Friday, Jun 26, 2009

6-26 Seventy Weeks!

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“What do you think it is?” Ken and I peered deeply into granddaughter Esther’s face. It was red all right, and swollen. Just let Dr. Dennis look! He’ll tell you! “I’m not sure. It could be poison oak, but then again, it doesn’t exactly look like it. I just don’t know.” Esther’s normally light completion was now a soft color of red… all over her face! Her cheeks were beginning to puff up like the cheeks of a little chipmunk. Esther was embarrassed and didn’t want anyone looking. When she went to the doctor, she tried to hide her face, and she cried. Poor little thing! It turns out that it is an allergic reaction, perhaps to make up or something. Ken even sent us a “phone to phone” picture mail after the doctor appointment.

Today's Scripture reading is 2 Samuel 18; Nahum 1; Luke5:1-19
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Today’s thought comes from Daniel 9:24 "Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.

By far one of the most amazing prophecies in all of Scriptures is the prophecy of the “70 weeks” given to Daniel. Daniel had been studying the books of the Old Testament. It was there he came across Jeremiah’s prophecy that the nation would be in captivity for 70 years in Babylon. 65 of those 70 years had already past! Daniel was a very old man by now, probably in his nineties! When Daniel “understood” the prophecy, and calculated the time remaining he set his face to seek God with fasting and prayer. While he was praying, the angel Gabriel came to him to give him a stunning new prophecy. It was the prophecy of the “70 weeks” or more literally seventy sevens. Here’s how the math works out. Judah went into captivity due to the fact that for some 490 years they did not observe the “Sabbath land law.” The law was that for one year of every 7 they must leave the land fallow… no plowing and no reaping. Out of greed and disobedience they failed to do that. Because of that, and because of the wickedness of the nation, the curses of Deuteronomy 28 came upon them. For every missed Sabbath year, they spent one year in captivity. 490 years divided by 7 = 70 years of captivity. But now Gabriel was turning the tables on the nation. Those 70 years would be reversed and returned to them! Thus 70 x 7 = 490 years. “Seventy weeks of Sabbaths are determined for your people and for your holy city!” Note well that this prophecy is aimed specifically at the nation of Israel. The nation had 490 years of prophetic history to fulfill! These 70 weeks were decreed by God to accomplish six purposes. 1. To finish the transgression, 2. To make an end of sins, 3. To make reconciliation for iniquity, 4. To bring in everlasting righteousness, 5. To seal up vision and prophecy, and 6. And to anoint the Most Holy. The first three relate to the work of Christ on the cross, and the second three relate to the return of Christ to set up His kingdom. In His first Coming, at the cross (483 years into the prophecy) Christ would die, pay for our transgressions… the finished work of the cross and reconcile us to God. That leaves one week, or 7 years to fulfill the last three at His second coming… to usher in his kingdom of righteousness, to put his finishing touches on prophecy and to come as the anointed King, bringing the very presence of God into the midst of mankind! Even so, Lord Jesus come!

Dear Lord Jesus, even so, come quickly. Thank you for your first coming where you paid for my sins, completely! I look forward to your second coming when you inaugurate your reign of righteousness! As you have fulfilled prophecy in the past, I expect it to be fulfilled in the future!

Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal

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