Daniel's 70th week is the final seven-year period of Daniel's 490-year prophecy for Israel — the Tribulation, still future, triggered by the Antichrist's covenant.
Daniel's 70th week is the final seven years of the 490-year period determined for Israel in Daniel 9. Sixty-nine weeks — 483 years — were fulfilled up to Christ's crucifixion, leaving the last seven years unfulfilled. Les Feldick teaches this still-future period is the Tribulation and begins when the Antichrist confirms a covenant with Israel for one week.
Daniel 9:24 — This is the foundational prophecy: seventy weeks (490 years) are determined upon Daniel's people, Israel, and the holy city.
Daniel 9:27 — This verse identifies the final 'one week' — the seven-year covenant confirmed by the coming prince, the Antichrist.
Daniel 9:24 records the angel's message to 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 is directed to Daniel's people, Israel, and to the holy city, and it lists six purposes determined for them. Daniel 9:26 says that after threescore and two weeks Messiah would be cut off, and that the people of the prince that shall come would destroy the city and sanctuary. Daniel 9:27 then describes the final week: 'he' confirms a covenant with many for one week, and in the midst of the week the sacrifice and oblation cease.
Les Feldick teaches that Daniel 9:24's 'seventy weeks' are weeks of years — 70 weeks equal 490 years, just as a dozen means twelve. From that prophecy, 483 years (sixty-nine weeks) were fulfilled from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem until Christ was cut off. That left seven years to complete the 490. Les says those seven years are Daniel's 70th week — the final seven years of the Tribulation, still future. God's prophetic clock stopped at the cross, and the last seven years have never been fulfilled. Les further explains that the 70th week will open when the Antichrist signs a seven-year treaty or covenant with Israel (Daniel 9:27). That same seven years is the Tribulation, which Scripture divides into two three-and-a-half-year halves — forty-two months and forty-two months. The first three and a half years will be bad, but the last three and a half will be far worse. Les also notes that the Old Testament gave no hint that the final seven years would be postponed for almost two thousand years; that interval, he teaches, is when God is building the Body of Christ. Once that Body is complete, God picks up where He left off with Israel in Daniel's 70th week.
In Daniel 9:24, the angel tells Daniel that seventy weeks are determined upon Daniel's people (Israel) and the holy city. Les explains that these are weeks of years — each week is seven years — so seventy weeks total 490 years.
Les teaches that 483 years — sixty-nine weeks — were fulfilled from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem until Christ was cut off. This left seven years in order to make the 490 total. The crucifixion occurred after that 483-year period, and God's prophetic clock then stopped.
Les teaches that the Antichrist — the coming prince of Daniel 9:26 — will confirm a covenant or treaty with Israel for one week, that is, seven years. This seven-year treaty is what opens the Tribulation and the seal judgments of Revelation.
The seven years are divided in half: three and a half years and three and a half years, or forty-two months and forty-two months. Les says the last three and a half years will be far worse than the first three and a half.
Yes. Les calls the final seven years of Israel's prophecy 'Daniel's 70th week' and also the Tribulation, a time of wrath and vexation. It will resume after the Body of Christ is complete and God picks up where He left off with Israel.
Seventy Weeks Are Weeks of Years
Les compares 'weeks' to 'dozen' — a week is always seven, so seventy weeks means 490 years determined for Daniel's people, Israel.
483 Years Completed, Seven Still Future
Les explains that from the Daniel 9 decree until Christ was cut off was 483 years, leaving 7 years to complete 490 — that seven-year period is Daniel's 70th week and the final seven years of the Tribulation.
Sixty-Nine Weeks Fulfilled at the Cross
Les says 483 of the 490 years took place up to the cross; sixty-nine weeks were fulfilled, God's clock stopped, and the last seven years are still ahead as Daniel's 70th week.
Opened by a Seven-Year Treaty
Les ties the seven-year period (the Tribulation) to the Antichrist's signing of a seven-year treaty with Israel, with the first 3½ years less severe than the last 3½, divided as 42-month halves.
God Resumes Israel's 490-Year Prophecy
Les shows the 70th week is the final 7 years of Israel's original 490-year prophecy, taken up after the Body of Christ is finished at the end of the church age.
Cross Work Fulfills Part of Daniel 9:24
Les identifies 'make reconciliation for iniquity' in Daniel 9:24 as the work of the cross within the 70-week prophecy.
The Old Testament Hid the Long Gap
Les notes all 490 years were originally presented as a connected program, and nothing in the Old Testament revealed the nearly 2,000-year gap before the final seven years.
One Week: A Covenant and a Midpoint
Les explains Daniel 9:27's 'one week' as the Antichrist's seven-year covenant with Israel, and that the week is divided in half at the midpoint.
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 verse gives the full seventy-week prophecy and its six purposes for Israel and Jerusalem.
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 describes Messiah being cut off after threescore and two weeks and identifies the coming prince whose people would destroy the city.
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 is the direct basis for the teaching that the final week begins with a covenant confirmed by the Antichrist.
Seven years. Since a 'week' in Daniel 9 is a week of years, the 70th week is one seven-year period — the final seven years of the 490-year prophecy.
No. Sixty-nine weeks (483 years) were fulfilled by Christ's crucifixion, and the final seven years were left unfulfilled. Les teaches that the 70th week is still future.
The Antichrist will confirm a covenant or treaty with Israel for seven years, as in Daniel 9:27. Les teaches that signing this treaty opens the Tribulation.
It is divided into two 3½-year halves — forty-two months each. The first half is less severe; the last 3½ years bring greater wrath and vexation.
Because the Tribulation is the fulfillment of the final seven years of Daniel 9's 490-year prophecy for Israel. Les and most Bible scholars use the term for that seven-year period.
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