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...SUMMARY: The chapters of Daniel which deal with this subject are those from eight to twelve inclusive. These chapters.. foretell not only the second coming of Christ, but.. His first appearance as well....
.....Daniel prophesies that from the issuing of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem, until the time when the Messiah shall be cut off (crucified) there are appointed 70 weeks. Daniel gives this prophecy in two different ways:
...1.As 70 weeks.
...2.As 7 weeks, 62 weeks, and one week; during which the Messiah confirms the covenant.
...However, both ways total up to 70 weeks or to 490 days. This becomes 490 years in prophecy with a day for a year (see Day For A Year, this data base).
.....there were four decrees to rebuild Jerusalem.. :
...1.Issued by Cyrus in the year 536 B.C. This decree is recorded in the first chapter of Ezra. It went unfulfilled.
...2.Issued by Darius in the year 519 B.C. This decree is recorded in the sixth chapter of Ezra. It also went unfulfilled. Only the Temple was rebuilt.
...3.Issued by Artaxerxes in the seventh year of his reign in the year 457 B.C. This is recorded in the seventh chapter of Ezra. It was fulfilled by the fourth decree.
..."...they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven..." (Matt 24:30)
.....concerning the 'abomination of desolation', His exact words were:
..."How long shall the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the abomination of desolation, to give the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." (Dan 8:13-14)
...Using the same frame of reference for the second coming, as was used for the first coming (the decree of Artaxerxes).. Bible scholars made the following calculations:
...1.The decree was issued in 457.. 457 from 2300 (equals) 1843. Thus the year 1843.. would mark the beginning of the end of the "abomination of desolation."
...2..from the issuing of the decree unto the birth of Christ there were 456 years, not 457 (since Christian time proceeds from 1 B.C. to 1 A.D. - no year zero -ed) therefore.. 456 from 2300 (equals) 1844.. (above summary from Thief in the Night by Bill Sears).
...see also saq 42-43).
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