The Book of Daniel: the Key to Bible prophecy

Chapter 9
Introduction to Daniel Chapter 9
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The 9 chapter of Daniel is one of the greatest chapters in the Bible.
Understanding this chapter is the key to understanding God’s plan of
redemption and prophecy. Chapter nine ties together the other visions in the
book of Daniel, and unlocks their meaning.
Here we find out how the “Son of Man” in Daniel 7 became the “Son of
Man”. The Messiah would die for the sins of the world, fulfilling the words of
Isaiah 52:12 to 53:13. Daniel chapter nine would revealed the exact month and
year of Messiah’s death 538 years before his birth.
God also informs Daniel about what will happen to Israel in the future, and
how Israel’s future will relate to events at the end of time. The event known as
the “Abomination of Desolation” referenced by Jesus in Matthew 24:15 is
illuminated as the half way mark in the final week of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks.
Through Gabriel, God informs Daniel, how a third Temple will be the beginning
sign of the completion of the times of the Gentiles, ending with God’s judgment
poured out on the desolate.
Chronologically chapter 9 follows 5, and is in the same year of chapter 6,
when Daniel is cast into den of lions. Whether Daniel has this great vision
before or after he cast into the lions den is not clear.

Historical background
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes,
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who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans-
2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the
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years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish
seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
First year of Darius: Cyrus the Great appointed Darius to rule over the Babylon. This covered in
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more detail in chapter 6. Darius the Mede was an ally of Persia, led by Cyrus the great. The Medes were
the Persian overlords prior to Cyrus the Great who rebelled against Median control. Cyrus rebelled his
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Mede grandfather, and the Median generals allied with him. Darius was likely one of his Mede generals
who was 64 years of age at the time of this event.
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There are two explanations to the identity of this Darius as Walvoord give the explanation given by
John C. Whitcomb,
One of these explanations…Whitcomb hold that Ugbaru, identified previously as the governor of Gutium in the
Nabonidus Chronical, led the army of Cyrus into Babylon and died less than a month later. Gubaru, however,
identified by Whitcomb as Darius the Mede, a king of Babylon under the authority of Cyrus….The third view, held
by the conservative scholar, D.J. Wiseman, has simplicity in its favor. It claims Darius the Mede is another name
of Cyrus the Persian. This is based on the translation of Daniel 6;28 which the Aramaic permits to read, “Daniel
prospered in the reign of Darius, even the reign of Cyrus the Persian. The fact that monarchs had more than one
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name is common in ancient literature.

Made king: The words “was made king” demonstrates the accuracy of the book of Daniel. Since he
was made King he is more likely appointed to the position, contrary the critics charge Daniel is in error.
Darius served as governor over the Babylonian conquests of Persia.
I Daniel: Daniel is about 81 to 83 years old at this point in his life. This vision in the ninth chapter is
either follows or precedes Daniel being thrown in the Lions den in chapter 6.
Understood: Daniel had acquired a copy of the writings of Jeremiah, who was a contemporary of
Daniel. Daniel was a youth when he was taken captive into the land of Babylon at 14. Jeremiah at the
time Daniel was taken captive would have been 36 years of age.
Jeremiah: Jeremiah lived a turbulent life in the courts of Israel. For twenty-two years he served
under the righteous rule of Josiah. After Josiah’s death, he served under his sons who, were wicked and

