{"id":12977,"date":"2016-06-02T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reasons.org\/publications\/was-jesus-s-arrival-accurately-predicted-in-the-bible\/"},"modified":"2016-06-02T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T19:42:00","slug":"was-jesus-s-arrival-accurately-predicted-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reasons.org\/christianity\/bible\/was-jesus-s-arrival-accurately-predicted-in-the-bible","title":{"rendered":"Was Jesus\u2019s Arrival Accurately Predicted in the Bible?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 538 BC, the angel Gabriel gave Daniel a prophecy pinpointing when the Messiah would arrive. \u201cKnow and understand this,\u201d Gabriel told him (Daniel 9:25). While Daniel may have understood it, somewhere along the way that insight has been lost. Old Testament scholars have long been debating the prophecy\u2019s meaning, but one scholar, Harold Hoehner, had a particularly astounding interpretation.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

While in Babylon, Daniel read the Scriptures, learning that Jeremiah had foretold both the Babylonian captivity and the Israelites\u2019 return to their homeland after 70 years. In response, Daniel confessed the sins of the nation in prayer, inciting the angel Gabriel to visit and deliver this message:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven \u2018sevens,\u2019 and sixty-two \u2018sevens.\u2019 It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two \u2018sevens,\u2019 the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.2<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Breaking Down the Daniel Prophecy<\/strong><\/p>\n

In taking a closer look at the Daniel passage, one thing is clear: it is about the Messiah. We see that the term \u201cMessiah,\u201d or \u201cAnointed One,\u201d is capitalized. It is also clear that a formula of sorts is provided to calculate when the Messiah will appear. The difficulties come in interpreting the formula. One such difficulty is determining the meaning of \u201cweeks,\u201d which is used in a number of translations. (NIV uses the term \u201csevens\u201d instead of \u201cweeks.\u201d) In ancient Hebrew, \u201cweeks\u201d had a number of meanings, which scholars can determine by the context. The context in the Daniel passage shows that \u201cweeks\u201d means \u201cseven units.\u201d Using this definition, we can calculate when the Messiah will arrive: (7 x 7) + (62 x 7) = 49 + 434 = 483 years.<\/p>\n

The prophecy further says that\u00a0after<\/em>\u00a0the Messiah arrives, he will be \u201cput to death and will have nothing.\u201d The word \u201cafter\u201d is very important. After the Messiah arrives, he will be put to death. Jesus\u2019s crucifixion fulfills that prophecy.<\/p>\n

We now know that the Messiah would arrive 483 years in the future. But does the prophecy specify a beginning date? The prophecy tells us: \u201cFrom the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem.\u201d So, who ordered this decree to restore Jerusalem, and when was it ordered? There are several possibilities, but the decree that best fits the evidence was made by the Persian king Artaxerxes to Nehemiah on March 5 of 444 BC (Nehemiah 2:1\u20138). (In this article, a number of biblical dates are used, all of which have been under debate by scholars for hundreds of years. Harold Hoehner makes a strong case for each of the dates. For those details, please refer to Hoehner\u2019s book\u00a0Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Before we can make some calculations, we need to know how Daniel\u2019s civilization counted time\u2014by a solar year or a lunar year. A solar year has 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds, or 365.2422 days. A lunar year has exactly 360 days: 12 months of 30 days. [A lunar year has 12 rotation periods, or lunar months, which equal 354.367 Earth days (12 x 29.53059). However, ancient peoples rounded off the lunar month to 30 days. Thus, their lunar year would equal 360 days (30 days x 12).] Since the lunar year was commonly used in ancient biblical times, it makes the most sense to use the lunar year in calculations.<\/p>\n

We must also decide how to define the arrival of the Messiah. Do we use Jesus\u2019s birthdate, the date he began his ministry, the date of his crucifixion, or some other date? The date that many scholars have accepted as the time of the Messiah\u2019s arrival is Jesus\u2019s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The reason for choosing this date is that this is when Jesus publicly declared that he was the Messiah. Before then, he told only select people, like his disciples, and he often reminded them to keep his identity secret. History chronologists have estimated that Jesus\u2019s triumphal entry fell on Monday, March 30, AD 33.<\/p>\n

Calculating Gabriel\u2019s Formula<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now we\u2019re ready to do some math to determine if Gabriel did in fact predict Jesus\u2019s arrival. We\u2019ll start by determining how many days are in 483 lunar years: 360 x 483 = 173,880 days. Next, we\u2019ll convert those days back into solar years: 173,880 \u00f7 365.2422 = 476.068 years. After converting the decimal part (0.068) to days (0.068 x 365.2422 = 24.8 days), the time prophesized for the Messiah to arrive comes out to be 476 years and 25 days.<\/p>\n

Adding this number to March 5, 444 BC\u2014the date on which the decree to rebuild Jerusalem was issued\u2014brings us to March 30, AD 33, the very day of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Is this match not remarkable? The remarkable accuracy of the predictions in the prophecy in Daniel [assuming the estimates are correctly interpreted and accurate] supports the truth of the prophecy, which in turn builds confidence in the authority and reliability of the Bible.<\/p>\n

\"blog__inline-was-jesus-arrival-accurately-predicted-in-the-bible\"Guest Writer
\nDon Olson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don C. Olson earned a PhD in analytical chemistry from Purdue University in 1961 and currently works as CEO of Global FIA, Inc. in Fox Island, WA.<\/p>\n

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  1. For an excellent book on understanding this prophecy, see: Harold W. Hoehner,\u00a0Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ<\/em>\u00a0(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1977).<\/li>\n
  2. Daniel 9:25\u201326.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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