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What is the 70 weeks prophecy? Starting point? Day-year principle? Calculate 457 BC + 483 = AD 27. 70th week events? How do 70 weeks verify the 2300?

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SEVENTY

  • The senate of the Israelites composed of seventy elders (Exo 24:1,9; Num 11:16,24,25)
  • The seventy disciples sent forth by Jesus (though the best Greek mss. have "seventy-two") (Luk 10:1-17)
  • The Jews in captivity in Babylon for seventy years (Jer 25:11,12; 29:10; Dan 9:2; Zec 1:12; 7:5)
  • 70 Weeks in the vision of Daniel (Dan 9:24)

Key observation: The number 70 recurs in Israel's governance (70 elders), mission (70 disciples), judgment (70-year exile), and prophecy (70 weeks). The 70-year exile is the immediate context for Daniel's prayer in Dan 9:2, which triggers Gabriel's 70-weeks revelation.

ARTAXERXES

  1. A Persian king probably identical with Ahasuerus
  2. Prohibits the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Ezr 4:7-24)
  3. King of Persia. Decree of, in behalf of the Jews (Ezr 7; Neh 2; 5:14)

Key observation: Artaxerxes issues the decree in Ezra 7 (457 BC) that is the starting point of the 70-weeks and 2300-day prophecies. His later interaction with Nehemiah (Neh 2, 444 BC) involves only wall-building, not the full "restore and build" mandate.

ATONEMENT

  • For tabernacle and furniture (Lev 16:15-20,33)
  • Day of: Time of (Exo 30:10; Lev 23:27; 25:9; Num 29:7)
  • How observed (Exo 30:10; Lev 16:2-34; 23:27-32; Num 29:7-11; Act 27:9; Heb 5:3; 9:7,19,22)
  • Made by animal sacrifices (Exo 29:36; Lev 1:4; 4:20; 16:6-34; 17:11; Num 15:22-28; Heb 9:22)
  • Made by Jesus: Divinely ordained (Luk 2:30,31; Gal 4:4,5; Eph 1:3-12; Col 1:19,20; 1Pe 1:20; Rev 13:8)
  • Made but once (Heb 7:27; 9:24-28; 10:10,12,14; 1Pe 3:18)
  • Unclassified scriptures: Dan 9:24-27 listed alongside Isa 53:4-12, Zec 13:1, Rom 3:24-26, Heb 9:12-15

Key observation: Nave's explicitly includes Dan 9:24-27 under ATONEMENT, placing the 70 weeks prophecy in the atonement category. The entry connects Dan 9:24's "make reconciliation for iniquity" (kaphar) with the DOA and Christ's once-for-all sacrifice.

  • Land rest every seventh year (Exo 23:9-11; Lev 25)
  • Penalty for violation: the land compensated during exile (Lev 26:34,35; 2 Chr 36:21)
  • Related to release of servants and debts (Deu 15:1-6,12-18)
  • Jeremiah's 70 years (Jer 25:11,12; 29:10; Dan 9:2)

Key observation: The 70-year exile compensated for 490 missed sabbatical years (one every 7 years for ~490 years of monarchy). Gabriel's 70-weeks response (70 x 7 = 490 years) mirrors this exact number. The punishment and the remedy use the same numeric framework.

PROPHECY (from Nave's semantic search, score 0.62)

Key references: Dan 9:26,27; Mat 24:15; Isa 53:4-6,11; Zec 9:9; Isa 7:14

MESSIAH (from Nave's semantic search, score 0.64)

See JESUS entry. Key Daniel references: Dan 9:25 "Messiah the Prince"; Dan 9:26 "Messiah shall be cut off."

ANOINTING (from Nave's semantic search, score 0.53)

Key references: Dan 9:24 "anoint the most Holy"; Isa 61:1; Luk 4:18; Act 4:27; 10:38; Heb 1:9

RECONCILIATION (from Nave's semantic search, score 0.59)

Key references: Dan 9:24; Lev 8:15; Ezk 45:15; Rom 5:1,10; Heb 2:17

JERUSALEM (from Nave's semantic search, score 0.43)

Key references: Dan 9:2,16,20,24-27,25; Ezr 1:1-4; Neh 2; Isa 44:28

EZRA (from Nave's semantic search, score 0.52)

Key references: Ezr 7:1-5,6,10,21; 7:8; 8:21. Ezra's role as priest-scribe bringing Artaxerxes' decree to Jerusalem.

Prophetic day-texts explicitly listed: Dan 8:14; 9:24-27; 12:11,12; Rev 11:3; 12:6; 2Pe 3:8

CONSECRATION (from Nave's semantic search, score 0.44)

Key references for anointing of sanctuary: Exo 29:7,29; 30:26-28; 40:9-15; Lev 8:10-12; Num 7:1

The 490/70 Numeric Pattern

The number 490 (70 x 7) connects three key texts: 1. Lev 26:34-35 — The land compensates for missed sabbatical years 2. 2 Chr 36:21 — The 70-year exile fulfills this compensation 3. Dan 9:24 — Gabriel announces 70 weeks (490 years) upon Daniel's people

Three Decrees Pattern

Three Persian decrees relate to Jerusalem: 1. Cyrus' decree (538 BC) — Build the temple (Ezr 1:1-4; 2 Chr 36:22-23) 2. Darius' decree (520 BC) — Confirm Cyrus' decree (Ezr 6:1-12) 3. Artaxerxes' decree (457 BC) — Restore and build the city, with full judicial authority (Ezr 7:11-26)

Ezra 6:14 groups all three under one "commandment": "according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia."