God unveiled a seventy-week clock, ticking quickly to the end of the age.
But, with
only one week remaining He stopped the clock, allowing you, time to get on
board.
In a
moment, any moment, everything is about to change, like that watershed moment
when a woman's water breaks.
Are you
ready?
Just as
sixty-nine of the seventy weeks have already been fulfilled, to the day, to the
letter, so will be, the soon coming seventieth week.
Are you
ready?
20 Now while
I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and
the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before
the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, 21 yes,
while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I
had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly,
reached me about the time of the evening offering.
While Daniel
was praying, confessing, God was hearing and sending an answer by an
angel.
When you
pray, your prayers are heard immediately.
This time for Daniel, the answer came
swiftly.
However,
sometimes the answer may take time.
In the
next chapter Daniel fasted and prayed earnestly for three full weeks and then,
an angel came with the answer, saying he’d been dispatched immediately but was
delayed by the prince of the kingdom of Persia.
When you
pray, know and understand, that you are heard, and that the answer is on the way, even if delayed.
Keep praying.
Spiritual
warfare may cause a delay.
The answer
may await God’s Divine timing.
The answer
may await you being ready. You may be trying to control the
answer, to be your answer. Whereas the Only Answer is His answer.
Until you let go of trying to control the answer, and yield to His
answer, you may never see the answer.
Speaking
of Divine Timing. Notice when
Gabe got there. At the time of the evening offering. But at that time
there was no evening offering. The temple had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar
around 586 BC. Daniel was in Babylon, a pagan culture that didn’t follow Jewish
tradition.
It
appears, Daniel prayed, in remembrance of the evening offering. Like we
take Communion in remembrance of Christ.
Perhaps without
even knowing, Daniel was doing Communion in advance, in a sense. A foreshadowed
honor of The Ultimate Evening Offering, when the Lamb of God would be slain at
the evening sacrifice about 618 years later.
22 And he
informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come
forth to give you skill (insight,
wisdom) to understand. 23 At
the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come
to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider
the matter, and understand the vision:
Daniel,
and you, are greatly beloved. Not
just beloved but greatly beloved. God didn’t just love the world, He sooooo
loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. John 3:16.
Notice,
twice Gabriel told him to understand, and he will say it again.
The Lord
wants us to understand. (If you will, just say out loud right
now, “The Lord wants me to understand.”)
Understanding Scripture is different than
any other book, it must be Spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:14.
It’s not
just for the intelligent learned scholars, but open for everyone, even,
especially, a child.
To understand,
the Bible, we must stand under. Be subject
to, subservient to, yielded to, obedient to, whatever the
Word of the Lord teaches.
Some say God
works in mysterious ways, however, those words are not in the
Bible.
Granted,
His thoughts are above ours His ways beyond ours.
SIDENOTE:
When I wrote that I thought about Isaiah 55:9-11.
For as the
heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 “For as the rain comes down,
and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
As I wrote
that and read that, it started to rain.
So, I took
a picture out the rainy window.
And it
occurred to me, walking with Jesus is an ongoing, awe inspiring, conversation, for
those who listen.
Somehow in
the conversation, He gives understanding.
So, even
though His thoughts and ways are higher than ours, He comes to us, loves us,
longs to be known to us.
He says to
us, “Come let us reason together...” Isaiah 1:18.
Proverbs
2:26. For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
James
1:5. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally
and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
Proverbs
4:7. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding.
Proverbs
9:10. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the
knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
At first,
this prophecy may seem difficult to understand,
but if we let Him, if we stand under, be yielded to whatever the Word of
the Lord teaches, in a few moments, the Lord will give understanding.
24 “Seventy weeks
are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.
26 “And after the
sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”
Okay,
that’s the vision. Crystal clear, right?
No?
Okay,
let’s look a little closer, a little slower.
Daniel 9:24, Seventy weeks
are determined for your people and for your holy
city...
Notice the
seventy weeks are all about Israel “your people and for your
holy city.”
Remember,
in the first half of Daniel we read about the rise and fall of gentile nations,
and the original text was written in the gentile language, Aramaic.
As the
focus shifted to Israel the original text switched from Aramaic to the Jewish
language, Hebrew.
Seventy weeks are decreed for your
nation.
During
which time six things will be accomplished:
to finish the transgression,
to make an end of sins,
to make reconciliation for iniquity,
The first three point to Jesus’ 1st
coming.
To deal
with our:
Transgression (outward on purpose rebellious sin),
Sin nature, missing the mark, falling
short.
Iniquity, our inward sin; our deceitful
heart.
With His
sinless Life, blameless death, victorious resurrection Jesus paid the price in
full. Tetelestai!
The next
three...
...to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the Most Holy. (place).
The last three, point to Jesus’ 2nd coming.
To set up
His millennial Kingdom in Jerusalem and beyond.
