Daniel 9:24

Sometimes when I think about the end times I view it with a sense of apprehension but in actuality it is a time of hope for all of us who place our trust in the unity of the Triune Godhead because it is the fulfillment of God’s love for mankind and the end of sin. With the placement  of Jesus Christ and His righteousness as the ruler of mankind established what a wonderful time it will be.

Seventy weeks may also be translated seventy sevens. Many scholars agree that the “sevens” are years, as the 70 years of captivity addressed in v. 2 implies. Leviticus 25:8 speaks of “seven sabbaths of years”; Lev. 26:18, 21 implies that Israel’s punishment would be multiplied sevenfold. Therefore, an exile of 70 “weeks” would be expected to last for seven times 70 years. Second Chronicles 36:21 suggests that the captivity was to last long enough to make up for 70 omissions of the sabbatical year, which occurred every seven years. This would amount to 490 years before God’s people would experience perfect reconciliation with their God. There are many different interpretations of how these years account for the eras of world history before the Second Coming of the Messiah. Some interpreters have suggested that the use of the number seven in this verse is symbolic representing completeness—that is, the completion of all of human history.

Daniel 9:24

²⁴ “Seventy weeks are determined 

For your people and for your holy city, 

To finish the transgression, 

To make an end of sins, 

To make reconciliation for iniquity, 

To bring in everlasting righteousness, 

To seal up vision and prophecy, 

And to anoint the Most Holy.