Daniel's 70th week is the final, unfulfilled seven years of the 490-year period determined for Israel in Daniel 9:24.
Sixty-nine weeks (483 years) were fulfilled up to the crucifixion of Messiah, leaving one week (seven years) still ahead. Les Feldick teaches that this remaining seven-year period is the Tribulation, which will begin when the Antichrist signs a seven-year treaty with Israel and is divided into two halves of three and a half years.
Daniel 9:24 — This verse sets the seventy weeks (490 years) that are determined upon Daniel's people and the holy city.
Daniel 9:26 — This verse tells of Messiah being cut off after threescore and two weeks, leaving the final week unfulfilled.
Daniel 9:27 — This verse describes the covenant confirmed for one week — the 70th week that remains.
Daniel 9:24 states that '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 sets the 490-year timeframe for Israel and Jerusalem. Daniel 9:26 says, 'And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself,' describing the crucifixion and leaving the final week unresolved. Daniel 9:27 then speaks of a prince who '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.' This final 'one week' is the remaining seven-year period.
Les Feldick explains that Daniel's 'seventy weeks' are weeks of years — that is, 490 years. He points out that from the decree allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem, dated March 14, 445 B.C., up to Palm Sunday was exactly 483 years. Because the prophecy said 490 years, the remaining seven years make up the 70th week, which was left unfulfilled and pushed into the future. Les says God's clock for Israel stopped at the cross, so the last seven years are still ahead. This period is the Tribulation, which will begin when the Antichrist signs a seven-year treaty with Israel. It is divided into 3½ and 3½ years, or 42 months and 42 months, with the last half being the time of wrath and vexation. The 70th week fits into God's plan after the Body of Christ is completed and the living believers are changed, when God picks up where He left off with the nation of Israel.
Daniel 9:24 says seventy weeks are determined upon Daniel's people and the holy city for six purposes. Daniel 9:26 says Messiah is cut off after threescore and two weeks. Daniel 9:27 says a prince confirms a covenant with many for one week, and in the midst of that week the sacrifice and oblation cease. This is the one-week period that remains after the previous sixty-nine weeks.
Les explains that a 'week' in Daniel 9 is a period of seven, just as a dozen is twelve; seventy weeks of years equal 490 years. He notes that chronologists have found the decree giving the Jews permission to return, dated March 14, 445 B.C., and that exactly 483 years ran from that decree to Palm Sunday. Since the total was 490, the remaining seven years are the '70th week' — still future.
Les teaches that the 70th week will open when the Antichrist signs a seven-year treaty with Israel, referring back to Daniel 9. The first three and a half years are not so much the wrath and vexation as the last three and a half; all through Scripture the seven years are divided into 42 months and 42 months.
Les says that when the Body of Christ is finally finished and the last one has been brought in, there will be an out-calling of those who are alive and remain — a change to the glorified body — and the dead in Christ will be resurrected. Then God picks up where He left off with the nation of Israel, and that is Daniel's 70th week, the final seven years of the 490-year prophecy.
Daniel's 70 Weeks Explained — The 490-Year Prophecy Unpacked
to himself. And that's exactly what it was. 430 years from the time that Abraham came out of Syria down into Canaan until Moses led them out. 430 years. Now we have a prophecy that 490 years from a particular time, which, of course, will be after the Babylonian captivity, which took place—now I'll have to bring this down here so we can see— when Nebuchadnezzar came over in 606 B.C.
483 Years to Palm Sunday
Les shows that from the decree of 445 B.C. to Palm Sunday was exactly 483 years, leaving seven years unfulfilled in the 490-year prophecy.
Seventy Weeks of Years
Les explains that 70 weeks means 490 years, and that the cross fulfilled the work of finishing transgression and making reconciliation.
The Seven Years Remain
Les teaches that only 483 years were fulfilled to the cross, leaving seven years called Daniel's 70th week, after which God's clock for Israel stopped.
Opening Treaty and 3½-Year Divisions
Les says the 70th week is the Tribulation and begins when the Antichrist signs a seven-year treaty with Israel; it is divided into two 3½-year halves (42 months each).
After the Body of Christ
Les places the 70th week after the rapture, when God resumes His dealings with Israel at the end of the 490-year prophecy.
Daniel 9:24 Text
Les reads Daniel 9:24, showing that the seventy weeks are determined upon Israel and the holy city.
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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: seventy weeks (490 years) are determined 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.
After the 69th week, Messiah is cut off, which Les and the prophecy connect to the crucifixion, leaving the 70th week.
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.
The covenant confirmed 'for one week' is the 70th week that remains unfulfilled.
It is seven years — the final seven years of the 490-year prophecy. Les says it is divided into two halves of three and a half years each, or 42 months and 42 months.
It is still future. Les teaches that it will begin after the Body of Christ is removed and when the Antichrist signs a seven-year treaty with Israel.
According to Les, no. The 70th week picks up where God left off with Israel after the Body of Christ is finished and those alive and remain are changed.
Because 69 weeks (483 years) were fulfilled by the cross, leaving the 70th week (seven years) unfulfilled.
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