The 70 Sevens of Daniel 9:24

The prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27 is "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,” as Sir Winston Churchill once said regarding Russia. Similarly, the mystery of this prophecy has intrigued scholars and theologians for centuries. Many believe that Daniel 9:24-27 is the most crucial passage of prophecy in all of Scripture. No prophecy in the whole Bible is more critical to our understanding of the end times than these four verses.

There are numerous interpretations of the historical and biblical context (and timeframes) surrounding the events described in these four verses of Scripture. About a year ago, I wrote an article entitled Daniel 9:24-27 Prophecy: Weeks or Sevens? :: By Randy Nettles - Rapture Ready. This is an update of the original article, featuring additional research and insights into the Hebrew words based on the Masoretic text of the Westminster Leningrad Codex (and the Aleppo Codex) and the different English translations for some of these Hebrew words.     

Most Bible scholars believe that the canonical book of Daniel was written in two languages — Hebrew and Aramaic. Chapters 1 to 2:4a are in Hebrew; 2:4b to chapter 7 are in Aramaic; and chapters 8 to 12 are in Hebrew. In this article, we will focus solely on the Hebrew language in Chapter 9. I am by no means fluent in the Hebrew language, so I have consulted with Hebrew scholars on this matter and believe all the information regarding Hebrew grammar contained in this article is reliable.       

Daniel wrote his book in approximately 536 BC, long before vowels were added to the Hebrew written word. It was not until the 11th century A.D. that scribes known as the Masoretes formally codified the pronunciation of the Hebrew Bible text by adding the vowels we see today above and below the individual consonants. Since we are only interested in what the original author, the prophet Daniel, had in mind when he wrote (word-for-word) exactly what the messenger angel Gabriel told him, the source for this study will be the Westminster Leningrad Codex (consonants only). It looks the same as your interlinear Bible, except your Bible has the little markings above and below the Hebrew letters. The vowels are used chiefly for pronunciation.

First, let's look at the English translation of Daniel 9:24-27 in the King James Version. The primary words we will examine are in bold print. They deal with the timeline aspect of this prophecy.

24 "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. 

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 troublous times.

26 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.

27 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."

Regarding Daniel 9:24, out of 58 different translations, 46 of them translate the first two Hebrew words as 'Seventy weeks.' Four translations exchange the word 'weeks' for 'sevens.' Three other translations have added words to the first two words, such as 'seventy sets of seven' or 'seventy sets of seven time periods.' Five translations don't attempt a word-for-word translation, instead only offering their interpretation of what the scripture says, such as '490 years.'

The first two Hebrew words in Daniel 9:24 are שבעים שבעים. They have the exact same spelling, but they are translated as two different English words, 'seventy' and 'weeks' (or 'sevens'). This Hebrew word is used three more times in Daniel 9:25-26. Strong's Lexicon Number H7657 matches the Hebrew שִׁבְעִים (šiḇʿîm), which occurs 91 times in the WLC Hebrew. The majority of the time, this Hebrew word is translated as 'seventy' (or a compound number of seventy) or 'threescore and ten.' However, there are seven times in the O.T. where שבעים is translated as 'weeks' in most versions.

They are Leviticus 12:5, Daniel 9:24, Daniel 9:25 (twice), Daniel 9:26, Daniel 10:2, and Daniel 10:3.

We know, without doubt, that the first Hebrew word, שבעים, is seventy. What is the correct translation of the second שבעים? Is it 'seventy,' 'weeks,' or 'sevens'? I have seen several articles and videos (from well-known authors) on YouTube that claim the timeline of Daniel 9:24 spans 4900 years (70 x 70). They believe the timeframe for Daniel 9:24 began in 1848 BC when God promised Abram that his descendants would inherit the Promised Land forever (Genesis 12:7).

The timeline would end in 3053 AD, which is, in their view, 21 years past the end of Jesus' millennial reign in 3032. Their reasoning is that creation began in 4004 BC (reckoned from Ussher's chronology), and 3054 BC would be the 144^th (12 x 12) Jubilee. The video never explained the sixty-nine 'seventy' in Daniel 9:25-26. Needless to say, I disagree with this author's timeline interpretation, which is based on their unwise (IMO) translation choice.

