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Daniels 70th Week
Daniels 70th Week
• Daniel 9:24. SEVENTY WEEKS (or seventy
"sevens") ARE DETERMINED (or decreed) UPON
THY PEOPLE AND UPON THY HOLY CITY, TO
FINISH THE TRANSGRESSION, AND TO MAKE
(or put) AN END OF SINS, AND TO MAKE
RECONCILIATION (or atonement) FOR INIQUITY
(or atone for wickedness), AND TO BRING IN
EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND TO
SEAL UP THE VISION AND PROPHECY, AND
TO ANOINT THE MOST HOLY (or most holy
place).
Daniels 70th Week
• SEVENTY WEEKS (or seventy "sevens") (each
day for a year-ref Num 14:34).
• Each day of the week represents one year.
• Thus, the seventy weeks of years equal a total of
490 years (7 days x 70 weeks = 490 days). Four
hundred and ninety years ARE DETERMINED (or
decreed).
• God has decided that this period of time would
take place. UPON "THY PEOPLE," (which is
Israel) AND UPON "THY HOLY CITY" which is
Jerusalem.
Daniels 70th Week
• These verses deal primarily with Israel.
• (1) "TO FINISH" THE TRANSGRESSION (or to
finish disobedience),
• (2) AND "TO MAKE" AN END OF SINS (or put
an end to sin),
• (3) AND "TO MAKE" RECONCILIATION (or
atonement)
FOR INIQUITY (or to atone for
wickedness). (Jesus reconciled us to
God. Jesus was our reconciliation for sin to God
the Father through the atonement of His blood
shed on the cross.)
Daniels 70th Week
• Note the terms, "to finish, to make, to make."
• The first three applied to the first coming of
Jesus.
• However, it is generally agreed, they also have a
special application pertaining to Israel at the
return of Jesus and during the Millennium.
• In number one, Jesus pours upon the house of
David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
THE SPIRIT OF GRACE AND OF
SUPPLICATIONS - Zech 12:10.
Daniels 70th Week
• IN THAT DAY THERE SHALL BE A
FOUNTAIN OPENED TO THE HOUSE OF
DAVID AND TO THE INHABITANTS OF
JERUSALEM FOR SIN AND FOR
UNCLEANNESS-Zech 13:1.
• In number two, the national sins of Israel
will come to an end; as it is written, I WILL
FORGIVE THEIR INIQUITY, AND I WILL
REMEMBER THEIR SIN NO MORE-Jere
31:34.
Daniels 70th Week
• In number three, Jesus reconciled us to
God through the atonement of His blood on
the cross.
• Jesus was cut off from the land of the living,
but rose from the dead and now sits on the
right hand of God the Father.
• He provides salvation for Jew and Gentile
alike through faith.
Daniels 70th Week
• Note the last three, "to bring in, to seal up,
and to anoint."
• These cover the return of Jesus.
• Jesus was cut off from the land of the living,
but rose from the dead and now sits on the
right hand of God the Father.
Daniels 70th Week
• Note the beginning words of the next three
phrases: "to bring in," "to seal up," and "to
anoint." These refer to the second coming
of Jesus:
• (4) AND "TO BRING IN" EVERLASTING
RIGHTEOUSNESS, or to bring in Jesus
Christ the Messiah; to bring in everlasting
righteousness regarding Israel and
Jerusalem.
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• (5) AND "TO SEAL UP" THE VISION AND
PROPHECY, or to complete and finish this
vision and prophecy.
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• (6) AND "TO ANOINT" THE MOST HOLY (to
anoint Jesus Christ)-Dan 9:24. Some maintain
that this is Jesus, being anointed by God the
Father.
• Jesus will return to the earth; as it is written,,
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF
THOSE DAYS… SHALL APPEAR THE SIGN OF
THE SON OF MAN IN HEAVEN…AND THEY
SHALL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN THE
CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND
GREAT GLORY-Mt 24:29,30.