An old
familiar Scripture reflects this well:
Isaiah
9:6-7
6 For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
Merry
Christmas. The Child was born. The Son was given.
But the
prophecy doesn’t stop there.
And the government will be upon
His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of His government and
peace
There will be no end,
Bring
in everlasting righteousness.
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
Anoint
the Most Holy Place.
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts
will perform this.
Seal
up vision and prophecy, forever and ever, amen.
Daniel 9:25
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of
the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the
Prince, there shall be seven weeks and
sixty-two weeks; the street shall be built again, and the wall,
even in troublesome times.
Know
therefore and understand.
Daniel is commanded (and so are we) to be active listeners, pay attention, take
note, understand.
Weeks, is the Hebrew word, shabua, from sheva,
meaning seven.
So, it literally
reads, there shall be 7 sevens and 62 sevens.
In
context, “weeks” refers to years.
7 x 7 = 49 years.
62 x 7 = 434 years.
49 + 434 = 483 years.
Why did
Gabriel split it up like that? Why didn’t he simply say, there’ll be 69 weeks?
Or better
yet, why didn’t he just say, “From the command to rebuild Jerusalem to Messiah
will be 483 years.”?
Because
there’s a HIStorical landmark at the 49 year mark.
From the book of Nehemiah and HIStory, we know that from the command to rebuild and restore Jerusalem, it took 49 years (seven, sevens) to complete the work.
Okay,
then, from the completion of the rebuild to the Messiah it was another 434
years. (sixty-two, sevens).
So,
when was the command?
Great
question.
Thanks to
the book: The Coming Prince by Sir Robert Anderson, who was the Chief of
the Criminal Investigation Department in Scotland Yard, and the highest
ranking officer on the Jack the Ripper case. He was Knighted by Queen Victoria
in 1896, as Companion of the Order of the Bath. In 1901, Knighted
Commander of the Order of the Bath by King Edward VII.
He
painstakingly investigated the dates and details and calculated the exact days
counting leap years and such using the calendars of that day.
He found
multiple similar commands, however only one fit exactly to the prophecy
given by Gabriel, including the street (interior square) and the wall
(moat, exterior protection).
The command was made by the
Persian king Artaxerxes on March 14, 445 BC.
He sent
Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem (Neh. 2:1-8).
From that
decree, 483 years to the day, (173,880 days) Jesus rode into
Jerusalem on a donkey as Messiah, as King, coming in peace. (In the future, to
bring an end to the Tribulation, in Revelation 19, He will ride in on a white
horse, as King of kings and Lord of lords, not in peace but for the battle of
Armageddon. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves).
As He rode
in on the donkey the crowds hailed Him Messiah and King shouting:
Hosanna
to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna
in the highest!
This powerful fulfillment of prophecy is recorded in all four gospels and in the Old Testament too. (Zechariah 9:9–13; Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:28–40; John 12:12–19).
Matthew mentions
the 500 plus year old prophecy from Zechariah 9:9:
Matthew 21:4-5
All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, saying:
5 “Tell the
daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.”
This is
one of the most celebrated, undeniable proof prophecies in HIStory. It’s
celebrated around the world, every year. We call it Palm Sunday.
There’s
more to the story than a donkey ride.
On that
very day about 1,400 years prior, as slaves in Egypt, each household of Israel
chose a spotless male lamb for the very first Passover. Exodus 12:3,6,7, 12-14.
Year after
year at Passover, families, and lambs, would stream into Jerusalem by the
thousands. To commemorate when the blood of the lamb, the spotless,
blameless, innocent, Passover lamb, delivered the children of Israel from
bondage, and death.
According
to Flavius Josephus, the Jewish historian, one Passover, 256,000 lambs were
slain. One lamb per household of about ten people, on average.
This is
important: To make
sure the lambs were spotless, without blemish, the priests would examine,
and accept or reject, them as worthy of being the
Passover lamb.
Now, on this day, the day when the Passover lamb is chosen, on this very day, Jesus
presents Himself as, The Spotless, Blameless, Innocent
Lamb of God, to deliver the world from the bondage of sin and death.
From that
moment to this, all mankind has a decision to make; you and I have a decision
to make, accept
Him, or reject Him.
At first
glance, it appeared, The Lamb of God, was accepted.
The people
cried: “Hosanna! But all they really wanted was a quick fix. Save
us now from the Romans! The same is done today. Save me now from
this mess I’m in, and I’ll serve You tomorrow.
The
leaders, the priests, the ones who should’ve known Him, rejected
Him.
Within the
week the crowds turned against Him, the mob mocked Him and shouted, Crucify
Him!
Which
brings us back to Daniel’s seventy-week prophecy.
Daniel 9:26a
And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself...
After the sixty-two weeks. There’s a pause on the clock.
Cut
off means, He
was executed.
Not
for Himself...
means He was killed for me and you...
