Unlocking Daniel’s 70 Weeks Mystery

Real life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. So I want to approach this as I think we should as big skeptics. This I know for sure. We got a prophecy here in front of us that's given to the prophet Daniel and it is a hundred percent true that Israel in their offence to God did not give him the Sabbaths of worship that they owed him and so God says I put those together and you owe me 490 years. This is how I want payment. Payment is, I want you to pay attention. That's how you're going to pay. You're going to pay attention and I'm going to give you great detail. You can't miss it. You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. Today if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us that's like saying amen or yes then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is jackhibbs. Hey everybody we are going to be looking at one of the single most greatest prophecies given in the Bible that is so often overlooked. In fact I don't know why except but either satanic attack or just sheer human laziness. Maybe it's a combo. As to why in the world do we not hold dear more often and make louder prophecies like Genesis 315 where the Messiah is promised to come through that of a virgin woman Genesis 315. Why do we not publish more frequently more often louder prophecies like Proverbs 30 verse 4 where there the Bible announces that the creator God who is singularly God himself that he would have a son and that we are to know the name of his son Proverbs 30 verse 4. Old Testament. These are prophecies why do we not know them why are they not for example one of the greatest lessons you learn in going to seminary or going to Bible college or whatever or church for that matter for church. There are just overwhelming prophecies like Psalm chapter 2 that again tells you that God has a son and you better kiss him. The word Greek would be proskineo worship him because if you don't acknowledge him that you you can garnish the wrath of Almighty God when his the anger of his son is kindled oh but a little. Psalm 2 why do we not have these as just as well known as John 316. For the life of me I don't understand I got to tell you I am so grateful that I grew up at a church that taught the entire Bible chapter by chapter verse by verse book by book and knew that Bible prophecy was the foundational comfort to all those who would study the word of God because if God does not keep his prophetic promises then he's not God okay if God doesn't keep his word he's not a God to be worshiped. If the God of this book the Bible fails in any part then I have no God and I have no salvation I have no savior if God were to say that I told you about these things in advance prophecy so that when you happen you might believe that I am he John 1429 as well as many other scriptures if he doesn't come true on that end then he's worthless I want nothing to do with him he's he can't save me he can't save you and so here's my sarcastic conclusion on this before we dive in if you don't understand that if you do that then that explains why your walk might be so pathetically weak and you are so prone to fear and intimidation when you realize that the God that you claim to believe in really a worth a bucket of beans because he can't keep his promises if the God of the Bible who claims to be prophetic is not then you you don't have anything I don't know what you're doing but I tell you what my friend he is the prophetic God that's why we know that he's not the God of Hinduism he's not the God of Buddhism he's not the God of the cults he's not the God of man-made Judaism that is Judaism when it focuses on the traditions of man rather than the teachings of God and the word of God he's not the God of Islam that's for sure he is not that God the God of the Bible is the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob and even his promises to those three patriarchs is all based upon prophecy so today we're going to be looking and granted I confess upfront listen to me I confess upfront and out loud our time is limited I'm going to scratch the surface but I hope it provokes you to deeper study we are going to be looking at what I love what John Walverid the great great eschatology theologian from Dallas theological seminary who's now in glory with Jesus I had an opportunity to not only host him here at our church several times but to have dinner with him to be in his home with he and his wife Geraldine I knew him and he's just remarkable Dr. John Walverid Dr. John Walverid says of Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 to 27 he called it the holy of holies of old Bible prophecy he said it is the most holy the most important Bible prophecy of them all because it cannot be refuted in fact it's my understanding from studying Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 to 27 that has led me to believe and to say publicly that I no longer tolerate or allow someone to say that you cannot prove the existence of God I don't I don't I think that's a false statement I think that's wrong you can prove the existence of God Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 to 27 proves that so hang on hang on it's not going to sound like it at first but I'm going to ask you to listen carefully as we unpack the holy of holies of Bible prophecy Daniel chapter 9 verse 24 70 weeks are determined for your people the the angelic manifestation the angelic appearance is speaking