FROM ADAM TO ADAM – The Paper Trail © 2023 Arthur Chrysler
Genesis 1:26-27 – Adam was created. 3899 B.C. Genesis 5:3 – Adam was 130 years-old when Seth is born. 3769
Gen 5:6 – Seth lived 105 years and begat Enos. 3664
Gen. 5:9 – Enos lived 90 years and begat Cainan. 3574
Gen. 5:12 – Cainan lived 70 years and begat Mahalaleel. 3504
Gen. 5:15 – Mahalaleel lived 65 years and begat Jared. 3439
Gen. 5:18 – Jared lived 162 years and begat Enoch. 3277
Gen. 5:21 – Enoch lived 65 years and he begat Methuselah (who lived 969 yrs.) 3212
Gen. 5:25 – Methuselah lived 187 years and begat Lamech. 3025
Gen. 5:28 – Lamech lived 182 years and begat… Noah. 2843
- Genesis 5:5 – Adam died after living 930 years. – 2742 B.C.
- Genesis 6:5-9a – …every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 8:13 – The Flood – 2243-2242 B.C. …in the six hundredth and first year…
Gen. 11:12 – Arphaxad lived 35 years and begat Salah. 2206
Gen. 11:14 – Salah lived 30 years and begat Eber. 2176
Gen. 11:16 – Eber lived 34 years and begat Peleg. 2142 Gen. 11:18 – Peleg lived 30 years and begat Reu. 2112
Gen. 11:20 – Reu lived 32 years and begat Serug. 2080 Gen. 11:22 – Serug lived 30 years and begat Nahor 2050
Gen. 11:24 – Nahor lived 29 years and begat Terah 2021 Gen. 11:26 – Terah lived 70 years and begat Abram 1951
- Gen. 9:28-29 – 1893 B.C. – And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
- Gen. 12:1-4 – 1876 B.C. – Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Gen. 12:10 – 1876 B.C. – And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Exodus 12:40-41 – Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt (According to Genesis 12:10 and Galatians 3:17, the sojourning began with Abram in Egypt).
Genesis 12:10 – …Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.... 1876 – 430 = 1446
Galatians 3:17 – And this I say, that the covenant (Gen. 12:2-3), that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 1876 – 430 = 1446
Gen. 47:9 – Jacob (along with his children) arrived in Egypt in 1661 (exactly 215 years after Abram sojourned there). 1876 – 1661 = 215
The Children of Israel left Egypt in 1446 (exactly 215 years after Jacob, along with his children, arrived there. 1661 – 1446 = 215
Archaeological evidence from Jericho
Between 1930 and 1936, archaeologist John Garstang discovered several scarabs and a seal in a cemetery at Jericho. Pictured (from left to right): a scarab of Hatshepsut (c. 1473–1458 B.C.), a scarab of Thutmose III (reigned c. 1479–1426 B.C.), reverse side of a seal of Thutmose III, and scarab of Amenhotep III (c. 1390–1353 B.C.).
I Kings 6:1 – And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. 1446 – 480 = 966
Rehoboam reigned 17 years (II Chronicles 12:13). 930-913
I Kings 14:25-26 – 925 B.C. – And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboham, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Archaeological evidence from Egypt
- The fourth year of Solomon’s reign was 966 B.C.; therefore, Solomon became king in 970 B.C. (966 + 4) and his father, David, became king 40 years earlier in 1010 B.C. (970 + 40).
- David’s son Solomon became coregent for a short time (when the days of David drew nigh that he should die – I Kings 2:1).
Rehoboam reigned 17 years (II Chronicles 12:13). 930-913
I Kings 14:25-26 – 925 B.C. – And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboham, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Archaeological evidence from Egypt
- The majority of scholars agree that Shoshenq I was Pharaoh in Egypt from 945-924 B.C. and that the Egyptian ruler referred to in the Bible as Shishak (I Kings & II Chronicles) is, in fact, Pharaoh Shoshenq I. He was the first Egyptian king to be mentioned by name in the Bible (I Kings 11:40; 14:25; II Chronicles 12:2-9).
- Pharaoh Shishshak (Shoshenq I) left an account of his campaign on a wall in the temple of Amun at Karnak, in Upper Egypt. The Bubastite portal includes a large, weathered relief in which the pharaoh lists more than 150 towns (including Megiddo) he conquered during his military campaign into Israel and Judah.