The Hebrew word for the timeframe in Daniel 9:27 differs from the ones in the previous three verses. It is the Hebrew word שבוע, and is mostly translated as 'week' (singular). Strong's Number H7620 matches the Hebrew שבוע (šāḇûaʿ), which occurs 20 times in the WLC Hebrew. The plural for this Hebrew word is spelled either שבעת or שבעות (weeks). Most of the usages of this Hebrew word are in its plural form. The Feast of the Lord, known as Shavuot, is first mentioned in Exodus 34:22 as וחג שבעת (Feast of Weeks). Only Daniel 9:27 (used twice) and Genesis 29:27 & 28 use the singular form of the Hebrew word, albeit they are spelled differently. Daniel 9:27 spells it as שבוע, and Genesis 29:27 & 28 spell it as שבע. However, they both refer to seven years and not seven days.

In the KJV, Genesis 29:27-28 says, "Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave his daughter Rachel to him to wife also." The Hebrew word שבע is used in these verses instead of שבוע. I believe it's because the feminine pronoun זאת (her) is used before the noun. The Hebrew word שבע (which is the noun in this case) is feminine. Unlike English, which often distinguishes gender only in pronouns and some nouns, Hebrew assigns a gender to nearly every noun, regardless of whether the object has biological gender. It can get confusing, to say the least. 

Without delving too deeply into the complexities of the Hebrew language, the form of a Hebrew word, particularly its inflectional endings, can significantly influence its spelling. See Morphology in Biblical Hebrew: Word Formation & Inflection | Biblical Hebrew. If you notice, all three of these Hebrew words have three of the same consonants (ש,ב,ע). The original Hebrew root word from which all these words are derived is, of course, שבע. The transliteration is saba or shaba, and it is listed as H7650. It is a verb and means to swear or take an oath, in which one repeats a declaration seven times. This word is first used in Genesis 21:23. This is the root word for all the different forms and genders of 'seven.'

The same Hebrew spelling, שבע, is also translated as the number 'seven' (and its compounds) or 'sevenfold.' Its transliteration is seba or sheba, and its Strong's number is H7651. שבע is the spelling for 'seven' when used in conjunction with feminine nouns (such as years, times, cows, cubits, women, etc.). שבעה is the spelling for 'seven' when used in conjunction with male nouns (such as days, lamps, thousand, eunichs, bulls). The number seven is spelled as שבע approximately 124 times in the Old Testament. The remainder of the time,' seven' is used in the masculine state and is spelled as שבעה. Don't get confused, as this word looks very close to שבעת (weeks). The first letters are different. 

Therefore, the best translation for the Hebrew word שבע in Genesis 29:27-28 might not be 'week' but could be construed as 'fulfill the oath.' The oath Jacob gave Laban is found in Genesis 29:18, "And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven (שבע) years for Rachel thy younger daughter." However, the more likely translation for שבע in Genesis 29:27-28 is 'seven' in these verses. The feminine שבע (seven) was specified earlier in the chapter when used in conjunction with feminine שנים (years) in Genesis 29:20; therefore, in verses 27 and 28, it was just shortened to שבע or seven, as in "fulfill her 'seven.'"

Regarding the English (translated) word 'sevens' (plural), there are only a few examples in the O.T.  One of them is found in Genesis 7:2,3. There are six different English versions that translate the Hebrew word/s as 'sevens' in these two verses. (Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth."). They are KJV, NASB95, DBY, WEB, AND BES. Of course, the Hebrew version reads 'שבעה (by) שבעה,' which is more accurately translated as 'seven (by) seven.'

The NIV and three other versions translate the second word in Daniel 9:24-26, שבעים, as 'sevens' (which I believe is the correct translation). This Hebrew word is almost always translated as 'seventy.' Still, there are some instances in the O.T. where it is translated as 'weeks' or 'sevens,' as I mentioned before, such as Leviticus 12:5, Daniel 9:24, Daniel 25 (twice), Daniel 26, Daniel 10:2, and Daniel 10:3. I believe the reason for this is because when you add the suffix ים to שבע (seven), the plural word שבעים (sevens) is formed. This is why 'sevens' should be the correct translation in these verses and not 'weeks' or 'seventy' (IMHO). Moses and Daniel were the only two Tanakh authors who used this Hebrew word/spelling to signify a meaning other than 'seventy.'

Daniel only used the word שבעים twice when referring to the number 'seventy,' both in Daniel 9. The first time was in Daniel 9:2. "In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." The next time was in Daniel 9:24. "Seventy sevens 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. These two verses are prophetically connected. Daniel 9:2 is for a timeline of seventy years, and Daniel 9:24 is for a timeframe of seventy 'sevens' (of years).

Daniel 9:2 references Israel's failure to keep the law of Leviticus 25:4, "But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard." The Israelites had failed to keep 70 Sabbath (or Shemitah) years since entering the Promised Land. 2 Chronicles 36:20-21 says, "And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: To fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years." The Sabbath in this verse is the seventh year of a seven-year cycle (or heptad week). Israel would be kept out of the Promised Land for 70 years (a year for each missed Sabbath) until "the land had enjoyed her sabbaths."     

Why did Daniel write 'Seventy sevens' in Daniel 9:24, instead of 'four hundred ninety years'? That is, if '490 years' was intended. He could have also written it as 'Seventy times seven years' if '490 years' was the timeline for the six objectives (in Daniel 9:24) regarding Israel and Jerusalem. But he didn't. We know God and the Jews love the number seven. Besides the Sabbath day, where no work was allowed, the Jews were also to keep the Sabbath year by not reaping or sowing crops. The three times the Israeli males were to assemble in one designated place were on the Feast of Unleavened Bread (for seven days), the Feast of Weeks or Shavuot (which occurred on the day after the seventh Sabbath from the Feast of Firstfruits), and the Feast of Tabernacles (for seven days). 'Seventy sevens' is a perfect way to express this timeline. 'Sevens' would also be the correct translated word in Daniel 9:25 and 26 (IMO).

Daniel 9:27 employs a different Hebrew word for the last seven-year period ('one week'). The Hebrew word used (twice) in verse 27 is שבוע. It is translated and classified as 'week' (singular) and is listed as Strong's H7620. If שבעת is the plural of שבוע (and it is), then why did Daniel not use שבעת or שבעות (weeks) in the previous three verses (Daniel 9:24-26)? Instead, he used Moses' old word in Leviticus 12:5, 'שבעים,' which I believe should have been translated as 'sevens' instead of 'weeks.' Daniel liked it so well, he used it six times in chapters 9 & 10, for both 'sevens' of days (a week) and 'sevens' of years (a heptad). Why? 

I believe the Hebrew word שבעים in Daniel 9:24-26 refers to the actual Sabbath year/s (the seventh year of rest of a seven-year cycle or week). As indicated by Daniel 9:2, Daniel knew the 70 years of desolation prophesied by Jeremiah were a judgment from God for not obeying the law and regulations concerning the Sabbath year. There were 70 Sabbath years that Israel had not kept throughout its history. The seventh year of rest, the Sabbath, is what is in focus here, not the work week/s. The weeks weren't the problem. The problem was 'the seventh year.' This is because the Jews unlawfully worked the land for all seven years (a heptad week) instead of working the land for six years and then allowing the land to rest in the seventh year.

So, does that mean there will be a total of 490 years involved in the seventy (שבעים) sevens (שבעים) of Daniel 9:24? Most scholars believe so, but if my interpretation is correct, there doesn't have to be 490 total years. Just like with the 70 unkept Sabbath years, if you are going to count how many heptad weeks (or years) are between the first and seventieth Sabbath year of Daniel 9:24, you don't count the years before the first Sabbath year (as that is the starting point), only the ones that come after. Therefore, there are only 69 'weeks' between the first and seventieth Sabbath year. There would be 484 years between them, and including them, as the first Sabbath year is number one and the seventieth Sabbath year is number 484.

Daniel was not counting years, or days, or even (heptad) weeks, but only the Sabbath or Shemitah years themselves. He was comparing the 70 'sevens' to the 70 unkept Sabbath years from which the 70-year judgment came (as mentioned by Jeremiah). You can count seven-year 'weeks,' but only if they are located after the starting date and before the end date of Daniel’s prophecy. To get a better understanding of this theory, please read my article (and examine the charts) at Sevens :: By Randy Nettles - Rapture Ready.  

Regarding the 69 'sevens' of Daniel 9:25, the start of this timeline begins on the 137th Shemitah cycle (week). Ironically, or not, the English word 'sabbath' is used 137 times in the KJV. This is a very interesting number, as I wrote about in 137 - The Number of God in Scripture and Science (a three-part article). I believe the beginning year of Daniel 9:25 was 445-444 BC, which was a Sabbath year, when King Artaxerxes of Persia gave the word (dabar)to Nehemiah and the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem. "Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble" (Daniel 9:25 - NIV).  

In my article, Dabar Matters, I wrote, "Nehemiah and his workers completed the gates and walls construction in 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). However, there was still much work to be done. 'Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built. And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities' (Nehemiah 7:4; 11:1). Many houses had to be built in Jerusalem for one-tenth of the population that lived in the surrounding area of Judah. With the building of houses, streets also had to be built, thus satisfying the rebuilding of Jerusalem as specified in Daniel 9:25."

The end of Daniel 9:25 is also a Sabbath year, and occurred in 32-33 AD. Nisan 10, 33 AD was the Jewish date when Jesus Christ (the anointed one) rode into Jerusalem as Israel's king (but was rejected as such), fulfilling Daniel's prophecy of the 69 'sevens.' As you can see from the chart in my article, "Sevens," there are 69 'sevens' (or Sabbath years) between and including these years (445-444 BC to 32-33 AD). However, there are only 68 full 'weeks' (7-year heptads) or 476 years between the first whole 'week' (444-443 BC) and the end of the last whole week (32-33 AD). By reckoning in this manner, there are a total of 477 years for Daniel 9:25 (not 483 years).

Daniel never mentions 483 or 490 years, only 69 and 70 'sevens.' Daniel 9:27 is the only time Daniel refers to a Sabbath 'week' (שבוע) or cycle of seven years; thus, he uses a different Hebrew word. If seven years are added to the 477 years of Daniel 9:25, the total duration of the timeline for Daniel 9:24 is 484 years (not 490 years). The 'one week' mentioned in Daniel 9:27 is the last seven years of the 484-year timeline of Daniel 9:24. The 70^th 'seven' is the last year of this 'last week' before the millennial reign of Jesus Christ. Daniel 9:24-27 is a dual reference prophecy, as I wrote about in Daniel’s Dual Reference Prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27).

"There are references to the Lord’s First and Second Coming scattered throughout the Old Testament, suggesting a single event if one didn’t have the New Testament. These “dual reference prophecies” could only be determined as such after the First Coming had already taken place. They were written so that it was impossible to know beforehand that the Lord’s First Coming would only fulfill part of the prophecy.

The writers of these prophecies often switch from the First Coming to the Second Coming in the middle of a sentence or the following one as if they were one event. The Holy Spirit might have made sure they were written this way because it could have possibly been only one event if the Jews had accepted Jesus as the Messiah when He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey as their King, fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Here is an example of one such dual reference prophecy: “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever” (Isaiah 9:6-7)." The first part of the first sentence refers to the First Coming, while the remainder of these two verses refer to the Second Coming.

The 69 'sevens' (and 68 'weeks') of Daniel 9:25-26 refer to the timeline from the Jews' returning to rebuild Jerusalem until the First Coming of their Messiah. The 69th 'week' (including the 70^th seven) refers to the events of the last seven years leading up to the Second Coming of Jesus. Like Isaiah 9:6-7, these two advents of Jesus Christ are separated by a couple of thousand years.

In my article, Sevens, I discussed the probability that the Sabbath cycle for Israel didn't start until the fourth full year after the Hebrews entered the Promised Land in 1406 BC. When you come into the land and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as uncircumcised. Three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten. But in the fourth year, all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to the Lord. And in the fifth year, you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 19:23-25). In the fourth year, all crops were considered 'circumcised,' which was a sign of the covenant between the LORD and Israel. Thus, the crops were considered 'holy,' and that was when the first Shemitah cycle began (IMHO). Therefore, the year that marked the beginning of the first Sabbath (or Shemitah) cycle (or week) was 1403-1402 BC. 

