Page
1   2

The Arithmetic

The arithmetic in this section is taken from Lord Robert Anderson’s book, The Coming Prince, written in 1895²⁷:

Artaxerxes' commandment to restore and build Jerusalem was made in Nisan 445 BC, in the twentieth year of his reign (Nehemiah 2:1). According to Daniel 9:25, it would be sixty-nine weeks of years, or 483 years, from the time that this decree is given until the advent of the Messiah. Since the Scriptures teach that the LORD measures time on the basis of a 360 day per year calendar and not a 365.25 day per year calendar, these years represent Biblical years, NOT solar years.

The proof that God is on a 360 day per year calendar is found quite early in the Scriptures and is first illustrated in Genesis 7:11 and Genesis 8:3-4. These verses provide the precise month and day that the great flood began and the exact month and day in which the great flood ended.

In Genesis 7:11, during the days of Noah, the rain and flood began "in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month." Additionally, according to Genesis 8:3-4, the waters were abated "in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month." In the latter passage, critical information is provided that this five-month period is equivalent to exactly a "hundred and fifty days." Since 150/5 = 30, this proves that the LORD is on a 30 day/month or a 30 X 12 or a 360 day per year calendar. The following verses provide this clear and undeniable fact:

• Genesis 7:11   (The Rain and Flood Began) "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened."
• Genesis 8:3-4   (The Rain and Flood were Abated) "And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat."

In the New Testament, we can find further verification of God's 30 day/month and 360 day per year calendar. In Revelation 12:6 and Revelation 13:5, we see that both verses provide the equation that 1260 days are equivalent to precisely forty-two months; thus, a 30 day/month or 360 day per year calendar:

• Revelation 12:6  "And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."
• Revelation 13:5   "And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months."

These two verses describe the last forty-two months of the seventieth week of Daniel, the seven-year period of Great Tribulation described in Daniel 9:27. Revelation 11:3 shows the first forty-two months, exactly one-half of this seven-year period: "And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth."

Since the Bible confirms that God is on a 360 day per year calendar as opposed to the 365.25 day per year solar calendar, the 483 years in Daniel 9:25 should be converted accordingly. Therefore, it first becomes necessary to multiply 483 years by 360 days, which is a total of 173,880 days. Then, we need to convert the 173,880 days into solar years by dividing by 365.25, the number of days it takes for the earth to make a complete revolution around the sun.

173,880 divided by 365.25 = 476.057 solar years, or 476 solar years. Since Artaxerxes' commandment was made in 445 BC, 445 BC + 476 solar years = AD 32 (remember, there is no year zero, so we must add one year). In approximately AD 32, in the same month of Nisan, Jesus of Nazareth came into Jerusalem riding on a donkey proclaiming to be Israel's King Messiah. In less than seven days following, He was crucified. The Scriptures in Matthew 21:6-9 verify that the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9 was fulfilled:

• Zechariah 9:9   "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."
• Matthew 21:6-9   "And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest."

In his book, Anderson wrote:

“The Julian date of that 10th Nisan was Sunday the 6th April, A.D. 32. What then was the length of the period intervening between the issuing of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem and the public advent of 'Messiah the Prince,' -- between the 14th March, B.C. 445, and the 6th April, A.D. 32? THE INTERVAL CONTAINED EXACTLY AND TO THE VERY DAY 173,880 DAYS, OR SEVEN TIMES SIXTY-NINE PROPHETIC YEARS OF 360 DAYS, the first sixty-nine weeks of Gabriel's prophecy."²⁷

In summary, Artaxerxes provided the decree to rebuild Jerusalem in 445 BC in the month of Nisan. Exactly sixty-nine weeks of years later, or 483 three hundred and sixty-day periods later, Jesus the Messiah came into Jerusalem in the same month of Nisan in absolute fulfillment of the prophetic calendar described in Daniel 9:25-26.

Jesus Provides Reconciliation for Iniquity, in Heaven

The book of Isaiah describes a time when Almighty God commissioned the prophet to speak to the children of Israel. At that time, he was taken up into the heavens when the LORD spoke to him. Isaiah 6:6 confirms that there is an altar in heaven. It states, “Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.”

