What did Jesus' first coming fulfill in Daniel's 70-week prophecy?
Jesus' first coming fulfilled Daniel's 70-week prophecy by satisfying the 490 years' purpose: finishing transgression, making an end of sin, and making reconciliation for iniquity through His crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. It also was to bring in everlasting righteousness, which points to the kingdom, all within that 490-year period.
Les explains that Daniel's 70 weeks—490 years—were determined to finish transgression, make an end of sin, and make reconciliation for iniquity. He teaches that this was all satisfied at the first advent: His crucifixion, burial, and resurrection, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, which he identifies as the kingdom. Les emphasizes that all Old Testament prophecies speak of this timeline concerning Israel, running continuously through the completion of the 490 years, when Christ could have come and set up His kingdom. He notes that Israel could have been the priests promised in Exodus 19, though this was hypothetical because it did not happen.
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.
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Whom is Daniel's seventy-week prophecy about?
Daniel's seventy-week prophecy in Daniel 9 concerns the nation of Israel.
What nation does Daniel's seventy-week prophecy concern?
Daniel's prophecy of the seventy weeks in Daniel 9 concerns the nation of Israel.
How many years do the 70 weeks in Daniel 9:24 represent?
In Daniel 9:24, the 70 weeks are 70 weeks of years, so they total 490 years.
Why do Bible teachers expect a final seven-year period from Daniel's prophecy?
Out of Daniel's 490 years for Israel, 483 years were fulfilled at Christ's first coming at the cross, leaving the remaining seven years never completed.
How does Daniel 9 put prophetic details into a time frame?
True prophecy places God's detailed revelations in a specific time period, as Daniel 9 does when it declares that 490 years are determined upon the nation of Israel and then gives the details that fill that period.