117 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 1 - Book 10 - Daniel's 490 Years

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 10 DANIEL'S 490 YEARS Daniel 9 & Matthew 24 Here is the prophecy in time of a 490 year period, in which God is going to bring Israel all the way from their coming out of the Babylonian captivity, to the coming of Christ to the Nation of Israel, as we know happened in the Book of Matthew. But here in Daniel Chapter 9, it is broken down into three distinct areas of time. We will start at verse 25. Daniel 9:25 "Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince..." Now watch that word Prince. Notice it is capitalized. So this Prince is the Prince of peace. the Lord of Lords, and King of Kings Remember the Babylonians in 606 B.C. came and destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple, and took the holy things and the people back to Babylon. That was the beginning of the "Times of the Gentiles." Now you notice in verse 25 it does not refer to Ezra's commandment to rebuild the Temple, but it refers to another commandment to rebuild the city and the walls. So now we have another element of time and it's in history. And we find it in Nehemiah Chapter 2. Now this is the commandment that Daniel is referring to in Daniel 9:25. Now here is how chronologers arrive at these various times. Nehemiah 2:1 So in 454 B.C. is the when Nehemiah Chapter 2 comes on the scene. Nehemiah was the king's servant and was still under that 70 years of captivity. By this time, Babylon has fallen, and the Medes and Persians are running the empire. Now verse 2. Nehemiah 2:2 Kings back then didn't have much concern for human rights. So Nehemiah was rightfully fearful. Nehemiah 2:3 "And said unto the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city (Jerusalem), the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?" Now that all took place when king Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem back in 606 B.C. Nehemiah 2:4 "Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request?" Prayer is something that we can accomplish anywhere and anytime, even as Nehemiah would not have dared to pray out loud before that king. So he prayed silently from the heart. "So I prayed to the God of heaven." As he was praying silently, he speaks to the king: Nehemiah 2:5 "And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it." Come back to Daniel Chapter 9. This is the time factor then. So back to verse 25: Daniel 9:25 "Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem (Nehemiah Chapter 2) unto the Messiah the Prince (Christ's first coming) shall be seven weeks," We refer to this Temple as the second Temple. The first one was the one King Solomon built. Now in verse 26: Daniel 9:26a So from the commandment given to Nehemiah to rebuild the city until Christ was crucified was 483 years. Now if you will put a pencil to it or calculate it over a period of 483 years those extra 5 plus days can be quite a period of time. Now lets read on with verse 26: Daniel 9:26 The Anti-christ. As far as I can tell, there is no indication of the man of sin, the Anti-christ, anywhere else in Scripture except here in Daniel. Jesus refers to him in Matthew 24, Paul describes him in II Thessalonians Chapter 2. A prince that shall come. A lesser than God. Let's read on) that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;..." We know Babylon destroyed the first Temple. Now what empire was responsible for destroying the second Temple? The Romans. How many empires were there? Also remember on the timeline from 606 B.C. until the Cross, all of these empires had come on the scene and had been replaced by the preceding empire. So remember the Roman Empire was responsible for destroying the second Temple. And this little prince will come from that same empire and become the Anti-christ. So this is where we get the whole concept that the Anti-christ will come from some place out of the geography area of the old Roman Empire. Now the Old Testament doesn't give us a hint that Rome would fall, disappear and come back. The Scripture looks at the whole picture. And the Church Age was placed in there without any mention whatsoever in the Old Testament. And the Old Testament goes right on as if the same empire that destroyed the second Temple is on the scene for the Anti-christ, because a 1000 years with the Lord is like a day. And the same empire that destroyed the Temple and Jerusalem after Christ, is the same empire that is going to bring forth the Anti-christ. In verse 27, Daniel introduces us to the man who will again kick God's time clock into gear. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible