Description: What is the historical and bible truth for the 70 weeks of Daniel prophecy found in Daniel 9:24-27 that is also known as the prophecy of weeks?
One of the most important and misunderstood prophecies in the Bible is found in Daniel 9:24-27 which is known as the 70 weeks of Daniel. There is no other prophecy of scripture that so perfectly foretells the first coming of Christ thus proving Jesus is the Messiah. It not only reveals the year of His baptism when He began His ministry but also the year He was crucified at Calvary. Non Messianic Jews would realize they missed the coming of the Messiah if they understood this prophecy but they refuse to read
This Bible prophecy is not only one of the most misunderstood but is also one of the most abused and no doubt because it is also one of the most important. For example: It either supposedly foretells the coming of antichrist and 7 years of tribulation or the coming of the Messiah and His 3.5 year ministry followed by another 3.5 years (7 years total) where the Gospel still went exclusively to the Jews and ended with the stoning of Stephen.
The origin of the first view was the Protestant Reformation where many began pointing the finger at the Catholic Church saying they were the Biblical antichrist. The Papal Church responded with what is known as the Counter Reformation where they commissioned two Spanish Jesuits in the Council of Trent (1545–1563) to come up with a solution to take the attention of them being labeled antichrist. One Jesuit named Luis De Alcazar stood up and said that he could write false doctrine stating that it was Nero and