Re: Garry B. (6 October 2019)
“Until the Messiah Shall Be Sixty nine
Weeks”
Garry:
I want you to consider a very curious set
of numbers in Daniel’s 70 Weeks prophecy. The numbers
are 7, 62, and 1.
Why are Daniel’s 70 weeks of years
divided into three groups? This is a really,
really important question. So, before analyzing the 69
weeks, we should focus our inquiry on these three
divisions. This is part of the “sealing” aspect.
Let me suggest that the three divisions
represent God’s clock of years. First there is a
period of 7-7’s or 49 years. Then, there is a period
of 62-7’s or 434 years. Finally there is a period of
1-7 or 7 years. Why? God is very
purposeful. This is not supposed to be easy. (Proverbs
25:2) Let me suggest that the 70-7’s or 490 years are
not consecutive years under man’s calendar. I would
suspect that there are two breaks, one between 7 and 62 and
the other between 62 and 1. This sort of
timekeeping is done in all sporting games. They are
timeouts.
Why would God place timeouts in his 490
year plan for Daniel and his people? Perhaps God’s
game clock is based on His relationship with the nation of
Israel. Perhaps these 7, 62 and 7 year periods
represent years when Israel was in a right relationship with
God, maybe “covenant time”. Maybe the two
intervals represent periods of time when Israel was outside
the right or covenant relationship.
We certainly know that following Jesus’
Zechariah 9:9 donkey ride into Jerusalem 4 days prior to His
atoning death, the nation of Israel (nationally) rejected
Him as Messiah. Following this rejection we certainly
know that God had a big problem with Israel
nationally. Now, I am of the opinion that the 69th
week ended on, or about Nisan 10, 30 A.D. with the national
rejection. I know you have a different
view. But, I think we need to look at God’s uses
of covenant time in this prophecy and use them for guidance
toward truth. All the pieces must align to form a
unified view. The doctrine of the restoration is
Israel is the key to understanding this prophecy.
Now, for me, Daniel’s 70th
week is a week of 7 years in Israel’s future. I
believe this because seven years represents a Sabbath set of
years. When I look to the purposes of verse 24, I am
convinced that God treats this time as a holy Sabbath set of
years. There will be a baptism of fire (Isaiah
48:10; Daniel 3:25) of Israel nationally which will result
in the remnant coming to receive Jesus/Yeshua as Lord and
Savior. I believe the remnant enters into the
covenant relationship with the God of their fathers during
this time because God in Christ will have confirmed and
strengthened His promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
These 7 years belong to the remnant. (Romans
9:27; 11:26-27) The confirmed covenant follows the
resurrection and rapture of Christ’s own, an event which
precedes Daniel’s last week of years.
As in the time of Jesus’ ministry we can
draw a parallel: witness followed by ministry. There
was a time of preparation and witnessing. John the
Baptist’s witness of the coming Messiah preceded His
ministry. Did that ministry last 3.5 years? I do
not know. But Jesus’ ministry lasted 3.5
years. Now, Satan, the great copycat, will
engineer the AC’s ministry which will last 3.5 years,
copying Jesus’. (Revelation 12) We also have a
3.5 year period where the two witnesses (Moses and Elijah
representing the law and the prophets) testify for 3.5
years. This must precede the AC ministry because Moses
and Elijah will testify to the nation of Israel about the
coming Messiah. They are surely not going to testifyi in
Jerusalem while the remnant nation of Israel has fled the AC
being sequestered in the wilderness and cared for by the
Lord, as we see in Revelation 12:6.
Keep searching and studying the
Scriptures of Truth.
Garry B. thanks for your passion!
Greg
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