Daniel’s 70 Weeks of Years - Buckle
Up It's Coming - Trump Is Still Legally Commander In Chief - The CCP Has Capitulated
- ZERO HEDGE - Michael Jaco Situation Update - America’s Buried History of
White Slavery - Iran’s Biblical History - LIFE SITE NEWS – CPAC News – Update
On Ohio Train Disaster and more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
March 4-5th 2023
Charlie Ward: Situation Update 3/4/23
- Buckle Up, It's Coming!! (Video) - Saturday, March 4, 2023 15:20 - Time is
running out for the enemy and it’s time to buckle up and get ready!! Charlie
has a lot of Intel to share and a special guest who also has BIG time Intel to
bring to you! https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/03/charlie-ward-situation-update-3423-buckle-up-its-coming-video-3789507.html
BREAKING POINT Financial Collapse! -
Brighteon Documentary - Episode 1 - Mike Adams Must Video - Saturday, March 4,
2023 - This episode covers financial collapse and features top currency and
finance experts. More episodes will be posted at Brighteon.com and other video
platforms at the rate of about one each week. https://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2023/03/breaking-point-financial-collapse-brighteon-documentary-episode-1-mike-adams-must-video-3079949.html
Derek Johnson With David Nino:
Shocking Proof Trump Enacted MIL Continuity!! (Video) - Saturday, March 4, 2023
15:25 - Read The Federal COG Directives + Executive Orders + Trump Comms * MIL
COG Judicial Process Is Separate From Civilian DOJ * Derek Recently Met With
President Trump At Mar-A-Lago And Discussed COG * Trump Is Still Legally
Commander In Chief CIC * The Biggest Sting In World History * https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/03/derek-johnson-with-david-nino-shocking-proof-trump-enacted-mil-continuity-video-3789508.html
ZERO HEDGE: NBC Reporter Goes To
Crimea, Shocks Viewers By Telling The Truth - BY TYLER DURDEN - FRIDAY, MAR 03,
2023 - 04:12 AM - Mainstream media correspondents for major US networks rarely,
if ever, report from inside Crimea and certainly are nowhere near Russian-held
territory in eastern Ukraine. However, this week NBC News chief international
correspondent Keir Simmons went to Sevastopol, surrounded by a significant
Russian military presence given it is home to the Russian Navy's Black Sea
Fleet, and in a live segment admitted that it's not at all realistic Zelensky
and Ukrainian forces can ever hope to take Crimea. This is especially as the
"the people there... view themselves as Russian." Simmons noted that
"This is the closest that any US news crew has got to the Russian Black
Sea Fleet in many many years." He explained that "Vladimir Putin will
be determined to defend that port - to not have it take it away from him - he
may well do pretty much anything to try to achieve that." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/msnbc-reporter-goes-crimea-shocks-viewers-telling-truth
US MILITARY NEWS: Restored Republic –
march 4th 2023 – Putin & Military Alliance have cut off the head
of the snake the Ukraine, the center of the deep state – White Hats control
Germany, Japan, UK, and New Zealand – The CCP has capitulated – David Rockefeller
& Evelyn Rothschild are dead – The Cabal banks are bankrupt – Fed is
bankrupt – Bank of America & Wells Fargo bankrupt - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/03/new-benjamin-fulford-weekend-intel-update-for-march-2023-2539048.html
Michael Jaco: Situation Update and
BIG Intel 3.04.23 - We Are Awakening And Controlling All (Video) - Saturday,
March 4, 2023 15:31 - The Biden regime is crumbling and their agendas are
falling apart.. The Dems are scrambling to find a replacement and are losing
ground each day! We are gaining back control of our country and our lives and
Mike has some HUGE Intel to share about that and much, much, more! - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/03/michael-jaco-situation-update-and-big-intel-3-04-23-we-are-awakening-and-controlling-all-video-3789510.html
America’s Buried History of White Slavery - Sunday,
March 5, 2023 4:01 - The best way to forget history is to rewrite it. And in
the rewriting, to carefully delete references to any historical events or
circumstances we find uncomfortable. Thus, American history books are totally
silent on the matter of these white slaves, mostly of European stock with a
great number of Irish, but also English and Scottish, who were kidnapped or
otherwise forcibly deported to the US as slave labor. In fact, an examination
