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Originally Posted by deacon blues
What is the gap theory?
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The Gap Theory says that there is a Gap of time between the 69th and the 70th week in the book of Daniel.
The Gap Theory is the explanation given to reconcile the fact that Daniel prophesies 70 weeks of years, but that all the prophcies haven't come true, or rather didn't come true in the time alloted, 490 years.
There are three periods mentioned in
Daniel 9:24-26. First we see 70 weeks. This totals 490 years. But in verse 25, it lists two time periods that only total 69 weeks , seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. Immediately Daniel goes on to tell us something about those two periods. During the first seven weeks, 49 years, the rebuilding of the city, "the street and the wall" is to take place. Then it tells us what will happen after the sixty-two week, 434 year period. But the last week of seven years seems to have been lost. In the second part of verse 26, and especially in verse 27, we start to hear things about the AntiChrist that we know haven't yet happened. This lack needs reconciling. That's where the Gap Theory comes in.
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