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69 Weeks I gave you in previous teaching two dates that were significant as we approach the final days of prophecy to be fulfilled. The first was 1948. The second date was 1967. So we have the first date, 1948; and we have the second date, 1967. That second date in history was very important because it unsealed Daniel’s vision that had been sealed for over 2500 years. Now we are going to begin to address the 69 Weeks. I already know what some of you are thinking, “Well, I thought there were 70 weeks?” Yes, there are 70 weeks in scripture, but for now we are going to move forward and look at the 70-week prophecy in the book of Daniel and focus only on the 69 Weeks. I am just going to give you general information. As time goes on, more information will be filled in so you have a complete understanding of what I am preaching about concerning the Last Days series of messages. Get your bibles and go to Daniel 12:9. Daniel 12:9. “And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.” Now I covered what that end of time period was in the last chapter. Also you see in verse four of chapter twelve, “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” So there is a “Time of The End”. In the last chapter I taught on the “Time of the Gentiles” and made clear that the “Time of the Gentiles” was over. It has been over since 1967 when the “Time of the Gentiles” was fulfilled. I also covered that ANY prophetic view developed before the time listed here as the time of the end in Daniel 12:9 had to be looked at closely as to whether it was coming from God’s Word or another source twisting God’s Word enough to make it sound believable. There are plenty of doctrines and a smorgasbord of views out there concerning the end times and they do twist scriptures to make it believable. Taking a few verses from the Word of God and developing a THEORY around them without a 100% of the supporting facts is to preach another message, a message that does not come from God’s Word. I think I made that clear in the last message. You can keep your bible at Daniel 12, but we are also going to go to some other portions of scripture. Let me give you some history as I layer out these 69 Weeks. Jerusalem fell in 606 BC. That is an important date to keep in mind because Jerusalem fell and Daniel was taken as a captive to Babylon. Now Daniel lived there in Babylon for the next 70 years. Toward the end of his captivity in 536 BC Darius, a king under Cyrus of the Medo-Persian Empire, invaded and gained control of the city of Babylon. The night Babylon fell, Daniel interpreted the handwriting on the wall at King Belshazzar’s request. If you are interested, you can read the history in Daniel as it took place from Nebuchadnezzar taking the captives back to Babylon to Belshazzar; and as Babylon fell to the Medo-Persians over night according to Daniel’s prophecy. I do not have time to cover all that at this time. Now Daniel prophesied the future of Babylon and it happened. We have the biblical record and we have the secular history. Then afterward a new empire came in, the Medo-Persian Empire, and they gained control of the surrounding area including Babylon and now it was the ruling party over Babylon. And at this point we are going to pick up in history where Daniel remembers what Jeremiah said 70 years earlier. Now a lot of you do not enjoy studying history and that is why I am giving you just a very brief explanation of the history of events. Go to Jeremiah 29:10. Jeremiah is speaking here and we read, “For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.” This is what Jeremiah prophesied and this is what Daniel is remembering after the Medo-Persians took control of the city of Babylon. Israel is still under the Medo-Persians’ control and the city of Jerusalem was still a wreck. It was torn down earlier by Nebuchadnezzar and burned to the ground. It still laid there in all of its rubble and all of its