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The seventy weeks prophecy is internally dated to "the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede" (Daniel 9:1), [34] later referred to in the Book of Daniel as "Darius the Mede" (e.g. Daniel 11:1); [35] however, no such ruler is known to history and the widespread consensus among critical scholars is that he is a literary fiction. [36]
Miller tied the vision to the Prophecy of Seventy Weeks in Daniel 9 where a beginning is given. He concluded that the 70-weeks (or 70-7s or 490 days/years) were the first 490 years of the 2300 years. The 490 years were to begin with the command to rebuild and restore Jerusalem.
The Seventy Weeks, Leviticus, and the Nature of Prophecy (Volume 3 of Daniel and Revelation Committee Series ed.). Biblical Research Institute, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. ISBN 0925675024. Horsley, Richard A. (2007).
The key to this understanding is the "seventy weeks prophecy" in the book of Daniel. The Prophecy of Seventy Septets (or literally 'seventy times seven') appears in the angel Gabriel 's reply to Daniel, beginning with verse 22 and ending with verse 27 in the ninth chapter of the Book of Daniel , [ 89 ] a work included in both the Jewish Tanakh ...
It was against this background that the gospels were written, Mark around 70 AD and Matthew and Luke around 80–85. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] It is almost certain that none of the authors were eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus, [ 28 ] and that Mark was the source used by the authors of Matthew and Luke for their "abomination of desolation" passages.
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Tanner is currently researching and writing on the Book of Daniel and has published articles regarding the seventy weeks prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27. [3] [4] His commentary on the book of Daniel for the Evangelical Commentary series (produced by Lexham Press and available on Logos Bible software) was published in the spring of 2020. [5]