Daniel 9:24-27, Seventy Literal Weeks Explained?
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My claim is 100% TRUE. And here are the reasons why:
1. The Hebrew word is shabuim, which is not literally weeks but "sevens".
שָׁבֻעִ֨ים (šā-ḇu-‘îm)
So if the KJV translators had said "Seventy sevens" or "seventy heptads" they would have been perfectly correct.
Merriam-Webster
heptad
noun
hep·tad | \ ˈhep-ˌtad
Definition of heptad
: a group of seven
Strong's Concordance (7620)
shabua: a period of seven (days, years), heptad, week
Original Word: שְׁבוּעַ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shabua
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-boo'-ah)
Definition: a period of seven (days, years), heptad, week
Brown-Driver-Briggs
שָׁבוּעַ noun masculine Daniel 9:27 period of seven (days, years), heptad, week (on formation see LagBN 67); — absolute׳שׁ Daniel 9:27 (twice in verse); constructשְׁבֻעַ Genesis 29:27,28; dual שְׁבֻעַיִם Leviticus 12:5; plural שָֽׁבֻע(וֺ)ת Exodus 34:22 4t. Deuteronomy + (in technical term) 2Chronicles 8:13; late שָֽׁבֻעִים Daniel 9:24 4t. Daniel; constructשְׁבֻעֹת Jeremiah 5:24 (Ezekiel 45:21 read שִׁבְעַת with Vrss and all modern, see שֶׁבַע); suffix שָׁבֻעֹתֵיבֶם Numbers 28:26; —
2. Since Daniel was counting the period of time between the Decree of Cyrus and the Crucifixion of Christ (483 years), the only LOGICAL interpretation would be seventy sevens of years. And 70 x 7 = 490 years.
1. The Hebrew word is shabuim, which is not literally weeks but "sevens".
שָׁבֻעִ֨ים (šā-ḇu-‘îm)
So if the KJV translators had said "Seventy sevens" or "seventy heptads" they would have been perfectly correct.
Merriam-Webster
heptad
noun
hep·tad | \ ˈhep-ˌtad
Definition of heptad
: a group of seven
Strong's Concordance (7620)
shabua: a period of seven (days, years), heptad, week
Original Word: שְׁבוּעַ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shabua
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-boo'-ah)
Definition: a period of seven (days, years), heptad, week
Brown-Driver-Briggs
שָׁבוּעַ noun masculine Daniel 9:27 period of seven (days, years), heptad, week (on formation see LagBN 67); — absolute׳שׁ Daniel 9:27 (twice in verse); constructשְׁבֻעַ Genesis 29:27,28; dual שְׁבֻעַיִם Leviticus 12:5; plural שָֽׁבֻע(וֺ)ת Exodus 34:22 4t. Deuteronomy + (in technical term) 2Chronicles 8:13; late שָֽׁבֻעִים Daniel 9:24 4t. Daniel; constructשְׁבֻעֹת Jeremiah 5:24 (Ezekiel 45:21 read שִׁבְעַת with Vrss and all modern, see שֶׁבַע); suffix שָׁבֻעֹתֵיבֶם Numbers 28:26; —
2. Since Daniel was counting the period of time between the Decree of Cyrus and the Crucifixion of Christ (483 years), the only LOGICAL interpretation would be seventy sevens of years. And 70 x 7 = 490 years.
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But here's what it means.
“Seventy weeks [of years, or 490 years] are decreed upon your people and upon your holy city [Jerusalem], to finish and put an end to transgression, to seal up and make full the measure of sin, to purge away and make expiation and reconciliation for sin, to bring in everlasting righteousness (permanent moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) to seal up vision and prophecy and prophet, and to anoint a Holy of Holies.” Daniel 9:24 (AMP)
“Seventy weeks [of years, or 490 years] are decreed upon your people and upon your holy city [Jerusalem], to finish and put an end to transgression, to seal up and make full the measure of sin, to purge away and make expiation and reconciliation for sin, to bring in everlasting righteousness (permanent moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) to seal up vision and prophecy and prophet, and to anoint a Holy of Holies.” Daniel 9:24 (AMP)
There's no other way to view the written numerology below, other than (Literally)
If Daniel meant 490 years he would have written
(Four hundred and ninety years), simple
Daniel had no restrictions in "Writing" exact numerology as seen below.
