Schedule

Daniel Chapter 9

Lesson 10

Prayer & 70 Weeks

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Class num Date Passage Topic

1 9-Jan-11 Chapter 1 Captive & No Compromise

2 16-Jan-11 Chapter 2 Kings Dream

3 23-Jan-11 Chapter 3 Fiery Furnace

4 30-Jan-11 Chapter 4 Mad Monarch

5 6-Feb-11 Chapter 5 Weighing in

6 13-Feb-11 Chapter 6 Liars and Lions

7 20-Feb-11 Chapter 2 The image

8 27-Feb-11 Chapter 7 Beasts that Bother

9 6-Mar-11 Chapter 8 Goats

Missions 13-Mar-11 Missions

Missions 20-Mar-11 Missions

10 27-Mar-11 Chapter 9 Seventy Sevens

11 3-Apr-11 Chapter 10 Allies, Adversaries, Angels

12 10-Apr-11 Chapter 11 Coming Conflict

13 17-Apr-11 Chapter 12 Terrible Tribulation

14 24-Apr-11 Wrap Up Summary

(Easter Sunday)

No Class 1-May-11 Elective Special

No Class 8-May-11 Mother’s Day

1 15-May-11

Start of Summer Session

Information:

Richard Mastronardo

mastronardo@rcn.com

Facebook: EBFC Daniel

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Review:

Purpose of the book of Daniel: God reigns, or God is in charge

Lesson from chapter 1: Purpose not to defile yourself against God

Lesson from chapter 2: Turn to Him in prayer

Lesson from chapter 3: Don’t Compromise

Lesson from chapter 4: Know God rules our kingdoms

Lesson from chapter 5: Be Watchful

Lesson from chapter 6: Live a life of impact

Over view of the book:

Historical – 6 Historical Narratives Mainly Prophetic – 4 Main Visions

Focus Intro. Future of the Gentile Nations Future of Israel

Division

Personal

Life of

Daniel

Visions of

Nebuchad

nezzar

Visions of

Belshazzar

Decree of

Darius

Four

Beasts

Vision of

Ram &

He Goat

Vision of

70 Weeks

Vision of

Israel’s

Future

Chapter 1 2 - 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - 12

Kings Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius Belshazzar Darius Cyrus

Topics Back-

ground Daniel Interprets other’s Dreams Angel’s Interpret Daniel’s Dreams

Written

Lang. Hebrew Aramaic Hebrew

Timeline of the book of Daniel

Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius/Cyrus

1 2 3 4 7 8 5 9 6 10-12

Exile Image Furnace Insanity Four

Beasts

Ram &

Goat

Writing

on wall

70 wks Lions

Den

4 Kings

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LESSON:

1. The Introduction (vs 1-2):

Dec 14, 164 bc the temple was rebuilt 3 years after the desecration

Daniel is reading Jeremiah (Jer 25:12, 29:10)

Realized that he was in the middle of God’s timeline

609 BC is when it started

539 BC is now…

538 People could go back

2 Chronicles 36:20-21 (ESV) 20 He took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the

sword, and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of

Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its

Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

2. The Prayer (vs 3-19):

a. Daniel’s response (3-4):

Turned attention to God

- In Prayer

- Pleas for mercy

- Fasting

- Sackcloth

- Ashes

- Prayed

- Made confession

On behalf of the nation

It is not a “prayer extinguisher” – he prayed 3x a day…this COULD have been the prayer

that landed him in the Lion’s Den.

Jeremiah 25:12 (ESV) 12

Then after seventy years are

completed, I will punish the

king of Babylon and that

nation, the land of the

Chaldeans, for their iniquity,

declares the LORD, making

the land an everlasting waste.

Jeremiah 29:10 (ESV) 10

“For thus says the LORD:

When seventy years are

completed for Babylon, I will

visit you, and I will fulfill to

you my promise and bring

you back to this place.