But
He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:5-6
Jesus knew
what they’d do and paused the clock after 69 weeks were fulfilled.
He also
paused His ride into Jerusalem and wept (sobbed right out loud) knowing they’d
soon be destroyed because they did not recognize the time of His
visitation. Luke 19:44.
26...And the people
of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
As Jesus
sobbed over Jerusalem He prophesied of its demise.
In 70 AD
Roman soldiers flooded into the city. The historian Josephus reported
around 1.1 million Jewish deaths and 97,000 captives during the siege.
They
destroyed Jerusalem and the temple, leaving not one stone upon
the other, just as Jesus had said as He wept over the city.
Daniel 9:27
Then he shall
confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice
and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on
the desolate.
Then...
On God’s
clock we sit between Daniel 9:26-27; between Israel’s 69 and 70th week.
Then... restarts Israel’s 70-week clock
that’s been on pause for about 2,000 years.
In a
moment, any moment, everything is about to change, like that watershed moment
when a woman's water breaks.
Are you
ready?
Just as 69
of the weeks have already been fulfilled to the day, to the letter, so shall be
the soon coming 70th week.
Are you
ready?
Then, is in our near future.
Verse 27
refers to a time you do not want to be here. The seven-year
tribulation period is Daniel's seventieth week.
The
antichrist will craft a seven-year peace pact that appears to include
rebuilding the Jewish temple and reinstating the religious sacrifice
and offering system.
That seven year covenant will trigger
the start of the seventieth week.
In the middle of the week (3.5 years into the 7-year covenant) his fangs will flare, he’ll break the peace pact, and all hell will break loose. he’ll claim to be God, will do what the Bible calls the abomination of desolation; set up an image in the temple and demand worship.
The
antichrist will deceive the world with lying signs and wonders, such as fire
from the sky. Will cause all, both small and great, rich
and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on
their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who
has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Revelation 13:13-18.
Looking at
the signs, it appears the 70th week is about to begin.
What
signs?
All the technology is in place to force everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive the vax, I mean, the mark.
In Daniel
and Revelation, the Lord repeatedly points to a 10-nation coalition that will
side with the antichrist. (Daniel 2, 7, Revelation 13, 17).
So, you
can be sure and certain that there will be a ten-nation coalition that will be
led by the antichrist.
We just
read that Daniel’s seventieth week begins with a seven-year covenant (peace
agreement).
We see
today in living color, ten world leaders, meeting for the
purpose of reaching a peace agreement. Will they emerge with a seven-year
covenant?
NOTE: I’m not saying
these are the ten-nation coalition.
I am
saying the world is falling into place EXACTLY as this 2,600 year
old prophecy predicted.
Pay
attention to how easy it is for the Bible to suddenly appear in living color on
our TV screen. And pay even closer attention to how easily our hearts can
ignore it, brush it off, count it as nothing.
Another
major prophecy rising on the horizon is the Ezekiel 38-39 war. It takes place
near the starting gate of Daniel’s 70th week. Russia, Iran, Turkey, Sudan, Libya and others
will attack Israel.
This is taking shape by the minute as we speak.
No nation
will stand with Israel. But God will protect her with an earthquake, torrential
rain, great hailstones, fire and brimstone. Ezekiel 38:18-23. So, all the
world will know that God is the defender of Israel.
NOTE
THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE
Only one
week (seven years) remain in Daniel’s Seventy Week Prophecy; the seven-year
Tribulation.
Israel is seventy-seven
years old from rebirth in 1948.
In seven
years, it will be 2,000 years from when Jesus took that donkey ride.
Is this
where the seven-year Tribulation fits?
After
6,000 years of HIStory are we at the threshold of the thousand-year Sabbath
rest?
We don’t
know for sure, but we surely see the signs.
We do know
that the battle between good and evil will rage until the consummation,
which is determined; until the battle of Armageddon.
Then,
Jesus, the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, will bring it to an end.
Revelation 19:19-21.
There is a
happy ending for those who choose Him.
Like the boy
in the store picking out a puppy. He pointed at the one wagging his tail like
crazy, and said, “I choose the one with the happy ending.”
There is a
happily ever after, for those who accept Him, not reject Him, who choose today to hear His Voice, harden not
their hearts and surrender to the Winner, Christ Jesus.
There is
an end.
It’s
coming faster than you think.
Are you
ready?
Let’s
pray.
Lord
Jesus, we choose You. We submit to You, bow to Your Authority. We invite You to
search our hearts and convict us of any way that prevents us from hearing You. Please
heal our transgressions, our sins, our iniquities, draw us to You to live for
You, honoring You today and always. Lord, please speak to us and through us.
Help us to be salt and light, soul winners and disciple makers, so that we and
all those You’ve given us will hear You say, “Well done.”
Thank
You.
We love
You, forever.
Amen.
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