The Bubastite Portal records an Egyptian campaign by Pharaoh Shoshenq (Shishak).
- “Today the vast majority of scholars believe that the Bubastite Portal records a real Egyptian campaign by Pharaoh Shoshenq in the mid-to-late tenth century B.C.E. As concluded by Israel’s leading Biblical geographer Anson Rainey: “This inscription can only be based on intelligence information gathered during a real campaign by Pharaoh Shoshenq.” Kenneth Kitchen has called the reality of Shoshenq’s campaign during the reign of Rehoboam “beyond reasonable doubt.” If this campaign occurred in 925 B.C.E. and, as the Bible says, this was the fifth year of Rehoboam’s rule in Judah, Rehoboam would have become king, and Solomon’s reign would have ended in 930 B.C.E. (925 + 5)” (Yigal Levin, Did Pharaoh Sheshonq Attack Jerusalem?, Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2012, pp. 48-49).
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At the site of Megiddo a portion of a commemorative stela of Shishak (Shoshenq I) was found by the University of Chicago Oriental Institute excavations in 1926. His name can be clearly read, and the stela is undoubtedly related to the 925 B.C. campaign. Photo: D. Ellis/P. Van der Veen
Abijah reigned 3 years (II Chronicles 13:2). 913-910 Asa reigned 41 years (II Chronicles 16:13). 910-869
Jehoshaphat reigned 25 years (II Chronicles 20:31). 869-844 Jehoram reigned 8 years (II Chronicles 21:5, 20). 844-836 Ahaziah reigned 1 year (II Chronicles 22:2). 836-835 Athaliah reigned 6 years (II Chronicles 22:12). 835-829 Joash reigned 40 years (II Chronicles 24:1). 829-789
Jehoshaphat reigned 25 years (II Chronicles 20:31). 869-844 Jehoram reigned 8 years (II Chronicles 21:5, 20). 844-836 Ahaziah reigned 1 year (II Chronicles 22:2). 836-835 Athaliah reigned 6 years (II Chronicles 22:12). 835-829 Joash reigned 40 years (II Chronicles 24:1). 829-789
Archaeological evidence from Jerusalem
The Jehoash Tablet. Among Israeli scholars, it is referred to as the "bedeq bayit" (Temple Repair) inscription. Jehoash (also referred to as “Joash”) initiated repairs on Solomon’s temple (II Kings 12:5-16; II Chronicles 24:4-14). The gist of the inscription is simple. When Judeans donated silver for the purchase of building materials, the king used the money to make several repairs on the Temple.
Amaziah reigned 29 years (II Chronicles 25:1). 789-760
Uzziah (Azariah) reigned 52 years (II Chronicles 26:3). 783-731
Jotham reigned 16 years (II Chronicles 27:1, 8). 743-727
Ahaz reigned 16 years (II Chronicles 28:1). 727-711
Hezekiah reigned 29 years (II Chronicles 29:1). 711-682
Manasseh reigned 55 years (II Chronicles 33:1). 697-642 Amon reigned 2 years (II Chronicles 33:21). 642-640 Josiah reigned 31 years (II Chronicles 34:1). 640-609
Jehoahaz reigned 3 months (II Chronicles 36:2) 609
- Amaziah’s son Azariah (or Uzziah, as he is variously known,) became coregent (possibly when Amaziah was taken captive to Israel by Jehoash ben Jehoahaz, king of Israel – II Kings 14:13-14).
Uzziah (Azariah) reigned 52 years (II Chronicles 26:3). 783-731
- Uzziah’s son Jotham became coregent (possibly when his father was stricken with leprosy – II Kings 15:5).
Jotham reigned 16 years (II Chronicles 27:1, 8). 743-727
Ahaz reigned 16 years (II Chronicles 28:1). 727-711
Hezekiah reigned 29 years (II Chronicles 29:1). 711-682
- Hezekiah’s son Manasseh became coregent (possibly when his father was sick unto death. – II Kings 20:1).
Manasseh reigned 55 years (II Chronicles 33:1). 697-642 Amon reigned 2 years (II Chronicles 33:21). 642-640 Josiah reigned 31 years (II Chronicles 34:1). 640-609
Jehoahaz reigned 3 months (II Chronicles 36:2) 609
- II Chronicles 36:4 – And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
- Jeremiah 25:1-3 – The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 609 – 4 = 605
- Daniel 1:1-3, 6-7 – In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. And the LORD gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes… Now among these were the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.
