In Daniel 9, the Angel told us that “seventy sevens . . .are required to make reconciliation for iniquity . . . and to seal up vision and prophecy” (Dan 9:24). From “the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there shall be seven sevens and sixty two sevens” (Dan 9:25).
In 457 BC, the command to rebuild Jerusalem came from King Artaxeses, as recorded in Ezra 4:11, and Ezra 7:8. Exactly 69 X 7, 483 years later, Christ was anointed in His baptism in AD 27.
But Satan, “Prince to come . . . shall make a covenant with many for one seven . . . after half a seven, he shall bring an end to sin and offering” (Dan 9:27).
Of course, Satan used the power of the Romans to crucify Christ, after half a seven. The other half a seven is the time, times and half a time, “3 1/2 years” when the saints were given into the hand of the beast, “to seal up vision and prophecy.”
NOTES TO the TIMELINE
a) 457 BC
As recorded in Ezra 4 and 7, the command to restore and rebuild the streets of Jerusalem came from King Artaxerxes, in the “fifth month of the seventh year of the king.”Ezra 4:21 Ezra 7:8 Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered the law of gravity, studied this date and determined it to be 457 B.C., which he wrote in the margin of his 1707 King James Bible.
b) AD 27
As stated in Dan 9:24, “seventy sevens . . . to anoint most holy.” Christ was the head of the body, the Church, that was anointed by the holy spirit in His baptism. According to Luke 3:1, this was in the 15th year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius. Tiberius was granted the authority to govern the provinces soon after his military celebration on October 23, A.D. 12.1
c) AD 31
We can also prove the day of Jesus’ crucifixion, which can only have occurred in A.D. 31. According to the rules set out in the Old Testament, the Passover is held on the 14th day of Nisan. From the moon record of the U.S. Navy Observatory, we can see that the 14th day of Nisan in the year A.D. 31 was on a Wednesday. However, Luke 24:21 and Matt 28:1 tell us that Jesus was crucified on a Thursday. This is because the Jewish festival rules do not allow the Passover to fall on a Wednesday. For example, in 2000, 2002, and 2003, the Passovers were all moved to the 15th day of Nisan. Please see the attached pdf provided by the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department
d) Time, Times and Half a Time
This is the 3 1/2 years, a year plus two years plus half a year, which are explained as 1,290 days, 43 months of 30 days on the Jewish lunar calendar, as described in Dan 12:11. From the fulfullment of Daniel’s prophecies, we know that all his days are actually years. The Hebrew word for day also has the meaning of year, as in Gen 41:1, 2Sa 13:23; 2Sa 14:28; Jer 28:3,11.