Second Coming : Daniel's timeline part 4

Here is the next section of Brother Martel's study.I received permission from Brother Martel to share his study here on Rap-con. The full study can be found here: http://www.christconnection.net/id3.html.
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SECOND COMING

Because the last half of Daniel's 70th week begins with the reign of Antichrist and ends with the return of Christ, the 70 weeks timeline IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT the Second Coming.

It stands to reason, therefore, that if Gabriel gave Daniel the exact year of His First Coming, he'd also give him the exact year of His Second Coming.

He did. It's been in the Bible for 2,500 years.

Praise Jesus for evermore!

Why are the 69 weeks that led to the first appearance of Messiah divided into TWO sections?

Why divide them into TWO periods of 7 weeks and 62 weeks, respectively? Why not simply say "69 weeks"?

For years I've read and heard all the SPECULATION about how the 7 weeks [49 years] marked the time it took Nehemiah to rebuild the city. Baloney! There's no historic evidence of that anywhere.

The temple had already been rebuilt, and it took them only 52 days to rebuild the wall [Nehemiah 6:15]. WHY would it take all those years to rebuild the TINY, TINY city INSIDE those walls? No way!

Even if Israeli builders had all suffered from acute rheumatoid arthritis, it wouldn't have taken ANYWHERE CLOSE TO 49 years: 1-3 years TOPS.

To be fair, God did tell Daniel these things would be "sealed" UNTIL the time of the end. In other words, they wouldn't be understood UNTIL OUR TIME.

The other conjectural view is that 49 years is the time that elapsed between the commandment by Cyrus to rebuild THE TEMPLE [not the city] in 535 B.C. and the decree of Artaxerxes to rebuild THE CITY in 445 B.C.

There are two problems with that theory. There's NO WAY to get 49 years between those two dates, which are 90 years apart. Plus, the 70 weeks prophecy doesn't mention any decree to rebuild the temple, ONLY to rebuild THE CITY.

So what's the answer?

The reason there's a division of TWO distinct time periods in the "69 weeks" is that there will be TWO COMINGS OF MESSIAH PRINCE.

Keeping in mind that the original Hebrew text contained no paragraphs and no punctuation marks, but was all one long, CONTINUOUS text:

"FROM the word [dabar] to return [lehashiv] and build Jerusalem TO Messiah Prince SHALL BE 7 weeks"...

For this prophecy to be true, THERE MUST BE a 7-week [49 year] period from an order to restore and build Jerusalem to Messiah Prince. There's NO WAY OF GETTING AROUND that.

There have been only TWO DECREES IN HISTORY to "return and rebuild" Jerusalem.

The first was Artaxerxes' decree in 445 B.C., mentioned above.

The second decree came on April 1, 1969 [14 Aviv 2759, Passover Eve] when the Knesset voted to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, i.e., "bring the Jewish Quarter to life again".

The act created the Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem", a/k/a Jewish Quarter Development Company.

The JQDC is also in charge of ALL building projects in the Old City.

What we presently call "the Jewish Quarter", plus the Southern part of Mt. Moriah, is the Jerusalem that EXISTED at the time that prophecy was given.

It's the Jerusalem Daniel knew as a youth, before being deported to Babylon, the one he loved and was interceding for when he received the message from Gabriel.

Other portions of the Old City were added much later.

The second temple, which occupied Southern Mount Moriah, had ALREADY been rebuilt by 516 B.C.

Therefore, the ONLY "Jerusalem", EXISTING AT THAT TIME [5th century B.C.], that remained in need to be rebuilt is what we presently know as the "Jewish Quarter". Hence, it's the "Jerusalem" the 70 weeks prophecy applies to.

The Jewish quarter was decimated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Jews were besieged, evicted en masse, denied access, their property confiscated, their synagogues desecrated, their homes turned to rubble.

The Jordanian commander who led the operation boasted to his superiors "For the first time in 1,000 years, NOT A SINGLE JEW REMAINS in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews' return here IMPOSSIBLE".

Guess again, Bubba.

The reason there's a division in the "69 weeks" is that it reveals the timing of both the First and Second Comings of our Lord. Praise His lovely Name!

God always reveals THE END from the beginning.

Daniel 9:26 is careful to point out that it's after the last 62-week portion, during His First Coming, that Messiah would be killed.

If the 62-week portion led to His first coming, the 7-week portion MUST lead us to His Second Coming.

Hence, 7 weeks [49 years] is the time that will transpire from the SECOND decree to rebuild Jerusalem to His SECOND coming.

There will be 7 weeks [49 years] from June 6, 1969 when the actual rebuilding began, to Messiah's Second Coming.

49 Hebrew years of 360 days = 17,640 days.

They take us to the Fall of 2017, which is when Jesus' Second Coming will take place.