- II Chronicles 36:9-11 – Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Archaeological evidence from Babylon
The Babylonian Chronicle on display in the British Museum, London.
(586 B.C.) II Kings 25:8-11 – And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire. And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
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 fulfil 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 fulfil threescore and ten years.
(605 B.C.) Jeremiah 29: 10-14 – For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
(539 B.C.) Daniel 9:1-3 – In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my face unto the LORD God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes…
Daniel 9:21-25 – Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. Seventy weeks (weeks of years – 70 x 7 = 490 prophetic years) are determined upon thy people and upon thy 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 the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks (49 prophetic yrs.), and threescore and two weeks (434 prophetic yrs.): the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
When was the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem given? Nehemiah, writing by divine inspiration, records the exact date of this decree: “in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king” (Nehemiah 2:1).
Dr. Alva McClain, former president of Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana wrote: “For those who believe in biblical inspiration and the genuineness of predictive prophecy, it will be no surprise to learn that the date fixed by Nehemiah happens to be one of the best-known dates in ancient history. Even the latest edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, certainly not biased in favor of prophecy, sets the date of Artaxerxes accession as 465 B.C.; and therefore, his twentieth year would be 445 B.C. …Here we have the beginning of the Seventy Weeks” (Alva J. McClain, Daniel’s prophecy of the Seventy Weeks, 1962, pp. 18-19).
Daniel 9:25c “…the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
The “going forth of the commandment” has been shown to have occurred in 445 B.C., therefore, the first “seven weeks” of years (7 x 7 = 49 prophetic years) in Daniel’s vision (Dan. 9:25) cover the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, the period of rebuilding during the “troublous times” between 445 B.C. and 396 B.C. The remaining “threescore and two weeks” (62 x 7 = 434 prophetic years), bring us “unto Messiah the Prince”
Matthew 21:1-11 – And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass (Zechariah 9:9). And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David (II Samuel 7:16-17): Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
There are a total of 69 weeks of years or 483 years (49 + 434) mentioned in Daniel 9:25 and biblical evidence supports the use of a 360-day year in prophecy. When this is factored into the calculation (starting from 445 B.C.), the terminating point is A.D. 32.
483 prophetic years x 360 = 173,880 days
173,880 days divided by 365 = 476 Gregorian years
445 B.C. – 476 yrs. = A.D. 32
Luke 19:37-42 – And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
The “things which belong unto thy peace but now they are hid from thine eyes” are found in Daniel 9:24 and will finally come to pass at the end of the seventieth week of Daniel 9:27.
- First published by Donald J. Wiseman in 1956, the Babylonian Chronicle records the last year of the reign of Nabopolassar and the first 11 years of his son Nebuchadnezzar. According to Wiseman, the cuneiform text records the Battle of Carchemish and the accession of Nebuchadnezzar. The fifth paragraph says, “In the seventh year [598], the month of Kislîmu, the king of Akkad mustered his troops, marched to the Hatti-land and besieged the city of Judah. On the second day of the month of Addarunote [597] he seized the city and captured the king. He appointed there a king of his own choice, received its heavy tribute and sent to Babylon.”
(586 B.C.) II Kings 25:8-11 – And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire. And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
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 fulfil 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 fulfil threescore and ten years.
(605 B.C.) Jeremiah 29: 10-14 – For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
(539 B.C.) Daniel 9:1-3 – In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my face unto the LORD God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes…
Daniel 9:21-25 – Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. Seventy weeks (weeks of years – 70 x 7 = 490 prophetic years) are determined upon thy people and upon thy 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 the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks (49 prophetic yrs.), and threescore and two weeks (434 prophetic yrs.): the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
When was the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem given? Nehemiah, writing by divine inspiration, records the exact date of this decree: “in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king” (Nehemiah 2:1).
Dr. Alva McClain, former president of Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana wrote: “For those who believe in biblical inspiration and the genuineness of predictive prophecy, it will be no surprise to learn that the date fixed by Nehemiah happens to be one of the best-known dates in ancient history. Even the latest edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, certainly not biased in favor of prophecy, sets the date of Artaxerxes accession as 465 B.C.; and therefore, his twentieth year would be 445 B.C. …Here we have the beginning of the Seventy Weeks” (Alva J. McClain, Daniel’s prophecy of the Seventy Weeks, 1962, pp. 18-19).
