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The Prophecy about Jesus Christ from the book of Daniel.

From the Book "The Coming Temple" by Chuck Missler and Don Stewart

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Appendix 4 The Most Amazing Prophecy in the Bible Daniel 9

The most amazing passage in the Bible clearly establishes, 
to any reasonable, rational person, the Bible's supernatural 
origin from outside the domain of time itself. It demonstrates 
its uniqueness by describing, in exquisite detail, key events 
before they happen. 
It is the realization of this uniqueness that causes major 
changes in a person's entire outlook-in fact, changes ones entire life. 
It is important to know, first of all, that Daniel is part of 
the Old Testament, and thus was translated into Greek almost 
three centuries before Christ was born. This is a well established 
fact of secular history.

The Septuagint Translation

The famous conqueror Alexander the Great promoted the Greek 
language throughout the known world, and thus virtually everyone 
in those days spoke Greek. Even among the Jews, Hebrew fell 
into disuse, being reserved primarily for ceremonial purposes. 
(Somewhat analogous to the former use of Latin among the Catholics) 
In order to make the Tanach, (what Christians call the Old 
Testament) available to the average Jewish believer, a project 
was undertaken to translate the Hebrew scriptures into Greek. 
Seventy scholars were commissioned to complete this work and 
the result is known as the Septuagint ("70") translation of the 
Old Testament. It is abbreviated as LXX. 
It is critical to our interest to establish that the book of 
Daniel was. Thus, in documented form almost three centuries 
before Christ was born.
Daniel was deported as a teen-ager to be a slave in Babylon 
along with his people. This captivity was to last 70 years. 
Near the end of this period, the angel Gabriel appeared to 
Daniel and gave him a four verse prophecy that is unquestionably 
the most remarkable passage in the entire Bible.(Daniel 9:24-27)
The four verses included the following:

9:24 The scope of the prophecy: 70 weeks (of years)
9:25 The events of the first 69 weeks of years
9:26 The events during a interval between the 69th and 
70th week of years;
9:27 The "Seventieth Week" of years (yet future)

Seventy weeks ("sevens") are determined for your people and
for your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make 
an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and 
to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision 
prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy (Daniel 9:24). 
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The idiom of a week of years was common in Israel as a 
"sabbath for the land" in which the land was to lie fallow
every seventh year. Their failure to obey these laws led to 
their captivity by the Babylonians.
The scope of this prophecy is conspicuously broad and the 
final "week" of years is yet future and is known among Bible 
scholars as the "Seventieth Week" of Daniel. (Most of the book 
of Revelation in the New Testament appears to be an elaboration 
of the events of this seven-year period.)
The fascinating prediction occurs in verse twenty-five.


Know therefore and understand, that from (1) the going 
forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem (2) 
unto the "Messiah the Prince" there shall be seven weeks, and 
three score and two weeks: the street shall be built again, 
and the wall, even in troublesome times. 

This is a mathematical prophecy and we are indebted to 
Sir Robert Anderson, former head of Scotland Yard, whose 
famous book, THE COMING PRINCE, details the analysis behind 
this passage. 
The commandment to restore and build Jerusalem was given by 
Artaxerxes Longimanus on March 14th, 445 B.C. (The emphasis on 
the street and the wall being rebuilt is to avoid confusion 
with other mandates involving the Temple rather that the city 
itself.)

"The Messiah the Prince" is actually the "Meschiach Nagid" 
in the Hebrew( ): "The Messiah the King."(Nagid is a 
word meaning king; the English translation as "Prince" 
is unfortunate). 
It is fascinating to note that during the ministry of 
Jesus Christ, there were several occasions in which the people 
attempted to promote Him as their King, but He carefully 
avoided it. "Mine hour is not yet come was His response." 
Then one day, He meticulously arranged it. On this particular 
day He rode into the city of Jerusalem on a donkey, deliberately 
fulfilling a prophecy by Zechariah that the Messiah would present 
Himself in just that way. 
This is the only occasion that Jesus presented himself as 
King. This occurred, according to Sir Robert Anderson's dating, 
on April 6, A.D. 32.
The Jewish (and Babylonian) calendars used a 360 day year, 
and 69 weeks of years totals 173,880 days. The angel Gabriel, 
in effect, told Daniel that the interval between the commandment 
to rebuild the city of Jerusalem until the presentation of the 
Messiah as King would be 173,880 days. When we examine the 
period between March 14, 445 B.C. and April 6, A.D. 32, and 
correct for leap years, etc., we discover that it is 173,880 
days exactly, to the very day! 
How could Daniel have known that in advance? How could anyone 
have contrived to have that prediction documented over three 
centuries in advance? 
But there's more.

