THE SEVENTY WEEKS PROPHECY, Part 2

UNDERSTANDING BIBLE PROPHECY

Session 6: THE SEVENTY WEEKS PROPHECY, Part 2

Israel and the Antichrist

Daniel 9:26-27

God is not finished with Israel because He Himself to Abraham and to Himself through the Abrahamic .

God has preserved Israel to .

SEVENTY WEEKS RECAP:

What are the “seventy weeks?” Seventy seven-year periods. (490 years total)

When are the purposes for the seventy weeks?

1. To finish the transgression.
2. To put an end to sin.
3. To atone for iniquity.
4. God will bring in everlasting righteousness.
5. God will seal up the vision and prophet.
6. To anoint a most holy place.

Daniel 9:26a: After the sixty-nine weeks, there is a , meaning the seventy weeks do not run , without .

“Cut off” (v.26a) is from the Hebrew root karath (כָּרַת), which means:

Daniel 9:26 prophetically connects the Messiah to the of a .  (Lev. 7:20, Prov. 2:22, Ps. 37:9)

According to Dan. 9:26b, following the death of the Messiah is the .

The “prince who is to come” is .

AD 70- Rome destroys Jerusalem

Based on history, we can assume the “people” of the Antichrist are associated with .

The final Gentile empire being of Roman origin correlates with:

• The feet of iron and clay in .
• The ten-horned beast in .
• The destruction of Jerusalem prophesied in .

The existed in the first phase of the Empire. The will exist in the last phase.

V.26c (“Its end will come with a flood…”) speaks to the of the city/people.

“Desolations are decreed” refers to:

V. 27: Antichrist will make a historic with Israel intended to last years.

The intended duration of this covenant is the of the prophecy.

How long then, would the gap after the Messiah’s death last?

Gaps are very in Scripture.

The primary purposes of the gap:

• To allow for the and the dispensation of . (Eph. 3:2)
• To ensure that the of Christ’s return is known only to . (Matthew 24:36)
• To put on Israel to make an alliance. (Dan. 9:27)

How long will the covenant go unbroken?

Logically, what will the covenant have allowed Israel to do?

The treaty is broken by an action by the Antichrist described as “an abomination that causes desolation.” (v.27c) In Scripture, the term “abomination” is connected to . (1 Kings 11:5)

“Wing” (Heb.- כָּנָף, kanaph) is the of the designating the nature of worship within. (Matthew 4:5)

If a false god is the cause of an abomination, then the false god brought into the temple is

The worship of the Antichrist during the tribulation will:

• Be preceded by a  . (Rev. 13:1-3)
• Be a religion (Rev. 13:4)
• Last months (Rev. 13:5)
• Be overseen by a . (Rev. 13:11-12)
• Involve displays of the . (Rev. 13:13-15)
• Be on penalty of . (Rev. 15:5)
• Serve as the for all . (Rev. 13:16)

The of Antichrist is not the concern of the Christian; we are told to watch, not for his coming, but for   coming! (Matthew 24:42)

Seven, God’s number, is the number of . Six, man’s number, is the number of .

The Abomination of Desolation is not the end. The very beginning of the prophecy (“To finish the transgression, to put an end to sin”) is the of Antichrist’s . (Dan. 9:24; II Thess. 2:1-12)