The Book of Daniel gave us the exact day that Jesus Christ would be crucified which is the fourteen day of the Jewish month of Nisan.  This topic details the scriptural prophecy and calculations that are absolutely amazing that point to Jesus Christ of the Bible.  Jesus Christ is who He said He was which is the Messiah and the Son of God.

Additionally, the Book of Daniel gave us incredibly detailed information concerning events that will happen during a period known as the Tribulation Period.

Summary

This is one of many of the most amazing prophecy scriptural passages in the entire scriptures.  In the Book of Daniel, in Chapter 9, contains a prophecy that Biblical Scholars have labeled:

1. The 69 Weeks of Daniel, and
2. The 70th Week of Daniel.

Starting in verse 20 of Chapter 9, Daniel is praying and is visited by the Angel Gabriel who gives a prophecy in verse 24-27:

The prophecy, in Daniel 9:24-27, is dealing with seventy weeks that are not contemporaneous.  They are included as a group of weeks where each week is defined as period of seven years, as a day is analogous to a year in the scriptures when dealing with prophecies.  This style of using days to represent years is used throughout the entirety of the scriptures. 

The following summary is explained in further detail later in this topic.   This explains where the "The 69 Weeks of Daniel", and "The 70th Week of Daniel" titles come from the scriptures.

In between the 69 Weeks of Daniel and the 70th Week of Daniel is the period of time known as the Fullness of the Gentiles, which gets the name from the passage in Luke 21:24. 

After the completion of the Fullness of the Gentiles, then the 70th Week of Daniel can occur with the following points:

• Israel still has the prophecies dealing with the Tribulation Purpose, which the primary prophecy is to recognize their Messiah Jesus Christ.
• God will refocus on Israel as a Nation, which still has a destiny after the "one week", to rule in the 1,000 Millennial Kingdom of God,
• Jesus Christ will sit on the Thrown of King David after the "one week". 

Additionally, God is always using 30 Day month in all of the prophecies:

1. The Biblical Year is 360 days because of the Long Day of Joshua event.
2. God's Calendar, the Months of the Year
3. A Biblical Day

Meaning of Verse 24

Points on Verse 24:

1. There are seventy weeks established on the Holy City, which is Jerusalem. 
   (a) This is a total of 70 weeks
   (b) The portions are given in weeks, so the key part is there are blocks of weeks.
2. The transgression against God will be ended.
   (a) The transgression is the sin of Lucifer, the Fallen Angels and Mankind.
   (b) Jerusalem will no longer by occupied and ruled by another group other than the nation of Israel.
3. There will be an everlasting righteousness.
4. The most Holy God will be anointed, that points to Jesus Christ.

Meaning of Verse 25

Points on Verse 25:

1. This verse identifies the time periods which starts with the rebuilding of the Temple.
2. At this time of Daniel, the city of Jerusalem is a city in rubble after the third and last siege from Nebuchadnezzar, as discussed in the topic on Nebuchadnezzar's accomplishments, milestones and important dates.
3. As listed above:
   (a) 7 Weeks of years, which is 49 years
   (b) 62 Weeks of years, which is 434 years
   (c) 1 Week of years, which is 7 years.
4. The moat would be built around the city during the rebuilding of the city and Temple, which is described in the Book of Nehemiah and Ezra.

Meaning of Verse 26

Points on Verse 26:

1. After the first "7 Weeks of years", the Temple was completed, then the "62 Weeks of Years" occurs and the anointed one, the Messiah, would be "cut off".  "Cur off" means to be killed, as also described in the Holy of Holies in the Old Testament of Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12.
2. The Messiah's death is not a tragedy but a fulfillment of scriptures.
3. The "people of the prince that shall destroy the city and the sanctuary" is the Antichrist.  This is dealing with the last "1 Week of years".  The clue and pointer to knowing the "people of the prince that shall destroy the city and the sanctuary" is the next verse 27, which points to the that last week of years. 
   (a) Note that Lucifer has always had a type-of Antichrist throughout history, where the last Antichrist is the one who will perform the last Abomination of Desolation. 

Two additional topics:

1. The Day Jesus Christ would present Himself as the Messiah
2. Day Jesus Christ died on the Cross

Meaning of Verse 27 - 70th Week of Daniel

Points on Verse 27:

1. There will be a covenant with the people of the city.  Because of the previous verses that are dealing with the holy city, which identified as Jerusalem where the temple is located, then, the "firm covenant with many for one week", means it is with Israel as Israel contains the city of Jerusalem.
2. This period of time is "1 week of years", which means seven years.  The "midst of the week" means 3 and 1/2 years.
3. Since the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD, by this scripture and other scriptures, Biblical Scholars point out that this is why we know that the Temple that was destroyed will be rebuilt. 
4. Since the Garden of Eden event with Adam and Eve, the world has been under the control of Lucifer and Lucifer has a reason to be against Israel, which is to prevent Lucifer's destiny.
5. The "shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease" means the daily sacrifice, "oblation", at the temple will be stopped.  This is when the Antichrist will proclaim himself as god. 
6. The "wing of abominations" is the Abomination of Desolation.
7. The "wrath be poured out upon the desolate" means that the true God will be pouring out the judgments on the whole world that are part of the Tribulation Period that causes death where World War II is only a small model in comparison.  World War II took 1 out of every 3 Jewish people in the world, where the Tribulation Period will take 2 out of 3 Jewish People as read in Zechariah 13:8.  Those who escape will be those who recognize the Messiah and escape to the Mountains as read in Matthew 24:15-18

   Zechariah 13:8	In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
   Mathew 24:15-18	15 "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 17 "Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. 18 "Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

Seventh Week of Daniel Day Chart for the 7-year period:

14-Mar-445 BC Starting Date

To determine when the "69 Weeks of Years" per the prophecy means determining the start date the Temple that was to be rebuilt after the destruction from Nebuchadnezzar.  Of the sources to be used for finding the date, the first must be the Scriptures, and then archeological and historical sources.

The key verses in the Scriptures are from:

• Haggai 2:18-19 which gives the exact day the foundation of the temple was started.
• Nehemiah Chapter 2 where the Prophet Nehemiah speaks to the King about the Jewish people wanting to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple.
• Ezra 7:11-26, where verse 12-13 and 19-23 gives the key parts of the edict by Artaxerxes I.

Archeological and historical sources, when paired with the scriptural text, yield the following:

• According to WIKIpedia, Artaxerxes I ruled from 465 BC to 424 BC.
• Using "month of Nisan in the twentieth year" - Nehemiah 2:1, means the period of the time Nehemiah would have spoken to the King about Jerusalem and Temple would have been in the year of 445 BC.
• The Month of Nissan corresponds to the calendar period of March-April.

The WIKIpedia, Artaxerxes I site in the section "Portrayal in the Book of Ezra and Nehemiah" does a very good job in explaining some of the dating, confusion and assumptions.  One part of the confusion is whether or not Ezra and Nehemiah are contemporaries, which is a reasonable question.  This author is leaning on the side that the Scriptures always use patterns and double references to confirm truths.

Therefore, getting the starting date of the 14th of March of the year 445 BC for the building of the Jerusalem Temple can be established with these additional summary points:

1. Sir Robert Anderson's book gives multiple points, scriptural passages and seven points on page 95 explains the exact date very succinctly.  One key point that is very important is Haggai 2:18-19 that is a milestone on coming up with the specific day as already mentioned.

   Haggai 2:18-19

   18 Do consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the Lord was founded, consider: 19 Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not produced fruit. Yet from this day on I will bless you.

2. Sir Robert Anderson's book reminds us that Daniel was praying for when the 70 Years of captivity were going to be ending, where God would have been precise on the exact number of days: 70 years X 360-day years = 25,200 days.

