As we work our way through Daniel’s prophecy of the Seventy Weeks, we come now to the main point of debate with dispensationalists. When is the seventieth week, and what is its point?The Messiah now experiences something “after the sixty-two weeks” (Da 9:26), which follow the preceding “seven weeks”...
Despite its popularity, Daniel 9:24–27 is little understood by most populist prophetic “experts.” And because of those “experts” misleading their enthusiastic followers, too many within the evangelical church today totally misunderstand what the Seventy Weeks prophecy is all about. In our last study, I noted that dispensationalist writers see...
Daniel’s famous prophecy in Daniel 9:24–27 is structured according to seven “weeks.” But as is often the case in biblical prophecy, symbolism is at work here in this chronological indicator. But what does these “weeks” symbolize? The seventy weeks represent a period of seventy times seven years, or 490...
Daniel’s Seventy Weeks prophecy is a popular and intriguing passage. It serves as an important element in dispensational eschatology and theology. Unfortunately, it creates great difficulties for the system, one of which is its important role in dispensationalism. The chronology Daniel provides in his prophecy of the Seventy Weeks...
