)  00 Seventy 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. 00 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 troublous times. 00 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.  and this is how it works out - with thanks to Chuck Missler.  This includes a mathematical prophecy. As we have noted in previous articles, the Jewish (and Babylonian) calendars used a 000-day year;0 00 weeks of 000-day years totals 000,000 days. In effect, Gabriel told Daniel that the interval between the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem until the presentation of the Messiah as King would be 000,000 days.  The "Messiah the Prince" in the King James translation is actually the Meshiach Nagid, "The Messiah the King." (Nagid is first used of King Saul.)  The commandment to restore and build Jerusalem was given by Artaxerxes Longimanus on March 00, 000 B.C.0 (The emphasis in the verse on "the street" and "the wall" was to avoid confusion with other earlier mandates confined to rebuilding the Temple.)  During the ministry of Jesus Christ there were several occasions in which the people attempted to promote Him as king, but He carefully avoided it: "Mine hour is not yet come".0  Then, one day, He meticulously arranges it.0 On this particular day he rode into the city of Jerusalem riding on a donkey, deliberately fulfilling a prophecy by Zechariah that the Messiah would present Himself as king in just that way:  Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.  Zechariah 0:0  Whenever we might easily miss the significance of what was going on, the Pharisees come to our rescue. They felt that the overzealous crowd was blaspheming, proclaiming Jesus as the Messiah the King.0 However, Jesus endorsed it!  I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.  Luke 00:00  This is the only occasion that Jesus presented Himself as King. It occurred on April 0, 00 A.D.0  this leaves us with one 'week of years remaining - and here it is in Daniel.  00 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.  Furthermore, Gabriel tells us that this seven year period is split in two by the Antichrist setting aside the treaty with Israel. The second half of the Tribulation is what the Bible calls, the Time of Jacob's trouble.  Now the outstanding question is the reality and timing of the Rapture.  00 Seventy 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. 00 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 troublous times. 00 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.  and this is how it works out - with thanks to Chuck Missler.  This includes a mathematical prophecy. As we have noted in previous articles, the Jewish (and Babylonian) calendars used a 000-day year;0 00 weeks of 000-day years totals 000,000 days. In effect, Gabriel told Daniel that the interval between the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem until the presentation of the Messiah as King would be 000,000 days.  The "Messiah the Prince" in the King James translation is actually the Meshiach Nagid, "The Messiah the King." (Nagid is first used of King Saul.)  The commandment to restore and build Jerusalem was given by Artaxerxes Longimanus on March 00, 000 B.C.0 (The emphasis in the verse on "the street" and "the wall" was to avoid confusion with other earlier mandates confined to rebuilding the Temple.)  During the ministry of Jesus Christ there were several occasions in which the people attempted to promote Him as king, but He carefully avoided it: "Mine hour is not yet come".0  Then, one day, He meticulously arranges it.0 On this particular day he rode into the city of Jerusalem riding on a donkey, deliberately fulfilling a prophecy by Zechariah that the Messiah would present Himself as king in just that way:  Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.  Zechariah 0:0  Whenever we might easily miss the significance of what was going on, the Pharisees come to our rescue. They felt that the overzealous crowd was blaspheming, proclaiming Jesus as the Messiah the King.0 However, Jesus endorsed it!  I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.  Luke 00:00  This is the only occasion that Jesus presented Himself as King. It occurred on April 0, 00 A.D.0  this leaves us with one 'week of years remaining - and here it is in Daniel.  00 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.  Furthermore, Gabriel tells us that this seven year period is split in two by the Antichrist setting aside the treaty with Israel. The second half of the Tribulation is what the Bible calls, the Time of Jacob's trouble.  Now the outstanding question is the reality and timing of the Rapture.  It is certainly disappointing that no Christians knew how to properly interpret this until 000 years ago. One would thing that the Holy Spirit would do a better job of making sure that Christians throughout history understood what He was trying to say.  