Daniel 9:25c “…the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
The “going forth of the commandment” has been shown to have occurred in 445 B.C., therefore, the first “seven weeks” of years (7 x 7 = 49 prophetic years) in Daniel’s vision (Dan. 9:25) cover the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, the period of rebuilding during the “troublous times” between 445 B.C. and 396 B.C. The remaining “threescore and two weeks” (62 x 7 = 434 prophetic years), bring us “unto Messiah the Prince”
Matthew 21:1-11 – And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass (Zechariah 9:9). And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David (II Samuel 7:16-17): Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
There are a total of 69 weeks of years or 483 years (49 + 434) mentioned in Daniel 9:25 and biblical evidence supports the use of a 360-day year in prophecy. When this is factored into the calculation (starting from 445 B.C.), the terminating point is A.D. 32.
483 prophetic years x 360 = 173,880 days
173,880 days divided by 365 = 476 Gregorian years
445 B.C. – 476 yrs. = A.D. 32
Luke 19:37-42 – And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
The “things which belong unto thy peace but now they are hid from thine eyes” are found in Daniel 9:24 and will finally come to pass at the end of the seventieth week of Daniel 9:27.
Revelation 12:1-5 – And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born (Matthew 2:8). And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
The 70th week
Daniel 9:24 describes a time, at the end of a seventy-week (490 years) period, when Daniel’s people (Israel, as a nation) would be free from sin and righteous in God’s eyes. Up to the present time, Israel would not be considered sinless or righteous in God’s eyes. Therefore, their condition, as described in Daniel 9:24, should be considered something that has yet to occur.
History has shown us that Daniel’s vision was partially fulfilled (69 weeks or 483 years). Since then, more than 2000 years have passed, and we are still awaiting fulfillment of the 70th and final week (7 years). Some of the apostles were also waiting for the fulfillment to begin:
In Matthew 24:3, the disciples spoke to Jesus privately, saying, “…what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world (Strong’s #165. aion; an age)?”
Matthew 24:15-16 – When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand. Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains.
1. When should those who be in Judaea flee to the mountains? When they see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet.
In Matthew 24:15 and Mark 13:14, Jesus referred to Daniel 9:27 when answering the question put to Him privately by Peter, James, John, and Andrew (Mark 13:3-4); they wanted to know when Christ Jesus would reign as King in His kingdom. Jesus was talking to them about the sign of His coming, and the end of the age.
Daniel 9:27 – And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
“The Antichrist will have made a seven-year covenant with Israel and the world will enjoy three and a half years of “peace and safety.” Then, unexpectedly, he will break the covenant and defile the temple, plunging the nations into the most terrible time of trouble they have ever experienced (See Dan. 12:1; Matt. 24:21).” (Pastor Cornelius R. Stam, The Day of the Lord — What Is It?).
2. Who is the ‘he’ of verse 27? The Antichrist – The prince that shall come [Daniel 9:26] – The desolator – [Daniel 9:27] – Prince of this world [John 12:31] – Prince of the power of the air [Ephesians 2:2] – That wicked one [I John 3:11-12] – that Wicked [II Thessalonians 2:8-11].
3. He confirms the covenant with many for how long? One week (7 years).
4. Who are ‘the many’? The nation of Israel (Matthew 20:28).
Read Daniel 7:25; 12:6-7; Revelation 13:5-8
The first prophecy in Scripture
There are some interesting parallels when comparing the writing in the Book of Genesis with the writing in The Book of Revelation from around 4000 years later:
Genesis 3:14-15 – And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
5. Who is the Women? The nation of Israel.
6. Who is Her Seed? Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Earlier, we read Revelation 12:1-5. Let’s continue reading now from where we left off:
Revelation 12:6-14 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
The conclusion for Israel – Jeremiah 30:7 – Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Jeremiah 31:31-34 – Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Daniel 9:24 – Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy 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 the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
The conclusion for believers – I Thessalonians 5:9-11 – For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Romans 4:20-25 – He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
As believers, we do not need to wait until after the time of trouble; we are already righteous in God’s eyes!
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