How many years from the start of the “weeks” until Jerusalem is rebuilt with a wall?
• Seven years. • No. The prophecy says seven “weeks”. • Forty-nine years. • Yes. Seven “weeks”, or seven times seven years, or forty-nine years. • Four score and seven years. • No. I liked the sound of this one, but it is completely untrue. • Forty years. • No. This one has a nice biblical ring to it, but it is not correct. Return to the Answers Page • How many years from the issuing of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One would come? • Sixty-nine years. • No. Sixty-nine “weeks” yes, but not sixty-nine years. • Seven times forty years. • No, seven times forty years is two hundred eighty years and that would be forty “weeks” and this prophecy says nothing about anything happening at forty “weeks”. • Four hundred eighty three years. • Yes. The prophecy says that the Anointed One would come after seven sevens and sixty-two sevens, or 7×7=49 years, plus 62×7=434 years which is a total of 483 years. • Four hundred ninety years. • No. 490 years is the total of the seventy s