of available documentation indicates that white slavery in the Americas was a
much more extensive operation than was black slavery, and the numbers may be
severely under-estimated. https://beforeitsnews.com/eu/2023/03/americas-buried-history-of-white-slavery-2701115.html
ALL ISRAEL NEWS: How Iran’s biblical
history holds significance for today - Dr. Hormoz Shariat | March 4, 2023 - For
centuries, Iran was known as Persia, becoming one of the largest empires the
world had ever seen. Persia's empire included not only modern Iran but Iraq,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Egypt and many others. In
light of the present hostility between Iran and Israel, most of us today,
including Iranians, are not aware that biblical Jewish history and the history
of Iran intersect at profound levels. The Hebrew Bible contains 240 references
to Iran and the Persian people….. https://allisrael.com/how-iran-s-biblical-history-holds-significance-for-today
LIFE SITE NEWS: Abby Johnson
describes abortion pill horrors at CPAC: - Fri Mar 3, 2023 - 1:45 pm - ‘Fully
formed babies’ are ‘floating in the toilet’ - 'They’re passing these babies
into the toilet, fully formed babies – 12, 14, 16 weeks along in their
pregnancy – possibly hemorrhaging in their bathroom, unable to get to an
emergency care facility, looking in the toilet and seeing their fully formed
baby floating there in the toilet.' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abby-johnson-describes-abortion-pill-horrors-at-cpac-fully-formed-babies-are-floating-in-the-toilet/
Ohio Train Disaster: The blame game
takes a VERY strange twist - By Jon Rappoport - Mar 1 2023 - For its part, the
freight rail companies are forced by the federal government to transport
dangerous materials regardless of the peril such cargoes represent. In
particular, they [the railroads] lament the substantial risk embodied by having
to carry Toxic Inhalation Hazard (TIH) chemicals on their lines. Included on
the TIH list are ammonia and chlorine, both of which are transported by rail in
significant quantities. Here is how UP [Union Pacific Railroad] characterizes
the situation from their perspective: “Under the common carrier obligation, the
federal government requires railroads to transport hazmat…. https://jonrappoport.substack.com/p/ohio-train-disaster-blame-game-strange-twist
Daniel’s 70 Weeks of Years
By Dr. David R. Reagan
Published on: July 7, 2014
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
March 5th 2023
One of the most remarkable and
important prophecies in the Bible is found in Daniel 9:24-27. It is the
cornerstone of Messianic prophecy because it establishes the timing of both the
First and Second Advents of the Messiah.
The prophecy is usually referred to
as “The 70 Weeks of Years.” This name derives from the opening words of most
English translations: “Seventy weeks have been decreed” (Daniel 9:24). In the
Hebrew, the word translated “weeks” is actually the word “sevens.” So, the text
actually says, “Seventy sevens have been decreed . . .”
Just as the English word “dozen” can
refer to a dozen of anything, the Hebrew word shavuim, meaning “sevens,” can
refer to seven of anything. Its exact meaning is dependent upon the context. In
this key passage from Daniel, the context makes it clear that he is speaking of
years — seventy sevens of years, which
would be a total of 490 years. It is therefore appropriate to refer to the
prophecy as “The 70 Weeks of Years” even though those exact words are not found
in the passage itself.
The Jewish Context and Goals
Another important thing to keep in
mind about the context of the passage is that it is directed to the Jewish
people. The opening words of the prophecy make this clear: “Seventy weeks have
been declared for your people and your holy city . . .” (Daniel 9:24, emphasis
added). The focus of the prophecy is the nation of Israel and the city of
Jerusalem.The prophecy begins by stating that six things will be accomplished
regarding the Jewish people during a period of 490 years:
• “Finish the transgression”
• “Make an end of sin”
• “Make atonement for iniquity”
• “Bring in everlasting righteousness”
• “Seal up vision and prophecy”
• “Anoint the most holy place”Let’s
take a moment to consider the meaning of these six prophecies. The first,
“finish the transgression,” refers to the Jew’s rejection of God. The Hebrew
word translated “transgression” connotes the idea of rebellion, and the
rebellion of the Jewish people is their rejection of Jesus as their Messiah.
