In Daniel 9 there is a 70 week prophecy concerning Jews and Jerusalem. The weeks are actually seven years rather than seven days. The years have 360 days each. The prophecy is divided into two parts. The first part is 69 weeks or 69 sevens of years (69 x 7 x 360 days). This group of years ended when Jesus entered Jerusalem as Messiah.

The second part is about a seven year covenant or treaty involving Jews and Jerusalem. In the middle of the seven year agreement the man of lawlessness will set up the abomination of desolation in the holy place. This will be a sign for those in Judea to flee to the mountains (Matthew 24:15-16). There will be great tribulation.

In prophecy a month is 30 days, a year is 360 days, 3-1/2 years is 1,260 days, and seven years is 2,520 days (7 x 360). All of the terms below stand for 3-1/2 years.

  Dan. 7:25 time, times, and half a time

  Rev. 12:6 1,260 days

  12:14 time, times, and half a time

  13:5 42 months

Biblical Verses

24 “Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.

Seven ’Sevens’ + Sixty-Two ’Sevens’ = 483 ’Sevens

483 x 360 Days/Year = 173,880 Days

Jesus Entered Jerusalem As Messiah On 3/30/33 AD

The Decree Was Issued On 3/05/444 BC (Neh. 2:5-8)

25 “Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.

The Anointed One Will Be Cut Off

Jesus Was Crucified On Thursday Nisan 14.

He Arose Early Sunday Morning

On Nisan 17 (April 5, 33 AD).

The People of The Ruler Who Will Come

Will Destroy Jerusalem And The Temple

This Took Place In 70 AD

26 “After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing.

The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.”

The Ruler To Come Will Confirm A Seven Year

Covenant Concerning Jews  And Jerusalem

In The Middle of The Covenant

He Will Put An End Sacrifice And Offering

 And Will Set Up The Abomination of Desolation

On A Wing of The Temple

 “27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.” - DANIEL 9:24-27 NIV (1984)

Explanation

The “people” of the ruler who will come (man of lawlessness) destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD. The army under Vespasion was based in Antioch, Syria

When Vespasion became emperor his son Titus took over the army. The Roman army under Titus destroyed Jerusalem.

There is a break in the prophecy after 70 AD until the ruler confirms the seven year covenant concerning Jerusalem.

The ruler who will come, the antichrist, will come up among 10 horns, a military body (Daniel 7:8,20,24). He will be the eleventh horn.

He will confirm a seven year covenant with many involving “your people”, the Jews, and “your holy city”, Jerusalem (Daniel 9:24).

In the middle of the covenant he will put an end to sacrifice and offering and on a wing of the temple he will set up the abomination that causes desolation (Daniel 9:27.  When you see the abomination in the holy place then there will be great tribulation (Matthew 24:15-21).

The man of sin will sit in the temple of God showing himself to be God (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). To me this may be the abomination of desolation.

3. (6) So Nero esteemed these circumstances as favorable omens, and saw that Vespasian’s age gave him sure experience, and great skill, and that he had his sons as hostages for his fidelity to himself, and that the flourishing age they were in would make them fit instruments under their father’s prudence. Perhaps also there was some interposition of Providence, which was paving the way for Vespasian’s being himself emperor afterwards. (7) Upon the whole he sent this man to take upon him the command of the armies that were in Syria; but this not without great encomiums and flattering compellations, such as necessity required, and such as might mollify him into complaisance.

(8) So Vespasian sent his son Titus from Achaia, where he had been with Nero, to Alexandria, to bring back with him from thence the fifth and tenth legions, while he himself, when he had passed over the Hellespont, came by land into Syria, where he gathered together, the Roman forces, with a considerable number of auxiliaries from the kings in that neighborhood.

 Josephus, F., & Whiston, W. (1987). The works of Josephus: complete and unabridged (p. 639). Peabody: Hendrickson.

Note that the references given to the right are in Biblical order. They also seem to be order of their actual occurrence. So you don’t have to be confused about when they take place. This clears up a lot of confusion.

The Christians who are ready and prepared will be raptured before Satan is thrown to the earth to rule in the last secular kingdom for 3-1/2 years. This is the eighth head on the beast. They will not go through the bowls of wrath, but they will go through some tribulation just as Matthew 24 says.

