to anoint the most holy. Daniel the prophet receives an intriguing prophecy from the archangel gabriel in this passage, known as the seventy weeks prophecy, for gabriel gives a seventyweek time frame for the coming of the messiah.
He is president of hope of the world ministries, senior pastor and. Daniel received the seventy sevens prophecy in response to his prayer. It uses a measurement of time known as a heptad a group or series of seven. Over the centuries scholars have proposed dozens of competing interpretations of these challenging verses, especially daniels prophecy of the 70 weeks. Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of jerusalem. The most amazing and exact prophecy about messiahs coming in daniel 9 and much more. Daniels seventy sevens and the coming of the messiah covenant. From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild. What the new testamethe seventy sevens of daniel by dr. On the other hand, it is remarkable that in leviticus 25. In the concluding four verses of daniel 9, one of the most important prophecies of the old testament is contained. One possibility is that the seventy sevens of daniel 9. Reconsidering the seventy sevens of daniel 9 by richard s hess.
Daniel 9 new international version niv daniels prayer. Both the ancient hebrews to whom daniel was writing and the ancient babylonians to whom he was subservient the book of daniel having been. This essay is an excerpt from my book on eschatology, called the high king of heaven. And so this is a prophecy that relates to gods dealing with the nation of israel. It is known to most of us as the prophecy of 70 weeks, and it is the only. In many respects, this is the high point of the book of daniel.
To give but one illustration, biederwolf cites at least eleven different opinions as to when, historically, the seventy sevens start. Montgomery, commentary on the book of daniel, 400401. Therefore, the prophetic messages of daniel 2, 7, and 9 span the same time period and culminate with the coming of the messiah and the establishment of his eternal kingdom. At the end of this time, daniels people and their city of jerusalem will have ended their sinning, brought in an eternal state of righteousness. Variants between christian lxx and jewish mt in daniel 9. Daniels seventy sevens and the coming of the messiah. In daniel 9 daniel reads from a scroll of jeremiah and understands the 70year exile must be coming to an end. The first unit of 49 years seven sevens covers the time that it took to rebuild jerusalem, with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble daniel 9.
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