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b. Comparison (4b-15):

God

List things that describe God, or things God

does

Who we are

List things that describe us or that we

do Great & Awesome

Keeps covenant

Steadfast love

Sent prophets to the kings, princes, fathers, and

all the people

Righteousness

Mercy & Forgiveness

Confirmed his word 12

Brought great calamity

Righteous in all His works

Brought them out of Egypt with a mighty hand

Made a name for Himself

Anger & Wrath

We sinned

Done wrong

Acted wickedly

Rebelled

Turning aside from your commands

Not listened to your servants

Open shame

Treachery against God

Sinned against God

Rebelled against God

Not obeyed the voice of the Lord

Transgressed God’s law

Turned aside

Refusing to obey God’s voice

Received the curse and oath

Have sinned against him

Not entreated His favor

Not turned from our inequities

Not gained insight from His truth

Not obeyed His voice

Sinned

Done wickedly

Become a byword to those around

Called by His name

c. Request (vs 16-19):

Turn your anger & wrath away from Jerusalem

Listen to the prayer of your servant

Listen to his pleas for mercy

Make your face to shine for your own sake

Incline your ear and hear

Open your eyes and see our desolation

Hear

Forgive

Pay attention and act

Delay not for your own sake

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3. The explanation (vs 20-27):

a. Intro (20-23)

Gabriel comes

Was dispatched as soon as Daniel started praying

Came swiftly

At the time of the evening sacrifice

For you are greatly loved

Daniel didn’t have the complete understanding yet of Jeremiah’s prophecy

b. 70 sevens

Or 70 x 7 = 490 years

For:

1. your people to finish the transgressions

2. put an end to sin

3. to atone for iniquity

4. bring in everlasting righteousness

5. to seal both vision and prophet

6. anoint a most holy place

445 BC – Decree to rebuild Jerusalem

Triumphal entry (Palm Sunday)

70AD Jerusalem Destroyed

1967 – Jerusalem established as the city

1 week

(7 years)

Clock starts 7 weeks

(49 years)

62 weeks

(434 years)

½ week

(3 ½ years)

½ week

(3 ½ years)

Vs 25 Vs 25 Vs 25 Vs26 V27

Decree to go

out and restore

Jerusalem

Coming of an

anointed one

Jerusalem built

again, squares,

moat, in

troubled time

Anointed one

cut off and shall

have nothing.

People of the

prince who is

to come shall

destroy the city

Shall make a

strong covenant

with many for

one week

End to

sacrifices

Neh 2:1-8

March 5, 444

BC

395 March 30, 33

AD

70 AD

Artaxeres

decree

Walls, temple,

and city

complete

Cut off –

cutting a

covenant

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How can 444 – 33 AD be 483 years?

Note Calendar Differences:

Jewish calendar was only 360 days per year thus 484 x 360 = 173,880 Days

Gregorian: 444 BC -33 AD = 476 years x 365 = 173,740 + 116 (for leap years) + 24

(March 5-30) = 173,880 days.

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The following charts are from George M. Schwab Hope in the Midst of a Hostile World P&R

Publishing pages 132-145

General Reading

Dispensational View

3 ½ years

3 ½ years

7 year-weeks

62 year-weeks

Passover A.D. 33

Cyrus’s decree 539 B.C.

572 years

3 ½ years

3 ½ years

7 year-weeks

62 year-weeks

Passover A.D. 33

Artaxerxes’ decree 444 B.C

173,880

days

Church Age Gap

End Times

NOTES

Strengths Issues

Supports direct

reading

Seems that the

key events have

not occurred

Dates don’t

match

NOTES

Strengths Issues

Dates match

Ties then to

Revelation

Direct reading

doesn’t seem to

show a gap

Seems like

‘tricky’ math to

MAKE it work

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Critical View 1

Critical View 2

3 ½ years

3 ½ years

7 year-weeks

62 year-weeks

Onias’s death 171 BC

Jerusalem Destroyed 586 BC

370 years

NOT 434

Cyrus’s decree 539 B.C.

