Sermon Tone Analysis

Isaiah: 7th - 8th century BC

Daniel: 6th century BC (600 - 501 BC) (daniel is under attack)

Zechariah: 520–518 BC

Psalm: 1000 bc - 444 BC

Micah 735 - 700 BC

Prophecies about Jesus!

He was to be born in Bethlehem:

His ministry would start in Galilee, not Jerusalem:

He was later to enter Jerusalem, riding on a donkey!

This happened in 33 A.D. (passion week)

Commonly believed to be April 10th - April 17th 33AD

Biblical support that Jesus was crucified in AD 33 comes from Luke’s statement that His ministry began “in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea” (Luke 3:1).

He would teach in parables:

(Psalm 78:2)

He was to be betrayed by a friend who He ate bread with:

fulfilled in John 13:18

Betrayed for 30 pieces of silver that were then used to buy the potter’s field!

fulfillment:

The most SHOCKING prophecy in the Bible!

This is for apologetics AND your own faith!

Why is it important to see Biblical prophecy fulfilled?

70 weeks to:

finish the transgression

make an end of sins

make reconciliation for iniquity

bring in everlasting righteousness

seal up vision & prophecy

to anoint the Most Holy

From the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the prince -> 69 weeks.

After 69 weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, not for Himself.

The people of the prince-to-come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary

What is a “week”?

the Hebrew word translated as week ( ועּבְׁ ש (simply refers to a set of seven – the Torah describes weeks of days (cf.

Ex. 20:11), weeks of weeks (cf.

Lev.

23:16), and weeks of years (cf.

Duet.

15:1).

OT scholar William Nelson states that these seventy sets of seven are “usually construed by commentators as seventy weeks of years…

When was the current idea of “year” introduced?

However, recognizing these weeks as sets of seven years does not resolve every variable because the modern definition of a year is based on the Gregorian calendar, which was introduced in AD 1582 – nearly two millennia after Daniel lived.

How long is a prophetic year?

There is considerable support that a biblical year is 360 days and consists of 12 months of 30 days each.

For example, Genesis states that the water of Noah’s flood began to rise during the seventeenth day of the second month and that the ark finally rested on the seventeenth day of the seventh month (cf.

Gen. 7:11, 8:4).

Hence, there was exactly five months between the rise of the waters and the resting of the ark.

Since these five months are equated to “[one] hundred and fifty days” (Gen.

8:3), Genesis appears to utilize 30-day months.

The 360-day year is especially supported in Revelation when 1,260 days, 42 months, and 3.5 years are all compared to each other (cf.

Rev. 11:2-3, 12:6-14).

A 360-day year consisting of 12 months of 30 days each enables the mathematics of this comparison to succeed, seeing as 1,260 days divided by 42 months equals 30 days, while 1,260 days divided by 3.5 years equals 360 days per year

Extra-biblical evidence for 360-day year:

Extrabiblical evidence for the ancient use of a 360-day year can be found in Babylonian tablets which predate the seventh century BC.

Concerning said tablets, historians Hunger and Steele note that “in the schematic calendar, months are assumed to always contain 30 days, and the year to contain 12 months, making a total of 360 days in a year.” 5

How many days is 69 weeks of years?

Affirming the position that a biblical year is indeed 360 days, Daniel’s 69 weeks of years can be converted into 173,880 days – 69 sets of seven years is equal to 483 total years, while 483 years consisting of 360 days equals 173,880 total days.

When was the command to rebuild Jerusalem?

The command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.

This happened in Nisan of 444 BC (the first month of the hebrew calendar)

Calculating the weeks:

To add Daniel’s 69 weeks of years to Nisan of 444 BC, these biblical years must first be converted into Julian years.

This can be done by simplifying the 483 biblical years into 173,880 days (483 multiplied by 360) and then converting these days into Julian years, which results in 476 Julian years and 21 days (173,880 divided by 365.25).

Because Artaxerxes’ decree was issued in the spring of 444 BC, adding 476 years and 21 days to this event concludes in the year AD 33.

Starting in April of 444 BC, add 173,880 days gives you:

33AD

DOWN TO THE MONTH!!!!

To add further credibility to Daniel’s prophecy, if the exact month of Artaxerxes’ decree is considered then the calculation is accurate with an even further degree of precision.

Since Nisan consists of 30 days, Artaxerxes’ decree was issued sometime between approximately March 4 and April 1 of 444 BC.

When Daniel’s 69 weeks of years are added to this range of dates, the conclusion is March 23 to April 22 of AD 33, which encompasses the commonly accepted date for Jesus’ Passion Week!

Since the decree was given sometime between March 4th - April 1st of 444 BC, 69 weeks of years brings us to some time between March 23rd - April 22 of 33AD!

What about that 70th week!

The Antichrist is prophesied!

Daniel 9:27 (NKJV)

27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.

And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.”

Consummation: complete destruction