Jesus said He would not return until the Jewish people are willing to say,
“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Matthew 23:37-39). The Jews
will open their hearts to their Messiah before Daniel’s 490 year period ends.
The period will also witness an “end of sin” for the Jews. The word translated
“sin” refers to the sins of daily life — sins of dishonesty and immorality.
This end of sin will occur at the time the Jews accept their Messiah and His
earthly reign of righteousness begins.
An atonement for Israel’s sins is the
third thing that will happen during Daniel’s 70 weeks of years. This atonement
occurred, of course, when Jesus shed His blood on the Cross for the sins of the
world. But that atonement will not actually be applied to the Jews until they
appropriate it by accepting Jesus as their Messiah.
The 490 year period will also ‘bring
in everlasting righteousness.” This undoubtedly refers to the establishment of
the Messiah’s earthly reign when the earth will be flooded with peace,
righteousness and justice as the waters cover the sea.
The fifth achievement will be the
fulfillment of all prophecy concerning the Messiah. The Apostle Peter referred
to two types of Messianic prophecy — those related to “the sufferings of
Christ” and those concerning “the glories to follow” (1 Peter 1:11). The
suffering prophecies were all fulfilled at the Cross. The
prophecies concerning “the glories to follow” are yet to be fulfilled. Just as
Jesus was humiliated in history, He is going to be glorified in history. This
will occur when the Jews accept Him, and He returns to reign over the world
from Mt. Zion in Jerusalem.
The final goal to be achieved at the
end of the 70 weeks of years is “the anointing of the most holy.” Most English
translations say “the most holy place.” The Hebrew simply says, “the most
holy.” Commentators therefore differ as to whether this is a reference to the
anointing of the Messiah as King of kings or whether it is talking about the
anointing of the Millennial Temple described in Ezekiel 40-48. Either way the
anointing will not take place until the Lord returns in response to the
national repentance of the Jews.
The Starting Point
Daniel says all these spiritual goals
will be accomplished within a special period of 490 years. When did that period
begin, and when did it end? It is when Daniel addresses these questions that he
begins to give clues as to the timing of the First and Second Advents of the
Messiah.The prophecy says that the starting point of the 70 weeks of years will
be “the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem” (Daniel 9:25).
Keep in mind that this prophecy was given to Daniel by the angel Gabriel during
the time of Israel’s exile in Babylon. The approximate date was 538 B.C.,
shortly before the first remnant of Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem in
536 B.C. under Zerubbabel. Jerusalem was in ruins at this time, having been
destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar 70 years earlier in 586 B.C. (The captivity had
begun in 605 B.C., before the destruction of Jerusalem, when Nebuchadnezzar
took Daniel and other “youths” to Babylon as hostages — Daniel 1:1- 4.)
The crucial question relates to when
the decree was issued “to restore and rebuild Jerusalem.” There are three
possible dates:
• 538 B.C. — Cyrus, King of Persia,
issued a decree to Zerubbabel to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles
36:22-23; Ezra 1:1-3; and Ezra 6:1-5).
• 457 B.C. — Artaxerxes, King of
Persia, issued a decree to Ezra authorizing him to reinstitute the Temple
services, appoint judges and magistrates, and teach the Law (Ezra 7:11-26).
• 445 B.C. — Artaxerxes issued a
decree to Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:1-8).
On the surface, the third decree, the
one issued to Nehemiah, seems to be the most obvious candidate for the starting
date of the prophecy, for it is the only one that specifically relates to the
rebuilding of the city. For that reason, most commentators have selected it as
the beginning of the 70 weeks of years.
