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Though it is perhaps unwise to state unconditionally that one book of the Bible is more important than another, it is true that certain books are more important than others for specific doctrines. Genesis is crucial for the doctrine of origins; Romans is crucial for the doctrine of justification. Likewise, Daniel is crucial for the understanding of eschatology. The Book of Daniel is basic for...

If each “week” (seven) is seven years long, then the entire prophecy spans a period of 490 years (70 x 7= 490) d. What is the starting point for the “Seventy Weeks”? This seventy weeks’ period (490 years’ period) began when King Artaxerxes in 445 B.C. (in his 20th year) issued a decree that Jerusalem should be rebuilt. This decree, mentioned in Dan. 9:25, is found in Neh. 2:1–8 (the decrees of Ezra 1:1, 2; 4:1–5; 6:1–5 are not referred to in Dan. 9:25 for these decrees refer not to the rebuilding
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