According to John 20:17, shortly after Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, He appeared to Mary Magdalene when she was by the sepulchre. Jesus advised Mary not to touch Him, because He had not yet ascended to His Father. He told her to go to His brethren and to tell them that He would ascend to His Father. “Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”

That very same evening, which was the first day of the week, according to John 20:19, Jesus came to His disciples when they were gathered together and said, “Peace be unto you”. According to John 20:20, Jesus showed them His wounds in His hands and side that occurred during the crucifixion. “And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.”

In John chapter 20, it is unclear whether or not the disciples were permitted to touch and handle Jesus when He first appeared to them. However, Luke 24:36-43 records the same event and provides much greater detail regarding the first encounter between Jesus and His disciples after His death on the cross.

“And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. (37) But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. (38) And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? (39) Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. (40) And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. (41) And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? (42) And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. (43) And he took it, and did eat before them.”

In this passage, Jesus told the disciples to behold His hands and feet. Furthermore, verse 39 shows that He allowed them to touch Him. According to verse 43, since they thought that He was a spirit, Jesus emphatically denied this stating, “a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." Jesus even ate with them. Notice that Jesus did not say that He had “flesh and blood;" He said “flesh and bones.”

Mary was not permitted to touch Jesus because His body could not be defiled with the touch of human hands until He had offered Himself up at the altar in heaven. Before He could be touched or handled, He had to first ascend to His Father and offer Himself up as pure and undefiled by sprinkling or pouring His blood upon this heavenly altar. It is clear that Jesus permitted the disciples to touch Him that very same evening, after He had forbidden Mary Magdalene to touch Him because He had not yet ascended to His Father.

In summary, Jesus first appeared to Mary at the sepulchre. She was not allowed to touch Him. After He appeared to Mary in the tomb, He immediately ascended into heaven. He offered Himself up as the unblemished Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world at the altar in heaven in fulfillment of Daniel 9:24. Then He returned to His disciples on that very same evening. This is why they were allowed to touch Him. This position is clearly supported in the New Testament. We see this evidence in Hebrews 9:11-14, which states:

“But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; (12) Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. (13) For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: (14) How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”

These verses confirm the fulfillment of Daniel 9:24-26 that states that at the end of the sixty-ninth week of the seventy-week prophecy, the Messiah would be “cut off” or killed, and reconciliation for iniquity would take place.

Shortly after Jesus Christ came into Jerusalem riding on a donkey, He was crucified. He resurrected from the dead, ascended into heaven, and poured His blood upon the heavenly altar. According to Hebrews 9:11-14, it was there where He provided eternal redemption for mankind’s sin.

Refuting Rabbinic Judaism

Many Jews believe that the prophecy of the 'Seventy weeks' in Daniel 9 refers to the dates between the destruction of the first and second temple. The second temple was destroyed in AD 70.²⁸ Therefore, according to this position, the first temple would have been destroyed in 420 BC instead of 586 BC. This position maintains that only 40 years existed between Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great who ended the Persian Empire. Recorded history shows the Persian Empire lasted 207 years; therefore, rabbinical Judaism cannot account for 167 years. To maintain this view, 167 years of history has to be eliminated.

According to historians, Cyrus overthrew the Babylonian Empire in 539 BC. In 538 BC, within a year of his reign as king of the Persian Empire, Cyrus pronounced the decree to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 and Ezra 6:3-5 confirm:

• 2Chronicles 36:22-23   “Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, (23) Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.”
• Ezra 6:3-5   “In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; (4) With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: (5) And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.”

When Cyrus made the commandment, it became the fulfillment of the prophecy written in the book of Jeremiah and officially marked the end of Israel’s seventy-year captivity. The children of Israel were then allowed to return to their own land and rebuild the temple. Approximately six centuries later, the Roman Empire destroyed this temple in AD 70.

