THE MESSIAH: THE TIME OF HIS KINGDOM PREDICTED

THE SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL 9:24-27 EXPLAINED

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

VERSE 24

The 70 Weeks

The Most Holy

VERSE 25

Commentators Confused

The Terminus ad quem: 26 A.D.

The Terminus a quo: 458 B.C.

Jewish Expositors

The Hebrew Accents

Chronological Problems Solved

VERSE 26

The Death of the Messiah

Messiah’s New People

VERSE 27

The Length of Christ’s Ministry

The Destruction of Jerusalem

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

PTOLEMY’S CANON OF KINGS FROM CYRUS TO TIBERIUS

Notes on Ptolemy’s Canon

The Testimony of Humphrey Prideaux to the Reliability of Ptolemy’s Canon

The Terminus a quo of the 69 Weeks of Years to the Messiah

The Terminus ad quem of the 69 Weeks of Years to the Messiah

Selections from Roman Historians that Document the Joint Reign of Tiberius and Augustus over the Provinces