Daniels 70th Week
• He shall receive the kingdom from His Father-ref
Dan 7:13,14. Jesus will reign as the King of kings
and the Lord of lords.
• Others hold that "to anoint the most holy" is
referring to the millennial temple being anointed,
as the term "most holy" is often used in
conjunction with the temple.
• These six reasons sum up the purpose of the 490
years being determined upon Israel and upon
Jerusalem.
Daniels 70th Week
• DAN 9:25. KNOW THEREFORE AND
UNDERSTAND, THAT FROM THE GOING
FORTH OF THE COMMAND-MENT (or issuing of
the decree) TO RESTORE AND TO BUILD
JERUSALEM UNTO THE MESSIAH THE
PRINCE (or the Anointed One, the ruler, comesNIV) SHALL BE SEVEN WEEKS (or seven
‘sevens’), AND THREESCORE AND TWO
WEEKS (or sixty-two ‘sevens’): THE STREET
SHALL BE BUILT AGAIN, AND THE WALL, EVEN
IN TROUBLOUS TIMES (or in times of trouble).
Daniels 70th Week
• Next, an explanation of the times and major
events that would take place.
KNOW
THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND.
• This is a command—"know and
understand"
THAT FROM THE GOING
FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT (or the
issuing of the decree-NIV, or command; the next
part tells us which decree or commandment), TO
RESTORE AND TO BUILD JERUSALEM- Neh
chapter 2:1-8.
Daniels 70th Week
• Daniel is told that a decree to restore and to
build Jerusalem—which had been broken
down by Nebuchadnezzar and his army—
was going to come forth.
• There is some debate over which decree it
was and its exact date.
• The decree, generally accepted, is that of
Artaxerxes, issued approximately 445 B.C.
Jerusalem was to be restored.
Daniels 70th Week
• UNTO THE MESSIAH THE PRINCE or until the
Anointed One, or the ruler, comes-NIV, which is
Jesus SHALL BE SEVEN WEEKS or seven
‘sevens’ which is 49 years, AND THREESCORE
AND TWO WEEKS or sixty-two ‘sevens’ (or 62 x
7 years which is 434 years:
• THE STREET SHALL BE BUILT AGAIN, (which
is in Jerusalem) AND THE WALL which is of
Jerusalem shall also be built again-ref Neh
2:17,18; 6:15-19
Daniels 70th Week
• EVEN IN TROUBLOUS TIMES (or in times
of trouble)-Dan 9:25.
• This gives a total of 483 years, leaving one
week (or one period of 7 years) left.
• Jerusalem was to be rebuilt; however, it
would not be easy.
• There would be times of trouble during this
rebuilding.
Daniels 70th Week
• The seventy weeks are divided into three
parts.
• (1) Seven weeks or 49 years. This may have
covered the rebuilding in troublous times. All are
fulfilled.
• (2) Sixty-two weeks or 434 years. This covered
from the end of the 49 years to, perhaps, the
triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem before His
crucifixion. All are fulfilled.
• (3) One week or 7 years remain. This is the
Tribulation, which is still to come as of the writing
of this book.
Daniels 70th Week
• Thus, 49 years + 434 years gives us a total of 483
years. This leaves one week or one period of 7
years to fulfill the total of 490 years.
• The 483 years fulfilled the rebuilding of
Jerusalem, just as Daniel had seen, as well as the
coming of the Messiah, Jesus.
• At exactly what point in time the 483 years were
completed is uncertain.
• Allowing for errors in the calendar, the transition
from B.C. to A.D., and other items, many believe it
was when Jesus entered Jerusalem in triumph
four days prior to being crucified.
Daniels 70th Week
• 9:26. AND AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO
WEEKS (or sixty-two ‘sevens’) SHALL MESSIAH
(or the Anointed One will) BE CUT OFF, BUT NOT
FOR HIMSELF (or will have nothing): AND THE
PEOPLE OF THE PRINCE (or ruler) THAT SHALL
COME SHALL DESTROY THE CITY AND THE
SANCTUARY; AND THE END THEREOF SHALL
BE WITH (or will come like) A FLOOD, AND
UNTO THE END OF THE WAR DESOLATIONS
ARE DETERMINED (or have been decreed).
