![From the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be
seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; [Jerusalem] will
be built again…Then after the sixty-two weeks the
Messiah will be killed and have nothing, and the
people of the prince who is to come will destroy the
city and the [Temple].
(Daniel 9:25–26 NASV)](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/part4-210902162228/85/Apologetics-Part-4-37-320.jpg)
![From the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be
seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; [Jerusalem] will
be built again…Then after the sixty-two weeks the
Messiah will be killed and have nothing, and the
people of the prince who is to come will destroy the
city and the [Temple].
(Daniel 9:25–26 NASV)](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/part4-210902162228/85/Apologetics-Part-4-38-320.jpg)
Apologetics Part 4
- 1. Part 4 Is Jesus the Messiah of the OT
- 2. Jews say Messiah has Not Come
- 3. Ben Shapiro, Talkshow Host
- 4. Mainstream Scholars Say Jesus not Jewish Messiah
- 5. Bart Ehrman “Jesus did nothing in his life to lead people to believe He was this annointed one” How Jesus Became God
- 6. Even Some Evangelicals Say Jesus not the Messiah
- 7. John Hagee “Jesus did not come to earth to be the Messiah…how can the Jews be blamed for rejecting what was never o ff ered?” In Defense of Israel
- 8. Did Jesus claim to be the Messiah?
- 9. These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24:44–48 ESV)
- 10. Old Testament • Torah - Law of Moses • Neviim - Prophets • Kotviim - Writings (beginning with Psalms)
- 11. Tanakh • Torah - Law • Neviim - Prophets • Kotviim - Writings
- 12. Is Jesus the Messiah in Tenakh?
- 13. Is Jesus Messiah in the Tanakh? 1. WHERE will the Messiah be born? 2. HOW will the Messiah be born? 3. WHEN will the Messiah be born? 4. WHAT will the Messiah do?
- 14. Where? Where will the Messiah come?
- 15. Where: Bethlehem But you, O Bethlehem…from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. (Micah 5:2, ESV)
- 16. Micah 740 - 670 BC Where: Bethlehem
- 17. Beit Lekhem Beit (house) Lekhem (bread) Where: Bethlehem
- 18. From ancient times Mi-Kedem From Days of Eternity Mi-mei Olam Where: Bethlehem
- 19. How? How will the Messiah come?
- 20. How: Virgin Birth The LORD spoke to Ahaz: “Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test.” (Isaiah 7:10-14, ESV)
- 21. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (meaning “God with us”) (Isaiah 7:10-14, ESV) How: Virgin Birth
- 22. Isaiah 750 BC How: Virgin Birth
- 23. VIRGIN shall conceive King James Version New American Standard New International Version English Standard Version How: Virgin Birth
- 24. VIRGIN shall conceive King James Version New American Standard New International Version English Standard Version YOUNG WOMAN shall conceive Catholic Duoay-Rheims Jerusalem Bible New Revised Standard How: Virgin Birth
- 25. Almah = Virgin King James New American Standard New International English Standard Almah = Young Woman Catholic Duoay-Rheims Jerusalem Bible New Revised Standard How: Virgin Birth
- 26. Modern Hebrew Almah = Young Woman How: Virgin Birth
- 27. Modern Hebrew Almah = Young Woman Ancient Hebrew Almah = _____________ How: Virgin Birth
- 29. Septuagint (250 BC) Codex Vaticanus (4th Century AD) How: Virgin Birth
- 30. Septuagint (250 BC) 70 Hebrew Scribes Codex Vaticanus (4th Century AD) How: Virgin Birth
- 31. Septuagint (250 BC) 70 Hebrew Scribes Parthenos = Virgin Codex Vaticanus (4th Century AD) How: Virgin Birth
- 32. Parthenon (Athena the Virgin)
- 33. Isaiah the Prophet 750 BC Predicted Virgin Birth Codex Vaticanus (4th Century AD) How: Virgin Birth
- 34. When? When will the Messiah come?
- 35. Daniel the Prophet 620 - 538 BC
- 37. From the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; [Jerusalem] will be built again…Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be killed and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the [Temple]. (Daniel 9:25–26 NASV)
- 38. From the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; [Jerusalem] will be built again…Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be killed and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the [Temple]. (Daniel 9:25–26 NASV)
- 39. When Will the Messiah Come? 1. Decree to rebuild Jerusalem 2. Jerusalem will be rebuilt 3. Messiah will be killed 4. Jerusalem will be destroyed
- 40. Messiah had to come before the Temple was destroyed
- 41. The Messiah will be killed.
- 42. When will the Messiah be killed?
- 43. Decree Rebuild Jerusalem Messiah Killed Temple Destroyed 70 AD 69-Sevens When will the Messiah be killed? Hoehner, H. (1978). Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ. Zondervan. START END
- 44. Temple Destroyed in AD 70
- 45. When was the decree to rebuild Jerusalem?
- 46. On the month of Nisan in the 20th year of King Artaxerxes… I said to the king…“send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ graves, that I may rebuild it…And the king granted what I asked” (Nehemiah 2:5–8 ESV)
- 47. 1st Year of Artaxerxes = 465 BC 20th Year of Artaxerxes = 444 BC (Encyclopedia Brittanica)
- 48. Decree Rebuild Messiah Killed Jerusalem Destroyed 444 BC ______ AD 70 AD 69-Sevens When will the Messiah be killed? Hoehner, H. (1978). Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ. Zondervan.
- 49. 1. What are the total number of weeks? 7 + 62 = ___________ weeks
- 50. 1. What are the total number of weeks? 7 + 62 = ____69_____ weeks
- 51. 2. How many years are in the prophecy? 7 years/week x 69 weeks = _____ years
- 52. 2. How many years are in the prophecy? 7 years/week x 69 weeks = 483 years
- 53. 3. What kind of calendar did Jews use? One lunar year has ________ days/lunar year
- 54. 3. What kind of calendar did Jews use? One lunar year has ___360__ days/lunar year
- 55. 4. How many days are in Daniel’s lunar years? 483 lunar yr x 360 days/lunar yr = _____ days
- 56. 4. How many days are in Daniel’s lunar years? 483 lunar yr x 360 days/lunar yr = 173,880 days
- 57. 5. Convert the days into solar years: 173,880 days ÷ 365.242 days/solar yr = ________ solar yrs
- 58. 5. Convert the days into solar years: 173,880 days ÷ 365.242 days/solar yr = 476 solar yrs
- 59. 6. What year did Artaxerxes decree to rebuild Jerusalem? Year of Decree = 444 BC
- 60. 7. Add the solar years to the year of the decree: - 444 BC + 476 years = _____ AD
- 61. 7. Add the solar years to the year of the decree: - 444 BC + 476 years = 32 AD
- 62. 8. Add one year because there is no year ZERO 32 AD + 1 = 33 AD Hoehner, H. (1978). Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ. Zondervan.
- 63. What? What will the Messiah do?
- 64. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and by his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned —every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:5-6, ESV
- 65. Where • How • When • What Where: Bethlehem How: Born of a Virgin When: Before AD 70 What: Atone for Sin