Reckoning with this data, the year 32-33 AD is a Sabbath year (and the end of Daniel’s 69th 'seven') and is the 205th Sabbath year, as you can see from the chart in my article, "Sevens." 2027-2028 is also a Sabbath year and marks the 490th Sabbath year (and week) and 3430^th year since the first year of the first cycle in the Promised Land. 2028-2029 would therefore be the 70th Jubilee. The 491st Sabbath cycle (or week) would span from 2028-2029 to 2034-2035. The year 2028 AD aligns with 33 AD (Jesus’ crucifixion) in that they are both in the 13th non-embolismic year of their respective 19-year Metonic cycles (in other words, if you add 105 nineteen-year cycles to 33 AD, you come to 2028). 

If Tishri 10, 2028 - Tishri 10, 2029 is the 70th Jubilee for Israel, then the seven-year 'week' of 2028-2029 to 2034-2035 is a high-watch time for Daniel's 69^th week, aka, 'the Tribulation.' Below are some speculative dates for the seven-year Tribulation timeframe, as I have written about in The Alternative 2540 Day Timeline for Daniel's 70th Week.

In the first example, the start and end dates of the 69th 'week' would be on Tishri 10 (within a day). If the 69 'sevens' of Daniel 9:25 began and ended on Nisan 10, it makes sense that the 70^th 'seven' (and 69th 'week') would begin and end on Tishri 10. It is my understanding that the Sabbath year begins and ends on Tishri 10. The 70th 'week' will therefore be the first seven years of the Millennial Kingdom. Was I exaggerating when I told you at the start of this article that the prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27 is "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma?”

EXAMPLE 1

START: Tishri 10 (Day of Atonement) – September 28-29, 2028

MIDDLE (1270 days from the start): Nisan 10 – March 21-22, 2032

1,260 days from the middle: Tishri 1 (Trumpets) – September 2-3, 2035

END (1,270 days from the middle): Tishri 11 (one day after Day of Atonement) – September 12-13, 2035

AFTER (1,290 days from the middle): Heshvan 2 – October 2-3, 2035

AFTER (1,335 days from the middle): Kislev 17 – November 16-17, 2035

Pros: The start, middle, and 1,260th day (from the middle) are significant Jewish days. 

Cons: Nothing significant regarding the remainder of the ‘week.’ The Feast of Tabernacles is outside of the end of the Tribulation week.

EXAMPLE 2

START: Tishri 19 (5th day of Tabernacles) - October 7-8, 2028                      

MIDDLE (1270 days from the start): Nisan 19 (5th day of Unleavened Bread) - March 30-31, 2032

1260 days from the middle: Tishri 10 (Day of Atonement) - September 11-12, 2035               

END (1270 days from the middle): Tishri 20 (6th day of Tabernacles) - September 21-22, 2035           

AFTER (1290 days from the middle): Heshvan 11 - October 11-12, 2035                

AFTER (1335 days from the middle): Kislev 26 (2nd day of Hanukkah) - November 25-26, 2035

Pros: The start, middle, 1260th day (from the middle), and end are significant Jewish days. The 1335th day occurs on the 2nd day of Hanukkah. The "in the midst" event of Daniel 9:27 (the abomination of desolation) will occur on Wednesday, March 31, 2032, on the Gregorian calendar. Jesus died on Thursday, March 31, 33 AD (Nisan 14) on the proleptic Gregorian calendar (IMO).

Cons: The 2028-2035 timeline is for 2540 days. I prefer a 2,569-day, seven-year Tribulation timeline, such as my favorite (for various reasons), 2026-2033. See But as the Days of Noah were for more specifics. Also, the seventh day of Tabernacles is outside of the end of the Tribulation 'week.'

However, if Tishri 21 (the last day of Tabernacles) is the first 'official' day of the Millennial Kingdom, it might ultimately fulfill the prophecy of John 7:37-38, which occurred on the last day (7th day) of the 7th Feast of the Lord, known as Tabernacles.

LIVING WATER - THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE MILLENNIUM

"On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, 'If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.' But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified" (John 7:37-39).

Jesus also spoke of this "living water" earlier to the Samaritan woman in John 4:7-15."Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:10,13-14). Of course, as the scripture in John 7:39 stipulated, the 'living water' represents the Holy Spirit, which will flow as a river through us and fill us. We will be filled with God's life-sustaining water, the Holy Spirit.

"And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one" (Zechariah 14:8-9).

"For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes" (Revelation 7:17).

"And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever" (Revelation 22:1-5).

Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Randy Nettles

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