Daniel 9, 26, the first portion says, and after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off and not for himself. This is one of the most impressive proofs for the divine origin and authorship of the Bible. And of course, if there is evidence of divine authorship of the Bible, then that is important evidence for the existence of God, and more specifically, evidence for the existence of the God of the Bible. Daniel 9.26 is part of the 70 weeks prophecy given by the angel Gabriel to the prophet Daniel. It begins in Daniel 9.24 saying, 70 weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness and to seal up the vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. Some of you may recall we went verse by verse through Daniel and studied this passage. The 70 weeks refers to weeks of years. One week is seven years. The Bible itself provides this information in the first mention of the word week, which is found in Genesis 29, 27, where Jacob is agreeing to work for a man named Laban in exchange for the right to marry Laban's niece, whose name is Rachel. and we won't get into all the emotional mess involved in these relationships, but it's simply important for this discussion to note that Jacob had served seven years, and then in Genesis 29, 27, Laban says, fulfill her week, referring to Rachel, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. So right there, a week is equated to seven years. The next verse begins, and Jacob did so and fulfilled her week. And then in verse 30 says, and served with him yet seven other years. So in two different places in that passage, it's established that in the context of discussions of years, one week is seven years. And with that information, we read Daniel 9.25. Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah, the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks. The street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troubleous times. Now, you can do your own research to check the following information, and you can also listen to our expository study on the text. But the historical facts show, simply, that the commandment to build Jerusalem, referred to here, was given by Artaxerxes Longimanus on the first day of the Jewish month of Nisan in the year 445 BC. So we establish that date and then read the next verse, Daniel 9, 26, which we started with. And after three score and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off. 69 weeks of years is 483 years. Now we have to follow the lunar based calendar of 360 day years in order to follow this prophecy accurately, so we add up the total days and count. 483 times 360. and that comes up to 173,880 days. Now you can do this yourself, or you can take my word for it, or both, but counting from Nissan 1445 BC, 173,880 days later, you land on the very year in the month Nisan that Jesus was crucified. By our calendar, 32 AD, we don't have time to go into all the calendar issues. But it just so happens that on that day, Jesus fulfilled Zechariah 9-9 by arriving in Jerusalem on an ass to be rejected and crucified. on Nisan 14, 32 AD. Now we'll continue with this in our next Evidence for God devotional, but I hope that I don't have to tell you how amazing this prophecy is. But it demonstrates that our omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God, as we've described in our previous six devotionals, has left incredible evidence for his existence. He's left incredible evidence of his power and of his glory. If we just have eyes to see and ears to hear, as Jesus said in his prayer, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Continue listening, continue growing in your faith in not just some God, but the God of the Bible we find right here in our King James Bible.