Daniels 70th Week
• AND AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO
WEEKS or sixty-two ‘sevens’ which is 434
years (note the 434 years, plus the 49
years, equals a total of 483 years
total),
SHALL MESSIAH (which is Jesus
Christ) (or the Anointed One will) BE CUT
OFF (or killed) (or CUT OFF FROM THE
LAND OF THE LIVING-ref Isa 53:8) (Jesus
Christ was crucified),
Daniels 70th Week
• BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF. He did not die for
Himself.
• Jesus never sinned.
• He died for those who should trust on Him as their
Lord and Savior.
• We note that it said AFTER 434 years this would
happen.
• The verse continues, AND THE PEOPLE, which
are the people of the Roman Empire, the fourth
beast, the people — OF THE PRINCE (or ruler)
THAT SHALL COME.
Daniels 70th Week
• The prince that shall come is referring to the
Antichrist that would come in the future.
• The verse continues, SHALL DESTROY THE
CITY which is Jerusalem AND THE
SANCTUARY or temple; AND THE END
THEREOF SHALL BE WITH (or will come like) A
FLOOD, which can indicate with great force or
mightily, AND UNTO THE END OF THE WAR
wherein the Roman Empire comes against
Jerusalem, unto the end of this war,
DESOLATIONS ARE DETERMINED (or war will
continue until the end, and desolations have been
decreed-NIV)-Dan 9:25,26.
Daniels 70th Week
• Jesus also prophesied about the temple's
destruction, in Mt 24:2-AND JESUS SAID
UNTO THEM, SEE YE NOT ALL THESE
THINGS (the temple)? VERILY I SAY UNTO
YOU, THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT HERE
ONE STONE UPON ANOTHER, THAT
SHALL NOT BE THROWN DOWN.
Daniels 70th Week
• The commandment went forth to restore and
rebuild Jerusalem, just as predicted. The city,
street, and wall were rebuilt in troublous times.
Jesus Christ, the Messiah, did come. After the
sixty-ninth week, He was crucified, cut off out of
the land of the living, but rose from the dead and
ascended up to be with the Father. Then the
fulfillment of the feast at Pentecost, signified the
beginning of the church age. Within a generation,
the temple was destroyed and the city. All
happened exactly as prophesied.
Daniels 70th Week
• As the summer of 68 A.D. came (dates are
as best as can be determined), Jerusalem
was near defeat by the Roman legions.
Vespasian was made emperor in 69 A.D.
He allowed his son, Titus, to make the final
attack, which came in 70 A.D. The temple
(often referred to as Herod's temple) was
destroyed. Not one stone was left upon
another, as Jesus had said. Multitudes were
slaughtered.
Daniels 70th Week
• By the year 73 A.D., all traces of a selfruling Jewish nation had completely
disappeared. Israel was scattered among
all nations.
Jesus said, DAUGHTERS
OF JERUSALEM, WEEP NOT FOR ME,
BUT WEEP FOR YOURSELVES, AND
FOR YOUR CHILDREN. FOR IF THEY DO
THESE THINGS IN A GREEN TREE,
WHAT SHALL BE DONE IN THE DRY?-Lk
23:28,31.
Daniels 70th Week
• Then from the time of Pentecost to the soon
coming Rapture, there are seven churches.
• They are listed in the Revelation.
• Then the Jews began to return to the land
of Israel.
• Israel became a nation on May 14, 1948.
• Soon, the Rapture will occur, ending the
church age.
• The Antichrist will come forth.
Daniels 70th Week
• Sixty-nine of the seventy weeks (or 483
years) have been fulfilled.
• One week (or 7 years) remains, which is the
Tribulation.
