This podcast interprets and explains the second time-period of the Seventy Weeks Prophecy found in Daniel 9:24-27. The second period is equal to 62 weeks of seven years or 434 years. When these 434 years are added to the first week of seven years (49 year), this equates to a total of 483 years as the predicted time until the crucifixion of Jesus Christ after the decree of Artaxerxes. in 444 BC.

The 62 weeks of seven years (434 years) covers the period of time known as the Intertestamental Period when there were no prophets among the Jewish people. The period generally extends from the time of Malachi as the last prophet in the Old Testament until John the Baptist as the first prophet in the New Testament. During this long period, the second of four abominations of desolation occurred when Antiochus (IV) Epiphanes desecrated the temp ...