Playlist: Seventy Weeks Prophecy (topic)
The Teaching of Jesus and Prophecy
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Seventy Weeks Prophecy in Daniel 9:27 is a critical element in understanding end-time events as revealed through Jesus Christ's teachings. Daniel 9:27 states, "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 …
The Book of Daniel (Part Seven)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIn the book of Daniel, the Seventy Weeks Prophecy, as revealed in Daniel 9:20-27, serves as the Lord's response to Daniel's heartfelt prayer for mercy upon Jerusalem and insight into the redemption of Israel. The archangel Gabriel, sent from heaven, approaches Daniel to impart skill and understanding, declaring that seventy …
A Footnote on the Start of Christ's Ministry
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeThe Seventy Weeks prophecy indicates that in the middle of the week of years He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. A beginning of Christ's ministry on Pentecost would result in a length of nearly four years. This length would leave only about two years and fifty days remaining in the final Sabbatical cycle of years. …
The Appointed Time for Israel
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Clyde FinkleaOur God is a God of purpose and order whose appointed times revolve around the birth, ministry, sacrificial death, resurrection, and return of Jesus Christ. The seventy weeks prophecy in Daniel 9 reveals one such appointed time for the restoration of Israel and Jerusalem. The prophecy opens by declaring that seventy weeks have …
The Day of Atonement and Israel's Future
Sermonette byThe cleansing of Joshua's filthy robes in Zechariah 3 is a future application of the cleansing in Leviticus 16, when Jesus Christ cleanses Israel in the future.
The Book of Daniel (Part Six)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe Seventy Weeks Prophecy emerges directly from Daniel's study of Jeremiah during the first year of Darius the Mede. Recognizing that the seventy years of Jerusalem's desolation were nearly complete, Daniel turned to fervent prayer of confession and intercession, identifying fully with his people's sins while pleading for mercy …
The Rapture and Trumpets
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughDispensationalists misinterpret the Seventy Weeks Prophecy of Daniel 9:26-27 by applying its verses to the beast or the Antichrist rather than to Christ. This error leads them to conclude that the prophecy's final week of years constitutes a seven-year period of tribulation that marks the height of Antichrist's activity and …
When Is the Year of Release (Shemitah)?
Sermon by David C. GrabbeThe discussion of the Seventy Weeks prophecy arises while establishing the correct starting point for Christ's ministry in relation to the year of release. A ministry beginning in the Shemitah year of 26-27 AD would place its start in the final year of a Sabbatical cycle, yet the prophecy indicates that the Messiah would come at …
Chronic Difficulties
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Seventy Weeks Prophecy in Daniel 9 establishes the timing of the Messiah's ministry and death through a year-for-a-day principle that converts seventy weeks into 490 years. The final week of this period is divided in half, placing the start of Jesus Christ's ministry in the 483rd year after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem …
Is Any Time Right for You?
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe Seventy Weeks prophecy in Daniel supplies an exact reference to the time of Christ's death, demonstrating that the principle of time-determination established by God applies to every event of His birth and ministry. This prophecy forms part of the larger demonstration that the Father fixed not only the major occurrences of …
The Cost of Reconciliation
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Seventy Weeks Prophecy came as the direct answer to Daniel's prayer of supplication for forgiveness and repentance on behalf of the nation of Judah. Gabriel explained that seventy weeks had been determined for the people and the holy city to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for …