Daniel 9:20-27

The Seventy-Weeks Prophecy

20 Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God,

21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering.

22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand.

23 At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:

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.

25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.

26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”

Context

  • How is Daniel’s prayer in vv. 3-19 connected to this important prophecy? (2 Chron 36:20, 21, Psalm 51:17, Isaiah 66:1, 2, Matthew 7:7)

Reflection

  1. Why does Gabriel interrupt and bless Daniel? (Vv 21, 22)
  2. What’s significant about the seventy weeks and these events? (Daniel 12:11, 12, Matthew 2:11, 24:15-21, Mark 13:14, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10, Revelation 13:1-10, Galatians 4:4)
  • finish transgression…
  • Make end of sin…
  • make reconciliation for iniquity…
  • bring everlasting righteousness…
  • seal up vision and prophecy…
  • annoint most holy…
  1. What differentiates His 1st and 2nd coming? What about the final week? (Jeremiah 30:7-9, Zechariah 12:10-13:1, Luke 2:25-29, 19:41-44, Romans 11:20-27)

Testimony Time

  1. When’s the last time God interrupted your prayer with an answer?
  2. How should His great return impact my daily life? (Luke 1:11, 12, 11:9, 10, Colossians 3:1-3, James 5:8, 1 John 3:1-2)

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