If it is important to Jesus, it should also be important to us. Remember, we are to receive a special blessing in reading and understanding the Book of Revelation. The Book of Daniel is the Old Testament first “book end” for understanding the last Book of the Bible.
To recap chapter 9 from yesterday:
Daniel was in prayer in verses 1 through 19 of chapter 9.
He prayed earnestly and repented.
His prayer was interrupted by the angel Gabriel in verses 20 through 23.
22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand.
23 At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly Beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:
Daniel was greatly Beloved of the Old Testament and was given the prophecy in a vision of the end times in the Old Testament. John is the Beloved Disciple of the New Testament and was given a vision of the end times in the New Testament. It is all about Love!
Jesus referenced this vision in His briefing with the four disciples concerning the end times. Jesus affirmed that Daniel was a prophet thus he wrote the Book of Daniel.
It is written by THE SPIRIT in Daniel chapter 9:
The Scope:
24 “Seventy weeks (sevens) are determined For your people and for your Holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up or complete, conclude the vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
The 69 weeks:
25 “Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command (decree) 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.
The term “weeks” can mean: days, weeks, months, or years. I am going to get technical from this point.
The beginning point is the commandment to restore Jerusalem. The endpoint of this span of time is to bring forth the Messiah, the King. 69 “weeks” x 7 precisely equals 483 years.
The decree to successfully rebuild the city of Jerusalem was made by Artaxerxes in 445 B.C. and is recorded in the Book of Nehemiah 2:5-8, 17, 18. Both streets and walls were rebuilt in those troublesome times. It is vital that we see the preciseness of what FATHER placed in Scripture in order to fully stand on HIS Word in all areas of our life.
This decree was recorded as given on March 14th, 445 BC. The Bible always deals in 360-day years. 483 years x 360 days = 173,880 days.
On several occasions, Jesus was to be taken as a King, but He denied the crowds. Why? It was not yet time.
The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 6:
14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
John 7:
30 Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
44 Now some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
Suddenly, Jesus not only permits but deliberately arranges His announcement as King. Jesus fulfills the prophecy given by Zechariah chapter 9:
9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.”
Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 19:
28 When He had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
29 And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples,
30 saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here.
31 And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.'”
32 So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them. 33 But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosing the colt?”
34 And they said, “The Lord has need of him.”
35 Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him.
36 And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road.
37 Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,
38 saying: ” ‘Blessed is the King Who comes in the Name of the LORD!’ Peace in Heaven and glory in the Highest!“
39 And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”
40 But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”
The people are quoting Psalm 118:26. The people were declaring Jesus to be the Messiah, and this is what upset the Pharisees!
The Triumphal Entry occurred on April 6th ,32 AD. The number of days from March 14th, 445 BC to April 6th, 32 AD is exactly 173,880 days. Gabriel spoke precisely from The Throne Room and Jesus deliberately arrange Himself to be publicly revealed as King on the only day which would satisfy the Book of Daniel’s 69 weeks!