The Christians who were not ready and not raptured will go through the wrath and have to put up with the Satanic kingdom. Those who who are left on the earth and  have treated the Jews with kindness  and help will inherit the kingdom prepared for them and continue to live on the earth (Matthew 25:21-46).

DANIEL

      THE SEVEN YEAR JERUSALEM COVENANT

• I. FIRST HALF OF THE SEVEN YEAR JERUSALEM COVENANT - 3-1/2 YEARS, Daniel 9
• II. SECOND HALF OF THE SEVEN YEAR JERUSALEM COVENANT - 3-1/2 YEARS, Daniel 12
  REVELATION
  Note That The Following Is In Biblical Order
• III. THE SEVENTH TRUMPET AND THE
  RAPTURE - REVELATION 11:15
  
  
  
  AFTER THE SEVEN YEAR JERUSALEM COVENANT
• IV. SATAN AND HIS ANGELS ARE THROWN TO THE EARTH
  THEIR KINGDOM LASTS 3-1/2 YEARS - Revelation 12
• V. THE SEVEN BOWLS OF WRATH - Revelation 16
• VI. THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB - Revelation 19
• VII. THE RETURN OF JESUS WITH THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN - Revelation 19

I.

FIRST HALF OF THE SEVEN YEAR JERUSALEM COVENANT

3-1/2 YEARS

Daniel 9

THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS WILL MAKE A COVENANT

WITH MANY FOR SEVEN YEARS

THE SACRIFICE AND GRAIN OFFERING 

WILL BE ABOLISHED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVEN YEARS

    27    “And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate.” - Daniel 9:27 NASB (1995)

II.

SECOND HALF OF THE SEVEN YEAR JERUSALEM COVENANT

 3-1/2 YEARS

Daniel 12

FROM THE TIME THAT THE SACRIFICE IS ABOLISHED

AND THE ABOMINATION IS SET UP WILL BE 1,290 DAYS

    11    “From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.

    12    “How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days! - Daniel 12:11-12 NASB (1995)

 

 He will set up the abomination (Dan. 9:27, 12:11-12). Jesus said that when you see the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains for then there will be "great" tribulation. The time will be cut short for the sake of the elect (Matt. 24:15-21, Rev. 12:6,14).

Revelation 11:1-19

THE TWO WITNESSES

This Takes Place During The Second Half Of The Jerusalem Covenant

Nations Will Trample Jerusalem For 42 Months (3-1/2 Years)

Then I was given a measuring stick, and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers. 2But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months. 3And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will be clothed in burlap and will prophesy during those 1,260 days.” 

4These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth. 5If anyone tries to harm them, fire flashes from their mouths and consumes their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die. 6They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. 

7When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them. 8And their bodies will lie in the main street of Jerusalem, the city that is figuratively called “Sodom” and “Egypt,” the city where their Lord was crucified. 9And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them. 10All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them. 

11But after three and a half days, God breathed life into them, and they stood up! Terror struck all who were staring at them. 12Then a loud voice from heaven called to the two prophets, “Come up here!” And they rose to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched. 

13At the same time there was a terrible earthquake that destroyed a tenth of the city. Seven thousand people died in that earthquake, and everyone else was terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. 

14The second terror is past, but look, the third terror is coming quickly.

THE SEVENTH TRUMPET

The World Has Now Become

The Kingdom of Our Lord And of His Christ

15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: 

“The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, 

and he will reign forever and ever.”

16The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell with their faces to the ground and worshiped him.

The Lord God Has Begun To Reign

17And they said, “We give thanks to you, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who always was, for now you have assumed your great power and have begun to reign. 

THE RAPTURE 

It Is Time To Judge The Dead, Reward Your Prophets,

Your Holy People, And All Who Fear Your Name

It Is Time To Destroy All Who Have

Caused Destruction On The Earth

18The nations were filled with wrath, but now the time of your wrath has come. It is time to judge the dead and reward your servants the prophets, as well as your holy people, and all who fear your name, from the least to the greatest. It is time to destroy all who have caused destruction on the earth.” 