The Events of the 70 Weeks of Years
Daniel’s prophecy next states that
the 490 years will be divided into three periods as follows: seven weeks (49
years) plus sixty-two weeks (434 years) plus one week (7 years). He states that
at the end of the first two periods (69 weeks or 483 years), the Messiah will
be “cut off,” a seemingly clear reference to the crucifixion. He then states
that both Jerusalem and the Temple will be destroyed.The prophecy concludes by
focusing on the last week of years. It says that following the death of the
Messiah and the destruction of Jerusalem, “the prince who is to come” will make
a covenant with the Jewish people that will enable them to reinstitute their
sacrificial system. This prince will come from the same people who destroyed
the Temple (the Romans).
We know from 2 Thessalonians 2 that
this ”prince who is to come” is the Antichrist, the “man of lawlessness” who is
“the son of destruction.” The same passage makes it clear that his covenant
will enable the Jews to rebuild their Temple.
Both passages — Daniel 9 and 2
Thessalonians 2 — establish the fact that in the middle of this 70th week (3½
years into it) this “prince who is to come” will double cross the Jewish
people. He will march into the rebuilt Temple and declare himself to be God. He
will stop the sacrifices and he will erect “an abomination of desolation,” most
likely an idol of himself. The book of Revelation specifies that the Messiah
will return to earth 3½ years after this desolation of the Temple takes place.
Now
we have the timing of the two advents of the Messiah. He will come the
first time at the end of 483 years and will be “cut off” before the Temple is
destroyed. He will return the second time at the end of a seven year period
that will begin with a treaty that allows the Jews to rebuild their Temple and
reinstitute the Mosaic system of sacrifices.
Calculating Dates
The first person in modern history to
calculate the 483 years to the “cutting off” of the Messiah was Sir Robert
Anderson in his book, The Coming Prince (1894). Using the decree to Nehemiah
issued in 445 B.C. as his starting point, and using what he called “the 360 day
prophetic year,” Anderson calculated that it was exactly 173,880 days or 483
lunar years from the day the edict was issued to the day Jesus made His
triumphal entry into Jerusalem. His calculations placed the crucifixion in the
spring of 32 A.D.These calculations have remained almost sacred in Christian
thinking for the past one hundred years. But they need to be examined carefully
because the fact of the matter is that there are two serious problems with
Anderson’s calculations.
The Prophetic Year Problem
The first is his assumption that the
years in the prophecy are lunar years of 360 days. That assumption is based
upon the fact that the book of Revelation defines the 70th week of Daniel as
lasting a total of 2,520 days (Revelation 11:3 and 12:6). The only way that can
translate into seven years is by using lunar years of 360 days.Now, on the
surface, it seems logical to apply this Revelation principle to Daniel. If the
years of the final week of Daniel’s prophecy are lunar years, then surely the
first 483 years must also be lunar years.
But there is a flaw in this logic.
Daniel’s prophecy was written to the people of his time to give them, among
other things, an insight as to when the Messiah would come. And the fact of the
matter is that Daniel does not even so much as hint that he is speaking of
anything other than regular solar years.
Some would counter by saying that the
Jews used a lunar calendar and therefore thought only in lunar terms when
calculating time. But that simply is not true. The Jews have never relied on a
pure lunar calendar, like the Muslims do. The Jews have always used a
lunar/solar calendar. Their months are 30 days long, but they insert what is
called an intercalary month every so often to make adjustments for the true
solar calendar.
For the Jews this is an absolute
necessity because their major festivals (Passover, Harvest and Tabernacles) are
all directly related to the agricultural cycle. If they did not make the solar
adjustments, their festivals would migrate around the calendar, resulting in
harvest festivals falling during seed planting times! This is exactly the case
with the Muslim calendar which is a pure lunar calendar. And thus, the sacred
festival of Ramadan circulates around the year. One year it will be in August,
the next in September, and the next in October.
The point is that the Jews in
Daniel’s time did not think in terms of 360 day years. Nor did Daniel. If you
will look at Daniel 9:1-2 you will see that shortly before he was given the 70
Weeks of Years prophecy by Gabriel, he discovered Jeremiah’s prophecy that the
Babylonian captivity would last 70 years. He realized immediately that he was
very near the end of those 70 years.