• There is a gap (or time lapse) between the
events of verse 26 and the events of verse
27.
• The seventieth week is yet to come. It is the
period called the Tribulation.
Daniels 70th Week
• THE SEVENTIETH WEEK
•
9:27. AND HE SHALL CONFIRM THE
COVENANT WITH MANY FOR ONE WEEK (or
one ‘seven’): AND IN THE MIDST (or middle) OF
THE WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE
AND THE OBLATION (or offering) TO CEASE (or
end), AND FOR THE OVERSPREADING OF
ABOMINATIONS HE SHALL MAKE IT
DESOLATE (or on a wing of the temple, he will
set up an abomination that causes desolationNIV),
Daniels 70th Week
• EVEN UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION (or
complete destruction), AND THAT DETERMINED
(or that is decreed) SHALL BE POURED UPON
THE DESOLATE (or on him).
Daniels 70th Week
• AND HE (which is the Antichrist, which shall
come from the people that destroyed
Jerusalem and the temple, in approximately
70 A.D.—the Roman Empire), SHALL
CONFIRM (or sign or agree to) THE
COVENANT (or treaty, agreement, or
peace accord) WITH MANY (which is Israel
and others) FOR ONE WEEK (or one
‘seven,’ or for seven years).
Daniels 70th Week
• (Note, the confirming or signing of this covenant is
the beginning of what is called the Tribulation.)
• God warns Israel regarding this treaty and trusting
the Antichrist. BECAUSE YE HAVE SAID (Israel
has said), WE HAVE MADE (or entered into) A
COVENANT (or treaty) WITH DEATH (with the
Antichrist), AND WITH HELL (or with the grave)
ARE WE AT (or have made an) AGREEMENT. In
making a covenant with the Antichrist, Israel, in
effect, was in agreement with hell.
Daniels 70th Week
• WHEN THE OVERFLOWING (or overwhelming)
SCOURGE SHALL PASS THROUGH (or sweeps
by), IT SHALL NOT COME UNTO US (or it cannot
touch us): FOR WE (Israel) HAVE MADE LIES (or
a lie) OUR REFUGE, AND UNDER FALSEHOOD
HAVE WE HID OURSELVES-Isa 28:15. Israel
should have trusted God for their protection.
Instead, they chose to make falsehood their
hiding place, protection, and hope.
Daniels 70th Week
• They have trusted in lies—in the
Antichrist—for their security, their refuge,
and their hope for peace. Israel believes
that, because of the covenant with the
Antichrist, when the overwhelming scourge
shall pass through, they will be protected.
They are blind to the truth of what they have
done.
Daniels 70th Week
• As it is written, FOR WHEN THEY SHALL
SAY, PEACE AND SAFETY; THEN
SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMETH UPON
THEM, AS TRAVAIL UPON A WOMAN
WITH CHILD (or as labor pains on a
pregnant woman-NIV); AND THEY SHALL
NOT ESCAPE-1 Thes 5:3.
Daniels 70th Week
• The invasion of Israel shall take
place.
Jesus foretold that this would
happen; as it is written, I AM COME IN MY
FATHER’S NAME, AND YE RECEIVE ME
NOT: IF ANOTHER SHALL COME IN HIS
OWN NAME (which is the Antichrist), HIM
YE WILL RECEIVE-Jn 5:43. Israel turns to
the Antichrist for protection.
Daniels 70th Week
• Later in the Tribulation, many in Israel shall
receive the Antichrist as their Messiah.
• God tells Israel, regarding the covenant with the
Antichrist, AND YOUR COVENANT WITH DEATH
SHALL BE DISANNULLED, AND YOUR
AGREEMENT WITH HELL SHALL NOT STAND;
WHEN THE OVERFLOWING (or overwhelming)
SCOURGE SHALL PASS THROUGH (or sweeps
by), THEN YE SHALL BE TRODDEN (or beaten)
DOWN BY IT.
