That's obvious. -- Walvoord was one of the most esteemed professors at the Dallas Theological Seminary, and wrote the book "Daniel, The Key To Prophetic Revelation". He cited all the great thinkers regarding the Book of Daniel, and come to think of it, he didn't quote ANY of your "blogs". Hmmmmm, I can see why.
It seems he was dead before I ever wrote a blog. I don't worship men, I follow the Holy Spirit. Men are just men, maybe you think some are "more important", but God is no respecter of men. Maybe God is showing us/revealing things unto us in the here and now that He didn't reveal 25-50 years ago. Keep it fresh. Stop looking at men as the be all end all, the Bible/God is my be all end all.
You DON'T GET IT. They're NOT "sevens" in the LITERAL sense. So why do you interpret them as though they were?!? 9:2 says "seventy years", which is the predominant fulfillment.
The 70 Years you are referencing in Dan. 9:2 comes from the book of Jeremiah actually.
Dan. 9:1 In the
first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 2 In the first year of his reign
I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish
seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
3 And
I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
So Daniel was reading the book of Jeremiah or Jeremiah's prophesies (Jeremiah 29:1-14) and he understood why Israel/Jews were in captivity in Babylon, and he set his face towards Jerusalem and prayed, fasted etc.etc. So yes, Jeremiah's prophecy was a specific 70 Years, and that is what Daniel is referring to below:
Jerremiah 29:10 For thus saith the Lord,
That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
Then from verses 4-19 Daniel proceeded to pray, to ask God for forgiveness for Israel, etc. etc. and then in verse 20-21 suddenly Gabriel APPEARS !! And says I am here to INSTRUCT YOU.
Dan. 9:20 And
whiles I was speaking, and 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 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. 22 And
he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. 23 At the beginning of thy supplications the
commandment came forth, and
I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved:
therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
Now from my Hebrew Massoretic Bible........
Dan. 9:24
Seventy 7657 weeks 7620 are determined 2852 z8738 upon x5921 thy people 5971 and upon x5921 thy holy 6944 city, 5892 to finish 3607 z8763 the transgression, 6588 and to make an end 2856 y8552 z8687 z8675 z8800 of sins, 2403 and to make reconciliation 3722 z8763 for iniquity, 5771 and to bring in 935 z8687 everlasting 5769 righteousness, 6664 and to seal up 2856 z8800 the vision 2377 and prophecy, 5030 and to anoint 4886 z8800 the most y6944 Holy. 6944
7657 Hebrew Word SHIBIYM =
Seventy
7620 Hebrew Word SHABUWA =
SEE BELOW....................
1)
seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week
1a) period of seven days, a week
1a1) Feast of Weeks
1b) heptad,
seven (of years)
—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)
Properly passive participle of
H7650 as a denominative of
H7651; literally
sevened, that is, a
week(specifically of years):—seven, week.
—Strong's (Hebrew & Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)
- #7620.
- שָׁבוּעַ
- shabua (988d); from 7651; a period of seven (days, years), heptad, week:—
- NASB - seven(1), week(4), Weeks(5), weeks(14). U
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
So my reference to Seventy Sevens is CORRECT in the Prophecy Gabriel is giving unto Daniel, the prophecy you cited in VERSE 2, is Jeremiah's Prophecy. Gabriel gave Daniel a NEW PROPHECY !!
A fresh NEW PROPHECY is given to Daniel from Gabriel as concerning Israel's future penance.
Dan. 9:24 Seventy weeks (literally SEVENED or 70 Sevens) are determined
upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an
end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to
bring in everlasting righteousness, and
to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to
anoint the most Holy.
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.26
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself:
This is how the VERSES should be divided.
and the people of the
prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be
with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
So the Prophecy Gabriel gives unto Daniel is SEVENTY SEVENS (like I said) and not Seventy Years. The Seventy Year prophecy in verse 2 was something Daniel was READING in a book written by Jeremiah !! The Prophecy of the Seventy Sevens starts in verse 24. Do you understand that now sir? Its not the same prophecy. God sent Gabriel to EXPLAIN to Daniel why the punishment was NO LONGER 70 Years but 70 x 7 or SEVENTY SEVENS. You see, Israel did not repent in Babylon, most wanted to stay in Babylon, they served the false gods of Babylon, thus God multiplied there punishment TIMES SEVEN as Leviticus calls for.
So the punishment went from 70 YEARS to......70 SEVENS !! Or 70 x 7. Then Gabriel explains this NEW DECREE unto Daniel in verses 24-27, now go back and read it again with a fresh perspective.
So if we read the passage again, we see that there are THREE PROPHESIES HERE:
1. From the order to rebuild Jerusalem to the Messiah [is killed] shall be 69 weeks (or 69 SEVENS)
2. There will be 7 SEVENS from the order to build Jerusalem until its rebuilt or 49 YEARS.
3. There will be 62 SEVENS from the time Jerusalem is rebuilt until the Messiah Jesus is CUT OFF or Killed, thus 434 YEARS.
4. There is ONE SEVEN left in the Prophecy. It = SEVEN YEARS in the End Times, after Israel has been Dead Men's Bones for nigh 2000 years, God revives them, and then after the Rapture, God requites the Final Seven Years of Israels PUNISHMENT. Thus Israel has to repent during this final Seven Year Period (70th week) or else God is a liar, and God can not lie.
So it is SEVENTY SEVENS just like I stated, not the 70 Years of Jeremiah's prophecy. I pretty much know what I speak of brother. I am not just yaking on about things I don't know.
You might better put more time into bible study my brother.
