Originally posted by rollinTHUNDER
I believe that the 69th week ended when Messiah rode into Jerusalem, and was cut off (rejected).
According to the text, that would be
impossible.
Daniel 9:26
"And
after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,..."
The text makes it absolutely clear that Messiah was to be cut of
after the 69th week had already ended.
There is in fact a different event that "ended" the 69th week:
Daniel 9:25
"Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times."
The Text says that the 69 weeks begin with the decree, and ends with the advent of "Messiah the Prince".
I'll now borrow from the link GW posted link for ease of reference:
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Indeed, Daniel prophesied in verse 25 that from the commandment to restore and rebuild Israel to the coming of the Messiah is 483 years.
The question comes to "which decree is it?"
Here are the decrees: (all dates taken from the 1917 Scofield Reference Bible)
The Decree of Cyrus - about 536 BC
* Ezra 1:2-4 Cyrus sends folks out to build the temple.
* The math: 536 - 483 = 53 BC.
* Guess what? No Messiah in 53BC.
The Decree of Artaxerxes - about 534 BC
* Ezra 4:17-22 Artaxerxes' decree here is actually to stop building and wait, not to start.
* Scratch that one.
Haggai and Zechariah Prophesy
* Ezra 5:1-3 Here Zerubbabel and Jeshua build, but no decree is mentioned.
* Scratch that.
Darius quotes Cyrus - about 520 BC
* Ezra 6:1-5 Darius simply quotes Cyrus, but in vv. 6-12, Darius sends out a decree.
* The math: 520 - 483 = 37 BC (some say 33BC...it's close enough I reckon).
* Maybe this was when Theudas popped up?
* Scratch this one, no Messiah.
Ezra 6:14
* "According to the commandment of God, of Cyrus, of Darius, and of Artaxerxes they builded and finished it."
* But look carefully at the decree above of Artaxerxes. His decree was to stop building and wait.
* So they couldn't have been talking about his decree.
Decree of Artaxerxes - 458 BC
* Ezra 7:12 - 26 Artaxerxes makes the decree.
* The math: 483-458 = 25, but there was no 0 AD nor 0 BC, so that makes 26 AD.
* What happened in 26 AD?
Mark 1:9-10
"9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:"
Messiah the Prince came and the Spirit, like a dove, descended upon Him. So began the ministry of Jesus Christ.
What is 483 + 7? 490 years. Simple.
Jesus' first coming and ministry on this earth, through to His death, burial and resurrection, and subsequent freeing of the Gospel to the Gentiles
7 years after His annointing baptism, fulfilled the 70th week of Daniel.
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