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How does Daniel 8-9 establish the 2300/70-week relationship? 457 BC + 2300 = 1844. 1335 convergence. Blessing on 1335. What event at terminus?

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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 (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)

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)

SANCTUARY

  • The Holy of Holies
  • In the tabernacle (HEB 9:2)
  • Divine dwelling place (EXO 25:8)
  • Reverence for (LEV 19:30; 26:2)
  • In the charge of high priest (EXO 27:21; LEV 24:3; NUM 18:5)
  • The Holy Place in the temple (LAM 2:7,20; EZK 42:20)
  • Figurative (EZK 11:16)
  • Symbolical (HEB 8:2,5)

ATONEMENT (excerpted — relevant sections)

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 Jesus (Divinely ordained): - LUK 2:30,31; GAL 4:4,5; EPH 1:3-12,17-22; 2:4-10; COL 1:19,20; 1PE 1:20; REV 13:8

Unclassified Scriptures: - PSA 40:6,7; ISA 53:4-12; DAN 9:24-27; ZEC 13:1; MAT 26:28; ROM 3:24-26; 4:25; 5:1,2,6-11; HEB 1:3; 2:9,17; 9:12-15,25,26; 10:1-20; 1PE 1:18-20; REV 5:9

JUDGMENT (THE GENERAL)

  • 1CH 16:33; PSA 9:7; 50:3-6; 96:13; 98:9; ECC 3:17; 12:14; DAN 7:9,10
  • MAT 25:1-46; ROM 2:5-12; 14:10; 2CO 5:10; 2TH 1:7,8
  • REV 20:11-15; 22:12

According to Opportunity and Works: - ROM 2:5-12,27; REV 2:23; 20:12,13

DAY (from naves_semantic.py, score 0.40)

  • Listed DAN 8:14 as a "prophetic" day reference
  • Other prophetic time references: DAN 9:24-27; 12:11,12; REV 11:3; 12:6; 2PE 3:8

YEAR (score 0.54)

  • GEN 1:14; PSA 90:4; 2PE 3:8 — relevant to day-year principle

SABBATIC YEAR (score 0.48)

  • LEV 25; DEU 15:1-6,12 — 7-year cycle underlying the 70 weeks (70 x 7 = 490 years)
  • LEV 26:34,35 — sabbatical violation as reason for 70-year captivity

CAPTIVITY (score 0.53)

  • JER 25:2-11 — 70 years of Babylonian captivity
  • DAN 9:2 — Daniel reading Jeremiah's 70-year prophecy (bridge event triggering Dan 9 prayer)

ANCIENT OF DAYS (score 0.36)

  • DAN 7:9,13,22 — the judgment scene at the terminus

JEREMIAH (score 0.64)

  • JER 25:11,12; 29:10 — the 70-year prophecy Daniel read in Dan 9:2
  • DAN 9:2 — Daniel's Jeremiah study as the bridge event between Dan 8 and Dan 9