Rabbinical Judaism, in a vain attempt to find another candidate for the sixty-nine weeks described in Daniel 9:25-26, place Cyrus into the equation. Their theory is seriously flawed for two reasons. First of all, Cyrus died in 530/529 BC. This is approximately eighty-four years (529 - 445) prior to Artaxerxes’ decree to rebuild Jerusalem. Daniel 9:25 states that a specific individual would be cut-off or killed ‘after’ the decree is made to rebuild Jerusalem, not before the decree is made.

Secondly, we see in Daniel 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.” According to this verse and according to rabbinic Judaism, it would be sixty-two weeks of years, or 434 years, from the time that an anointed individual would be killed until the destruction of the temple in AD 70. Since all records indicate that Cyrus died in 530/529 BC, there are 598 years (529 + 70 - 1) from the time that he died to the razing of the second temple. Remember, there is no year zero, so we must subtract 1. Therefore, with respect to Cyrus, Judaism’s position lacks all credibility by (598 - 434) or 164 years.

As a result, it is impossible for Cyrus to fit within the prophetic calendar described in Daniel 9:24-26. In contrast, Jesus of Nazareth makes the perfect candidate! To the exact month and year, He came into Jerusalem riding on a donkey. Jesus, in fulfillment of prophecy, was crucified, buried and resurrected. His blood anointed the most Holy Place in heaven.

The Seventieth Week of Daniel

When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey in fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9, the sixty-ninth week of Daniel was completed. Approximately forty years later, in AD 70, the Roman Empire destroyed the temple. Daniel 9:26 indicates that, "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."

Since that time, the children of Israel have not had a temple or an altar of sacrifice. Hosea prophesied in Hosea 3:4: “For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim.”

Though the children of Israel have been without a king for approximately 2600 years, they have also been without a temple and sanctuary since AD 70. From the time that the sixty-ninth week of Daniel ended and Jesus' crucifixion a few days later, the prophetic calendar described in Daniel 9:25-26 stopped. There now exists a period of time known as the 'church age' where salvation is made available to both Jews and Gentiles.

When the church age is completed, God will once again focus His attention on Israel. In Luke 21:24 Jesus explains to the Jews what will happen shortly after His crucifixion: “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”

Since AD 70 the children of Israel have been dispersed throughout the nations of the earth. However since 1948, when Israel again became a nation, God continues to bring back His people into the Promised Land. The signs of the times point to the conclusion: the church age is almost finished, and the seventieth week of Daniel will shortly begin.

From Daniel 9:27, we learn that one week, a seventieth week, which represents a seven-year period has not yet taken place in our history. According to this verse, there will come a day when the children of Israel will once again build their temple reinstate the sacrifices: “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.”

From AD 70 to this present day, there is no record of Israel ever entering into a seven-year covenant with either the Roman Empire or anyone else. However, there will come a day when a covenant will be made for a period of seven years with an individual who will prove to be Israel’s greatest enemy. According to this verse, in the midst of this covenant, “he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease."

In Isaiah 28:15, the Bible shows this future seven-year covenant is a “covenant with death” and an agreement with hell. “Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves.”

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 places the son of perdition, the incarnate Devil himself, in the midst of Israel’s future covenant with death and with hell. Revelation 13:4-8 cross-references Daniel 9:27 indicating that in the midst of this seven-year covenant, the last forty-two months or 3 ½ years will provide a period of Great Tribulation such as the world has never known. The applicable passages follow:

• 2Thessalonians 2:3-4   “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.”
• Revelation 13:4-8   “And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”

Though all of this will happen, the Holy Scriptures provide some wonderful news for the children of Israel and the entire world. God’s everlasting covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob will far exceed and is far greater than Israel’s future seven-year covenant with death and hell. Through the Messiah, the LORD God of Israel will intercede on behalf of His people. Isaiah 28:16-18 reveals that through the foundation stone, this precious cornerstone, God will negate this seven-year covenant with death and hell.

“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. (17) Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. (18) And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.”

