The Most Amazing
Prophecy
It was a very dark period
in the history of the nation of Israel. A people without a land of their own. God's
punishment for Israel for their disobedience came in the form of a payback! Israel had to
pay God back for not following the seven (7) year rule to let the land rest. God
determined upon the people of Israel that they owed him 70 weeks of years (7 x 70=490) or
490 years.
"Seventy
'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an
end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up
vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. "Know and understand this: From the
issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler,
comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with
streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed
One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will
destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue
until the end, and desolation's have been decreed. He will confirm a covenant with many
for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and
offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes
desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him." Daniel 9:24-27
Out of this dark period
arose a young prophet of God named Daniel. He was used by God as a beacon of light
to remind the people of Israel of his promise. His light still shines today, for our
generation, to let us know that we are approaching the End Times!
Nebuchadnezzar, King of
Babylon, conquered Jerusalem in 606 B.C. and returned home with the finest young men of
Israel. One of these young men was named Daniel. Daniel was given the finest education and
training possible by the Babylonian Kingdom. Daniel was gifted with great wisdom and
prophetic abilities by God because of his great faithfulness. As a result of his great
capabilities, Daniel was promoted from a Jewish slave to Royal advisor and later First
Minister of all of Babylon, the greatest of all the ancient empires.
While
Daniel lived in the Royal palace, the remainder of the Jewish people lived under
the rule of the Babylonian army in Jerusalem. There was another prophet of God
named Jeremiah who spoke to these people. Jeremiah declared that "this whole
land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve
the king of Babylon for seventy years" (Jeremiah 25:11)
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