19Then, in heaven, the Temple of God was opened and the Ark of his covenant could be seen inside the Temple. Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and roared, and there was an earthquake and a terrible hailstorm.  - Rev. 11:1-19 NLT (2015)

The verses above reveal a lot of information. The two witnesses will prophesy for 42 months that is 1,260 days.

This is the time period of the last 3-1/2 years of the seven year Jerusalem covenant. The temple of God will be rebuilt and the outer court will be turned over to the nations.

When their testimony is completed the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit (Satan) will declare war on them and kill them. Then they will be resurrected after three and a half days.

The world becomes the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ during the seventh trumpet. This seems to me to be the time of the rapture. Christians will be rescued from the seven bowls of wrath.

CHRISTIANS ARE NOT APPOINTED TO WRATH

8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.

11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing. - 1 Thess. 5:8-11 NKJV (1982)

The kingdom of God will come during the period of the seventh trumpet. Satan’s seventh kingdom will be allowed to continue for another 3-1/2 years as the eighth kingdom (Rev. 17:11) while the Christians who have been raptured will be away from him.

The seven bowls of wrath come after the seven trumpets. The Christians who have been raptured don’t remain on the earth during the seven bowls of wrath.

    Daniel 8:20-26

THE IDENTITY OF THE RAM AND GOAT

    20    “The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.

The Large Horn On The Goat Represents

Alexander The Great

Greece Was Divided Into Four Parts

After Alexander Died

    21    “The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

    22    “The broken horn and the four horns that arose in its place represent four kingdoms which will arise from his nation, although not with his power.

A King In The Latter Time of Their Rule

Will Oppose The Prince of Princes

But He Will Be Broken

He Probably Is Antiochus Epiphanes

    23    “In the latter period of their rule, when the transgressors have run their course, a king will arise, insolent and skilled in intrigue.

    24    “His power will be mighty, but not by his own power, and he will destroy to an extraordinary degree and prosper and perform his will; he will destroy mighty men and the holy people.

    25    “And through his shrewdness he will cause deceit to succeed by his influence; and he will magnify himself in his heart, and he will destroy many while they are at ease. He will even oppose the Prince of princes, but he will be broken without human agency.

    26    “The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but keep the vision secret, for it pertains to many days in the future.” - Daniel 8:20-26 NASB (1995)

John 14:6

The Way, The Truth, And The Life

6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” - John 14:6 NKJV

John 6:36-4

All That The Father Gives Me Will Come To Me

And The One Who Comes To Me I Will By No Means Be Cast Out

37"All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” - John 6:36-40 NKJV (1982)

Mathew 11:28-30

Come To Me All Who Labor And Are Heavy Laden,

And I will Give You Rest

28 “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” - Matt. 11:28-30 NKJV

John 14:8-18

I Am In The Father, And The Father Is In Me

If You Ask Anything In My Name, I Will Do It

If You Love Me, Keep My Commandments

8Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”

9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

12“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

15“If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—17the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you." - John 14:8-18 NKJV (1982)

Psalms 100:1-5

Enter His Gates With Thanksgiving And His Courts With Praise

1 Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands!

2 Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing.

3 Know that the LORD, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

5 For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations. - Psalms 100:1-5 NKJV (1982)

Proverbs 4:20-22

Words of Life

20 My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; 22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh. - Prov. 4:20-22 NKJV (1982)

2 Corinthians 10:3-6

Spiritual Warfare

 3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 6and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. - 2 Cor. 10:3-6 NKJV (1982)

Ephesians 6:10-20

Put On The Whole Armor of God

10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—19and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. - Eph. 6:10-20 NKJV (1982)

Romans 8:1-2

There Is Now No Condemnation To Those Who Are In Christ

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. - Romans 8:1-2 NKJV (1982)

POWER OF WORDS

Proverbs 18:20-21

Death And Life Are In The Power of The Tongue

20 A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth; from the produce of his lips he shall be filled.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. - Prov. 18:20-21 NKJV (1982)

Believe That You Have Received Whatever You Ask And Pray

And They Will Granted You

Mark 11:22-24

    22    And Jesus answered saying to them, “Have faith in God.

    23    “Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.

    24    “Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.” Mark 11:22-24 NASB (1995)