My personal feeling is that any doctrine that shows up centuries or millenia after Christ has a distinctly cultic/Mormon feel to it.  00 Seventy 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. 00 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 troublous times. 00 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.  and this is how it works out - with thanks to Chuck Missler.  This includes a mathematical prophecy. As we have noted in previous articles, the Jewish (and Babylonian) calendars used a 000-day year;0 00 weeks of 000-day years totals 000,000 days. In effect, Gabriel told Daniel that the interval between the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem until the presentation of the Messiah as King would be 000,000 days.  The "Messiah the Prince" in the King James translation is actually the Meshiach Nagid, "The Messiah the King." (Nagid is first used of King Saul.)  The commandment to restore and build Jerusalem was given by Artaxerxes Longimanus on March 00, 000 B.C.0 (The emphasis in the verse on "the street" and "the wall" was to avoid confusion with other earlier mandates confined to rebuilding the Temple.)  During the ministry of Jesus Christ there were several occasions in which the people attempted to promote Him as king, but He carefully avoided it: "Mine hour is not yet come".0  Then, one day, He meticulously arranges it.0 On this particular day he rode into the city of Jerusalem riding on a donkey, deliberately fulfilling a prophecy by Zechariah that the Messiah would present Himself as king in just that way:  Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.  Zechariah 0:0  Whenever we might easily miss the significance of what was going on, the Pharisees come to our rescue. They felt that the overzealous crowd was blaspheming, proclaiming Jesus as the Messiah the King.0 However, Jesus endorsed it!  I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.  Luke 00:00  This is the only occasion that Jesus presented Himself as King. It occurred on April 0, 00 A.D.0  this leaves us with one 'week of years remaining - and here it is in Daniel.  00 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.  Furthermore, Gabriel tells us that this seven year period is split in two by the Antichrist setting aside the treaty with Israel. The second half of the Tribulation is what the Bible calls, the Time of Jacob's trouble.  Now the outstanding question is the reality and timing of the Rapture.  This is what I mean by Protestants delving into the occult and obsessive numerology. Either way, it's important to note that numbers in the Bible don't carry literal significance, rather, they symbolize spiritual concepts. This is an example of what I said earlier about Americans not giving enough attention to literary techniques and philology, only accepting things at face value. Also, none of what you said proves the rapture at all, it only advocates some weird Zionist conspiracy.  How does any of this relate to the Rapture or to the claim that the Church, which the gates of Hades will not prevail against (Matthew 00:00), will cease to exist on earth?  it relates via the Tribulation. Thus I have shown how the Tribulation is separated from the other 00 weeks first. Then we see this in Theassalonians:  0 And you know (A)what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 0 For (B)the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only (C)he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 0 Then that lawless one (D)will be revealed whom the Lord will slay (E)with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the (F)appearance of His [a]coming;  we know this is referring to the Antichrist by other scriptures [ie the manner of his demise]. What restrains him at present is the Holy Spirit in the Church. Thus the Church will be removed. This is referred to in 0 Thessalonians 0. This is why, in Revelation 00, we find that the Church is ALREADY in heaven at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb BEFORE the Second Advent.  According to the paradigm posted here, Orthodox eschatology has the Church meeting Christ in the air and coming straight back down again!! Now THAT is absurd!  Furthermore this does not refer to the last trump but if you think the 'last trump' will be the last which ever sounds, you are mistaken.  0 Thessalonians 0:00  New American Standard Bible (NASB)  00 For the Lord (A)Himself (B)will descend from heaven with a [a](C)shout, with the voice of (D)the archangel and with the (E)trumpet of God, and (F)the dead in Christ will rise first.  It is certainly disappointing that no Christians knew how to properly interpret this until 000 years ago. One would thing that the Holy Spirit would do a better job of making sure that Christians throughout history understood what He was trying to say.  My personal feeling is that any doctrine that shows up centuries or millenia after Christ has a distinctly cultic/Mormon feel to it.