What Does Daniel 9 Say About the Timeline for Israel?

Direct Answer

Yes, Daniel 9 presents a 490-year prophetic timeline for Israel, with 483 years fulfilled at the crucifixion and seven years still remaining.

Daniel 9 speaks of 70 weeks determined upon Daniel's people and the holy city. Les Feldick explains these weeks as weeks of years, totaling 490 years. Of those, 483 years were fulfilled at the crucifixion, leaving seven years unfulfilled. The remaining seven years are still future and are connected to the Tribulation, which Les identifies as the time of Jacob's trouble.

Key Scriptures

Daniel 9:24 — This verse gives the seventy-week (490-year) decree specifically for Daniel's people and the holy city, directly answering the question of Israel's timeline.

Daniel 9:27 — This verse mentions the final 'one week' of the prophecy, which Les Feldick connects to the seven remaining years triggered by a peace treaty.

What Does the Bible Say?

In Daniel 9:24, the angel tells Daniel, '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 passage identifies the time as determined for Daniel's people and the holy city. Daniel 9:26 continues that after threescore and two weeks, 'Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself.' Daniel 9:27 then says, '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.' The text itself does not state that the entire 490-year period ends at the crucifixion; it distinguishes the final one-week period.

What Does Les Feldick Teach About Daniel 9 and Israel's Timeline?

Les Feldick teaches that Daniel 9 gives God's timetable for the nation of Israel. The 70 weeks are 70 weeks of years—490 years. Those years are determined upon Daniel's people, Israel, and Jerusalem. He identifies the starting point as the decree to rebuild Jerusalem's walls and says the full 490 years would extend until Christ ends His dealing with His covenant people. Les explains that 483 years were fulfilled at the crucifixion, leaving seven years unfulfilled. These seven years will begin when the Antichrist signs a peace treaty with Israel, and they correspond to the time of Jacob's trouble. He emphasizes that this is prophecy concerning Israel, not the Church, and that the Church Age has no comparable prophetic timetable.

How Do the 490 Years Break Down?

Les Feldick explains that Daniel 9 contains a complete prophecy of 490 years for Israel. Of those, 483 years were fulfilled at the crucifixion. The remaining seven years were not fulfilled at Christ's first coming. They will have the time clock triggered by the signing of a peace treaty between the Antichrist and Israel.

Who Are Daniel's People in Daniel 9?

God says the 490 years are determined upon 'thy people'—Daniel's people. Les identifies Daniel's people as Israel, the Jew. He also notes that when Israel is in obedience, God calls them 'my people,' but here He tells Daniel 'thy people.' The prophecy is directed to the nation of Israel and the holy city.

Does Daniel 9 Apply to the Church?

Les says there is nothing in the Old Testament, prophetic or otherwise, that connects Daniel 9 to the Church, His Body. He teaches that all true prophecy centers on the nation of Israel, usually within a time frame, and that the Church Age has no prophecy like Daniel's 490 years.

When Will the Remaining Seven Years Begin?

According to Les, the remaining seven years will have the time clock triggered by a peace treaty signed between the Antichrist and Israel. This seven-year period is primarily the time of Jacob's trouble, when God deals with the nation of Israel.

From the Teaching

The Seven Years Are Jacob's Trouble

Les connects the remaining seven-year period to Jeremiah 30's 'time of Jacob's trouble,' showing the Tribulation is primarily God dealing with Israel.

490 Years from Nehemiah to Christ

Les identifies the starting point of the 490 years when Israel was allowed to rebuild Jerusalem's walls and traces the full span to the end of God's dealing with Israel at Christ.

483 Fulfilled, Seven Remain

Les explains that 483 of Daniel's 490 years were completed at the crucifixion, leaving seven years unfulfilled that will begin when the Antichrist signs a peace treaty with Israel.

Seventy Weeks Are Years upon Israel

Les shows that Daniel's 70 weeks are 70 weeks of years—490 years—determined upon Daniel's people, the nation of Israel.

Prophecy concerning Israel, Not the Church

Les points out that Daniel 9's 490-year prophecy concerns Israel and that nothing in Old Testament prophecy connects it to the Church.

Unfulfilled Purposes Await Christ's Return

Les notes the purposes in Daniel 9—everlasting righteousness, sealing vision and prophecy, anointing the most holy—were not completed at Christ's first coming, leaving seven years still future.

Part of God's Prophetic Timeline

Les places Daniel 9's 490 years in the broader timeline of God's dealing with Israel, following the Abrahamic covenant and the giving of the Law.

All True Prophecy Centers on Israel

Les stresses that true prophecy generally centers on the nation of Israel and is time-bound, while the Church Age has no prophetic timetable like Daniel's.

Bible Verses

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.

This is the foundational verse for the 490-year timeline, specifying that it applies to Daniel's people and the holy city.

Daniel 9:26: And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

This verse points to the crucifixion of Messiah within the timeline, which Les says happened after 483 years.

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.

This verse describes the final 'one week' of the prophecy, which Les identifies as the remaining seven-year tribulation period.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the seventy weeks in Daniel 9?

In Daniel 9, seventy weeks are seventy weeks of years—490 years. Les Feldick says the full 490-year prophecy is God's timetable for the nation of Israel.

How many years of Daniel's prophecy were fulfilled at the first coming of Christ?

Les teaches that 483 years of the 490 were fulfilled at the crucifixion. This leaves seven years unfulfilled and still future.

What starts the seven-year period in Daniel's prophecy?

According to Les, the remaining seven years will begin when the Antichrist signs a peace treaty with Israel. This triggers the final week of Daniel's 490-year timeline.

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