Daniel 9:25-26 (Aramaic Peshitta)
“Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of the Messiah the King shall be seven times seven weeks; the people shall return and build Jerusalem, its streets, and its broad ways at the end of the appointed times. After sixty-two times seven weeks, MESSIAH SHALL BE SLAIN, and the city shall be without a ruler; and the set-apart city shall be destroyed together with the coming king; and the end thereof shall be a mass exile, and at the end of the war, desolations are determined.”
The Messiah shall be slain was prophesied in many places matching the prophecy of Daniel and then fulfilled:
Zechariah 12:10 (Aramaic Peshitta)
“And I will pour out on the house of David and those living in Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer; and they will look upon Me (YAHWEH) WHOM THEY HAVE PIERCED, and they shall mourn for Him (YESHUA) as they mourn for an only son, and shall grieve for Him as they grieve over the first-born.”
Psalms 22:16 (Septuagint)
“For many dogs have circled Me: the assembly of the wicked doers has surrounded Me: THEY PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET.”
John 19:32-37 (Hebrew)
“So the soldiers came and broke the thighs of those who were hanged up with YESHUA; but one of the soldiers took a lance in his hand and thrust YESHUA, and opened His side for Him. And those who saw it do witness of this, also he who knows that he speaks the truth-in order that you may believe in Him. For when all these things were done, the scripture was fulfilled which says, “You must not break any bone in it.” And again another scripture says. “AND THEY WILL LOOK UNTO ME WHOM THEY HAVE PIERCED.”
During the seven times seven weeks which is the first 49 years of this prophecy in Daniel, Artaxerxes gave the decree to restore Jerusalem’s wall. Then the prophecy in Daniel says after the 62 times 7 weeks the Messiah will be slain, so 62 X 7=434 years stemming from the first 49 years of the prophecy to restore Jerusalem. Therefore, by adding 434 years with the first 49 years we get 483 total years. Further confirmation of this is in the book by Ken Johnson titled “Ancient Dead Sea Scroll Calendar” on page 86 he says “In the early third century, ancient church father Julius Africanus wrote a book entitled, “On the weeks and This Prophecy.” Only fragments remain today; but in fragment 16, he tells us how to calculate the exact date by converting the years to days and changing them from the Jewish prophetical calendar to the Roman calendar used in his day. Julius says that the “SEVENTY WEEKS’ PROPHECY OF DANIEL 9 STARTED WHEN ARTAXERXES GAVE THE DECREE IN HIS TWENTIETH YEAR.” Years later, Sir Robert Anderson recreated the conversion process for our modern calendar as follows: first, the sixty-nine weeks of years ENDS WITH THE MESSIAH’s death. If we multiply 69 times 7 this gives us the 483 prophetic years between Artaxerxes’ decree and the DEATH OF THE MESSIAH.”
It was important to establish the significance of the 483 years because there is a hidden message embedded within the number 483 that ties in with YESHUA and what He came to do within this prophecy!
483 in the Hebrew Lexicon is the word “illem” pronounced “il-lame’” origin (H481) and defined by Brown-Driver’s-Brigg’s as “MUTE, SILENT, dumb, unable to speak”.
So, the prophecy in Daniel tells us that YESHUA would be slain, which means to be crucified and this occurred in 483 prophetic years and the number 483 in Hebrew means to be SILENT just as YESHUA was before being put to death!
Isaiah 53:6-8 (Complete Jewish Bible)
“We all, like sheep, went astray; we turned, each one, to his own way; yet YAHWEH laid on Him the guilt of all of us. Though mistreated, He was submissive He did NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH. Like a Lamb led to be slaughtered like a sheep SILENT before its shearers, HE DID NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH. After forcible arrest and sentencing, He was taken away; and none of His generation protested His being cut off from the land of the living for the crimes of My people, who deserved the punishment themselves…”
Matthew 27:12-14 (Hebrew)
“And when the chiefs of the priests had slandered Him, and the elders of the people after them, HE DID NOT ANSWER A WORD. Then Pilate said unto Him, “Do you not hear how many witnesses we have against You?” But YESHUA DID NOT ANSWER ANYTHING, so Pilate was amazed.”