This is all confirmed in Daniel 7:21-22 and 2Thessalonians 2:8-10. These passages describe the Messiah’s victory over Israel’s greatest enemy, the son of perdition:

• Daniel 7:21-22   “I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.”
• 2Thessalonians 2:8-10   “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”

According to Luke 23:34, one of the last statements Jesus made before He died on the cross was “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." In spite of His terrible torment and death, there can be no doubt that Jesus loves His people. In John 15:13 Jesus said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Jesus not only paid the price for the sins of His people but for the Gentiles as well. The New Testament teaches that it was Jesus Christ, this spotless Lamb of God, through which the New Covenant is established so that all of mankind can be reconciled to Almighty God. Upon each and every person’s confession of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, as well as the confession that God resurrected Him from the dead, any one can secure everlasting life.

In Matthew 23:39, Jesus declares: “Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” The Bible teaches in Zechariah 12:9-10 that there will come a day when all nations will come against Jerusalem to battle, and they will look upon Him who was pierced, and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son. In that day, Israel’s veil of understanding will be removed, and there will be repentance in the land. Iniquity will be removed by the ‘stone’ described in Isaiah 28:16, King Messiah. Jesus Christ, the One who was pierced, will come again as King of Kings to destroy everyone who has chosen to come against His people. The following verses provide insurmountable proof that this Stone, this precious cornerstone called the Messiah, will be the primary source of both the removal of sin in the land in one day and the final judgment of all the nations of the earth:

• Zechariah 3:8-9   (The Messiah, the Stone, removes sin) “Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. (9) For behold the ‘stone’ that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.”
• Daniel 2:44-45   (The Messiah, the Stone, executes judgment on the earth) “And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. (45) Forasmuch as thou sawest that the ‘stone’ was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.”

When the Son of man comes with the clouds of heaven according to Daniel 7:13-14, He will execute judgment and justice in the earth. According to Zechariah 3:8-9, the iniquity of that land will be removed in one day. The Scriptures reveal that He will establish His everlasting kingdom in Jerusalem upon the throne of David. He will reign in the midst of His people forever.

God has not forsaken His people! On that day, Israel will be glorified to the uttermost parts of the earth.

***One Important Note: Since Rabbinic Judaism claims that the seventieth week of Daniel was completed when the temple was destroyed in AD 70, they have created for themselves a major dilemma. Daniel 9:27 teaches that “in the midst of” the seven year or one week period, a covenant would be broken. History records that the temple was destroyed in the Jewish month of Av AD 70. Therefore, 3 ½ years prior to Av AD 70, a covenant between the Jews and the Roman Empire should have taken place and should have recorded. There is no record of any such covenant.

The Six Prophecies of Daniel 9:24

According to Daniel 9:24, there are six separate and distinct portions of Daniel’s prophecy that would be fulfilled at the end of the seventy-week period. They are:

1)   To finish the transgression,
2)   To make an end of sins,
3)   To make reconciliation for iniquity,
4)   To bring in everlasting righteousness,
5)   To seal up the vision and prophecy,
6)   To anoint the most Holy [place].

1.   To finish the transgression

This will occur at the end of the seventy-week period, at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Ezekiel 36:24-27 and Joel 3:17 teach that, during the Messiah’s reign, there will be no more transgression and Israel will be holy:

• Ezekiel 36:24-27   “For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. (25) Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. (26) A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (27) And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
• Joel 3:17   “So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.”

2.    To make an end of sins

Further confirmation that there will be no more sins and that Israel will be holy during the Messiah’s reign can be found in Zephaniah 3:13 and Isaiah 62:11-12. This portion of Daniel’s prophecy will be fulfilled at the end of the seventieth week, when Jesus returns:

• Zephaniah 3:13   “The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”
• Isaiah 62:11-12   “Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. (12) And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.”

3.    To make reconciliation for iniquity

As we have seen, this was already fulfilled after the sixty-ninth week of Daniel’s prophecy, when Jesus the Messiah poured His blood upon the altar in heaven (Hebrews 9:11-14).