   from page 95 of Coming Prince: "Now both the "Servitude" and the "Captivity," ended with the decree of Cyrus in B.C. 536, permitting the return of the exiles. But as the language of Daniel 9:2 so plainly states, it was the seventy years of "The Desolations" that were the basis of the prophecy of the seventy weeks. And the epoch of that seventy years was the day on which Jerusalem was invested the tenth Tebeth in the ninth year of Zedekiah a day that has ever since been observed as a fast by the Jews in every land. (2 Kings 25:1.) Daniel and Revelation definitely indicate that the prophetic year is one of 360 days. Such moreover was the sacred year of the Jewish calendar; and, as is well known, such was the ancient year of Eastern nations. Now seventy years of 360 days contains exactly 25, 200 days; and as the Jewish New Year's Day depended on the equinoctial moon, we can assign the 13th December as "the Julian date" of tenth Tebeth 589. And 25, 200 days measured from that date ended on the 17th December 520, which was the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month in the second year of Darius of Persia -the very day on which the foundation of the second Temple was laid. (Haggai 2:18, 19.) Here is something to set both critics and Christians thinking. A decree of a Persian king was deemed to be divine, and any attempt to thwart it was usually met by prompt and drastic punishment; and yet the decree directing the rebuilding of the Temple, issued by King Cyrus in the zenith of his power, was thwarted for seventeen years by petty local governors. How was this? The explanation is that until the very last day of the seventy years of "the Desolations" had expired, God would not permit one stone to be laid upon another on Mount Moriah." more great information continued on this page in the book

3. Sir Robert Anderson's book gives another reference to Astronomer Royal, Sir George Airy, to calculate the moon's place for March in the year questioned because of the significance of the lunar sacred schedule that gives the starting date.  This is on page 107.

   from page 107 of Coming Prince: Now it is an undisputed fact that Jerusalem was rebuilt by Nehemiah, under an edict issued by Arta-xerxes (Longimanus), in the twentieth year of his reign. Therefore, notwithstanding the doubts which controversy throws upon everything, the conclusion is obvious and irresistible that this was the epoch of the prophetic period. But the month date was Nisan, and the sacred year of the Jews began with the phases of the Paschal moon. I appealed, therefore, to the Astronomer Royal, the late Sir George Airy, to calculate for me the moon's place for March in the year in question, and I thus ascertained the date required March 14th, B.C. 445.

69 Weeks Prophesy

To perform the calculation, the chart below is used with the following points:

When looking at the following chart calculation:

1. The First "1 Week of Years" the
   (a) The 2nd Temple was rebuilt in roughly 4 years and 3 months, during the local king Darius the Mede who ruled the area for the new Persian empire that overthrew the Babylonian Empire.
   (b) The wall was being rebuilt around Jerusalem, which took 52 days.
   (c) The complete restoration of the Temple took 49 Years and ten days after the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Wall
   (d) The Old Testament Cannon is completed
2. There is no year zero.  In other words, the period of time between 1 BC and 1 AD is one year. 
3. Prior to the Long Day of Joshua and 2 King 20 Event, the year on Earth was 360 Days long, which made all calculations for the Bible, that involved years to use 360 day years.
4. Scriptural and historical sources give us the date start of March 14th, 445 BC for the "the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem", where the tracking of years, months and days at that time is very difficult, but this date is agreed upon by many Biblical Commentaries.
5. There are many skeptics that state that there is absolutely no way to pinpoint an exact date with the year and the day when the Crucifixion occurred.  Sir Robert Anderson, many Biblical Scholars and this author disagree with skeptics.  Regardless, this prophecy in Daniel chapter 9 identifies the "cut off" death of the "anointed one", where there is no other candidate person other than Jesus Christ in history.  Additionally, Josephus helps the skeptic by identifying Jesus Christ as the person in the scriptures.
6. God gave all of us this amazing passage of scripture in Daniel for Israel to recognize their Messiah that would come to take upon the sins of the world, Book of Isaiah - Chapter 53. 
7. Another amazing scriptural account to consider is the Magian Priest (known as the three kings), who knew when to look for the birth of Jesus Christ, that also comes from the life of Daniel influence in the Magians. 

Therefore, the date of the execution of the Messiah was absolutely precise as God was in control.  The following chart gives the days calculation based on the years with the starting date of Mach 14th, 445 BC, where the next goal is to identify the date in history that the Messiah would be killed.

There are some who may state that this is a very difficult area to make an exact estimate day because of the accuracy of calendars in the Ancient World.  Regardless of the human based accuracy, using the calculations below (also other Christian's estimates), comes to an approximation which the precision that points to Jesus Christ leaves no ambiguity to the perfection of God's accuracy.

To pinpoint a date, we have to use 365.25 days in a year for calculating the prophetic date after the start date.  As noted, the Long Day of Joshua and 2 King 20 Event changed the 360-day calendar year to 365.25 days in a year.  We are doing calculations after the year change.

Some other notes:

• After the Long Day of Joshua and 2 King 20 Event, Israel had a unique way of adding days to the calendar which is different from the current process of having an extra day every four years, which we call a "Leap Year".  Leap Year Day is required to keep the calendar accurate with the Earth's rotation around the Sun.
• Many calculations on coming up with an exact date will add in leap year days.  If this process is used then, calculations must use a multiplier of 365 and not 365.25 days.  As an example, if done correctly both yields to correct days over a four-year period:

  	Date	Leap Year?	Gregorian Calendar	Using 365.25-day years gives same total
  	Saturday, February 29, 2020	Yes
  1	Sunday, February 28, 2021		365	365.25
  2	Monday, February 28, 2022		365	365.25
  3	Tuesday, February 28, 2023		365	365.25
  4	Thursday, February 29, 2024	Yes	366	365.25
  	Total Days:		1461	1461

• In determining how many years and days is required before the "Cut Off" which is the day of the Messiah's Crucifixion at 3pm, a simple equation can be used.  In the proposed equation below, notice it contains a fractional part, which is also important to use. 

  Days	365.25 Day Years	Number of Years	Days Calc	Days	How Much Time?
  173880	173880 / 365.25	476.06	.06 * 365.25	21.855 -> 22	476 Years and 22 days
  173880	173880 / 365	476.38	.06 * 365	21.84 -> 22	476 Years and 22 days

Adding 476 Years and 22 Days to the starting date of March 14th, 445 BC gives us April 5th, 32 AD as the day that the Messiah would be "cut off" which meant to be executed.  Isaiah 52:13 through Isaiah 53:12 is called the Holy of Holies of the Old Testament that points to Jesus Christ's life with the climax on the Cross.  Additionally, Psalm 22 is often called the Crucifixion Psalm that points to the experience on the Cross.

The following an excerpt from Day Jesus Christ was Crucified: Using the amazing prophecy given to Daniel, by the Angel Gabriel in the 69 Weeks of Daniel Chapter 9 scriptures, the calculations give us a date of 5-Apr-32 AD, when using the start date of 14-Mar-445 BC.  Different Biblical Scholars have disagreements on the year, while all agree on the number of 173,880 days that transpired from start date to date revealed is correct, the following points are debated: Starting year may not be correct. Day of the week, for 5-Apr-32 AD may not be correct on computer modeling. The common agreed range is years 30 AD to 32 AD. The prophecy in the Book of Daniel can only point to Jesus Christ as there is no other candidate. To aid in verifying the vicinity of the year, we can look at "The Annals, Book XV", where Tacitus states that "Cristus, from whom the name ['Christian'] had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of the procurators, Potntius Pilatus..."   Pilate was the Roman procurator of Judea from 26 AD through 36 AD.   From the scriptures, we know: Book of Luke: Jesus began His ministry when He "was about 30 years of age".  Book of John: There are three annual Passovers during His ministry (John 2:23; John 6:4; John 13:1).  Working from all these points of information, it can be determined that Jesus Christ was crucified in his early 30s.  Note that Jesus' birth was before the 1 AD and there is no 0 AD.   Some Biblical scholars point to Jesus' birth to be in the year of 4 BC.

A good link on dates, which this author is not completely endorsing, but is a great reference:

https://www.thesacredcalendar.com/downloads/daniels-first-seven-weeks/

How to Know Daniel's 70th Week hasn't Started

Unquestionably, we are not in the 70th Week of Daniel because there is no peace in Israel.  According to Daniel 9:27, the Antichrist will make a covenant that is broken at the Abomination of Desolation event, at the half way point of the seven years.  The first 3.5 years before the Abomination of Desolation event are a time that Israel will be living in peace with "land of unwalled villages" according to the prophecy concerning the Antichrist in Ezekiel 38:10-13.