Daniels 70th Week
• The very agreement that Israel thought
would be their protection is now going to be
their downfall. FROM THE TIME THAT IT
GOETH FORTH IT SHALL TAKE YOU (or
carry you away): FOR MORNING BY
MORNING SHALL IT PASS OVER (or
sweep through), BY DAY AND BY NIGHT:
AND IT SHALL BE A VEXATION (or sheer
terror) ONLY TO UNDERSTAND THE
REPORT (or message)-Isa 28:18,19.
Daniels 70th Week
• It will bring sheer terror to those that can
understand what has happened and the
report or message.
• FOR THE BED IS SHORTER THAN THAT
A MAN CAN STRETCH HIMSELF ON IT:
AND THE COVERING NARROWER THAN
THAT HE CAN WRAP HIMSELF IN IT-Isa
28:20.
Daniels 70th Week
• The bed and covenant represent the Antichrist.
• The bed is too short.
• One cannot wrap himself in it for warmth and
protection.
• Likewise, the covering that the Antichrist offers is
not sufficient.
• It will not accomplish the purpose that Israel
thought it would.
• It will not save them.
Daniels 70th Week
• It cannot protect them.
• The only true protection that a person can
really have is Jesus.
• All other beds are too short, and all other
coverings are too narrow.
• All other coverings will pass away.
Daniels 70th Week
• Dan 9:27 continues— AND IN THE MIDST OF
THE WEEK (or middle of the ‘seven’) (or in the
midst of the 7 year Tribulation) (or three and onehalf years or 42 months from the end of the
Tribulation), (note, this is showing that there are
two parts to the Tribulation, separated by this
event). The last 42 months of the Tribulation is
also called the "Great Tribulation." HE (the
Antichrist) SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE
AND THE OBLATION (or offering) TO CEASE (or
end), which are taking place at the temple (or will
put an end to sacrifice and offering-NIV).
Daniels 70th Week
• This shows that the sacrifice and oblation will
restart in Jerusalem as in olden times during the
first part of the Tribulation.
• By this and other Scriptures, we also note that a
temple will have to be rebuilt in Jerusalem for the
sacrifice and oblation during the first part of the
Tribulation.
• At some time, probably during the first half of the
Tribulation, the Antichrist will be killed but then
return to life.
Daniels 70th Week
• The Antichrist, the son of Satan, will move into
THE TEMPLE OF GOD, SHEWING HIMSELF
THAT HE IS GOD-2 Thes 2:4.
• The Antichrist shall stop the sacrifices and
oblations.
• The Scripture continues—AND FOR THE
OVERSPREADING OF ABOMINATIONS (or
because of the abominations being spread or
placed in the temple) HE (which is the
Antichrist) SHALL MAKE IT (which is the
temple) DESOLATE.
Daniels 70th Week
• This is referred to as the "abomination of
desolation," in Mt 24:15. The temple is
defiled. Some kind of abomination is set up
on a wing of the temple. Perhaps, the
image that was made to the beast will be
placed there, as it is written THAT THEY
SHOULD MAKE AN IMAGE TO THE
BEAST-Rev 13:14. People will be required
to worship it or be put to death-ref Rev
13:14,15.
Daniels 70th Week
• As it is written, THE DAILY SACRIFICE
SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY, AND THE
ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH
DESOLATE SET UP-Dan 12:11. The verse
continues—
EVEN UNTIL THE
CONSUMMATION (or end) (or complete
destruction) The Antichrist shall reign for 3
ｽ years (or 42 months, or 1260 days) until
the end, the time that has been determined
for him to reign.
Daniels 70th Week
• Immediately after the Tribulation, Jesus
shall return at the time of Armageddon.
When Jesus returns, AND THAT
DETERMINED (or that is decreed) SHALL
BE POURED UPON THE DESOLATE (or
on him, the Antichrist) (or until the end that
is decreed is poured out on him-NIV, the
Antichrist) (or until the Antichrist is
consumed). The temple that was made
desolate is included in "that determined."
