What does Daniel 9 say is determined for the nation of Israel?
Daniel 9 states that 490 years are determined upon the nation of Israel. This fixed time frame is prophetic, and within it God gives specific details. All true prophecy centers on Israel and usually operates within a set time frame, unlike the church age, which has no such prophecy.
Les explains that Daniel 9 reveals a specific time prophecy: 490 years are determined upon the nation of Israel. He stresses that all true prophecy centers on the nation of Israel and usually comes within a time frame, not always but usually. God puts the details out there and places them in time. In chapter 9, Daniel says 490 years are determined upon Israel, and then gives all the details of what will fill that 490 years. That is prophecy. By contrast, the church age has nothing like that; there is no prophecy concerning the church. We can only see events getting ready for prophecy coming on the scene as the church approaches the end of the age of grace.