 Okay, welcome back everybody to the second hour of our lecture on Daniel and Revelation. We are now in Daniel chapter 9 and we are getting into verses 24 to 27 trying to understand what Angel Gabriel spoke to Daniel concerning his people and his city. So just before the break we mentioned in Daniel chapter 9 verse 24 that when Gabriel spoke to Daniel he said, Daniel 70 weeks or if you see in the margin of your Bible it will say 77 and we will explain what that means but what we just pointed out was 70 weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city. So he said Gabriel Gabriel told Daniel this is about your people and your holy city so whatever he has spoken there verses 24 to 27 has to do specifically concerning the Jewish people and their city which is Jerusalem. Now I have shared this with you in the notes and you could look at it carefully that the 70 weeks referred to are 70 each week represents the okay yeah I forgot to cover something important here let me come back and cover that later let's go to chapter 9 yeah the the 77s we are looking at Daniel 9 verse 24 the 77s each seven represents a period of seven years now how do we arrive at that conclusion that there are several ways we can come to that conclusion one is by just looking at the usage of 7s you know in scripture so in Genesis 29 when Laban sorry Jacob is serving under Laban you find its usage once or that Genesis 29 27 and 28 in Genesis 29 verse 27 Laban says fulfill her week and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years so Genesis 29 27 and verse 28 then Jacob did so and fulfilled her week so he gave him his daughter Rachel as well also so what is Laban saying basically Laban says you fulfill a week but that week actually means seven years Genesis 29 verse 27 fulfill her week what is that week a week is seven days but it is actually used to reference talk about seven years so when it says that Jacob fulfilled her week which is seven days that means he fulfilled seven years he worked for seven years so one way for us to understand let me go back to Daniel 924 70 weeks that means 77s or each week represents a period of seven years like we see in Genesis 29 right so 70 times seven right because each week represents seven years so we get 490 years and I've explained it further that the that one week represents seven years in Daniel chapter 9 right so the 70 weeks 77s the other way you look at it is the word Shabua it's used for both seven days and also seven years right so you can calculate 490 years and so we are we're saying you know whether you that word is days or years but we see that a day is also used to represent a year is equal to chapter 4 4 to 6 so both from Genesis 29 the way we see how it's used and also in Ezekiel 4 4 to 6 how it is used we are confident to say that these 490 77s that's 490 actually represents 490 years okay so back in chapter verse 24 the angel is saying 77 that means a total of 490 years is is determined for your people and for your holy city so he's saying you know whatever I'm going to tell you is going to happen in this period of 490 years so what's what is going to happen so you go back to verse 24 he says with in these 490 years these are the things that are going to happen there will be an end to transgression and to sin and there will be reconciliation or atonement for all sin but there's also going to be everlasting righteousness being brought in the prophetic word a seal of vision prophecy that means to complete fulfill the prophetic word and to anoint the most holy that is the you will see again in your margin the most holy he says the most holy place so when he says to anoint the most holy he's talking about to anoint the most holy place the temple so he's saying in this 490 years period all these things will happen now what I want to point out and we will see also is that there's actually a time gap between the first three and the next three the first three we've seen them fulfilled in Jesus Christ the Messiah the prince which he's going to talk about in the next verse Jesus came he brought an end to sin and he made atonement for sin then as he broke the power of sin he set us free from bondage to sin he dealt with sin basically there there's a time gap and then he Jesus will bring in everlasting righteousness on fulfill all the prophetic words that have been spoken and the most holy place the temple will be anointed or consecrated okay so all this will happen within 490 years in this 490 year period is what Gabriel started to say then verse 25 he says no therefore understand that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem and until Messiah the prince there shall be seven weeks and 62 weeks so seven and 62 seven and 62 that means a total of 69 weeks right seven and 62 that 69 weeks so he says from the time the command is issued to go and restore Jerusalem so that was what King Cyrus did King Cyrus came into power and he gave the decree to go forth and rebuild Jerusalem he said from that time till Messiah the prince now I just want to point out the word the prince he has used that before right so you see this in uh Daniel 8 verse 11 the prince of the most high right and then again in chapter 9 and verse 25 he uses the uh raised prince of princes both referring to the Messiah so here again he said referring to Messiah the prince okay just to point that out but he's saying from the time there is the decree to go and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the prince will be 69 weeks that means 483 years right 69 weeks times seven because each week represents a period of seven years 483 years which was fulfilled so from the time King Cyrus issued the decree to go and rebuild Jerusalem till Jesus came was 483 years so 69 weeks was fulfilled and what did the Messiah do well he came when he came he took care of these three things he put an end to sin and he made atonement for sin that means he took care of this part Messiah came took care of sin and this happened in 69 weeks that is from the time King Cyrus issued the decree to Messiah the prince okay verse 25 Daniel 9 and then he said you know okay the street is going to be built again in the wall even in trouble sometimes that means the city of Jerusalem was rebuilt that that is when King Cyrus issued the decree and the Jews came in they they rebuilt the city the city was established but it was difficult in trouble sometimes that happened but it did happen