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refused to obey the words of God, spoken through Jeremiah, to their own destruction.
In 605 B.C. the Babylonians received the submission of Jerusalem after the victory of Carcemeish.
Jehoiakim refused to submit to Babylon as instructed by Jeremiah and was overthrown after he rebelled
in 597 B.C.
He was replaced by his uncle Zedekiah, who also refused to listen to the word of God, through
Jeremiah. Zedekiah burned God’s word by the prophet Jeremiah in the fire. (Jeremiah 36:20-26)
Finally, after a third and final rebellion against Babylon, the Babylonian armies came and destroyed
the city and the temple in 587 B.C. The rebels took Jeremiah captive to the land of Egypt where he died
in an unmarked grave.
Jeremiah’s scrolls were rewritten after they were burned, and either the originals or copies made their
way to Daniel. From the scrolls Daniel read the words of Jeremiah, concerning what would happen to the
city of Jerusalem.
Kings Reign Prophets
Josiah 640-609 Jeremiah, Seventy years: Jeremiah foretold Babylon’s
Ezekiel success for a period of 70 years, in 605 B.C., (Jeremiah
Daniel 25:1). Resulting in Jerusalem’s desolation.
Jehoiachin 609-598 Jeremiah
Ezekiel 11 'And this whole land shall be a desolation and an
astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of
Zedekiah 598-586 Jeremiah Babylon seventy years.
12 'Then it will come to pass, when seventy years are
completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that
nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,' says the
Lord; 'and I will make it a perpetual desolation.
13 'So I will bring on that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book,
which Jeremiah has prophesied concerning all the nations.
Jeremiah 25:11-13
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10 For thus says the Lord: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good
word toward you, and cause you to return to this place.
Jeremiah 29:10
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Desolations of Jerusalem: The city of Jerusalem was completely destroyed in 586 B.C. when the
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armies attacked the city for the third time. The seventy years were compete with the destruction of the
Jewish temple. The Temple was destroyed in 586 B.C., and construction was started in 536 B.C., but it
was not completed unit 516 B.C.
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Daniel prepares to pray

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3 Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with
fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome
God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His
commandments,

I set my face: Daniel is a man of prayer, from the time he was taken as a captive at 14, till the last
days of his life, prayer was present. Daniel was in the habit of praying three times each day toward the
city of Jerusalem.

10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows
open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before
his God, as was his custom since early days.
Daniel 6:10
Daniel had a method to his prayer and his approach to God. Daniel understood God operated through
his faithful people. Daniel understood he part of the plan’s fulfillment; through Daniel’s prayer, God would
accomplish his plan. Daniel prepared himself before he approached God in prayer. Daniel had every
reason to rest on his laurels, he was there at the beginning of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign and the fall of
Babylon. He was now appointed to high office in the new Persian administration. Daniel did not magnify
his heart or position, but approached God in humility and awe.
He came to God with prayer and according to his Word; that His will might be accomplished.

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Prayer hllpt Tephillah Prayer is communication with God. Daniel talked with God and made
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Supplications !wnxt Tachanuwn Daniel made is requests known to God. He asked God to accomplish
his will, according to his word
Fasting ~wc Tsowm By fasting ones complete attention was focused on God. Daniel also
fasted from particular types of food. See Daniel 10:3
Sackcloth qX Saq Daniel wore garments made from rough, inexpensive material to
focus his mind, and mourn for the sins of his people.
Ashes rpa 'epher By wearing ashes, Daniel humbled himself, in appearance, because
his concern was for God’s word and His holiness.

Made confession: Daniel interceded for his people and himself, the reason Daniel was in Babylon
and now Persia was because of the sins of his people, Israel. God’s mercy allowed Daniel to be used,
but his descendents and forefathers were punished because of their sins. Daniel confessed the sins of
the nation before God.

Daniel’s Confession
5 "we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing
from Your precepts and Your judgments.
6 "Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and
our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land.
7 "O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day-to the men of
Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the
countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have
committed against You.
8 "O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we
have sinned against You.
9 "To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.
10 "We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us
by His servants the prophets.
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11 "Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice;
therefore the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured
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out on us, because we have sinned against Him.

12 "And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who
judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been
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done as what has been done to Jerusalem.

13 "As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made
our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your
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truth.
14 "Therefore the Lord has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the Lord our God
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is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice.
We have sinned: Daniel acknowledged the reason for Jerusalem’s punishment. Their rebellion
against God and his word.
Prophets: The people, rulers and kings rejected the message given by God through his prophets.
Jeremiah’s scroll was burned by Zedekiah king of Judah and Ahab tried to kill Elijah. Jeremiah’s messages
were rejected by most people and the kings, even when they promised him they would follow whatever the
Lord said whether good or bad.
The Law of Moses: Before Israel entered the promised land they confirmed the covenant of Moses
with promises of curses and blessings. If Israel was obedient they would be blessed above all nations of
the earth, if they disobeyed and turned away from God they would receive the curses of the covenant.

"Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you
shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known-wood and stone.
Deuteronomy 28:64
He has confirmed: Daniel understood the truth of God’s word, he knew God kept his word and
confirmed it through events. The people were judged according to the promises God made through his
prophets. If the people turned away from God, and followed after other gods, then they would receive the
promises of judgment.

As it is written: The evidence of God’s faithfulness is the events are fulfilled that were proclaimed
before they happened. God, by demonstrated his nature and faithfulness to his word by confirming his
word in the events. Daniel knew God was faithful to his word proclaimed through the prophets. The

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destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem were in fulfillment of God’s Word.

19 "But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve
other gods, and worship them,
20 "then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house which I have sanctified for My name I will
cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
2 Chronicles 7:19-20

The Jewish Temple was destroyed in 586 B.C. according to God’s word. The destruction of the Temple
and the scattering of the people was a sign of Israel’s disobedience.

Daniel Intercedes
15 "And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty
hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day-we have sinned, we have done wickedly!
16 "O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned
away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of
our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us.
17 "Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the
Lord's sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate.
18 "O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city
which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our
righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.
19 "O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God,
for Your city and Your people are called by Your name."
Now o Lord
Now O Lord: The children of Israel are identified with God, the one and only Lord who brought the
children out of Egypt. God had chosen Israel to be an example in the earth to the nations of the earth.
6 "For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for
Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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7 "The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other
people, for you were the least of all peoples;
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Deuteronomy 7:6-7
Made a name: Through Israel the Lord established himself in the Earth, Israel is his witnesses to
earth. They as a people reflect God to the world, therefore when they sin and fall away, God for the sake
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of His own holiness brings judgment on the people.

10 "You are My witnesses," says the Lord, "And My servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and
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believe Me, And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, Nor shall there be after Me. 21
This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise.
22 "But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; And you have been weary of Me, O Israel.
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Isaiah 43:10,21-22
Jerusalem: The city of Jerusalem is God’s city, the city
Your Holy Mountain: The holy mountain of God is what we know today as the Temple Mount, Mt.
Moriah. Mount Moriah, is the mount Abraham was called to from the land of Ur, (Genesis 12:6, 22:2, 2
Chronicles 3:1) On Mount Moriah, God commanded that His holy Temple be built.
Your servant: Daniel was God’s servant, who knew he was personally involved in the struggle, he
represented Israel on earth before God through prayer. In the same way Daniel, interceded for Israel,
those who know Christ can intercede according to God’s will in the affairs of humanity.
16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective,
fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on
the land for three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
James 5:16-18
Not….because of our righteous: Daniel acknowledged Israel did not deserve God to be faithful to
them based on their works, but based on God’s mercy.
Your mercies:

The Angel Gabriel delivers the Message

20 Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and
presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God,

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21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering.
22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give
you skill to understand.
23 "At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for
you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:
Now while: In the process of his prayer, Daniel received an answer. This is Daniel’s third vision, the
first occurred in chapter seven, and the second occurred in eight.
Holy mountain: Daniel was specifically praying about the Temple-Mount and God’s plan regarding his
holy house. In the Seventy weeks vision, The Temple and the Temple Mount play significant roles. Daniel
prayer regarding the Temple is answered beyond what Daniel was praying about. Daniel was praying for
the Temple’s restoration.
Gabriel tells Daniel, not only will the Temple be restored again, but it will be destroyed again, after an
anointed one (Messiah) is cut off or killed.
Gabriel: This is Gabriel’s second appearance to Daniel.
Evening offering: Daniel prayed three times a day, according to Temple time. He prayed towards the
Temple-Mount, as instructed by scripture. Israel is instructed to pray toward the Temple, asking for God’s
forgiveness, Daniel prayed according to God’s word.
33 "When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and
when they turn back to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication to You in this
temple, 34 "then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the
land which You gave to their fathers. 35 "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because
they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from
their sin because You afflict them,
I Kings 8:33-35
He informed: Gabriel informs Daniel of the answer to his prayer. He also sheds light on process of
prayer in relation to God and heaven. Through Daniel was on earth, his prayer had immediate attention in
Heaven. Gabriel tells Daniel at the start of his request the command went out, as if the c
Skill to understand: What Gabriel is going to tell Daniel is going to equip Daniel to understand God’s
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plan. This is Daniel third vision, with one more to follow. Daniel’s key to understanding the interpretation of
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Chapter 2), his first and second visions (Daniel 7,8), this vision and the vision to
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follow (Daniel 10,11,12) all hinge on what is revealed in the Seventy Weeks.
You are greatly beloved: Gabriel also makes another statement revealing another dimension of
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prayer. Daniel is a known personality in Heaven. Gabriel tells Daniel, he is greatly beloved. Daniel is
about 81 or 82 years old, from the time of his youth, prayer is a consistent part of Daniel’s life. Daniel’s
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prayers are known before the throne of God. Daniel is known before the thrown of God because Daniel is a
prayer warrior.
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Understand the vision: Gabriel is here to help Daniel understand this

