The 70 Weeks Prophecy — Historical Fulfillment
Primary Text — Ezra 7:11-13 (KJV):
"Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra
the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of
the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra
the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at
such a time. I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his
priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go
up to Jerusalem, go with thee."
Ezra 7:25-26 (KJV):
"And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set
magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the
river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know
them not. And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the
king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death,
or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment."
Daniel 9:25 (KJV):
"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."
Daniel 8:14 (KJV):
"And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then
shall the sanctuary be cleansed."
Nehemiah 2:1-8 (KJV) — Supplementary:
"And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes
the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto
the king. Now I had not been before time sad in his presence. Wherefore the
king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick?
this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid... And I
said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour
in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my
fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. And the king granted me."
Mathematical Connection (Day-Year Principle, Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6):
- 457 BC + 2300 years = 1844 AD
- 70 weeks (490 years) cut off for Israel from 457 BC = 34 AD (stoning of Stephen, Gospel to
Gentiles)
- 69 weeks (483 years) from 457 BC = 27 AD — Jesus baptized and anointed (Luke 3:21-22)
- 70th week midpoint: 31 AD — Christ crucified, sacrificial system ended (Matthew 27:51)
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