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SEVENTY WEEKS I

Text: Daniel 9:24-27
15 July 2013

SEVENTY WEEKS I

1. Prophetic language employed

2. Seventy weeks Daniel 9:24a

a) What it is not
An eternity

b) What it is
A relatively short period of time in human history

EVENTS DURING THESE SEVENTY WEEKS

1. For your people Daniel 9:24b
It has to do with Israel

2. For your holy city Daniel 9:24c
It has to do with Jerusalem

a) Not the Jerusalem in the days of Daniel

b) Jerusalem in the latter years

3. To finish the transgression Daniel 9:24d

a) Transgression

b) Filling up of the measure of guilt

i) Initial mention
“For the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete” Genesis 15:16

ii) Jesus’ teaching
“Fill up then, the measure of your father’s guilt” Matthew 23:32

iii) Paul’s understanding
“So as to always to fill up the measure of their sins” 1 Thessalonians 2:16

4. To make an end of sins Daniel 9:24e

a) Anticipation of end of sins

b) Anticipation of something gloriously new

c) For this to happen it would take a special and new Divine decree

d) Possibly the Millennial Kingdom
Possibly related to Isaiah 65:17-25; 66:22-24

5. To make reconciliation for iniquity Daniel 9:24f
(far-reaching)

a) Provision for Atonement Psalm 65:3

b) Forgiveness Psalm 103: 3

c) Redemption Isaiah 43:25; 44:22

d) Reconciliation 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

6. To bring in everlasting righteousness Daniel 9:24g

a) Everlasting life

b) Everlasting imputed righteousness

7. To seal up vision and prophecy Daniel 9:24h

a) No more need for vision

b) End of prophecy

8. To anoint the Most Holy Daniel 9:24i

a) Reference to the Messiah

b) He is “The Most Holy” Hebrews 2, 5