Daniels 70th Week
• The end or last things that God has decreed
in His Word which are determined against
the Antichrist shall come to pass, or be
poured out upon him.
• Dan 8:25-(The Antichrist) SHALL ALSO
STAND UP AGAINST THE PRINCE OF
PRINCES, which is Jesus; BUT HE SHALL
BE BROKEN WITHOUT HAND (or not by
human power).
Daniels 70th Week
• The STONE WAS CUT OUT OF THE
MOUNTAIN WITHOUT HANDS...IT BRAKE
IN PIECES THE IRON...THE CLAY-Dan
2:45. He shall be broken by spiritual power
not human power, when Jesus returns. For
THAT WICKED...THE LORD SHALL
CONSUME WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS
MOUTH-2 Thes 2:8.
Daniels 70th Week
• What is the end that shall be poured upon
the Antichrist? The Antichrist (which is also
called the beast) and false prophet shall be
cast alive into the lake of fire-ref Rev
19:20.
• 7:26. BUT THE JUDGMENT (or court)
SHALL SIT. What God has decreed will take
place. Jesus shall return; the judgment of
the nations shall be held.
Daniels 70th Week
• AND THEY SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS
DOMINION (or power), referring to the
power and authority of the Antichrist, TO
CONSUME AND TO (completely)
DESTROY IT UNTO THE END (or forever).
Daniels 70th Week
• The Tribulation period is generally
understood to be 7 years or 2520 days
long. This is divided into two parts; each
part is normally understood to be 42 months
or 1260 days, however, the Lord has
shortened those days.
Daniels 70th Week
• THE PROPHECIES OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS
OF DANIEL
• WHAT IS THE ACTUAL TIME-FRAME:
• Seventy weeks or 490 years are determined
• THE PROPHECY IS ABOUT WHO OR WHAT?
• Upon thy people, Israel
• And upon thy holy city (Jerusalem)
Daniels 70th Week
• NOTICE THAT THE weeks concern thy
people (Daniel's people)
• and thy holy city (Daniel's native city,
Jerusalem).
• They don't concern the church at all.
• It came into existence after the 69th week,
and will be raptured before the 70th.
The Rapture
• What is the "Rapture"?
• Before the awful events of DANIEL’S 70TH
WEEK reveled in the Book of Revelation
unfold (Chapter 6-19), the Lord is going to
remove from the earth all those who have
died and had accepted Christ as their
personal savior AND all those currently
alive who have accepted Christ as their
personal savior.
The Rapture
• The "come up hither" in Revelation the 4th
chapter shows that the disappearance of all
these people will be because they have
been taken "up" prior to the judgments and
wrath of the 6th-19th chapters.
• The disappearance of these believers is
the NEXT EVENT on the prophetic
calendar.
The Rapture
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven with a shout ,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall
rise first :
• 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are
alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds, to meet
the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be
with the Lord.
The Rapture
• The Fullness of the Gentiles
• The Lord is Not Willing that Any Should
Perish
• 2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant
of this one thing, that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day.
The Rapture
• To the LORD time is irrelevant. He is still
on the throne and He is working out His
purposes. Why has He NOT already come
for His Church? Here is the answer:
• 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack
concerning his promise, as some men
count slackness; but is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance .
The Rapture
• The LORD has been gracious to us.
• He is giving the unbelievers a chance to
repent 9change their thinking) before the
tribulation begins.
• The 70th Week cannot begin until the last
Gentile Believer comes to trust in the Lord
Jesus Christ.
• This answers the question, WHEN WILL HE
RETURN?
The Rapture
• I t relates to the "Day of the Lord", The
Second Coming":
• The "Day of the Lord" WILL come and it
begins with the tribulation and it will end
AFTER the 1000 year reign of Christ when
a New Earth and New Heaven are brought
forth when the current earth is renovated by
fire.