Temple desecrated

Temple Worship Resumed 164 BC

62 year-weeks

3 ½ years

3 ½ years

7 year-

weeks

Onias’s death 171 BC

Jeremiah’s Prophecy 605 BC

Cyrus’s Ascension 558 B.C.

Temple desecrated

Temple Worship Resumed 164 BC

NOTES

Strengths Issues

Matches a direct

reading

Times don’t line

up

NOTES

Strengths Issues

Time matches

Seems to

support direct

reading

Starts with

Jeremiah’s

writing?

Doesn’t add up

to 70 weeks (as

the 7 is part of

the 62)

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Josephus

C.F. Kiel

70 years in

ruins

Alexander the Great

Jerusalem Destroyed 586 BC

490

years

total

Return to Jerusalem

Hasmoneans

Titus Destroys the Temple

34 year

Persians

180 years

Greeks

103 Years

self-rule

103 yrs

Rome

Herods

Last week:

End Times

Sabbath of

Sabbaths

62 year-weeks of

Jubilee! The

church age

Christ’s 2nd Advent

Cyrus’s decree 539 B.C.

Christ’s first advent

NOTES

Strengths Issues

Time matches

overall

Matches the

image in the

dream

Weeks are not

held or seen

NOTES

Strengths Issues

Matches the key

events

Figurative

Weeks aren’t

really meaning

anything just

lumps of time

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Kline & Young

Start End Prince who is to

come

Prince who

imposes

covenant

Literal

Figurative

605 BC

586 BC

539 BC

444 BC

165 BC

AD 70

Eschaton

Antiochus

Titus

Christ

Antichrist

Antiochus

Christ

Antichrist

Dispensational � � � �

Critical 1 � � � � �

Critical 2 � � � � �

Josephus � � � �

Keil � � � � �

Kline � � � � �

Young � � � � �

George M. Schwab Hope in the Midst of a Hostile World P&R Publishing pg.145

Last week:

End Times

Sabbath of

Sabbaths

62 year-weeks of

Jubilee! The

church age

Christ’s 2nd Advent

Cyrus’s decree 539 B.C.

Christ’s first advent

NOTES

Strengths Issues

Matches the key

events

Figurative

Weeks aren’t

really meaning

anything just

lumps of time

Big Picture

2

Head of Gold

Babylon

(Neb)

Persia

Arms Silver

Greece

Torso Bronze

Rome

Legs of Iron

Feet of Iron

and Clay

Messianic

Rock

2 7 8 9 Dispensational view

Head of Gold

Babylon

Lion

Arms Silver

Bear

Lopsided

Ram2 Horns

one larger

Decree to Go

Forth and rebuild

Greece

Torso Bronze

Leopard

Goat

Little horn

69 weeks

continued

Legs of Iron

Terrible

Beast

Messiah Cut off

Feet of Iron

and Clay

10 horns

Little Horn

Final week

Messianic Son of Man

receiving the

Kingdom

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Dispensational view

Decree to Go

Forth and rebuild

Messiah Cut off

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Summary: 1. The 70 week explanation was the answer to Daniels prayer for God to act and fulfill His promise

2. The 70 weeks answer is that of Messiah…and the Kingdom of God

3. We know we are not in the Kingdom today…so the 70 weeks gives us the Blessed Assurance of

His Kingdom yet to come

4. We do not have limitless time…

5. We should be look forward to a Kingdom led by God

CONCLUSION:

Since God is in control:

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FOR NEXT WEEK:

Read Daniel Chapter 10

Work through the process of identifying the symbols, their referents, and their meanings.

What is the primary message and purpose of the vision?

Bibliography:

Boice, James Montgomery, Daniel an Expositional Commentary, Baker Books 1989

Schwab, George Hope in the midst of a Hostile World, P&R 2006

Wiersbe, Warren Be Resolute, David C. Cook, 2000

Baldwin, Joyce Daniel Tyndale OT Commentaries, IVP 1978

Bauman, Alex, Our God Reigns: Daniel, Regular Baptist Press 2010

Budge, E.A Babylonian Life and History Barnes & Noble Publishing 1993

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