The indication of this passage is
that Daniel interpreted Jeremiah’s prophecy of 70 years to be 70 regular years
as defined by the Jewish lunar/solar calendar. And again, if his subsequent
prophecy about the 70 weeks of years was to have any meaning to the Jewish
people, it had to be understood in terms of regular years, not “prophetic
years” of 360 days each.
Why then would there be a difference
between the first 483 years and the last seven? I suspect it may relate to a
statement made by Jesus in Matthew 24. He said the 70th week of Daniel will be
“cut short” lest all life on earth be destroyed during that terrible period of
tribulation (Matthew 24:22).
The Terminus Problem
The second problem with Anderson’s
calculations is their terminus date of 32 A.D. This just simply is not an
acceptable year for the death of Jesus since it would place the crucifixion on
either Sunday or Monday. Even Anderson recognized this problem, and as one
author has put it, Anderson engaged in some “mathematical gymnastics” to arrive
at a Friday crucifixion.In his book, Chronological Aspects of the Life of
Christ, Harold Hoehner of Dallas Theological Seminary shifts the date of
Nehemiah’s decree from 445 to 444 B.C. and then calculates the 173,880 days to
the spring of 33 A.D., when the crucifixion would have fallen on a Friday. But
this creates more problems than it solves. The 444 B.C. date is suspect and the
33 A.D. date is very late. Luke 3:23 says Jesus was “about 30 years of age”
when He began His ministry. His ministry lasted 3½ years. Hoehner’s chronology
would make Jesus 32 years old at the start of His ministry and 35 at the time
of his death.
An Alternative Viewpoint
I believe a better solution is to
interpret Daniel’s prophecy as speaking of lunar years adjusted periodically
and thus amounting to regular years. I also believe that the best starting
point for the prophecy is the decree issued to Ezra in 457 B.C.I have already
explained why I believe regular years should be used. Let me now explain why I
think the decree issued to Ezra should be used as the starting point for the
calculation of the first two periods totaling 483 years.
The decree given to Zerubbabel
authorized the rebuilding of the Temple. The decree issued to Nehemiah
concerned the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Ezra’s decree was more
general in nature, covering a variety of subjects. But we know from Scripture
that he interpreted it to mean that the Jews were authorized to launch a
general rebuilding campaign that included the temple, the city, and the walls.
His interpretation is stated in Ezra 9:9 — “God has not forsaken us, but has
extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us
reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins, and to give us
a wall in Judah and Jerusalem” (Ezra 9:9).
Now, using Ezra’s decree as the
staring point (457 B.C.), if we count forward 483 years we will arrive at 27
A.D. (There is only one year between 1 B.C. and 1 A.D.) According to the
translator of Josephus, the Jewish new year that began in the fall of 27 A.D.
marked the beginning of the last Jubilee Year that the Jews enjoyed in the land
before their worldwide dispersal by the Romans in 70 A.D. This is most likely
the year that Jesus began His public ministry. This is hinted at in Luke 4
where it says that when Jesus launched His ministry at the synagogue in
Nazareth, He did so by reading a passage from Isaiah 61 about the way in which
the Messiah would fulfill the spiritual essence of the Jubilee. After finishing
the reading, Jesus proclaimed, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your
hearing” (Luke 4:21).
The Relationship of the Resurrection
Further evidence that this date is
correct is the fact that it would place the end of Jesus’ 3½ year ministry in
the spring of 31 A.D. And that happens to be the most likely year of the
crucifixion.Most scholars have tried to place the crucifixion in either 30 or
33 A.D. because these are the only two years in the time frame of Jesus’ death
when Passover fell on Friday. The belief that Jesus was crucified on a Passover
that fell on Friday is based on a statement in Mark 15:22 which says the
crucifixion took place on “the day of preparation before the Sabbath.”
But this statement does not
necessarily mean that the crucifixion took place on a Friday. Such an
assumption is rooted in Gentile ignorance about Jewish feast days. What the Gentile
church has failed to recognize over the centuries is that the first day after
Passover is a feast day, or “High Sabbath,” because it is the beginning of the
Feast of Unleavened Bread. It is considered to be a Sabbath regardless of what
day of the week it falls on (Numbers 28:16-18).
