Presentation 15 Notes

The Longest Time Prophecy

in the Bible
I. God’s Judgment Has Began
a. Rev 14:7 The urgency of God’s end-time messages is because the judgment
begins before the 2nd coming
b. Rev 22:11-12 Before Jesus comes, the destiny of those claiming to be God’s
people is settled
c. 1 Pet 4:17 The first to be judged are God’s people. This is the first part of the
judgment, the investigation phase
d. Dan 7:9-10 This judgment phase takes place in heaven
e. Dan 8:14 Daniel heard it would be 2,300 years before the sanctuary would be
cleansed (start of the judgment)

II. The Ministries of the Sanctuary

a. From the fall of Adam on, God required sacrifices for forgiveness of sin, types
of Christ as the Lamb of God
b. Ex 25:8; Heb 8:5 Moses built a sanctuary that reflected the one in heaven to
carry on this ministry
c. 1 John 1:9 Two needs regarding sin: to forgive sins (plural), and to cleanse
from unrighteousness (singular)
d. Lev 5:5, 6 The Daily Ministry: To forgive sins (personal)
e. Lev 16:16 The Yearly Ministry: To cleanse the sanctuary from sin (universal)
f. Lev 16:29-31 The sanctuary was cleansed on the Day of Atonement. People
understood it as a day of judgment
 III. The Day of Atonement (Judgment) Announced
Notes
a. Dan 8:14 Daniel told it would be 2,300 years before the sanctuary would be
cleansed
b. Dan 8:17 The vision applied to “the time of the end”
c. Eze 4:6 A prophetic day equals a literal year
d. Dan 8:27 Daniel gets sick after hearing of the time span

IV. Explanation of the Prophecy

a. Dan 9:20-23 Years after the vision, the angel Gabriel came to Daniel to further
explain the prophecy
b. Dan 9:1-2 Daniel was praying about Jerusalem’s rebuilding. This is where
Gabriel picks up (9:24, 25)
c. Dan 9:24 The first 490 years deal with the judgment of Israel, at the end of
which their probation is closed
d. Dan 9:25 The start of the prophetic period is the decree to rebuild Jerusalem.
That was issued in 457 BC:
i. It took 49 years to rebuild Jerusalem
ii. A total of 490 years would be probationary for Israel
e. Acts 10:38 At the end of the “69 weeks” (483 of the 490 years), Jesus was
anointed as the Messiah, at His baptism. That was the year AD 27
f. Dan 9:26, 27 The 70th is the last prophetic week:
i. The “prince” is the Messiah, not Antiochus IV
ii. In the middle of it, the Messiah was “cut off not for Himself:” He died
for others’ sins
iii. “He stopped sacrifice and offering” in the sanctuary by becoming the
sacrifice Himself
iv. Matt 27:50, 51 This is why the curtain between the Holy and Most Holy
was torn in two
g. Acts 7:54-58 At the end of the 490 years, in AD 34, Steven was killed, the last
messenger rejected by Israel
h. The time from AD 34 to AD 1844, was the time for the gospel to be taken to
the Gentiles. Judgment upon God’s people began at the completion of the
2,300-year prophecy, on October 22, 1844, the Day of Atonement
i. Historically, a time of great spiritual renewal took place among many
Christians, culminating in 1844

V. Conclusion
a. Rev 14:7 We live today during the time of the judgment
b. Today is the time for God’s people to turn to Him. The end is near!