SWEET SURPRISE

May I have your attention, please? I'm about to CONTRADICT myself.
I'm about to do a 180 on something I said earlier, namely, that the Rapture would PROBABLY NOT happen this year, but the next. I hate to disappoint some of you but Jesus and His Holy Spirit come FIRST, and I will obey His promptings, if I have to contradict myself 10,000 times.
Well couldn't He have given me this revelation BEFORE I wrote the message entitled "NOT THIS YEAR" on 8/7/11?
Sure. He COULD HAVE.
WHY He didn't, I don't know and, frankly, DON'T CARE.
He's God. He's sovereign. He can do WHATEVER He wants WHENEVER He wants, and His TIMING is ALWAYS PERFECT.
As I shared with you recently, MENTALLY I've known for quite some time that the "word" to return and build Jerusalem, as Daniel 9:25 requires, was given sometime between 1967 -1969.
The reason I opted for the April 1, 1969 date was because it was the most "official" decree I could find on the matter and, also, because ACTUAL RECONSTRUCTION of the Quarter began shortly thereafter. 1969 was also the LATEST year that could be construed as the "word" being given.
I didn't want to run the risk of picking the EARLIEST date and then being disappointed.
However, the Holy Spirit has been dealing with me on this for quite some time and, most recently, REALLY HIT MY CONSCIOUSNESS with the fact it happened EARLIER than 1969.
Matter of fact He so impressed me with this fact recently, that I haven't been able to think of MUCH ELSE since.
I know from previous experiences with the Spirit that when He impresses me LIKE THAT and the impression LINGERS LIKE THAT, and obsesses me LIKE THAT, that not only is it true, but THERE'S BIG REVELATION BEHIND IT.
And when He BACKS IT UP WITH SCRIPTURE, then I KNOW we're really on to something.
There's a BIG DIFFERENCE between simply assimilating something MENTALLY and getting the Spirit REVELATION of it, where He just opens up the written Word and makes us "see".
Jesus told Daniel that one of the signs the great tribulation is approaching would be that "knowledge shall be increased" (Daniel 12:4).
He also stated that these things would remain "sealed" UNTIL the time of the end: Then, and only then, would they be FULLY understood by "the wise" (Daniel 12:4, 9, 10).
As I told you before, the closer we get to "the time of the end", THE MORE KNOWLEDGE we should all expect.
I said all that to say this: The Lord has both impressed me, and SHOWN ME IN HIS WORD in recent days, that ALL that was needed to fulfill this prophecy was A WORD from the man at the top, so to speak.
He took me back to the Book of Nehemiah and, sure enough, ALL that was needed for the FIRST part of this prophecy, leading to the FIRST appearance of Messiah Prince, was THE WORD OF King Artaxerxes of Persia.
There was no deliberating body, like the Knesset, and NO VOTE taken. So, why would ANY OF THAT be required THIS TIME?
The answer is: it's NOT.
The "WORD" from former Prime Minister David Ben Gurion came THE DAY AFTER Jerusalem was recovered by Israel, on June 8, 1967. His successor, Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, also gave a similar word in 1967.
Within days of recovering Jerusalem, as early as June 19, 1967, Arabs were being evicted from the Jewish Quarter and rubble was being removed to clear the streets and provide access.
Within days, basic living conditions (water, sewage, electricity, broken windows, and doors) were being restored and Jews were MOVING IN.
The "word" had been given, from the top, to "RETURN AND BUILD".
While it's true that MAJOR rebuilding did not begin until 1969, the same thing happened in Nehemiah's time.
Artaxerxes gave the word, in the month of Aviv (Nisan) in the 20th year of his reign (Nehemiah 2:1).
Nehemiah set out for the Holy Land, arrived in Jerusalem, inspected the damage for three days, then he and the men that accompanied him (that RETURNED with him) began rebuilding the wall, which took 52 days (Nehemiah 6:16).
They made certain repairs FIRST, then began MOVING IN and LIVING IN Jerusalem, BEFORE the city itself was rebuilt (Nehemiah 7:4; 11:1-3).
Except for having to rebuild the wall, that's EXACTLY they way it happened in 1967-1969:
They began to make basic repairs first, restoring access and utilities, then moving into the Quarter, THEN plans were drawn, archeological sites designated, then there was an OFFICIAL Knesset vote to appropriate funds for the reconstruction and so forth, then actual MAJOR reconstruction began.
Do you realize what this means? If the word was given in 1967, instead of 1969, it's a WHOLE NEW BALLGAME time wise.
THIS is Good News!!!
I'll share the new timeline with you on the next message.

pookaloo2005's analysis:
on september 21st, Brother Martel received revelation through scripture about the timeline as noted near the end under the title "sweet surprise".... please, i know that his approach may be blunt... but please read the article in it's entirety.. because if he is correct, Jesus may be returning for us sooner than we think.... i share this as an encouragement for all of us because we all are longing for our Saviour's appearing!