Daniel's 490-year prophecy is God's prophetic timetable for the nation of Israel, with 483 years fulfilled at Christ's crucifixion and the final seven years—the Tribulation—still future.
Daniel 9 reveals a 490-year period determined for Israel and Jerusalem. Les Feldick explains that 483 years were fulfilled by Christ's crucifixion, leaving exactly seven years unfulfilled. These final seven years are still future and are the Tribulation, sometimes called Daniel's 70th week.
Daniel 9:24 — Daniel 9:24 states that seventy weeks are determined upon Israel and the holy city, giving the basis for the 490-year prophecy.
Daniel 9:25-26 — These verses mark the start of the 490 years at the decree to rebuild Jerusalem and the fulfillment of sixty-nine weeks when Messiah is cut off.
Daniel 9:24-27 is the biblical source of the 490-year prophecy. The angel Gabriel tells Daniel that “seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city,” and the passage lists six purposes to be accomplished by that end. The starting point is given as “the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem.” After seven weeks and threescore and two weeks, the text says “Messiah the Prince” shall come. It then says that after threescore and two weeks “shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself” and that a prince will destroy the city and sanctuary. The passage also speaks of a covenant confirmed “for one week” and sacrifices ceasing “in the midst of the week.” The text does not spell out the interval between the sixty-ninth and seventieth weeks; it simply records the seventy-week decree.
Les Feldick teaches that Daniel 9 gives God's 490-year prophetic timetable for the nation of Israel. He says the clock began when Nehemiah was given instructions to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the city wall, after the temple had already been rebuilt. Les stresses that 483 of those 490 years were fulfilled by the time of Christ's crucifixion—probably Palm Sunday—leaving seven years unfulfilled. Those remaining seven years, commonly called Daniel's 70th week, are still future and constitute the Tribulation. Les says the final seven years will be triggered by the signing of a peace treaty between the Antichrist and Israel. He also notes that nothing in the Old Testament indicated the final seven years would be postponed for nearly two thousand years.
Les Feldick points to Daniel 9 as the record of a 490-year timetable for Israel. He explains that the starting point was when Nehemiah was given instructions to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the city wall and gates—the temple having already been rebuilt. He also mentions that chronologists and archaeologists have found the decree, dated March 14, 445 B.C., and that from that decree to Palm Sunday was exactly 483 years.
Les teaches that 483 years were fulfilled at Christ's first coming; he says the fulfillment was 'probably on Palm Sunday.' At that point, Christ was 'cut off' as prophesied in Daniel 9:26. He stresses that 483 plus the remaining 7 equals the full 490. The six purposes in Daniel 9:24—bringing in everlasting righteousness, sealing up vision and prophecy, and anointing the most Holy—were not accomplished at His first coming, which shows the 490-year prophecy was not finished.
Les calls the remaining seven years the Tribulation and Daniel's 70th week. He says these final seven years are still future, and 'we think we're getting close to it.' He also teaches that the final seven years will be triggered by the signing of a peace treaty between the Antichrist and Israel. Until then, the seven years remain unfulfilled.
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Now all these dates, of course, are approximate. I don't set these things in concrete, because after all, over thousands of years of time, it doesn't make that much difference whether it's 100 years one way or the other. But as near as chronologists can ascertain, Adam came on the scene at 4004. Then the Flood was the next big event in Genesis, of course, chapters 6 and 7.
Daniel 9: The 490-Year Timetable for Israel
Les identifies Daniel 9 as the prophecy of 490 years for Israel, starting from Nehemiah's return to rebuild the city wall.
483 Years Fulfilled by Palm Sunday
Les says 483 years were fulfilled just before the crucifixion, probably on Palm Sunday, and the Old Testament did not reveal a long gap before the final seven years.
The Final Seven Years Triggered by a Peace Treaty
Les teaches that the remaining seven years of Daniel's 490 will begin when the Antichrist signs a peace treaty with Israel.
483 Fulfilled, 7 Remaining
Les explains that from the Daniel decree to Christ being cut off was 483 years, leaving seven years, which are Daniel's 70th week.
March 14, 445 B.C. to Palm Sunday
Les cites the found decree dated March 14, 445 B.C., and says it was exactly 483 years to Palm Sunday, with the 70th week still future.
Unfulfilled Purposes at Christ's First Coming
Les says the promised goals—everlasting righteousness, sealing the vision, anointing the most Holy—did not happen at Christ's first coming, leaving seven years unfulfilled.
483 Years Consummated, Seven Never Completed
Les confirms from history and Scripture that 483 years were consummated at Christ's first coming, leaving seven years never completed.
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 opening verse of the 490-year prophecy, declaring that a set period is determined for Israel and Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:25: Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
This verse gives the starting point of the 490 years and the coming of Messiah after sixty-nine weeks.
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, which Les connects to the fulfillment of 483 years at Christ's crucifixion.
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,' the seven-year period that Les identifies as the still-future Tribulation.
It is God's prophetic timetable for the nation of Israel found in Daniel 9. It begins from the decree allowing Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem's walls and totals 490 years. Les Feldick teaches that 483 years were fulfilled at Christ's crucifixion, leaving seven years still future.
483 years were fulfilled by Christ's first coming—according to Les, probably by Palm Sunday. The remaining seven years are yet to be completed.
It is the final seven years of the 490-year prophecy. It is also called the Tribulation, and Les says it will begin when the Antichrist signs a peace treaty with Israel.
Yes. Les says the seven years are still future and that the time clock will be triggered by a peace treaty between the Antichrist and Israel. He also thinks we are getting close to it.
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