Prophetic Perfection Historical Proof

Seventy prophetic weeks were given to the Jewish people as a nation until their time would be up and the gentiles time would begin, IF they did not alter their course. This is history.

Dan 9:24  'Seventy weeks 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.'

Yesterday we discussed this and left off at the starting year of the seventy weeks- prophetically 490 years - 7 times 70 is 490 and days is prophetic years- 490 years.

The starting year was 457 BC.

The ending year was 34 AD.

And Daniel said this-

Dan 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.

Dan 9:26  And AFTER THREESCORE and TWO WEEKS SHALL MESSIAH BE CUT OFF, but not for himself: 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.

Dan 9:27  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.

Threescore and two weeks-  69 weeks  69 times 7 = 483 years.

457 BC and 483 years later equals- 27AD.   What of significance happened in the last week, the 70th week that started after the 69 weeks and began in 27AD?

Jesus was baptized in 27 AD.

So, what does this mean?  ' 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'

The midst of that last week, that last seven years is what date? 31 1/2 AD.  What happened then? You know what happened,  Jesus was CRUCIFIED!  When our Savior was crucified the veil in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

Mat 27:51  And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent

We as Christians know that our Savior is the ONLY Sacrifice acceptable to God and since His death no animal sacrifice whatsoever will ever have meaning again. The temple sacrificial services were no longer valid.  And yes, the temple is desolate and anything done in the temple from that point on was truly abominable.

Remember this--

Mat 23:37  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Mat 23:38  Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

Your house is left unto you desolate.

We have to realize how perfectly this ties into the prophecy of Daniel.

Now the end to the prophetic week- the 7 years is 34AD.  What of significance happened there to culminate in the end of the Jewish people being God's chosen and the message going to the Gentiles?

Stephen was martyred and Paul was chosen specifically as an apostle of Jesus to carry the message to what people? The Gentiles. Paul who was known as Saul who stood there guarding the clothes of those stoning Stephen to death.

Act 7:56  And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Act 7:57  Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

Act 7:58  And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

Act 7:59  And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Act 7:60  And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

The perfect prophetic message laid out for all who would see.

That week quoted by the futurists that they say points to a temple and sacrifice therein in the last seven years of time is a LIE!

Make no mistake, it is a lie and a lie that Satan uses well to his advantage to fool the masses. Will there be a third temple, it's quite possible there will be but as Christians we should know that no third temple, no fourth, fifth, sixth temple will mean anything to God, the sacrificial ceremonial aspects to the old covenant law are done away with in Christ!  Satan will do everything he can to keep the lies alive and well, feeding them with every snippet of untruth he can in order to keep people deceived right up until the end days.  People clinging to deception will hear the Savior tell them to get away from Him, that He never knew them.  They think they are known of Him but they are really known very well by Satan, not the Savior.

Bless us in You, Savior, bless us in You. 

More tomorrow by the grace of God.