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Israel’s 70 “Weeks” Prophecy way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you” (Deut.28:68). Daniel’s Seventieth Week (last seven years) Since the prophecy in question has been so accurately fulfilled up to the end of the 69th week, the question arises, When will the last seven years of Jerusalem’s history run its course? It is obvious that the 70th week has not yet been completed, for if it had, Jerusalem would now be enjoying everlasting righteousness, the most holy place in the rebuilt Temple would have been anointed for service, and the nation of Israel would have been reconciled to God. The 70th week obviously did not commence immediately after the 69th week, when Christ presented Himself as King to the nation. In fact the prophecy itself indicates that the 70th week (7 years) would NOT occur immediately after Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, because two other events had to follow. They were - 1) Messiah would be cut off (four days later) AND 2) Jerusalem and the Temple (“the city and the sanctuary”) would be destroyed! (thirty eight years later). One could hardly say that the six blessings which will mark the conclusion of the 70 weeks (490 years) had become a reality when the nation actually slew its Messiah, and then was scattered by the Romans throughout the Roman Empire! Scripture foretold that such a dispersion would be the result of the nation’s disobedience (Deut.28:36-37, 63-67). Josephus’ account of the siege of Jerusalem and other events in his time indicated that Jerusalem was anything but righteous or reconciled, and the Temple was not the place of godly worship. The behaviour of the combatants was so vile that even the Romans were shocked. A Gap Between the 69th and 70th Weeks In view of these facts we conclude that there is a gap in time, a parenthesis, between the 69th and 70th weeks. Someone may ask, How long is the gap? and, Why should there be a gap when there was no interruption to the first 483 years? The concept of a gap in the 70 “weeks” prophecy is not an isolated occurrence, for other Scriptures indicate gaps in Israel’s history. 33
The Basics of Bible Prophecy James’ Gap James, in his address to the other apostles and the elders at Jerusalem, stated: “God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name...as it is written, After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up” (Acts 15:14 -16). First a Gentile Church would be gathered in, and AFTER THIS the Lord will return AND REBUILD THE THRONE OF DAVID! So the final re-establishment of the throne of David awaits the gathering in of the “fulness of the Gentiles”. Not only does James indicate a gap between the 69th and 70th weeks, but he tells us what the gap was for: “to visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.” Obviously this is the Church Age, and the people called out are those that make up the Gentile bride of Christ. Ezekiel’s Gap Ezekiel prophesied that King Zedekiah would be the last to wear a crown on the throne of David -“UNTIL he come whose right it is”(Ezek.21:25-27). In other words, from 586BC till the second coming of Christ there would be a long period when the throne of David would be unoccupied. The final blessing of Israel therefore awaits the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to sit on the throne of David as the angel Gabriel foretold: “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end” (Luke1:32-33). Hosea’s Gap Hosea also spoke of a gap in Israel’s history, after which the nation would turn to the Lord. He wrote, “For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and 34
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