vision, the vision regarding the Seventy Weeks determined on his people and
Jerusalem. This was command directly from the throne to Gabriel

The Seventy Weeks

24 "Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the
transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in
everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most
Holy.
25 "Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To
restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and
sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome
times.

26 "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.
27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the
week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations
shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.

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The Seventy Weeks of Daniel

The Seventy weeks of Daniel is a prophecy, which can be used as an example of associating facts with
claims.
 God has a 490-year plan involving the Jewish People and Jerusalem.
 We are told Jerusalem would be rebuilt with walls, and streets
 The Messiah would be killed 483 years after the command to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls and streets is given.
 The rebuilt temple would be destroyed by the descends of a future world leader
 A future world leader who is descendent of the armies who destroyed Jerusalem would make an agreement to
build a Third Temple.
 The Temple would be rebuilt and sacrifices stopped after 3.5 years.

Background The Prophecy takes place in 539 B.C., in the First year of Darius the Mede. Daniel is
now between 81 to 84 years old. As a boy, he was taken captive by the Babylonians in
605 B.C. In 586 B.C. The Babylonians destroyed the city of Jerusalem and the Temple.
Jeremiah foretold a 70-year period of desolation on the city for their sin. Daniel was
praying for the city’s restoration since 67 years had now passed.
Gabriel the angel was sent to Daniel to answer his prayer and tell him God’s time
plan for his city, Jerusalem and his people.
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24 "Seventy weeks are Seventy weeks
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determined For your people and determined (7 x70=490)
for your holy city, To finish the A 490 year period of time
is established on “ Your
city” Jerusalem and “Your
transgression, To make an end
of sins, To make reconciliation People” the Jewish
for iniquity, To bring in People.
everlasting righteousness, To Seven events happen
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seal up vision and prophecy, within these 490 years.
And to anoint the Most Holy. 1. Finish
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3. Make
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5. Seal up vision and

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7. Anoint the Most Holy.
Super-Natural Objective Evidence
 The focus of Jerusalem and the Jewish People

25 "Know therefore and The 490-year period begins with

understand, That from the going the command to “Restore” and
forth of the command To restore “Build Jerusalem” including
the walls and streets in the
and build Jerusalem Until
times of trouble.
Messiah the Prince, There shall The command to rebuild the
be seven weeks and sixty-two walls and streets takes place in
weeks; The street shall be built March/April 444 B.C. (Nehemiah
again, and the wall, Even in 2:8) Nehemiah is given orders
troublesome times. to build the walls of Jerusalem,
and access to the King of
Persia’s resources.

Gabriel tells Daniel from the

command given (March/April
444 B.C.) until Messiah the
Prince will be 7-weeks (49
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years) and 62-weeks (434-years) totaling 483-years . (7 Weeks + 62 Weeks=69 Weeks)
(69 x 7=483) From the Command given in March/April 444 B.C. to until Messiah the
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Prince is 483 Jewish years . Our equivalent to Daniel’s calendar is 476 years and 24 days.