4.    To bring in everlasting righteousness

This will be fulfilled at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, at the end of the seventieth week of Daniel’s prophecy. Isaiah 11:1, 4-5 and Jeremiah 33:14-16 teach that it is the Messiah, the Branch, who will execute judgment and righteousness in the land:

• Isaiah 11:1, 4-5   “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots…(4) But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. (5) And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.”
• Jeremiah 33:14-16   “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. (15) In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. (16) In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.”

5.    To seal up the vision and prophecy

The total comprehension of Daniel’s seventy week prophecy will not be fully understood by the Jews until the seventieth week is completed, and Jesus the Messiah returns. This is clearly established in Daniel 12:8-13, which states:

• “And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? (9) And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. (10) Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (11) And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. (12) Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. (13) But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.”

As we have seen, Isaiah 28:15-18 foretells of Israel’s one-week covenant with death, and with hell. This describes the seventieth week of Daniel (Daniel 9:27). According to Romans 11:25-27, the veil of blindness for the children of Israel will not be removed until the fullness of the Gentiles is complete. After their blindness is removed they will say, “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” Upon Jesus’ return, Daniel’s entire seventy-week prophecy will be fulfilled.

6.    To anoint the most Holy [place]

Upon Jesus’ Second Coming, He will build His temple. In this place, He will sit and reign as King and Priest forever. Zechariah 6:12-13 and Ezekiel 43:4, 7 state:

• Zechariah 6:12-13   “…Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: (13) Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”
• Ezekiel 43:4, 7   “And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east…(7) And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.”

According to the Law of Moses, all of the articles and furnishings inside the Tabernacle were anointed with holy anointing oil. Exodus 30:22-29 explains:

• “Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, (23) Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: (25) And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. (26) And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, (27) And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, (28) And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. (29) And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.”

Similar to the Law of Moses, when the Messiah comes to build His temple, the most holy [place], in Hebrew qodesh, Strong’s 6944, the last portion of Daniel’s prophecy reveals that all of the articles and furnishings within His house will be anointed [with oil].

This will not be fulfilled until the seventieth week of Daniel is complete.