then verse 26 and after 62 weeks that is seven plus 62 right so he's broken that up so he's talking about after the seven plus 62 weeks that is after the 483 years Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself so what will happen to the Messiah he'll be cut off Messiah will be killed sure enough you know Jesus came and then he was cut off or he died the death penalty he was killed but he didn't die for himself and he was crucified for us sinners and he said and the people of the Prince who is to come so that means there's going to be the king who's who's going to be in that time when the Messiah is cut off he will destroy the city and the sanctuary and this exactly happened so after Jesus was crucified around 80 30 in in 40 years after that around 80 70 the Roman general came in in and he destroyed the city of Jerusalem in 80 70 and he destroyed the temple so it says and the people of the Prince who is to come that's verse 26 will destroy the city and the sanctuary so it was done it actually happened the Romans came in and destroyed the city and the sanctuary right and the end of it shall be with a flood and till the end of the war desolations are determined so till the end desolations are determined it's going to be the city and the temple is going to be under desolations until the end comes the end of the war that means it's it's going to happen it's going to happen in with the war and with the flood but till that time desolations are determined that means the city and the temple will be there will be destructions happening over and over again desolations troubles are determined for the city and the sanctuary and that's what's happening today the sanctuary is not under Jewish control it's under Arab control and there is constant conflict going on in and around the city and the sanctuary and this will go on till the end okay so verse 26 has been fulfilled is being fulfilled but till verse 26 only 69 weeks 67 only 69 weeks seven plus 62 weeks have been what to say used up or have been fulfilled so there is one more week left meaning the 70th week this seven years so one more week left because he said I'm come to talk to you about 77 70 weeks a bit of 490 years 483 years have been used up from King Cyrus till the Messiah from the Messiah till the end the city and the sanctuary will be desolate but now what about the last seven years the 70th week he then speaks about it in verse 27 in verse 27 he says then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week now he's talking about the one week so this one week is referred to as the as Daniel's 70th week it's one week and we can state with confidence when we compare it with scripture in Revelation that this one week is the seven years of tribulation remember this one week represents seven years so this one week he's referring to in Daniel nine and verse 27 is the seven years of tribulation he says he will confirm a covenant with many for one week so who is he talking about we'll wait and find out he will confirm a covenant a covenant meaning a promise or in modern language we will say a peace treaty he will confirm a covenant with many for one week but in the middle of the week that means three and a half years a time times and half a time three and a half years in the middle of the week he will bring an end to sacrifice and offering that means now he's saying there's a temple there's sacrifice and offering happening but he's going to bring an end to it and on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate so who's he talking about he's talking about the one who makes desolate he's referring to that person and this one who makes desolate is going to move on the wing of abomination that means he's going to move very swiftly carrying out abominations doing all kinds of evil things the one who makes desolate even until the consummation and it's till the end till everything is brought to a close which is determined is poured out on the desolate so he's saying till that time this man the one who makes desolate is going to do it so in verse 27 he who's he talking about he's talking about the one who makes desolate and very interesting Jesus referred to this man in Matthew 24 if you turn to Matthew 24 and in verse 15 Jesus referenced him he said therefore when you see the abomination of desolation spoken off by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place whoever reads let him understand Daniel Matthew 24 and verse 15 so even Jesus quoted Daniel 9 27 and he's referring to this one he's saying this abomination of desolation is going to stand in the holy place that means in the temple and what will he do he will confirm a covenant with many for one week and in the middle of the week he will bring an end to sacrifice an offering and this is what he will do so we are tying this back to what Daniel has already seen in chapter 7 and because he's talking about you know Daniel 725 he's talking about this this what this person who speaks pompous words in for a time and times and half a time three and a half years it matches exactly where he says in the middle of the week that means the middle of seven years which is three and a half years so again this matches very perfectly but Daniel 725 and also with what he has shared with us in Daniel 8 when he talks about this little horn who speaks great great things and fears things now and in this will be in the latter time so verse 27 is referring to the antichrist and what he will do in the second half of the tribulation what he will do is he will establish a peace treaty for one week seven years that seven years of tribulation he will come as a man of peace he will set up a peace treaty with many people and he will you know initially he will have the offering sacrifices happening in the temple but in the middle of the seven years he will bring an end and he will be this man who is is the one who makes desolate he will move on the wings of abomination he will do evil things so that's Daniel 9 27 okay so did you let me pause here and just check did you all understand Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 to 27 there is it clear any questions Neelam you understood so he is um Daniel 9 24 to 27 is talking about the Jewish people and the city of Jerusalem now this is why we say that the seven years of tribulation focuses in on the Jewish people so remember the first 69 weeks was from the time of king Cyrus till the messiah then there's