1Www.truthnet.org/dan70.html Background To understand Daniel’s 70 Weeks, we need to understand God’s unique relationship with the people and land of Israel. The relationship is 4000 years old and dates back to the time of Abraham about 2100 BC. Abraham...
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1Www.truthnet.org/dan70.html Background To understand Daniel’s 70 Weeks, we need to understand God’s unique relationship with the people and land of Israel. The relationship is 4000 years old and dates back to the time of Abraham about 2100 BC. Abraham lived in the city of Ur located in present day Iraq. In Ur Abraham and his family set out for Canaan, present day Israel. On the way, In the city of Haran, God appeared to Abraham and told him, “Goto a land I will show you,….and “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you”. Genesis 12:1-3 When Abraham arrived in the land at Mt. Moriah, present day Jerusalem. God promised Abraham, “To your offspring I will give this land” Genesis 12:7. In Canaan, some time after the birth his son Isaac, in a test of faith, God instructed Abraham to take his son I
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