Q&A-11: BIBLE PROPHECY & WHY ISN'T A WEEK A WEEK IN DANIEL 9?

Now he starts explaining. Remember, first we have the scope, that’s what I just read. 70 weeks. Then, he starts explaining the components. Then, he talks about a gap. Then, he talks about that climactic week. Right here, “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince,” that’s Jesus coming into Jerusalem and what we just celebrated a month back or so, Palm Sunday. His triumphal entry as the King of the Jews. Remember Hosanna, save us? They were asking for Him to be their Messiah. “Shall be seven weeks and 62 weeks.” 62+7=69. It says in this time, “The street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times.” He says from the command to restore Jerusalem, until Messiah comes as King in the triumphal entry, would be 69 weeks. 69 weeks of 360 day years. What we’re talking about is weeks of years. This is what a week is, it’s actually not the Hebrew word for a week, it’s the word for heptad. If you’ve ever heard of heptad, it means a group of seven. I’ll show you that in just a minute. Basically, there’s this verse 25, 69 weeks, that’s 7+62. Then verse 26, we’re going to see, talks about this interval where Messiah is cut off and these people come and destroy the temple. Then he says, after all that interval will be this final week. This is what we call the tribulation, the 70th week. The heptad is seven years. This is where the seven years come from. I’ll show you that. The 70th week. This is the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. This is Jesus being crucified on the cross. This is the rapture of the church right there. This is the seven year tribulation. It’s two halves, three and a half years, three and a half years, 42 months and 1,260 days. The tribulation has two parts. It has a certain center and that’s what Jesus talked about in Matthew 24:15. He said, when you see the abomination that causes desolation, “standing in the holy place,” “let those in Judea flee to the mountains.” This is the tribulation. It’s the 70th week. That’s what makes this such an important passage. Join the LAND OF THE BOOK channel to access weekly video releases over the next year totaling 50+ EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS featuring weekly in-depth Bible Study lessons with John & Bonnie. Clips are taken at just one of the places where we are taking our virtual journey through all the Lands of the Bible & Great Museums of the Bible on the Paul's Life & Letters Course. Plus all the assigned HOLY LAND, Paul's Life & Letters Course STUDY RESOURCES, and John's two most loved books--David's Spiritual Secret & Living Hope for the End of Days at:    / @dtbm   Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook:   / discoverthebook   DTBM Academy Courses: https://dtbma.com/Default.aspx Purchase John's Books, Mp3 & DVD resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Here are links to our Amazon Pages-- https://www.amazon.com/shop/dtbm Donate to the ministry: https://dtbm.org/donations/partnership/ For more of Dr. John Barnett's Bible teaching messages, go to: https://dtbm.org/    • Q&A-11: BIBLE PROPHECY & WHY ISN'T A ...