a gap and then the last seven years the time of the antichrist so there's a gap here what is this gap about it's the church age it's a time when the church is the focus of what god is doing it's the time when the church has been raised up from the time of the messiah that is his crucifixion and ascension till the time of the last week till Daniel 70th week the time of the antichrist that's the church age and that's the age in which you and I are right now we are in the church age and towards the end will be the last seven years Daniel 70th year which would be the time for the antichrist to do you know whatever is is revealed here but before the antichrist comes the church will be taken out of the way how do we know this if you go with me to we just cross friends cross referencing now if you go with me to 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 so the apostle Paul is writing here 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 can somebody read verses 5 through 10 let's say let's actually we need to go back 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 3 to 10 somebody could read that 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 3 to 10 could somebody read that for us maybe Dave could you read that 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 3 to 10 go ahead Thomas go ahead 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 don't let anyone deceive you in any way before the day comes the rebellion must occur and the outlaw the destructive sun will be revealed in this true light he is the opposing counterpart who exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped and who is it enthroned in God's temple and makes himself out to be God don't you remember that I went over all these things now you are aware of the ruling power so that he may fully revealed when his time comes for the mystery of lawlessness is already but the one who prevails will do so until he is separated from out of the midst then the outlaw will be openly revealed and the Lord will overthrow him by the breath of his mouth and bring him to an end the dazzling manifestation of his presence the presence of the outlaw is apparent by activity of Satan who uses all kinds of conflict miracles science superiors wonders and every form of evil deception in order to deceive those who are because they are rejected the love of truth that would lead them to being saved so in this passage in 2nd Thessalonians 2 3 to 10 Paul is also talking about the lawless one and he is also referring to Daniel 9 27 he's saying look um you know so in verse 3 he talks about the man of sin or the son of perdition is to be revealed then in verse 4 and I'm referencing 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 4 he's saying that this man will sit in the temple of God and exactly what Daniel had written that this is what this abomination of desolation the one who makes desolate with Jesus referenced says this man will sit in the temple of God and he can and then he says you know verse 7 this lawlessness is already at work only he who restrains will do so until he's taken out of the way so what is keeping the man of sin from being revealed it's the church you're in the church the church age we are here and when we are taken out of the way then the lawless one will be revealed so when the church age is wrapped up the church is taken out of the way then comes the start of the Dan of the seven seven year of tribulation Daniel 70th week the time of the antichrist when he's going to go and trouble and persecute the Jews and of course there would be many people who still would turn to Jesus Christ when they see all this happening the antichrist will persecute them or go after them but what I wanted to point out is that Daniel 9 27 is referenced both by our Lord Jesus in Matthew 24 15 and by the apostle Paul in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 the passage we just read and again in Revelation chapter 11 when we we will read about it Revelation chapter 11 and also in chapter 13 by John the revelator who received the revelation so about this antichrist we see the references made in other passages in scripture okay so everyone is with me shall we go a little forward now chapter 9 any questions on chapter 9 Daniel okay so in chapter 10 we are not going to the Daniel has his own vision and but he doesn't you know there's no prophetic scripture but he begins to pray he begins to seek the Lord and then once again the Michael the Archangel comes and he you know there's this there's revelation in chapter 10 of course of the spiritual what is happening in the heavenly realms how angel Gabriel is sent to come to Daniel but then there are demonic powers that are holding him back Michael the Archangel comes in and you know causes him to be able to come to speak to Daniel right so I just want to point out from Daniel chapter 10 just one verse that is verse 14 he says Daniel 10 14 he says I have come to make known to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days for the vision refers to many days yet to come so Daniel 10 verse 14 once again the emphasis is on the Jewish people and the emphasis is on what is to come in the latter days that means these are things that are being revealed to Daniel there are parts of that prophecy that have to do with future some have our near fulfillment which like we said would be fulfilled in Daniel's time and shortly after Daniel's time and then there are those things that are kept out in the future right so once again he's assured of that now chapter 11 Daniel chapter 11 is a very lengthy chapter and this is one chapter that has caused a lot of problems for Daniel you say what do you mean problems for Daniel because in chapter 11 from the very beginning that's verse one and if you go through all the way till 35 Daniel is actually speaking in great detail of all the kings who who actually came after the Medes and the Persians and the Greeks which we already have read in chapter 8 Daniel is prophesying in great detail verses 5 to 32 of the rulers who would essentially in occupy Egypt and Syria or northern Syria he talks about the rulers of the south and the rulers of the north and then he talks in great detail what each of them will do now he does not mention the names of these people but he's referring to them as the princes of the rulers and he is foretelling in great detail all about all of these so many people who