John Burke

If you've ever read the Bible, you always wonder, why do they put all these stupid genealogies in there? Because it's relating back, it's showing that this is in fact what happened, okay? So, that's the who, a little bit of the where.

Actually, in Micah 5.2, it also says that Bethlehem is going to, so though it's the least of the villages, from you will come a ruler over Israel whose days are from eternity, okay? Okay, so who comes from days of eternity, right? So he's gonna come from Bethlehem and Galilee. So that's the where. Then you have the when. So in the book of Daniel, In Daniel chapter 9, Daniel is praying.

Actually, in Micah 5.2, it also says that Bethlehem is going to, so though it's the least of the villages, from you will come a ruler over Israel whose days are from eternity, okay? Okay, so who comes from days of eternity, right? So he's gonna come from Bethlehem and Galilee. So that's the where. Then you have the when. So in the book of Daniel, In Daniel chapter 9, Daniel is praying.

Actually, in Micah 5.2, it also says that Bethlehem is going to, so though it's the least of the villages, from you will come a ruler over Israel whose days are from eternity, okay? Okay, so who comes from days of eternity, right? So he's gonna come from Bethlehem and Galilee. So that's the where. Then you have the when. So in the book of Daniel, In Daniel chapter 9, Daniel is praying.

They're in captivity in Babylon, the Jewish people. Okay, so this is in like the 500s, 400s BC. Daniel's praying, what's going to happen to us? And an angel, Gabriel, comes to him and says, I've come to tell you what's going to happen to the Jewish people. And he's saying, till all human history is fulfilled, okay?

They're in captivity in Babylon, the Jewish people. Okay, so this is in like the 500s, 400s BC. Daniel's praying, what's going to happen to us? And an angel, Gabriel, comes to him and says, I've come to tell you what's going to happen to the Jewish people. And he's saying, till all human history is fulfilled, okay?

They're in captivity in Babylon, the Jewish people. Okay, so this is in like the 500s, 400s BC. Daniel's praying, what's going to happen to us? And an angel, Gabriel, comes to him and says, I've come to tell you what's going to happen to the Jewish people. And he's saying, till all human history is fulfilled, okay?

And he says, from the decree of the rebuilding of Jerusalem, okay, Jerusalem had been wiped out by the Babylonians. This is real history. From the decree of the rebuilding of Jerusalem until Meshach, which is what we translate Messiah, until the anointed one, the Messiah comes, and then he gives a timeline. and literally a timeline. Like he says, basically they're gonna be seven plus 42 sevens.

And he says, from the decree of the rebuilding of Jerusalem, okay, Jerusalem had been wiped out by the Babylonians. This is real history. From the decree of the rebuilding of Jerusalem until Meshach, which is what we translate Messiah, until the anointed one, the Messiah comes, and then he gives a timeline. and literally a timeline. Like he says, basically they're gonna be seven plus 42 sevens.

And he says, from the decree of the rebuilding of Jerusalem, okay, Jerusalem had been wiped out by the Babylonians. This is real history. From the decree of the rebuilding of Jerusalem until Meshach, which is what we translate Messiah, until the anointed one, the Messiah comes, and then he gives a timeline. and literally a timeline. Like he says, basically they're gonna be seven plus 42 sevens.

And I think there's a good reason to believe they're sevens of years. So 49 times seven years, 483 years from the starting point of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. Now, interestingly, in Ezra 7, We have that decree. It was Artaxerxes, who's a Persian king. And the decree, though the Bible's written the Old Testament in Hebrew, this decree is written in Aramaic.

And I think there's a good reason to believe they're sevens of years. So 49 times seven years, 483 years from the starting point of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. Now, interestingly, in Ezra 7, We have that decree. It was Artaxerxes, who's a Persian king. And the decree, though the Bible's written the Old Testament in Hebrew, this decree is written in Aramaic.

And I think there's a good reason to believe they're sevens of years. So 49 times seven years, 483 years from the starting point of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. Now, interestingly, in Ezra 7, We have that decree. It was Artaxerxes, who's a Persian king. And the decree, though the Bible's written the Old Testament in Hebrew, this decree is written in Aramaic.

So that's the language of the Persians. So it's literally the decree just put into the text of Ezra. And it was in the seventh year of Artaxerxes. Encyclopedia Britannica tells us when Artaxerxes ruled. It started in 465. So, literally, we know from 457, go 483 years, and Messiah's going to come. Well, that's 27 AD. It's the when.

So that's the language of the Persians. So it's literally the decree just put into the text of Ezra. And it was in the seventh year of Artaxerxes. Encyclopedia Britannica tells us when Artaxerxes ruled. It started in 465. So, literally, we know from 457, go 483 years, and Messiah's going to come. Well, that's 27 AD. It's the when.

So that's the language of the Persians. So it's literally the decree just put into the text of Ezra. And it was in the seventh year of Artaxerxes. Encyclopedia Britannica tells us when Artaxerxes ruled. It started in 465. So, literally, we know from 457, go 483 years, and Messiah's going to come. Well, that's 27 AD. It's the when.

And by the way, even if you don't do the church math and don't follow that, the angel goes on and says to Daniel, this is all in Daniel 9, he says, "...the Messiah will come and be killed..." and then the ruler will come who will destroy the city and the temple." Okay, so the city of Jerusalem and the temple. Okay, so think about this. That happened too.

And by the way, even if you don't do the church math and don't follow that, the angel goes on and says to Daniel, this is all in Daniel 9, he says, "...the Messiah will come and be killed..." and then the ruler will come who will destroy the city and the temple." Okay, so the city of Jerusalem and the temple. Okay, so think about this. That happened too.

And by the way, even if you don't do the church math and don't follow that, the angel goes on and says to Daniel, this is all in Daniel 9, he says, "...the Messiah will come and be killed..." and then the ruler will come who will destroy the city and the temple." Okay, so the city of Jerusalem and the temple. Okay, so think about this. That happened too.

70 AD, the Roman general Titus wipes out the city, destroys a temple, and the angel says the Messiah will be killed before that happens. So this is real history.