Notes

1. This date is taken from the timeline in The Encyclopaedia Judaica (New York, N.Y.: Macmillan, 1971), Vol. 8 col. 769/770. This date is further referenced in Bruce M. Metzger and Roland E. Murphy’s editors of The New Oxford Annotated Bible, (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1994), p. 1126.
2. Alexander the Great takes Erez Israel in 332 BC in The Encyclopaedia Judaica timeline source listed in note 1. This date is confirmed in a number of sources including N.G.L. Hammond’s The Genius of Alexander the Great, (London: Duckworth, 1997), p. 47.
3. Cyrus the Great’s reign and events that impact Israel can be found in the timeline listed in notes 1 but also a very clear and detailed description can be found in The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times, (Further referenced in the notes simply as The Jewish Encyclopedia) (New York, N.Y.: KTAV Publishing, 1964), Vol. 4, pp 402-405, as well as a number of Jewish and secular history sources.
4. Cambyses/Artaxerxes appears in the timeline in note 1 with his victory over Egypt in 525 BC. Cambyses’ dates of his reign can be found in Herodotus, with an English translation by A.D. Godley, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1920), Histories: Vol. III, pp. 62-66 and Laws, by Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3, translated by R.G. Bury, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard, Univeristy Press), 1968. Vol. 3, 694c-695b.
5. Darius the Great’s dates appear in recorded history in Herodotus (see note 4), Histories: Vol. III, 61-88. Much is written about his reign in Plato’s Laws (see note 4) Vol. 3, 695c.
6. Xerxes/Ahasuerus’ dates are confirmed in The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 12, p. 575. Additionally, information of his reign can be found in The Encyclopaedia Judaica, Vol. 14, Col. 728 and also appears in Herodotus (see note 4), Histories: Vol. VII, 1-4.
7. The dates for the reign of Artaxerxes I, Longimanus may be found in The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 145-146. They are also confirmed in The Encyclopaedia Judaica, Vol. 3, Col. 646-647 as well as a number of Jewish and secular sources.
8. Darius II appears on the timeline in note 1. His reign can also be found in Herodotus (note 4) Histories, Vol. II, p. 1106.
9. Artaxerxes II and his reign can be found in The Encyclopaedia Judaica, Vol. 3, Col. 647 as well as in The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 146. Additionally, he is cited in the timeline in note 1.
10. Artaxerxes III and his dates appear in The Encyclopaedia Judaica, Vol. 3, Col. 647. The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 146-147 also concurs with this date. This king also appears in the timeline in note 1.
11. Darius III as well as his defeat by Alexander the Great can be found in A.B. Bosworth’s Conquest and Empire; The Reign of Alexander the Great, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993) and N. Sekunda’s “The Persians.” In: J. Hackett [ed.], Warfare in the Ancient World, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989).
12. The Annals of Nabonid refer to the inscriptions of Nabonid, the king of Babylon‘s stone inscriptions, The Jewish Encyclopedia, (see note 3), Vol. 2, 402-405, from Die Entstehung des Judenthums, 1896.
13. Cyrus conquered Lydia in 546 BC. This is recorded in Herodotus (see note 4) Histories: Vol. I, p. 6-94.
14. Cyrus takes Asia Minor in Herodotus (note 4) Histories: Vol. I, p. 90-94.
15. Cyrus’ decree is mentioned in many sources, both Jewish and secular. This date appears in the timeline in note 1, in The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp 402-405, and The Encyclopaedia Judaica, Vol. 5, Col. 1184-1186.
16. Cambyses’ victory over Egypt appears in the timeline in note 1. He is made Pharaoh in Egypt in Herodotus (see note 4) Histories: Vol. III, pp 62-66.
17. Herodotus (note 4) Histories: Vol. III, pp. 65-66.
18. Herodotus (note 4) Histories: Vol. I, pp. 142-146.
19. Herodotus (note 4) Histories: Vol. VI, pp. 102-120.
20. The date for the completion of the second temple at 516/515 BC can be found in the timeline in note 1. A Biblical reference for this date can also be found in Ezra 6:15 as completed in Darius’ sixth year.
21. Xerxes defeated at Thermopylae, Herodotus (note 4) Histories: Vol. VII, pp. 1-4.
22. Herodotus (note 4) Histories: Vol. VI, pp 59-100.
23. Herodotus (note 4) Histories: Vol. IX, pp 25-85
24. Artaxerxes I, Longimanus and the end of the Persian Wars can be found in The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 145-146. This is also cited in The Encyclopaedia Judaica, Vol. 3, Col. 646-647 and confirmed in Harry T. Peck’s Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, (New York, NY: Harper and Bros.), 1898.
25. Peck’s Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (note 23) and in The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 145-146.
26. C. Caragounis’ “History and Supra-History: Daniel and the Four Empires.” In: A. S. Van der Woude (ed): The Book of Daniel in the Light of New Findings (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1993), pp. 386f; and J. J. Collins: Daniel: A Commentary (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993), pp 104f. Additionally, E. Badian’s “The Struggle for the Succession to Alexander the Great” in Gnomon, 34, 1962, 381-387 initially shows the four kingdoms to include Cassander’s Macedonia and Greecian empire; Lysimachus’ Thrace and West Anatolia; Ptolemy’s Israel, Cyprus and Egyptian kingdom; and Seleucus‘ territories of Babylon and South Anatolia, possessions that claimed lands deep into India.
27. The arithmetic regarding the fulfillment of the first advent of Messiah Jesus Christ is fully documented in Lord Robert Anderson’s The Coming Prince, 1895.
28. The destruction of the temple in AD 70 can be found in the timeline in note 1. Also the Jewish historian, Flavius Josephus in W. Whiston’s translation of The Complete Works of Josephus, “Wars of the Jews” (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1960) p. 580-581 writes a detailed account of the event.

Copyright © October 2003. All rights reserved.

Any sale of the teachings on this website, all or in part, without the express
written consent of the King Messiah Project, is prohibited.