Original Source: Sir Isaac Newton - Observations on Daniel, Chapter 9
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Chapter 9: Of the Seventy Weeks of Years in the Prophecy of Daniel
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- In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, Daniel understood by the books the number of the years appointed for the desolations of Jerusalem. He set his face unto the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplication.
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- [[Daniel (prophet)|Daniel] confessed the sins of Israel and acknowledged that the desolations of Jerusalem were justly brought upon them. He prayed for mercy and for the restoration of the sanctuary and the holy city.
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- While [[Daniel (prophet)|Daniel] was praying, the angel Gabriel came to him and declared that seventy weeks were determined upon his people and upon the holy city to finish transgression, make an end of sins, and bring in everlasting righteousness.
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- [[Isaac Newton|Newton}} observed that these seventy weeks are weeks of years, amounting to four hundred and ninety years, a prophetic period concerning the restoration of Jerusalem and the coming of the Messiah.
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- Gabriel declared that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince would be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks, the street and wall being built again in troublous times.
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- Newton understood the seven weeks to signify forty-nine years, the time required for the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the decree, and the sixty-two weeks to signify the long interval before the coming of the Messiah.
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- After the sixty-two weeks, the Messiah would be cut off, but not for himself. Newton interpreted this as signifying the death of [[Jesus Christ|Christ), who suffered not for his own sins but for the sins of others.
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- The prophecy declared that the people of the prince that shall come would destroy the city and the sanctuary, and that desolations were determined. Newton understood this to refer to the Roman destruction of Jerusalem.
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- Gabriel further declared that he would confirm the covenant with many for one week, and in the midst of the week cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease. Newton interpreted this as the final seven-year period of the prophecy.
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- In the midst of this week, the sacrifice would cease, signifying the end of the ceremonial law by the offering of Christ. The remaining portion of the week would see the gospel confirmed among many.
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- Newton concluded that the seventy weeks prophecy reveals the timeline from the restoration of Jerusalem to the coming and death of the Messiah, the end of the sacrifices, and the subsequent desolations determined upon the city.
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- Original Source: Sir Isaac Newton - Observations on Daniel, Chapter 1
- Original Source: Sir Isaac Newton - Observations on Daniel, Chapter 2
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