Daniel's Seventy Weeks Prophecy Explained
Daniel 9:24–27 presents a fixed period of seventy weeks decreed on God's people and city, ending in reconciliation and everlasting righteousness. Within it an Anointed One is cut off, the city and sanctuary fall, and a final week brings a firm covenant and the stopping of sacrifice.
Daniel 9:24–27: The Seventy Weeks Explained
Daniel 9:24–27 gives a timeline with a theological goal: seventy weeks decreed to end sin, bring everlasting righteousness, and anoint the most holy. The text marks off seven and sixty-two weeks to the Anointed One, then says he will be cut off.