The Daniel 70 Week Prophecy

Author: Don T. Phillips ISBN 978-1-951985-69-1 (hardcover) 126 pages The Book of Daniel is the Old Testament bookend of prophecy, and the Book of Revelation is the New Testament bookend of prophecy. Daniel was a remarkable person who was never rebuked or criticized by God. He was called a man who was greatly loved (Daniel 10:11). He fasted and prayed to God after almost 70 years in Babylonian captivity to show him what would become of his people. God's response was recorded in Daniel 7-12. In a series of panoramic, prophetic revelations Daniel was told how the Israel and the Jews would be persecuted, conquered, and scattered over a period of over 600 years by Medo-Persia, Greece and then the Roman Empire. In Daniel 9:22-27 and Daniel 10-12, the most comprehensive and important prophecies in the Old Testament were given to Daniel. The crown jewel of these prophecies is Daniel 9:23-27, which is commonly called the 70 week prophecy of Daniel. This prophecy predicted when Christ would begi