Prophecy  regarding the Messiah’s coming to Jerusalem and the temple

 

… A. … about 538 BC by our current calendar … the Angel Gabriel came and spoke to the prophet Daniel concerning the coming of the Messiah ( Jesus Christ God our Lord and Savior ) to the city of Jerusalem and the temple … Daniel chapter 9, vs 25 - 26 …

 

Daniel chapter 9, vs 25 - 26

 … vs 25 … know therefore and understand … from the time that the word went out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the time of the Anointed Prince there will be seven weeks and for sixty-two weeks … it shall be built again with streets and moat but in a troubled time … vs 26 … after the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing … the troops of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary … its end will come like a flood and to the end there will be war … the desolation is deseeded …

 9:25 ותדע ותשכל מן-מצא דבר להשיב ולבנות ירושלם עד-משיח נגיד שבעים שבעה ושבעים ששים ושנים תשוב ונבנתה רחוב וחרוץ ובצוק העתים

 9:26 ואחרי השבעים ששים ושנים יכרת משיח ואין לו והעיר והקדש ישחית עם נגיד הבא וקצו בשטף ועד קץ מלחמה נחרצת שממות

 

 …. B. … on March 14, 445 BC by our current calendar … Persian king Artaxerxes granted permission for the Hebrew ( Jewish ) people to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the city of Jerusalem … Nehemiah chapter 2, vs 1 - 9 …

 2:1 ויהי בחדש ניסן שנת עשרים לארתחשסתא המלך יין לפניו ואשא את-היין ואתנה למלך ולא-הייתי רע לפניו

 

… C … reviewing Gabriel’s message ( Daniel chapter 9, vs 25 + 26 ) …

 … from vs 25 … from the time that the word went out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until

the time of the Anointed Prince there will be seven weeks and for sixty-two weeks …

 … from vs 26 … after the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off …

 

 … D. … the unit of time is being measured as seven year cycles termed … Shemitah ( also spelled Shamitah or Shemita ) …

                               7 Shemitahs  +  62 Shemitahs  =  69 Shemitahs

                               69 Shemitahs  x  7 years each  =  483 years

                     

… E. … it is important that we do this calculation using the Biblical Calendar of 360 days and we will then convert our findings back into years and dates relevant to our current calendar … again … the Biblical Calendar has 360 days …

                               483 years  x  360 days per year =  173,880 days

 

… these are the # of days Gabriel tells Daniel will occur between March 14, 445 BC on our current calendar and when the Messiah ( Jesus Christ God our Lord and Savior ) comes to Jerusalem and the temple … we term this Palm Sunday …

 

… F. … Concert to our current calendar

                               173,880 days  x  365.25 days per year  =   476.06 years

                               March 14, 445 BC  + 476.06 years  +  1  =  April 6, 32 AD

         … this was the day Jesus Christ rode into Jerusalem on the colt of a donkey …

 

                              … there is no Zero ( 0 ) year on calendar which span BC to AD so you add … 1 … to count that year …

 

Zechariah chapter 9, vs 9

 … rejoice greatly and shout aloud O daughter of Jerusalem and Zion … for … your King comes to you triumphant and victorious … humble and riding on a donkey … on a colt the foal of a donkey …

 9:9 גילי מאד בת-ציון הריעי בת ירושלם הנה מלכך יבוא לך צדיק ונושע הוא עני ורכב על-חמור ועל-עיר בן-אתנות