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The Command was given in March/April 444 B.C. 476 years and 24 days later is March 29
33 A.D. the Jesus Christ was “Cut off” by the Jewish Priesthood. (John 19:6)
Super-Natural Objective Evidence
 The Exact month and Year of Messiah Death 500 years before his birth

26 "And after the sixty-two Gabriel tells Daniel

weeks Messiah shall be cut off, after the 62 Week
but not for Himself; And the (434 year)
Messiah the
people of the prince who is to
Prince is cut off.
come Shall destroy the city and Not for Himself,
the sanctuary. The end of it shall Messiah dies for
be with a flood, And until the end the sins of the
of the war desolations are world (Isaiah 53).
determined.
Following his death
Jerusalem and the
Temple are
destroyed again,
after they were
rebuilt, following
Daniel’s prayer.
The people of a
prince who is to
come , will destroy
Jerusalem and
Temple 37 years after the death of Jesus Christ. Daniel foretold of
the Roman destruction of Jerusalem almost 600-years before the
event.
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Gabriel tells Daniel the desolations on Jerusalem and the Jewish
people will continue until the end.
The Dome of The Rock, the third most site in Islam occupies
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the Temple-site. The Temple-Mount is the center of world focus

pitting the world of Islam and Judaism against each other. There
is a growing movement to rebuild the Temple. The problem is 1.3
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billion Muslims hold the Dome of the Rock as their sacred site.

The 490-year clock stopped at the death of Messiah at the end of

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the 69 Week, as desolations were determined till the 70 week.
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The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple following the death of Christ
 The continual desolations that befell the Jewish People after the Temple

After the destruction of the city and Temple by Rome, the city and territory were renamed by
Hadrian to erase the Jewish memory. Christianity continued to spread in the Roman
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empire. In the early 4 century, with the conversion of the
Emperor Constantine Rome officially became a “Christian”
Empire. Two capitals were designated, Rome in the west
and Byzantium in the East.
In the deserts of Arabia, in the city of Mecca, a new religion
emerged, Islam, in 610 A.D. Islam claimed to be the only
true faith, the successor to both Christianity and Judaism.
The founder, Mohammed Ibn Abdallah, claimed to have
traveled to Jerusalem in a night journey and from the top of Mt. Moriah ascend into heaven.

In heaven, God gave Mohammed the requirements of the Islamic faith. In 634, 2 years after
the death of Mohammed the armies of Islam defeated Bzyantines for control of the land of
Israel. Over, Mt. Moriah, was built the Dome of the Rock, the third most holy spot for Islam,
to commemorate Mohammad’s night journey, and to also demonstrate the truth of Islam as
the final religion on earth.
Except for a short period of Crusader rule the Temple-Mount has been under the control
of Islamic power. This all changed after WWI when the Ottoman Empire lost to the Allies.
The Ottoman empire was divided and a Palestine protectorate was established under British
rule. The British promised to establish a Jewish state if they defeated the Ottomans, after
the war they failed to follow through on this promise.
Then after WWII after half the world Jewish population was destroyed in the Holocaust,

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the nations of the world in May 1948 established the state of Israel. Jews from around the
world returned to the land their forefathers once occupied 2000 years ago. The Arab
nations waged war on the new Jewish state and lost, Jerusalem at first an international city
became a city divided.
West Jerusalem belonged to the Jews and East Jerusalem with the Temple Mount was
controlled by the Arabs. Then following another war, the Six Day War in 1967, Israel
defeated Jordan and Egypt and recovered East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. A
soverign Israel, again controlled the Temple Mount the first time since 63 B.C. when the
Romans under General Pompei took possession of Jerusalem.

Gabriel tells Daniel, a future 7-year agreement will allow the Temple to be rebuilt allowing
sacrifice and offering to take place. He is the prince to come, descended from the people
27 Then he shall confirm a covenant who destroyed the Temple and Jerusalem, the Romans. Rebuilding the Temple is a
growing movement in Israel, for a several reasons.
with many for one week; But in the
 Growing religious movement, looking for the return of Messiah
middle of the week He shall bring an
 Removal of Muslim claims to Jerusalem
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end to sacrifice and offering. And on Establishment of spiritual and cultural identity
the wing of abominations shall be one Gabriel tells Daniel, In the midst of this agreement 7-year agreement, 3.5 years, the
who makes desolate, Even until the Prince to come breaks the agreement and stops sacrifice and offering, until the
consummation, which is determined, Is consummation, or destruction which falls on those destined for Judgment.
poured out on the desolate." Super-Natural Objective Evidence
 The future problem of the Temple-Mount site
 The rebuilding of the Temple
 The need of a peace-agreement to allow the Temple to be rebuilt

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