Today, Israel has walls and barriers that separate and protect themselves from militant Muslim groups.  On a routine basis, different Muslim terrorist groups are firing rockets at Israel and attempting all kinds of disruptive and murderous actives.

A second reason to know we aren't in the 70th Week of Daniel, is there no Jewish Rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem.  The Temple needs to be rebuilt in order for the Abomination of Desolation event to occur.  As of 2021, there is no announcements of the process to build a new Temple. 

Building a new Temple will most likely take at least a one-year period, with exacts specifications taken from scriptures, which with require the securing of a land location that will certainly be publicized in the Media around the world.  There is the possibility that the Temple could be constructed during the 70th Week period, but this author believes the peace treaty of Daniel 9:27 will coincide with Israel enjoying the full use of the Temple without fear of terrorism for the first 3.5 years of the 70th Week.

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1290 Days and 1335 Days of Daniel 12:11-12

When Daniel was writing the verses, there is the remarkable acknowledgment that Daniel did not know what the verses meant as indicated in Daniel 12:8.

In the verse of Daniel 12:4, the "words" (which is meant to be the Word of God ~ scriptures) is dealing with the prophecy that is about to be given which is:

• Sealed until the proper time in the future, and
• Knowledge of the "word", which is implies the scriptures, will be increased as many Biblical Scholars have been noting.

Interestingly, in the verse 5 and 6 of Daniel 12 (shown below), then Daniel sees two other men standing across from one another on a river.  Each was on the opposing riverbank.  One of the two of the two men asks the question "How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?"  Note that it is important to notice that these two men were not identified to be Daniel and not the Angel Gabriel. 

Speculation and a theory by this author is:

• Because the two men were clothed in linen, is a possible hint or clue, that they are men that have died already with Salvation which God is using to deliver the message.
• The two men might be Moses and Elijah, who were also called to meet with Jesus Christ as the Mount of Transfiguration event of Matthew 17, Mark 9 and Luke 9: 
  (a) Part of this theory by the author is the possibility that the visit of Moses and Elijah at the Mount of Transfiguration was dealing with them being the Two Witnesses in the Book of Revelation.
  (b) If there is a link with the Two Witnesses, then the two men might be these two men as the verses 5 and 6 are dealing with the ending of the Tribulation Period.
  Some readers might say that Daniel would have recognized Moses and Elijah, but not necessarily, and this theory is just a thought in this author's mind which should be taken as a mere possibility.

The physical floating in the air position of one of the two men, suddenly who was above the waters of the river, is hard to speculate.  Some people might state the possibility that the man "above the waters" is Jesus Christ in a Theophany appearance, as the man knows the future.  This author is not stating the floating man is Jesus Christ, but imagine it might be a thought considered and there are no Biblical Commentaries, that this author could find, to give a good enough theory on the floating man.

When dealing with Daniel 11-12, we are given a starting point of the Abomination of Desolation Event, where we know the Tribulation Period ends after 1260 days, which is 3.5 years, but the two verses state additional days after the Tribulation Period ends.  The question that no Biblical Commentaries have a good answer is what is occurring:

1. During the additional 30 days?
2. During the additional 75 days?

A few Biblical Scholars, including this Author, believe the Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ and the Wedding Supper of the Lamb occurs immediately after the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, which is the ending of the Tribulation Period.  The extra 30 Days and 70 days, may contain the period of time for all these events:

• Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ
• Wedding Supper of the Lamb
• Sheep and Goat Judgment
• Setting up the Millennial Kingdom

(Note: some readers may disagree with the placement of the Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ, where the theory is explanted in the Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ topic.  Also, note that God is not confined to time constraints and God exists outside of His entire Creation.  The Kingdom of God, is not restricted to time, God exists outside of time and there are multiple Time Domains that God has created.)

As detailed in this 70th week in Daniel topic, the week is a period of seven years, where the period is divided into two halves of 3.5 years, which is 1260 days and 1260 days.  God, in all of the prophecies in the Bible, uses 30 day months of 360 day years.  The starting point of the Tribulation Period is the Abomination of Desolation Event.

Daniel 12:13 is referring to the Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ where all of us, who have Salvation, will receive our Rewards.

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