Daniel 9:24-27

Daniel 9:24-27

[24] Seventy  weeks  are determined  upon thy people  and upon thy holy  city,  to finish  the transgression,  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  [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. 

What does Daniel 9:24-27 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

"In the concluding four verses of Daniel 9 , one of the most important prophecies of the Old Testament is contained. The prophecy as a whole is presented in Daniel 9:24. The first sixty-nine sevens is described in Daniel 9:25. The events between the sixty-ninth seventh and the seventieth seventh are detailed in Daniel 9:26. The final period of the seventieth seventh is described in Daniel 9:27." [1]
Renald Showers demonstrated that these verses imply a pretribulation Rapture of the church. [2]
"Daniel"s prophecy of the seventy weeks ( Daniel 9:24-27) provides the chronological frame for Messianic prediction from Daniel to the establishment of the kingdom on earth and also a key to its interpretation." [3]
"Probably no single prophetic utterance is more crucial in the fields of Biblical Interpretation, Apologetics, and Eschatology." [4]