Jamie's Calculations
Total weeks in prophecy 70.
1 week equals 7 years.
Total years
7 x 70 = 490 years
First 69 weeks
7 x 69 = 483 years
483 years
x 360 days (Number of days in a biblical year.)
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173,880 Total number of days.
Convert to years of 365 days.
173,880 / 365 = 476 years plus 140 days
Number of leap days during this time 116 days.
Adjust for leap days.
140 days
- 116 leap days.
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24 extra days
Total time between command to rebuild Jerusalem until messiah is killed.
476 years and 24 days.
Note: There is no year 0. The year 1A.D. follows 1 B.C.
Command Issued to rebuild the temple:
March 14, 445 B.C.
Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) rides into Jerusalem:
April 6, 32 A.D.
Crowd proclaim him king and messiah. Plot hatched to kill him.
The 70th week still in the future.
7 years = Tribulation Period.