And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but 
not for Himself: and the people of the prince who is to come 
shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall 
be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are 
determined (Daniel 9:26). 


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The "three score and two weeks" follow 
the initial seven weeks, so verse 26 deals with events after the 
69th week. The Messiah is to be "cut-off": the Hebrew word is 
( ) [karat] which means to be executed for a capital crime.
That is exactly what happen at the crucifixion.
Subsequently, "the people of the prince that shall come
"(another leader we discuss in Appendix 6) would destroy the city 
and the sanctuary. The very week that Jesus presented himself, 
he also predicted the destruction of Jerusalem: 

For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will 
build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in 
on every side, and level you, and your children within you, to 
the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon 
another because you did not know the time of your visitation 
(Luke 19;43-44).

Thirty eight years after Christ was crucified, Titus Vespasian, 
with the Fifth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth Roman Legions leveled 
the city of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, exactly as both Daniel and 
Jesus had predicted in advance.
It is provocative to recognize that Luke 19:44 indicates 
that Jesus held them accountable to have recognized this day 
from Daniel's prophecy! 
This unique prediction totally defies any human explanation.
Numerous books have been written detailing the incredible 
predictions of the Bible and are worthy of careful study. The 
conspicuous result is simply that the track record of the Bible 
is unique and unequaled in the records of human history.
And it raises a very critical issue. Was Jesus the 
Christ-Yeshua HaMaschiah-really Whom He claimed to be? 
Was He really the voice of the "burning bush" Who spoke to Moses? 
Was He the incarnate Creator Himself? 
He is scheduled to return to the earth to rule as its king? 
If so, what are the implications for you and me? They are more 
significant than any other discovery we will ever make. 

ENDNOTES

1. Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 14,p 762; Vol. 22, p. 413, etc. 

2. The Book of Daniel is actually one of the best authenticated 
books of the Old Testament, but this approach is a convenient 
short-cut for our purposes here.

3. II Chronicles 36:20-21: And them that had escaped from the 
sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants 
to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 
To fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, 
until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay 
desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfill three score and ten years.

4. The classic work in this area of prophecy is one that we 
strongly recommend; Anderson, Robert, K.C.B.,LL.D., 
THE COMING PRINCE, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1894. Also, 
Gand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 1954.

5. First used of Saul, the first king of Israel.

6. John 6:15: When Jesus therefore perceived that they would 
come and take Him by force, to make Him a king, He departed 
again into a mountain Himself alone. He was always in 
control: John 7:30,44;8:59;10:39.

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7. Luke 19:28-40.

8. Zech 9:9: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, 
O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto 
thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding 
upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

9. Harold Hoehner places the command of Artaxrexes on 
March 5,444 B.C. He dates the crucifixion on March 30 A.D. 33.

10. Gabriel's prophecy in Daniel Chapter 9: of this book 
THE COMING TEMPLE 

69 weeks x 7 years/weeks x 360 days/year = 173,880 days

Anderson's analysis of actual history:

445 B.C. - A.D. 32 = 476 years 
(remember no Year of 0) 

476 years x 365 days/year................= 173,740 days
March 14 - April 6.......................= 24 days
days for leap years......................= 116 days

total....................................= 173,880 days

Gabriel's Prophecy.......= 173,880 days
Approximation error.......= 0 days!

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From the book "THE COMING TEMPLE" BY CHUCK MISSLER AND DON STEWART

About Chuck Missler: Chuck Missler is regarded as one of the
best known Bible teachers in the world, and has over 6 million 
tapes cassettes distributed in over thirty countries. He has
taught the Monday night Bible Study at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa
California for the past 20 years.
Chuck has appeared on television on numerous occasions and has
regularly scheduled radio programs throughout the United States.
As a high technology executive, Chuck has served on the Board
of Directors of over a dozen public corporations engaged in various 
scientific fields and has served as Chief Executive Officer of 
six of them.
Chuck has been associated with the ministries of Hal Lindsey.
Chuck Smith, the later Walter Martin (Christian Research Institute)
of Irvine, California and others. He is a frequent conference 
speaker as well as a staff resource to a number of churches in 
Southern California. Chuck is also the Executive Editor of 
Countdown, a Christian Intelligence News Journal focusing on a
Biblical perspective of current events.
Chuck is the author of The Rise of Babylon and the Persian 
Gulf Crisis (with Hal Lindsey)

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SIX WORLD SHAKING EVENTS (6 JOURNALS)
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3. RISE, RULE AND RUIN OF THE ANTICHRIST
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STUDY GUIDES FOR THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS
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