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Date Posted: 15:12:57 09/26/10 Sun
The time count for the 70 weeks is to start from the "commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem" (vs. 25) which is known as the "edict of Artaxerxes and took place in the Book of Nehemiah 2:1-8.
The Following is excerpted from Clarence Larkin's book "Dispensational Truth" copyrighted in 1918. Mr. Larkin had great insight into end time prophecy and "rightly dividing the Word of Truth" (2 Tim. 2:15. Anyone interested in prophecy and correct dispensationalism would do well to obtain and read his work. It can be found online from various sources.
"The expression seventy weeks should read "seventy sevens". Whether those sevens are days, weeks or years is to be determined by the context. The period of the seventy weeks is divided into three periods of Seven Weeks, Threescore and Two Weeks and it was to be 7+62=69 weeks from the going forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince.
The date of the commandment is given in Nehemiah 2:1 as the month Nisan in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, which was the 14th day of March, B. C. 445. The day when Jesus rode in triumphal entry into Jerusalem as Messiah the Prince, was Palm Sunday, April 2, A. D. 30. But the time between March 14, B. C. 445 and April 2, A. D. 30, is more than 69 literal weeks. It is 445 + 30 = 475 years. What explanation can we give for this? It is clear to every careful student of the Word of God that there is a time element in the Scriptures. We come across such divisions of time as hours; days; weeks; months; years; times; time and the dividing of time. To be intelligible and avoid confusion they must all be interpreted on the same scale. What is that scale? It is given in Num. 14:34 "After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years."
The Lord's scale then is; A day stands for a year. Let us apply this scale to the Seventy Weeks. We found that he time between the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem, and Messiah the Prince, was to be 69 weeks, or 9 X 7 = 483 days, or if a day stands for a year, 483 years. But we found that from B.C. 445 to A.D. 30 was a difference of 8 years. How can we account for the difference?
We must not forget that there are years of different lengths. The Lunar year has 354 days. The (Hebrew) calendar year has 360 days. The Julian, or astronomical year has 365 1/4 days and it is necessary to add one day every 4 years to the calendar. Now which of these years shall we use in our calculation? We find the key in the word of God. In Gen. 7:11-24; 8:3-4, in the account of the flood, we find that the 5 months from the 17th day of the 2nd month, until the 17th day of the 7th month, are reckoned as 150 days, or 30 days to a month, or 360 days to a year. So we see that we are to use in "Prophetical Chronology", a calendar year of 360 days.
According to ordinary chronology, the 475 years from B.C. 445 to A.D. 30 are "solar" years of 365 days each. Now counting the years from B.C. 445 to A.D. 30, inclusively, we have 476 solar years. Multiplying these 476 years by 365 (the number of days in a Solar year), we have 173,879 days. Divide 173,879 by 360 (the number of days in a Prophetical year), and we have 483 years, all to one day, the exact number of days (483) in 69 weeks, each day standing for a year. Could there be anything more conclusive to prove that Daniel's 69 weeks ran out on April 2, A.D. 30, the day that Jesus rode in triumph into the City of Jerusalem."
The 360 day year according to the Hebrew Calendar possibly reflects the length of the year at the creation. If this is true then the rotation of the earth has been slowed by 5 1/4 days since then. This could partially explain the changes in climate from the days before the flood and the days after. The 360 day year was in effect during the flood so sometime afterward a catyclismic event could have slowed the earth's rotation Genesis 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. The Hebrew word "divided" in the text means "to cleave". It is possible a huge earthquake took place and acturally affected the earth's rotation.
It never ceases to amaze me at the intricacy and complexity of God's Word. Only one given to serious study and prayer in the Bible would have the truth revealed in such a manner. Truly the Word of God is written to be revealed and not learned as you would facts given in a newspaper, magazine or other text book.
This takes care of 69 of the 70 weeks leaving one week to be fulfilled. As stated in the last study it has yet to be fulfilled for the requirements that are stated in verse 24 of chapter 9 of Daniel. The requirements again are (1)to finish the transgression, and (2) to make an end of sins, and (3) to make reconciliation for iniquity, and (4) to bring in everlasting righteousness, and (5) to seal up the vision and prophecy, and (6) to anoint the most Holy. Six things and while you may find partial fulfillment through 70 A.D. you cannot find complete fulfillment. If the first requirement is talking of the transgression of Israel then it is not yet finished. It will not be finished until Israel is converted. Romans 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: We see by this verse it wasn't during Paul's day. The conversion was prophesied in Rev 12 (written some time around 90 A.D.) when we see the "woman" overcoming by "the blood of the Lamb", "the word of their testimony" and their willingness to die for their faith. (Rev. 12:11)
The second "to make and end of sins": Truly and end of sins was made at the cross but in order to avail yourself of this "ending" you must be born again and have the inner man renewed after the image of of the creator. (Col. 3:10) Other than that possibility who in their right mind would think an end of sin had come into the world. The 3rd requirement is to "make reconciliation for iniquity". This requirement would seem to show the end of sins was still future from the 69th week because reconciliation was accomplished on Calvary. An end of sins will occur at the second coming while reconciliation occurred at the first coming.
Requirement #4. "To bring in everlasting righteousness,". If it is talking about imputed righteousness (Romans 4) then it is a done deal to the saved. Other than that it will occur with the return of Jesus. Requirement #5 "to seal up the vision and prophecy" This can take place only at the end of the 70th week, whenever that occurs. #6 "To anoint the most Holy". This was a fact during the life of Jesus and evidently took place at His baptism according to the words of Peter in Acts 10:26.
If there are things waiting to be fulfilled in the prophecy listed then we may safely say that the 70th week has not yet taken place and we are in a prolonged "gap" in the prophecy. A gap that started with Jesus' riding triumphantly into Jerusalem on the back of the asses colt. The gap or pause in the prophecy started with the condemnation and cutting off of the Messiah and will not resume until the anti-Christ comes on the scene after the resurrection/rapture of the Church.
There are 4 discernible 70 week or 490 year periods from the call of Abraham until the initiation of the Kingdom in Revelation 19 and 20. We will take a look at the details in the next study.
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