Unto the Messiah, the Prince was to be 69 weeks or 483
years. Jesus Christ became the Messiah at His baptism in
the Jordan, and the descent of the Holy Spirit. The Hebrew
word for Messiah is "Anointed." The Anointed One - Luke
3:21-23.
The simplest way of
arriving at the date of the "Commandment to restore and
build Jerusalem" is to measure backward from the anointing
of Jesus.
- He was 30 years of age at the time of His
anointing - Luke 3:23.
- Add this to 457 years B.C. at which time the
commandment was given - Ezra 7:11-26. This gives us
487 years.
- Now subtract the 4 years mistake of our present
Calendar. This leaves 483 years, or exactly 69
prophetic weeks.
- The last week is seven years.
- When Jesus was "Anointed" 69 of the 70 weeks was
in the past. But one week remained to be fulfilled.
- The 70th week was to be given for the confirmation
of the Covenant.
- The First half of the one week Jesus confirms the
Covenant.
The Covenant was to be confirmed for
1 week, or 7 years. Jesus Christ confirmed the Covenant
the first 1/2 of the 70th week. From the time of the
Messiah, anointing of Christ, to the end of His earthly
ministry is exactly 3 1/2 years.
In the midst of
the week He, Christ, was to cause the sacrifice and
oblation to cease. This He did by the offering of Himself
on the Cross. The sacrifice and oblations were those of
the Law of Moses. Nothing could abolish those ordinances
but the offering of the real antitypical Lamb of God -
John 1:29. The sufferings of Christ satisfied every demand
of the Law as it says in Romans 10:4. For Christ is the
end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Thus from the time of the "Going forth of the
commandment" to the Crucifixion of Christ 69 1/2 full
weeks of 486 1/2 actual years had passed.
Between
the end of the first half of the 70th week and the
beginning of the last half of the same week, the entire
church age must intervene. Mistaken interpretations are
responsible for the placing of the last week in the end of
the present age. Just half of the 70th week remains to be
fulfilled.
The Second Half of the
One Week the Two Witnesses Confirm The Covenant.
Revelation 11:3 "And I will give power to my two
witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred
and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."
The
last half of the 70th week given over to the confirmation
of the covenant by the Two Witnesses, who confirm it by
signs and wonders of the judgments of God. Even as Jesus
confirmed it in the first half in signs and wonders of
Grace as it says in Romans 15:8. Now I say that Jesus
Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the
truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers.
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