The Gospels make it clear that the
crucifixion week had two Sabbaths. Mark 16:1 says a group of women bought spices to anoint the body of
Jesus after the Sabbath was over. But in Luke 23:56 it says they bought the spices
before the Sabbath and then rested on the Sabbath before proceeding to the
tomb.
In the year 31 A.D. Passover fell on
Wednesday. Jesus was crucified that morning and buried that evening. The next
day, Thursday, was a High Sabbath. On Friday, after the High Sabbath, the women
bought the spices and then rested on the regular Sabbath (Saturday) before
going to the tomb on Sunday morning.
Further Collaboration
The time span I am proposing from 457
B.C. to 27 A.D. is also supported by another amazing piece of evidence. Do you
remember how Daniel divided the first 483 years into two periods of time, first
49 years and then 434 years? Why did he do that? Go back and re-read Daniel
9:25 and notice that he makes specific reference to the rebuilding of the city
of Jerusalem. Did he divide the period into two parts to indicate that the
rebuilding of the city would occupy the first 49 years?In a recent booklet
entitled “The Daniel Papers,” a publication of the Radio Bible Class, the
author, Herb Vander Lugt, notes:
According to Barnes and several other
trustworthy Bible commentators, the historian Prideaux declared Nehemiah’s last
action in rebuilding the city occurred in the 15th year of the Persian ruler
Darius Nothus (423 – 404 B.C.). His 15th year was the 49th year from the 457
B.C. decree. Josephus seems to support this idea in his remarks about the death
of Nehemiah. A Prophetic Gap
One puzzle remains about Daniel’s
prophecy. What about the 70th week? Is it past or future? I believe there is no
doubt whatsoever that it is future. The reason for that conclusion is simple.
The prophecy begins by stating that the 490 years will produce six consequences
among the Jewish people.I began this article by outlining those six prophetic
events in detail. If you will look back at them, you will readily see that they
are still unfulfilled. The Jews are still in rebellion against God, they are
still caught up in their sins, they are still refusing to accept the atonement
for their iniquity, everlasting righteousness has not come to the earth, all
prophecy concerning the Messiah has not yet been fulfilled, and “the most holy”
has not been anointed.
There must, therefore, be a gap in
the prophecy. This may seem strange to the casual reader. But students of
prophecy are familiar with prophetic gaps. They are very common in prophetic
literature because of the peculiar nature of the prophetic perspective. God
would show His prophets great future events and the prophets would present them
as if they were happening in rapid succession because that’s the way they
appeared. The prophet was like a person looking down a mountain range seeing
one mountain top after another, seemingly pressed up against each other, but in
reality separated by great valleys which could not be seen.
Jesus Himself recognized this
characteristic of prophecy when He read a prophecy from Isaiah in the synagogue
in Nazareth. If you will check what He read (Luke 4:18- 19) against what Isaiah
wrote (Isaiah 61:1-3), you will see that Jesus stopped reading in the middle of
a sentence because the rest of the sentence had to do with His Second Coming.
The Implications
For Christians, Daniel’s prophecy
should serve to underscore the supernatural origin of the Bible. It should also
serve as confirmation that Jesus of Nazareth was the promised Messiah.For Jews,
the prophecy should be deeply disturbing for two reasons. First, it clearly
teaches that the Messiah had to come before the Temple was destroyed in 70 A.D.
That means that either God failed to keep His promise or else the Jews missed
recognizing their Messiah. Second, the prophecy clearly teaches that a terrible
time of tribulation for the Jews still lies ahead.
Moses said it would be a time of
“distress” that would occur in “the latter days” (Deuteronomy 4:30). Jeremiah
called it “the time of Jacob’s distress” (Jeremiah 30:7). Daniel characterized
it as “a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until
that time” (Daniel 12:1). Zechariah says two-thirds of the Jews will “be cut
off and perish” during that terrible time (Zechariah 13:8).
The process will be horrible. But the
result will be glorious, for the remaining remnant will at long last turn their
hearts to God, accept their Messiah, and cry out, “Blessed is He who comes in
the name of the Lord!”
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