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2. ISRAEL’S 70TH WEEK
What is Israel’s 70th Week?
Where does the term come from and what does it
mean?
Is it found in the bible or derived from the bible?
Is it scriptural?
These and many more are the likely questions many
people will ask about Israel’s 70th week.

3. PRIMARY SCRIPTURE REFERENCE
The primary scripture reference for Israel’s 70th week is
found in the book of Daniel namely:
Daniel 9:24-27
 Dan 9:24 SEVENTY WEEKS are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
 Dan 9:25 Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to
build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street
shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
 Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of
the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a
flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
 Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall
cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it]
desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

4. SECONDARY SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
The secondary scripture references for (Daniel’s) Israel’s
70th week are found in other books of the bible. It is also
called the time of Jacob’s Trouble, the Day of the Lord
and the {Great} Tribulation.
 Jer 30:7 Alas! for that day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of JACOB'S TROUBLE; but
he shall be saved out of it.
 Joe 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the DAY OF THE LORD [is] near in the valley of
decision
 Mat 24:21 For then shall be GREAT TRIBULATION, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be.
 Mat 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake
those days shall be shortened.
 Rev 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of GREAT
TRIBULATION, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

5. THE TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE
Daniel’s 70th week is also
known as the Time of
Jacob’s Trouble. Jer 30:7
It is a time of
unprecedented chaos,
crisis, disaster and
calamity that shall befall
Israel as a nation.

6. THE DAY OF THE LORD
Daniel’s 70th week is also
referred to as the Day of
the Lord. Joel 3:14
It is a time of global war
and catastrophe that
coincides with the death
and destruction that hits
Israel as a nation.

7. THE GREAT TRIBULATION
The bible also calls the
time period of Daniel’s
70th week the {Great}
Tribulation. Mt 24:21 &
Rev 7:14
This will be the most
horrific time that
humanity will experience
on earth since creation.

8. BACKGROUND (Dan 9:1-3)
 Dan 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made
king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
 Dan 9:2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the
desolations of Jerusalem.
Darius the son of Ahasuerus, a Median King assumed control of the
vast Babylonian empire after defeating its armies and capturing its
capital city Babylon. In the 1st year of his rule Daniel searched the
Hebrew scriptures and knew that God had told Jeremiah centuries
earlier that Israel would be in Babylonian captivity for seventy years.
The time period of 70 years was now over and Israel was still in
captivity. This prompted Daniel to fast, pray and inquire from God
about this matter. Dan 9:1-3

9. BACKGROUND (Dan 9:4-23)
Daniel went into an intense period of intercession. Dan 9:4-23
Then God sent an angel called Gabriel. He came to give Daniel skill
and understanding about the matter. This is when the angel talks about
70 weeks. This is God’s timeframe and timeline for dealing with
Israel as a nation, Jerusalem as a city and sin in finality.
Also God would make reconciliation for iniquity, bring in everlasting
righteousness, seal up vision and prophecy and anoint the most Holy.
This passage gives a long range view of God’s program for Israel and
his plan to deal with the problem of humanity’s sin once and for all.

10. 70 WEEKS OF YEARS
Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in
everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
The Hebrew word used for WEEKS in the phrase that forms part of the sentence namely “Seventy
weeks…” is SHABUA. The literal meaning of the Hebrew word Shabua is “SEVENED”, which means a
week of years.
Therefore the earlier part of the verse Dan 9:24 reads Seventy weeks of years are determined upon
thy people…
Thus Seventy weeks of years means 70 x 7 = 490 years
Therefore the angel was saying God had determined to put in place a timeline that would span
490 years to finalize his plans for Israel as nation, Jerusalem as a city and put a permanent end
to mankind’s sin.
What is even more important is the fact that the 70 weeks of years time frame had 3 divisions
namely:
7 weeks + 62 weeks + 1 week = 70 weeks
See the chart on the next page…

11. ISRAEL’S 70TH WEEK

12. DANIEL CHAPTER 9 VERSE 25
 Dan 9:25 Know therefore and understand, [that] from
the going forth of the commandment to restore and to
build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be]
seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street
shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
 This means that from the moment an order was given to
restore and build Jerusalem until the Messiah comes, a total
time period of 7 weeks + 62 weeks = 69 weeks of years will
elapse
 This is actually 69 x 7 = 483 years
 So it was possible to tell from the time that the command
was given to repair Jerusalem when exactly the Messiah
(Jesus) would come to Israel. This order was given by the
Emperor of the Persian Empire Artaxerxes Longimanus on
March 14, 444/445 B.C. Nehemiah 2:1-8
 483 years passed from the decree to rebuild to when the
Messiah (Jesus) was presented in Jerusalem.

13. DANIEL CHAPTER 9 VERSE 26
 Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,
but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall
destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a
flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
 This means that after 62 weeks of years have passed the Messiah will be
cut off (killed), and a people or nation or EMPIRE from which a future
leader (prince) is to emerge will destroy Jerusalem (the city) and the
temple (sanctuary). This future prince is the Antichrist.
 The nation of Israel will come to an end with a flood (calamities), war
and desolations (destruction).
 So AFTER 62 x 7 = 434 years
 The Messiah will be killed, Israel will fight a war with an empire that
will produce a future leader or ruler. The war will result in the
destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.
 This happened in 70 A.D. when Jerusalem and the Temple were
destroyed by Roman legions (armies) commanded by a General called
Titus. These events happened after the 69th week but before the 70th
week so there is a gap between the two.

14. DANIEL CHAPTER 9 VERSE 27
 Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one
week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice
and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of
abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the
consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate.
 The future ruler (he in the passage) will make a treaty with a
pledge of protection with Israel specifically and other nations
for 1 week (7 years). This will allow Israel rebuild the temple
and resume offering Mosaic sacrifices.
 In the middle of the 7 year period (3 ½ years) he will break
the treaty or pledge, stop the sacrifice and Jewish mode of
worship. He will then sit in the temple, call himself a god and
command a statue that can speak to be worshiped. The statue
is his image. This is the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION Jesus
spoke about. This will defile the temple and trigger
persecution and genocide of Israel by this ruler who is the
ANTICHRIST. Eventually Jesus will return and destroy the
Antichrist. This is the 70th week of Israel (or Daniel).

15. 70TH WEEK CHART
This Chart depicts the 70th week (7 years) , and the gap between the 69th & 70th week is the church age of
Christianity. The gap was a mystery, hidden and unknown to the Old Testament prophets. It has been
running for about 2,000+ years and will be terminated by the RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.

16. HIGHLIGHTS OR KEY EVENTS OF
ISRAEL’S 70TH WEEK