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Daniel 9:24-25 says...
- that the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the coming of the Messiah
there will be 483 years. 7 weeks + 62 weeks = 69 groups of seven years.
7 x 69 = 483 years.
Anderson sees a prophetic year as 360 days. This is based on the Jewish Lunar
Calendar (Exodus 12: 2; Rev.11:2-3; Rev. 12:6; Rev. 13:5 which indicate that 42
months 3 1/2 years are equal to 1,260 days. Therefore, 483 years x 360 days =
173,880 days.
Artaxerxes started his reign in 465 B.C. The decree to rebuild Jerusalem was given
on the first day of Nisan, in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. In our calendar system (the
Julian calendar) that date is March 14,445 B.C. (Neb. 2:1).
Jesus started His ministry...
- in the 15th year of Tiberius (see Luke 3:1). Tiberius 1
started his reign in 14 A.D., so Jesus' ministry started in 29 A.D. Anderson believes
that Jesus celebrated four Passovers during His ministry, one each in 29, 30, 31 and
His final Passover in 32. With the help of lunar charts, we can calculate the exact
date of ancient Passovers, so it is possible to calculate the exact day of Jesus'
triumphal entry into Jerusalem as April 6, 32 A.D.
From 445 B.C. to 32 A.D.
- there are 476 years on the Julian calendar (not 477 years,
because there is no year zero). 476 years x 365 days= 173,740 days. Adjusting for
the difference between March 14 and April 6 adds 24 days. Adjusting for leap years
over a period of 476 years adds 116 days. The total number of days from March 14,
445 B.C. to April 6, 32 A.D.
- 173,740 + 24 + 116 = 173,880 days
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- According to his calendar, Daniel told us there would be 173, 880 days between the
decree and the arrival of Messiah, the Prince.
Jesus said to the Jews of this day:
- If you had known, even you, the things which
make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes (Read Luke 19:42-44).
V. The Anointed One was Cut Off (Daniel 9:26).
- 1. Our Lord Jesus Christ was not cut off in the 70th Seven, but after the
69th Seven.
- 2. He was cut off after the 7 Sevens + 62 Sevens had run their course.
(7 x 7) + (62 x 7) = 483 years.
- 3. Therefore, there is an interval between the 69th Seven and the 70th Seven.
Christ's crucifixion was in that interval right after His Triumphal Entry
which concluded on the 69th Seven.
- a. The Lord Jesus Christ anticipated the interval when He prophesied
the establishing of the Church (Matt. 16: 18).
- b. Setting aside the nation of Israel for a season in order that the Church
might be instituted (Matt.21 :42-44).