Seventy Weeks

Interpretive considerations:
● The 70 "weeks" are not actual weeks, but 70 units of seven
years.
● The 70 weeks are subdivided: 7 weeks, 62 weeks and 1 week.
● There are two princes in the passage.
● The interpretation of the 70 weeks hinges on the question of a
prophetic gap.

1. The end of 70 weeks will mark:
   a. The end of transgression, the end of sin
   b. Reconciliation for iniquity
   c. Everlasting righteousness
   d. Completion of prophecy
   e. The anointing of the Most Holy places.

2. Breaking down the 70 weeks
   a. The 7 weeks –The first seven weeks began at the decree of
   Artaxerxes, and ended when Jerusalem was rebuilt.
   b. The 62 weeks –The 62 weeks began when Jerusalem was rebuilt
   by Nehemiah, and ended about the time of Jesus' crucifixion.
   c. The 1 week

3. The final week will start with the antichrist's covenant with Israel
   and end with Christ's return.

Other passages: Nehemiah 2:1-8