to Daniel 70 weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city to finish the transgression to make an end of sins to make reconciliation for equity to bring an everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Messiah the prince there shall be seven weeks and or plus sign 62 weeks the street shall be built again and the wall even in troublesome times and after the 62 weeks this is key after the 62 weeks the segment of the 62 weeks the Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary the end of it shall be with the flood until the end of the war desolations are determined then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week and in the midst of the week in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering and on the wing of abomination shall be one who makes desolate even until the consummation which is determined is poured out on the desolate you might say Jack what in the world is going on this is what's going on God says to the prophet Daniel due to Israel's disobedience in honoring the Sabbath for which I commanded them they owe me they owe me 490 years because they did not honor me I will extract this out of them they owe me 490 very specific years friends just just listen mark that down Israel it says Israel Daniel's holy people and Daniel's holy city that's Jerusalem that's Israel 490 say wait weeks you said weeks yes don't let that bother you in the english it is the word weeks but we know this it's hepsad meaning we know years it's a cluster of and there's several clusters and let me point out to you what we mean by that number one is this that when he says 490 in verse 10 chapter 9 verse 24 right down on a piece of paper 490 and just trust me on this for a moment trust me but don't trust me I always hate saying trust me because you shouldn't trust anybody but God right but go find out if this is true or not the 490 or what is known here as 70 weeks 70 times 7 is 490 just write that down God says you guys have disobeyed me you owe me 490 years and here's how I'm going to get it out of you 70 weeks are determined for your people so Daniel was a Jew Daniel was from Israel who is his people the Jew and for your holy city what's Daniel's holy city Jerusalem to finish the transgression he gives the list of of things again mark it down don't believe me he gives a list of things that all have to do with the anointed one the Messiah the acts of God no man God no man can do this no man no rabbi no no priest no pope no evangelist no human can finish the transgressions can make an end of sins are you tracking with me to make reconciliation for niquity to bring in everlasting righteousness nobody can do this but the anointed one to seal up vision and prophecy wow side note revelation 19 verse 10 says Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophecy that awesome and to anoint the most holy that's to bless the Father to bless God verse 25 Daniel chapter 9 no therefore can you allow me to do this I'm going to make it conversational no therefore understand Daniel I'm adding that that from the going forth of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah the prince there shall be seven weeks seven times seven and another calculation 62 times seven pause right there no therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment what in the world is that Daniel knows what this is back in the days of Nehemiah in the Bible Nehemiah King art exercies saw Nehemiah's face and in art exercies says then Nehemiah why are you so sad and he said how can I I'm sorry because you know you can't as a cup bear you cannot be sad in the presence of the king it was actually punishable by death Nehemiah didn't even care I guess he's just so he's so dejected and Nehemiah in the book of Nehemiah he says how can I be glad I'm an exile but that's not the big problem the big problem that worries my heart is that my my country my city my temple is destroyed back in Jerusalem it's trashed and you read the book of Nehemiah and art exercies is moved with compassion and says I'm gonna I'm gonna take care of this you just have to promise me something Nehemiah you have to promise me that when I give you these these passports and funding and permits when you leave me you have to promise me that you'll come back is that a beautiful thing that this pagan Gentile king would say to Nehemiah Nehemiah I can't stand to see you so sad I'm gonna issue this decree and I'm going to give you the funding the permission the permits to travel through the empire and make it all the way back to Jerusalem so you can survey what's going on and you can get a work party going guess what right it down we know through archaeological antiquity that Nehemiah got his paperwork signed on March 14th 445 BC March 14th 445 BC King art exercies gives Nehemiah the thumbs up to go back and to begin the restoration of the streets and of the walls of Jerusalem in the land of Israel watch how this works out you've got 490 written down on your piece of paper you've got 490 and you've got 445 BC which is the year which was issued on March 14th 445 BC that's the day the permit was issued and so he says no therefore understand that from the going forth of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah the prince to my Jewish friends I'm reading Daniel 9 verse 25 in your Hebrew Bible it is the Messiah the anointed one Jews listen I'm talking to you Daniel 924 says the Messiah is coming to Jerusalem book of Daniel do you ever read the book of Daniel of course you don't you've been told not to read it why I know for some of you right now some of you who are Jewish are watching me right now you're you can hear your rabbi saying this is the forbidden scriptures don't read them you're not allowed to read them I'm asking you to draw your curtains shut the shades and just hang on with this for a moment look if a Gentile can dive into the Hebrew scriptures and let them speak for themselves certainly a Jew can let the Hebrew scriptures speak for themselves so we've got a permission to go back and restore Jerusalem until the coming of the Messiah we're going to hear something about time and here it is there shall be seven weeks seven seven times seven is 49 so we've got 490 70 times seven now we have seven times seven is 490 watch this the streets shall be built again and the wall even in troublesome times that's exactly what Nehemiah did read the book of Nehemiah they had a trial in one hand and a sword in the other hand and after the 62 weeks 62 times seven is 62 times seven equals 434 years write that out and you look at the 62 times seven that brings you to the 434 year what's going to happen there and after the 62 weeks watch this it says the Messiah shall be cut off what wait a minute 434 years that's the 62 weeks plus the 49 that's 483 years what happens in the 483rd year from March 14th 445 BC God says Israel owes me 490 years here's how it's going to shake out 49 events are going to take place and then there's going to be a time period of 62 times seven that's 434 years when you take the 430 and add the 49 you come out to 483 what about that who cares in the 483rd year the Messiah shall be cut off forgive my Hebrew but the Messiah the Messiah shall be cut out he shall be the Messiah of Israel excuse me the anointed one will be killed for committing a capital offense that's what it means why would the Messiah of Israel be charged with a capital offense has anything ever happened in history why would that happen well first of all the why is in the Bible has it ever happened in history can I just float this out to you for a moment do you know of any Messiah of Israel who was somehow arrested for committing a capital offense a capital offense is that which is warranting death what could a Jewish Messiah do to have somebody issue a decree your guilty of a capital offense you must die you wow I mean we need to think this through the Messiah would not commit a crime the Messiah is perfect but the Bible says the Messiah is going to be killed for committing a capital offense that's puzzling well let's just keep reading you know the Messiah shall be killed for committing a capital offense oh I see but not for himself the Messiah is going to die but he's not going to be guilty of the crime for which he's charged he's not going to die for himself the book of Daniel chapter 9 verse 26 is the Messiah is going to die for others because they committed a capital offense and the people of the prince who is to come by the way that's one of the names referred to or given in the scriptures as the antichrist the coming prince interesting and the prince of and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city that is Jerusalem and the sanctuary that's temple talk wow the people's prince will destroy the city and the sanctuary the end of it shall be with the flood with with armies until the end of the ward desolations are determined then he the prince the prince of the people not the prince of God not the prince of peace verse 27 the prince of the people who who is to come shall confirm the word confirm is shall recognize shall enter into a an agreement shall sign the deal make a deal a covenant with many for one week that's the number seven like a think of a week of years one week would be seven years two weeks would be fourteen years seven times seventy is four hundred and ninety years seven times seven's forty nine years sixty two times seven's four hundred and thirty four years so the Messiah is going to be cut off but not for himself on the four hundred and eighty third year of the prophecy of Daniel chapter nine verses twenty four to twenty seven but then there's a remaining seven years where the prince of the people will come and he will create an agreement a covenant with those who are the holy people or the people of Israel or the people of the city Jerusalem and he will make it for seven years one week seven years four hundred and eighty three plus seven goes back to our original number of four hundred and ninety here's where this gets fun what I'm about to share with you there was one something called the German school of higher criticism they were theologians and when Sir Isaac Newton began to unpack this and then later on scholars like Sir Robert Anderson picked up on it and did more research yes it's true by the way Sir Isaac Newton covers this in his commentary in the book of Daniel that when God said you owe me four hundred ninety and then God breaks it up so detailed the German school of higher criticism said this is impossible it's so detailed that it could only be written after the fact the book of Daniel must be way the book of Daniel must not even belong to the Old Testament it's so it's so exact that it's got to be falsified but then the did see scrolls are found that has all this data but what killed them was on May 14th 1948 when Israel became a nation in one day as Isaiah 66 verse eight said they would it just destroyed them and you have never even heard of them because they just blew away in the dust of history they're gone because of the book of Daniel so I want to approach this as I think we should as big skeptics this I know for sure we got a prophecy here in front of us that's given to the prophet Daniel and it is a hundred percent true that Israel in their offence to God did not give him the Sabbaths of worship that they owed him and so God says I put those together and you owe me four hundred ninety years so this is how I'm good this is how I want payment the payment is I want you to pay attention that's how you're going to pay you're going to pay attention and I'm going to give you great detail you can't miss it on March 14th 445 BC king art exercies is going to give Nehemiah the permission to go back and restore and rebuild the streets and the wall of Jerusalem and to begin to rebuild that's going to be 49 years there's also going to be a section of 62 weeks time seven which is 434 years and when you do the math and put those two equations together the 49 and the 434 on the 483rd year from March 14th 445 BC you will come to April 6th 32 AD now in your notes my friends write this down that's why these scientists did a great job leap years have got to be taken into consideration this is not based on a Gregorian calendar this is based on a biblical calendar a Bible calendar from Genesis to Revelation a year is 360 days not 365 from Genesis to Revelation the years are 360 day years when you do the math to the detail with all of the accounts that are included in that Newton did this Sir Robert Anderson did this others have done this they listen in fact some of them disagree with the exact date but the beautiful thing is they're all talking about the exact same Bible prophecy with the exact same conclusions but they they bicker about the amount of days and that's all based upon what is the year zero which is a good question this is so cool if the Messiah was cut off but not for himself but for others on the 483rd year of this prophecy that leaves seven left seven left for whom the Holy City and the Jewish people ring a bell seven years the Messiah entered into Jerusalem in Matthew chapter 23 and 24 I know my Jewish friends don't want to hear what Matthew leave I has to say but that's okay go ahead and read your Hebrew prophet Zachariah chapter 9 verse 9 go and read Psalm 118 because Zachariah 9.9 says that Israel's Messiah will arrive presenting himself as king riding on the back of a baby donkey that has never been ridden by anyone before on a little cult Zachariah 9.9 and in Psalm 118 it was prophesied that when the Messiah would come the people would shout blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord blessed be the son of David the Messiah that happened on April 6th 32 AD from March 14th 445 BC to April 6th 32 AD it is 483 years based on a 360 day year calendar that's 173,880 days to the day which is why Jesus Christ on the back of the donkey on Palm Sunday said oh Jerusalem Jerusalem if you had only recognized this your day now your peace will be taken from you and you will be taken away your ramparts will be invaded the temple shall be torn down not one stone shall be left upon another and you will go into exile until the time of the end friends how long is the tribulation period recorded in the book of Revelation do you know how long it is take a while guess when does God get his seven years that's owed to him when does Israel when does the Jew after the 483rd year for these last 2000 years the Jews have been exiled to the faith to the four corners of the earth but in May 14th 1949 they've been coming back home to Israel and since October 7th October 7th 2023 instead of Jews running from Israel more Jews have moved into Israel why because the Lord's coming back soon but something's going to happen someone's going to arise a political leader the book of Daniel tells us chapters 2 chapter 7 chapters 8 chapters 11 chapter 9 and he's going to sign a peace agreement that's for seven years and the book of Daniel here tells us that in the middle of the seven years what is that three and a half years he's going to break the covenant and he's going to break it in Jerusalem and he's going to desecrate the temple he's going to destroy the sanctuary Jesus talked about this in Matthew chapter 23 and 24 I just proved to you the existence of God go after this all you want study it with all the vigor that you can muster just know this that from the commitment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem from March 14th 445 BC until the coming of the Messiah the Prince and the 483rd year it would be 173,880 days and Jesus held Israel and their spiritual leadership accountable to know the day some no doubt recognized the day some woke up in what is called Palm Sunday and said the Messiah is coming today to Israel the Messiah is going to come let's go let's go read him and they went out many of them went out and shouted Hosanna Hosanna 2000 years ago but the nation and its religious leadership its governing powers did not recognize him and turned away from him in the second coming when Christ returns where does he return to Israel to what city Jerusalem for that read Daniel chapter 12 this Jack Gibbs podcast as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities are listener supported will you consider partnering with us through a special gift go to jackhibs.com to learn more and stay connected