TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Four Views of Interpretation of the “Seventy Weeks” . . . . . . . . . 4 The Maccabean View The Preterist View The Covenantal View The Dispensational View
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 BEST INTERPRETATION OF THE FOUR VIEWS OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS FROM DANIEL

Introduction
The book of Daniel chapter 9:24-27 deals with the prophecy of the …show more content…
The Dispensational View
The dispensational view of the seventy weeks has the seventy weeks beginning at the decree of Artaxerxes in 458 B.C. found in Ezra 7. The first week is the forty-nine years it took to build walls and temple of Jerusalem after the decree went out. The next sixty-two sevens (434 years) go from the first “week” until either the baptism of Christ or the death of Christ. More than likely it was the death of Christ that would usher in the six parts of the prophecy that would need to be fulfilled in verse 24. After the rejection of Christ begins what some have deemed “The Great Parenthesis”, which is the time of Gentiles. After the time of the Gentiles the seventieth week will commence with the revelation of the Antichrist. In this view the Antichrist will make a deal with the Jewish people that allows them to sacrifice again in the temple for three and half years. After the three and a half years the Antichrist will desecrate the temple and usher in “the great tribulation” for the last three and a half years.
This view seems to be the most logical as it satisfies all of the requirements necessary to satisfy all that the prophecy reveals. It fulfills the six criteria as listed in verse 24. One must break these down to see the power of what is going to come to pass. The prophecy is saying that between a very holy God and a very wicked people there is going to be peace. No more guilt and shame about transgression, no more guilt and