The Rapture
• 2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat, the earth also and the works that
are therein shall be burned up.
• 2 Peter 3:11 Seeing then that all these
things shall be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought ye to be in all holy
conversation and godliness,
The Rapture
• Watch:
• 2 Peter 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto
the coming of the day of God, wherein the
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved,
and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat?
• What are we looking forward to?
• The "Day of the Lord".
The Rapture
• But notice, we are not only "looking for", but
while "looking for" the "coming of the day of
God ", we are also "hasting" (hastening) the
"coming of the day of God."
• Since the tribulation is a fixed length (7
years of 360 days each) and since the 1000
year millenium is fixed in length, then, what
could this mean? It can only be a reference
to the time of the rapture .
The Rapture
• Look at it again:
• 2 Peter 3:12 Looking for and hastening
unto the coming of the day of God, wherein
the heavens being on fire shall be
dissolved, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat?
• We hasten it by bringing the Gentile
Believers into the Family - until the last
member is in - then comes the Rapture.
The Rapture
• 2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according
to his promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness .
• 2 Peter 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing
that ye look for such things, be diligent that
ye may be found of him in peace, without
spot, and blameless.
The Rapture
• We are to consider (ACCOUNT) that the
longsuffering of our Lord is for salvation.
• He is longsuffering in that He did not come
in the rapture today.He is not willing that
"Any should Perish", but that all come to
Repentance - a change in their thinking - a
change from self-reliance, or works, or a
cult, or a false religion, or some other
means of salvation, to Faith Alone in Christ
Alone!
The Rapture
• Are YOU one of those who is holding up
the coming of the Lord? If YOU are NOT
WILLING to REPENT, you are not HIS.
• 2 Peter 3:15 And account that the
longsuffering of our Lord is salvation;
even as our beloved brother Paul also
according to the wisdom given unto him
hath written unto you;
The Rapture
• An example:
• 1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were
disobedient, when once the longsuffering
of God waited in the days of Noah, while
the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that
is, eight souls were saved by water.
• God warned Noah 120 years in advance
The Rapture
• Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit
shall not always strive with man, for that he
also is flesh: yet his days shall be an
hundred and twenty years.
• Before God sent the flood, He took Enoch,
just like He will take the Church in the
rapture.
• Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God:
and he was not; for God took him.
The Rapture
• Enoch was here one instant and gone the
next. He disappeared before the flood, just
like the church will disappear before the
tribulation. The Jew will go through the
tribulation, under the protection of the
Almighty, just like Noah and his family.
The Rapture
• God made the provision for Noah:
• Genesis 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher
wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark,
and shalt pitch it within and without with
pitch .
• This same word "pitch" is translated
"atonement" in Leviticus 17:11 and
elsewhere.
The Rapture
• The ark is a type of refuge (in Christ) for the
believer. It is the "atonement" of Christ that
sealed the ark and made it water tight.
• Genesis 6:8 But Noah found grace in the
eyes of the LORD .
• Noah is the Type of the Believing Jew (and
other) during the Tribulation.
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• Genesis 7:16 And they that went in, went
in male and female of all flesh, as God had
commanded him: and the LORD shut him
in.
• Note that "The Lord shut him in!
• The Lord provides the protection for His
people.
The Rapture
• God always warns his people.
• Methuselah lived 969 years, the oldest man
recorded in the Bible.
• He died the year of the flood. His name in
translation is -"when it is come, he shall
die."
• God always warns His people.
The Rapture
• Another judgment is coming from the Lord,
but, it is amazing to watch how the spirit of
the Lord is restraining the rise of antichrist.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech
you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together
unto him,
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• 2 Thessalonians 2:2 That ye be not soon
shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by
spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us,
as that the day of Christ is at hand.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3 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;
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• 2 Thessalonians 2:4 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, showing
himself that he is God.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:5 Remember ye not,
that, when I was yet with you, I told you
these things?