read chapter 11 they say like no this could not have been foretold somebody would have written it after it actually happened because how can you foretell such things in detail right so you know I'm not going to make us read all of that but I want you to just in your time maybe later today to read through Daniel 11 verses 5 to 32 verses 5 to 35 and then just see that you know I mean if you're not going to look up history and read about these kings and leaders or princes from Egypt and Syria but you can just read through the passage and know that Daniel was actually speaking about these leaders or these kings who actually came so in every verse verse 5 verse 6 they were leaders from the south Egypt and from the north so when we talk about the rulers of the south we're talking about the rulers of the Tullimans and we're talking about rulers of the north we're talking about the Seleucid princes and so they're happening in parallel you know and leaders from the south the leaders of the north they're happening in parallel and so Daniel has spoken about all of these people ahead of time so this is what is very astounding or amazing of chapter 11 now he didn't mention the names of these people but sure enough they came they were there and people are amazed that chapter 11 could actually speak of kings who are yet to come and so many of them in sequence so people who are skeptical were doubtful they say no no no this was written later after it all happened but those who of us who believe we understand that God can reveal history in advance now he revealed things in advance Daniel and that is chapter 11 but what we want to do is I just want to point out is in chapter 11 towards the end of this chapter that is verses 21 to 32 Daniel specifically talks about a particular prince of the Seleucid Empire he was the worst of all the previous princes or rulers that's from the northern empire from Syria the region of Syria he was the worst so all of these people they attacked the Jews but he gave himself the name Epiphanes meaning as though he is the what Epiphanes simply means like God has manifest so he gave himself that title as he was God and he you can see in these verses that what Daniel spoke of he actually did all that Daniel foretold he desecrated he also desecrated that the the sacrifices and you know he really showed contempt towards the Jews and of course we know that later on in history the Jewish people faced lots of persecutions from others but sure enough this man or this ruler also mistreated terribly the Jewish people and Daniel actually spoke of him ahead of time in verses 21 to 32 and later on in time this man came and actually did everything Daniel said he will do and finally as you know in previous visions Daniel jumps to the Antichrist this is in Daniel chapter 11 verses 36 to 39 and he again talks about this man who will speak against God and he will act against the people of God and he will roll over many and he will try to divide the land for gain what I want to point out from Daniel 11 36 to 39 is that verse 36 Daniel 11 36 he talks about this king who will do according to his own will he will speak against he'll speak blasphemies against the god of gods and this is similar to what we saw in chapter seven and chapter eight and then he will see again in Revelation 13 and he won't regard anyone he will exalt himself above the wall verse 37 and then you also see that in verse 39 he will divide the land for gain he will divide the land for gain and he's going to try to divide the land for gain and we know one of the challenging or challenges of our times is the land of Israel and the whole issue about you know them Israel wanting their whole piece of land and yet the Palestinians being wanting their part of the land but here we see in Daniel 11 39 that this man who comes in the end he is going to try and divide the land for gain right he's going to try to do the same thing he's going to speak against the god of gods he's going to do his own will and he's going to also try and divide the land so in addition to stopping the sacrifices in addition to causing the sanctuary the temple of the lord to be trampled under foot in addition to speaking blasphemies against the prince of princes or the most high god this antichrist is also going to try and divide the land for gain to do it so that he could you know extend his increases power and influence that's an additional piece of information we get here from Daniel 11 39 okay so i'm not reading chapter 11 because it is if you want to say it like this we could say it's a history written in advance by Daniel and it was all fulfilled by these kings who came out subsequently from around Egypt and from the north in Syria and you can read it just just for as an information but it's amazing that Daniel would be given such details and he wrote it down and sure enough they were all fulfilled in history okay so what is left for us is chapter 12 of Daniel which i i kept it for next week i thought if you can cover till chapter 11 it'll be good for us today and which we have done and i would encourage you to just read chapter 11 although i haven't read it in class i would encourage you to read it and then just follow along with the notes that i've shared and the chapter 12 is something we will get into in next class so next class we will do chapter 12 and then we will start the book of revelation any questions so far is everybody with me you're clear so far any thoughts any comments all right so let's go ahead and pray and then we will dismiss i know we are a few minutes early but it's okay let's pray and we will dismiss we will pick up chapter 12 from next week okay we will finish up at 12 and move into revelation next week can i ask somebody to please pray and dismiss the class go ahead um Thomas why don't you pray please i'm in Jesus name we thank you we bless your holy name a lot you worship your father thank you for this wonderful heart of money you are good lot father deep things need to understand the wisdom of God father as what we call help us to meditate and go through the prayer go through the lecture class and go through the modes help us to understand more and more deeper things father we thank you we praise you we love you daddy keep us safe that you mercy be upon us in Jesus name we pray amen amen amen all right thank you everybody we'll take a break and i will meet you in our next class thank you bye now thank you