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may help to visualize the character and time periods of this eventful 70th
week of Daniel 9.
The Seventieth week of Daniel 9:27
3.5 years
In
3.5 years
The covenant made
the
The Great Tribulation.
with Antichrist.
midst
The Abomination.
Period 42 months,
of the
The Man of Sin.
1,260 days or
week
Time,
3.5 years.
the
Times and a half.
covenant
The First Half.
broken
The Second Half.
In conclusion we draw attention to the diagram printed on the opposite
page. The orthodox interpretation is set out in Figure 1, the Berean
interpretation in Figure 2. The angel who came from heaven to give this
prophetic forecast could presumably add up a few figures; he certainly did
not need any assistance from commentators to add together 7 and 62, yet most
commentators Ignore the fact that the angel said seven weeks And sixty -two
weeks, and put down straight away 69. By so doing they Include the years of
distress during which the wall was in building, and allow no time after the
Crucifixion to cover the period of the Acts, even though Israel were still a
people before God, and their hope runs from one end of the Acts to the other
(Acts 1:6; 28:20).
Two periods of time are in view in Daniel 9:24 -26.
(1)
The complete period of 70 x 7 years.
(2)
The length of time that elapsed between the command to restore
and build Jerusalem unto the Messiah.