Daniel 6:1KJV
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
Daniel 8:14KJV
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Daniel 12:11KJV
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Below in Daniel 10:2-3 we see just another example of Daniel's literal weeks, as Daniel mourned and fasted for 3 literal weeks or 21 days.
Daniel 10:2-3KJV
2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weekswere fulfilled.
If Daniel meant 490 years he would have written
(Four hundred and ninety years), simple
Daniel had no restrictions in "Writing" exact numerology as seen below.
Daniel 6:1KJV
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
Daniel 8:14KJV
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Daniel 12:11KJV
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Below in Daniel 10:2-3 we see just another example of Daniel's literal weeks, as Daniel mourned and fasted for 3 literal weeks or 21 days.
Daniel 10:2-3KJV
2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weekswere fulfilled.
You have given the opinions of men
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Daniel 9:24 clearly states (Seventy Weeks) not (Four Hundred Ninety Years)
If Daniel meant 490 years he would have written
(Four hundred and ninety years), simple
Daniel had no restrictions in "Writing" exact numerology as seen below.
Daniel 6:1KJV
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
Daniel 8:14KJV
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Daniel 12:11KJV
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Below in Daniel 10:2-3 we see just another example of Daniel's literal weeks, as Daniel mourned and fasted for 3 literal weeks or 21 days.
Daniel 10:2-3KJV
2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weekswere fulfilled.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Daniel 9:24 clearly states (Seventy Weeks) not (Four Hundred Ninety Years)
If Daniel meant 490 years he would have written
(Four hundred and ninety years), simple
Daniel had no restrictions in "Writing" exact numerology as seen below.
Daniel 6:1KJV
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
Daniel 8:14KJV
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Daniel 12:11KJV
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Below in Daniel 10:2-3 we see just another example of Daniel's literal weeks, as Daniel mourned and fasted for 3 literal weeks or 21 days.
Daniel 10:2-3KJV
2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weekswere fulfilled.
Your claim is false, no corner or paint around me 
1.) There will be no future millennial kingdom on this earth
2.) Jesus Christ is my Lord and savior, I'm filled with the Holy Spirit of promise
Dave your name is Pinocchio--------------->
1.) There will be no future millennial kingdom on this earth
2.) Jesus Christ is my Lord and savior, I'm filled with the Holy Spirit of promise
Dave your name is Pinocchio--------------->
You simply disregard what Nehemiah6 said and keep saying the same thing you were before.
The Hebrew is literally "seventy sevens" - then the reader must decide what the sevens are. The KJV translates it as "seventy weeks". You decide that the "weeks" are weeks of days when the text does not say this.
I could use your reasoning and say something like this:
The scripture states (Seventy Weeks)
If Daniel meant 490 days he would have written
(Four hundred and ninety days), simple!
What he wrote was "70 sevens" (or "weeks") - but is it weeks of "days" or "years"?
And to answer that question is a fair debate - but please do not say the Hebrew text states 490 days because it does not state this!
The Hebrew is literally "seventy sevens" - then the reader must decide what the sevens are. The KJV translates it as "seventy weeks". You decide that the "weeks" are weeks of days when the text does not say this.
I could use your reasoning and say something like this:
The scripture states (Seventy Weeks)
If Daniel meant 490 days he would have written
(Four hundred and ninety days), simple!
What he wrote was "70 sevens" (or "weeks") - but is it weeks of "days" or "years"?
And to answer that question is a fair debate - but please do not say the Hebrew text states 490 days because it does not state this!
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Dave there will be a future plan to build in Jerusalem, I believe this will be associated with Judaism's mass propaganda on their awaited upon Messiah returning?
This Judaic Messiah will be the future, Man of Sin/The Beast/The Antichrist
Possibly you dont believe in a future literal human (Man of Sin)
This Judaic Messiah will be the future, Man of Sin/The Beast/The Antichrist
Possibly you dont believe in a future literal human (Man of Sin)