The Most Amazing Prophecy in Human History

1. The Most Amazing Prophecy in Human History Daniel 9

2. The Claims of Christ

3. Who Is Jesus Christ?

4. Proof that He’s the Messiah?

5. sabat Daniel 9:24 “Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.”

6. Context: Daniel 9:1 In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom-- 538 BC is now 605 BC Captured =67 years ( +1 )

7. Daniel 9:2 I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. Jer. 25:9-11“I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,” declares the LORD, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. . . and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.” Daniel's Excited!! It's been 68 years!

8. Daniel 9:11 Daniel’s Prayer “Indeed all Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God…” Lev. 26:27 If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be hostile toward me, 33 I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword and pursue you. Your land will be laid waste, and your cities will lie in ruins. 34 Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies desolate and you are in the country of your enemies; then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths. Lev. 25:2-7“Sabbath Year”

9. Daniel 9:24 Context:Sabbatical Years 7's of Years "Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city …” Also confirmed in 2 Chronicles 36:20,21 “Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile to Babylon the remnant . . . and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power. The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.”

10. Context: Two 490 Year Periods 490 years you BLEW IT 490 years TRY AGAIN Dan. 9:24 Dan. 9:1-11

11. Daniel 9:24 9:24 “Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city tofinish transgression, to put an end to sin,to atone for wickedness,to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecyand to anoint the most holy temple =The End of Human History

12. Daniel 9:25 Breakdown “So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince comes,there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’

13. From the issuing of a decree to rebuild Jerusalem Until the Messiah 7 sevens and 62 sevens 49 + 434 = 483 years Step 1: Calculate the Years. will be... 7 X 7 = 49yrs. 62 X 7 = 434 yrs.

14. Or, 476 of our Solar years Step 2: Convert to Solar Years From the issuing of a decree to rebuild Jerusalem Convert Hebrew Lunar years to our Solar years Until the Messiah Lunar years = 360 days each483 years = 173,880 lunar year days will be... / 365¼ (S.L.D.) = 476.06 Solar Years 7 sevens and 62 sevens 7 X 7 = 49yrs. 62 X 7 = 434 yrs. 49 + 434 = 483 years

15. Step 3: Dating the Decree From the issuing of a decree to rebuild Jerusalem Until the Messiah will be 476 years 25b “it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.” When? 7 sevens and 62 sevens

16. Step 3: Dating the Decree Nehemiah 2:1ff In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, ...the king asked me, “Why does your face look so sad?” I answered, “Why should my face not look sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” The king said to me, "What is it you want?" • "If it pleases the king, may I have letters to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, so that they will provide me safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah… • give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which is by the temple, for the wall of the city…” • ...the king granted my requests.

18. 465 BC - 20 yrs=445Nissan=Spring= 444 bc Step 3: Dating the Decree From the issuing of a decree to rebuild Jerusalem Until the Messiah will be 476 years 7 sevens and 62 sevens Neh.2:1 “In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes”

19. 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC 1 AD 2 AD 3 AD - 3 - 2 - 1 0 1 2 Step 4: Perform the Math! Until the Messiah From the issuing of a decree to rebuild Jerusalem will be 476 years ? - 444 (BC)+476 32 + 1 (No “0” yr) 7 sevens and 62 sevens =33 AD ? 444 bc

20. 476.06 = Precise Days.06 = 22 Days 33 AD, 22 Nissan Luke 19:37 And as He was now approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen, saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" And some of the Pharisees in the multitude said to Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples." And He answered and said, "I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!"

21. 33 AD, 28 Nissan Luke 19:41 And when He approached, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.”

22. 33 AD, 28 Nissan Luke 19:43 "For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you, and surround you, and hem you in on every side, 44 and will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation."

23. Daniel 9 Prophecy Refutations? • This passage accurately predicts the date of the coming of Christ over 500 years before the fact! • The pre-Christian date of Daniel 9 cannot be denied! Even skeptics don’t take this route. • The date for this decree is accepted by all. • Could the New Testament authors fake its fulfillment? • Impossible! Tiberius, Augustus, Herod, Quirinius, Pilot, Passover on a Friday…

24. How Do You Explain This? Who is Jesus Christ? More Proof: • John 5:40 “and you are unwilling to come to Me, that you may have life.” Implication: new life in him. • “My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me. If anyone is willing to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.” John 7:16,17 Why not ask God to give you the rest of the evidence tonight?

25. The Daniel 9 Prophecy This passage accurately predicts the date of the coming of Christ over 500 years before the fact! From the issuing of a decree to rebuild Jerusalem Until the Messiah will be 476 years 7 sevens and 62 sevens =33 AD 444 bc

26. The Daniel 9 Prophecy The pre-Christian date of Daniel 9cannot be denied! From the issuing of a decree to rebuild Jerusalem Until the Messiah will be 476 years 7 sevens and 62 sevens =33 AD 444 bc

27. The Daniel 9 Prophecy The date for this decree is accepted by all From the issuing of a decree to rebuild Jerusalem Until the Messiah will be 476 years 7 sevens and 62 sevens =33 AD 444 bc

28. The Daniel 9 Prophecy Could the New Testament authors fake its fulfillment? From the issuing of a decree to rebuild Jerusalem Until the Messiah Impossible! Tiberius, Augustus, Herod, Quirinius, Pilot, Passover on a Friday… will be 476 years 7 sevens and 62 sevens =33 AD 444 bc

29. The Daniel 9 Prophecy From the issuing of a decree to rebuild Jerusalem Until the Messiah will be 476 years 7 sevens and 62 sevens =33 AD 444 bc