SEVENTY WEEKS I
Text: Daniel 9:24-27
15 July 2013
SEVENTY WEEKS I
1. Prophetic language employed
2. Seventy weeks Daniel 9:24a
a) What it is not
An eternity
b) What it is
A relatively short period of time in human history
EVENTS DURING THESE SEVENTY WEEKS
1. For your people Daniel 9:24b
It has to do with Israel
2. For your holy city Daniel 9:24c
It has to do with Jerusalem
a) Not the Jerusalem in the days of Daniel
b) Jerusalem in the latter years
3. To finish the transgression Daniel 9:24d
a) Transgression
b) Filling up of the measure of guilt
i) Initial mention
“For the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete” Genesis 15:16
ii) Jesus’ teaching
“Fill up then, the measure of your father’s guilt” Matthew 23:32
iii) Paul’s understanding
“So as to always to fill up the measure of their sins” 1 Thessalonians 2:16
4. To make an end of sins Daniel 9:24e
a) Anticipation of end of sins
b) Anticipation of something gloriously new
c) For this to happen it would take a special and new Divine decree
d) Possibly the Millennial Kingdom
Possibly related to Isaiah 65:17-25; 66:22-24
5. To make reconciliation for iniquity Daniel 9:24f
(far-reaching)
a) Provision for Atonement Psalm 65:3
b) Forgiveness Psalm 103: 3
c) Redemption Isaiah 43:25; 44:22
d) Reconciliation 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
6. To bring in everlasting righteousness Daniel 9:24g
a) Everlasting life
b) Everlasting imputed righteousness
7. To seal up vision and prophecy Daniel 9:24h
a) No more need for vision
b) End of prophecy
8. To anoint the Most Holy Daniel 9:24i
a) Reference to the Messiah
b) He is “The Most Holy” Hebrews 2, 5