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Daniel 9:23
"Seventy weeks...determined...to finish the transgression..."
Daniel 9:26
"...unto the end of the war...determined."
Gabriel told Daniel about two different determined times.
the 70 weeks -
and - the determined war
The determined war -the time of Titus would end-desolate the city - but the final week of the 70 weeks would start sometime later. Babylon will then rise again and finish her 70 years to rule and desolate Jerusalem.
You are right to head to Daniel 9:2. Daniel had seen the Babylonian kingdom fall to Darius the Mede. This chapter opens in his first year, so it is about 67 years into the captivity. Jeremiah 29:10 shows that the Jews will be held for 70 years in Babylon. Daniel was confused, he began to pray and supplicate over this situation. How would the Babylonians ever fall at the end of 70 years? Their last king has fallen at about 66 years. It won't be until the first year of Cyrus that the decree goes out for some to return to Israel and rebuild. Daniel continues to supplicate. Refers to how they have departed from His judgments. Verse 11 mentions Moses and the curse. The curse that Moses foretold that came to pass in the days of Daniel is found in Deuteronomy 28:48. the yoke of iron
Jeremiah 28:14 shows this yoke was Nebuchadnezzar/Babylon. Jeremiah 30:6-9 tells about a yoke that will break at the time of Jacob's trouble.
The last verse of Daniel 9 refers to a "he" and how he will desolate -till the consummation.
Gabriel came to Daniel due to his supplications. When Daniel started to supplicate - the command was given to Gabriel to go to him and help him understand when the final Babylonian king will fall and the 70 years of them in power will end.
vinsight4u, thank you for the dialogue! With all of the varying of opinion concerning dating biblical events I can’t help but wonder if there is some discrepancy concerning the exact years the Babylonian Kingdom began or ended. For example if scholars can differ on Jesus birth year ranging from 2 B.C. to 6 B.C. isn’t it possible that there could be differing opinions as to the start of this kingdom pushing it four years back to about 609 B.C or to its end pushing it to about 535 B.C? The dating of the gospels can range significantly depending on the scholarship being referenced and the time span from Adam to Japheth in Genesis 5 differs depending on which manuscript you reference whether the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Septuagint, or the Masoretic text. My point is while those are different issues (though similar) it wouldn’t surprise me if there are some plausible sources and/or opinions that challenge the traditional viewpoint concerning the period of the Babylonian Kingdom.
You’re stirring me up to search and pray vinsight4u. So, thank you!
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