Mark 14:59-61 (Complete Jewish Bible)
“For many people gave false evidence against Him, but their testimonies didn’t agree. Some stood up an gave this false testimony: “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this Temple made with hands; and in three days I will build another one, not made with hands.” Even so, their testimonies didn’t agree. Then the high priest stood up in the front and asked YESHUA, “Have you nothing to say to the accusations these men are making?” But HE REMAINED SILENT AND MADE NO REPLY…”
Acts 8:26-35
“An malach (angel) of YAHWEH said to Philip, “Get up, and go southward on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to ‘Azah, the desert road.” So he got up and went. On his way, he caught sight of an Ethiopian, a enuch who was a minister in charge of all the treasure of the Kandake, or queen, of Ethiopia. He had been to Jerusalem to worship; and now, as he was returning home, he was sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah. The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to this chariot, and stay close to it.” As Philip ran up, he heard the Ethiopian reading from Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you’re reading? He asked. How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” And he invited Philip to climb up and sit with him. Now the portion of the Tanakh (Old Testament) that he was reading was this:
‘He was like a sheep led to be slaughtered; like a lamb SILENT before the shearer, HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH. He was humiliated and denied justice. Who will tell about His descendants, since His life has been taken from the earth?”
“The eunuch said to Philip, “Here’s my question to you is the prophet talking about himself or someone else?” Then Philip started to speak beginning with that passage, He went on to tell him the GOOD NEWS ABOUT YESHUA.”
As shown earlier the number 483 in the Hebrew Lexicon is the word “Illem” pronounced “il-lame’” and it is spelled Aleph, Lamed, Mem.
Aleph is a picture of an Ox head and means: STRONG, EL, Power, Leader
Lamed is a picture of a Shepherd Staff and means: leader, teach, yoke, TO, bind
Mem is a picture of water and means: chaos, mighty, BLOOD
When we combine these letters together we get: STRONG EL TO shed His BLOOD!
John 1:29 (Hebrew)
“And on the next day John saw YESHUA who came unto Him; and he said, “Behold this is EL, WHO TAKES AWAY THE INIQUITES FROM THE WORLD.”
So we see in the Daniel prophecy that there were 483 prophetic years from the decree of Artaxerxes until the death of YESHUA and the etymology for the number 483 in Hebrew (il-lame) shows exactly what YESHUA was prophesied to do, which included Him being silent as He was led away to be crucified for the world.
Daniel 9:26
“And the set-apart city shall be destroyed together with coming king; and the end thereof shall be a MASS EXILE.”
YESHUA prophesied that the Second Temple would be destroyed, which means that YESHUA had to come and die before the destruction of the second temple, thus fulfilling the prophecy of Daniel.
Matthew 24:1-2 (Hebrew)
“Then YESHUA departed from the Sanctuary, and as He was walking away, His disciples approached Him in order to show Him the buildings of the Sanctuary. So He answered and said to them,” Do you see all these things? Truly I say to you that a stone will not be left on a stone that will not be laid waste.”
Luke 19:41-44 (Complete Jewish Bible)
“When YESHUA had come closer and could see the city, He wept over it, saying, “If you only knew today what is needed for shalom! But for now it is hidden from your sight. For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will set up a barricade around you, encircle you, hem you in on every side, and dash you to the ground, you and your children within your walls, leaving not one stone standing on another and all because you did not recognize your opportunity when ELOHIM offered it!”
Testament of Levi 16:1-5
“And now I have learned in the book of Enoch that for seventy weeks you will go astray, and PROFANE THE PRIESTHOOD, and pollute the slaughtering’s. AND YOU WILL MAKE VOID THE TORAH, AND SET THE WORDS OF THE PROPHETS AT NOTHING by evil perverseness. And you will persecute righteous men, and hate the reverent, and you will despise the words of the faithful. And a man who RENEWS THE TORAH (Matthew 5:17-20) in the power of the Most High, you will call Him a deceiver; and at last you will rush upon Him and Kill Him, not knowing His dignity, taking INNOCENT BLOOD through wickedness upon your heads. And your SET-APART PLACES WILL BE LAID WASTE EVEN TO THE GROUND BECAUSE OF HIM. And you will have no place that is clean; but you will be a curse among the nations and a DISPERSION until He will again visit you and in pity, and will receive you through faith and water.”
This prophecy was fulfilled in 70 AD by the Roman army under the command of Titus when the Second Temple was destroyed, which occurred about 40 years after YESHUA was crucified.
So, as we can see the scriptures are the living words of YAHWEH and everything that was prophesied to happen came to pass and are historical facts. And we can also see that everything points to YESHUA! Furthermore, Daniel prophesied this would happen 500 years before YESHUA walked the earth! YESHUA is EL who was made flesh, STRONG EL TO shed His BLOOD as we saw from the Hebrew word il’lame for silent, He died, rose, and ascended into heaven before the destruction of the second temple in 70 AD! YESHUA is undoubtedly EL the Son of YAHWEH, Who died for the iniquities of the world! Repent and give your lives to Him completely because without accepting His free gift of atonement no one will be saved and this goes for everyone and all religions, HalleluYAHWEH!
May YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!