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• 2 Thessalonians 2:6 And now ye know
what withholdeth that he might
be revealed in his time.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of
iniquity doth already work: only he who
now letteth will let, until he be taken out
of the way.
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• 2 Thessalonians 2:8 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:
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose
coming is after the working of Satan with all
power and signs and lying wonders,
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• 2 Thessalonians 2:10 And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them
that perish; because they received not the
love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause
God shall send them strong delusion, that
they should believe a lie:
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• 2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there
shall come in the last days scoffers,
walking after their own lusts,
• 2 Peter 3:4 And saying, Where is the
promise of his coming? for since the
fathers fell asleep, all things continue as
they were from the beginning of the
creation.
The Rapture
• Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren,
that ye should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to
Israel , until the fulness of the Gentiles be
come in .
The Rapture
• Are YOU one of those YET to finish the
"FULNESS of the Gentiles?"
• God will not start dealing with Israel until He
is finished with the Gentile believers.
• Are YOU one of them?
The Rapture
• Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord shall be saved.
• Gal 2:16 Knowing that a man is not
justified by the works of the law, but by the
faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed
in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by
the faith of Christ, and not by the works of
the law: for by the works of the law shall no
flesh be justified.
The Rapture
• John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I AM THE
WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE: NO
MAN COMETH unto the Father, BUT by
ME.
Daniels 70th Week
• PROPHECIES ARE REGARDING WHAT
PURPOSE?
• Note the words: "to finish" and "to make" in the
following three phrases, which are referring to
Jesus' first coming and what was accomplished at
the cross.
• "To finish" the transgression (or finish
disobedience)
• "To make" an end of sins (or put an end to sin)
• "To make" reconciliation for iniquity (or atone for
wickedness)
Daniels 70th Week
• Note the words: "to bring in," "to seal up,"
and "to anoint," in the next three phrases,
referring to Jesus' return or second coming.
• "To bring" in everlasting righteousness (the
Messiah)
• "To seal up" the vision and prophecy
• "To anoint" the Most Holy (Jesus, King of
kings)
Daniels 70th Week
• REASONS FOR THE DECREE AND
PROPHECIES:
• To restore Jerusalem
• To rebuild Jerusalem
• The street shall be built again
• The wall shall be built again
• There shall be troublous times
Daniels 70th Week
• PURPOSE OF THESE THINGS
• Unto Messiah the Prince (Jesus)
• PROPHECIES REGARDING THE MESSIAH
• Messiah shall be cut off (or die)
• WHY WOULD MESSIAH DIE?
• Not for Himself
Daniels 70th Week
• PROPHECIES TO OCCUR AFTER THE
MESSIAH IS CUT OFF
• People shall come
• The people shall destroy Jerusalem
• The sanctuary or temple shall be destroyed
• It will be like a flood
• There will be a war
Daniels 70th Week
• Desolations are decreed to the end of the war;
there is a gap (or time lapse) between verse 26
(Destruction of Jerusalem) and 27 :
• PROPHECIES OF THE 70TH WEEK, THE LAST
7 YEARS
• He (the Antichrist) shall be from the people that
destroyed Jerusalem and the temple
• The Antichrist shall confirm a covenant or treaty
(this event begins the Tribulation)
Daniels 70th Week
• This Covenant shall be with Israel and
others (many)
• It shall be for one week (or 7 years)
• In the midst of the week (this shows that the
seven years are divided into two parts)
• The Antichrist shall cause the sacrifice to
cease
Daniels 70th Week
• The Antichrist shall cause the oblation to cease
• Therefore, a temple is to be built prior to the midst
of the seven years
• There shall be an overspreading of abominations
• This shall occur in the temple
• By this, the Antichrist shall make it desolate
Daniels 70th Week
• The Antichrist shall be consumed
• The things determined shall be poured
upon the desolate (the Antichrist) and he
will be destroyed.
• Next week we will pick up with the Red
Horse from Revelation Chapter 4.