[:en]SCRIPTURE: DANIEL 9
“O Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our fathers have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us. Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, O Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary. Give ear, O God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For your sake, O my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your name” (Daniel 9:16-19)
“Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’. In the middle of the ‘seven’s he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple, he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poure dout on him” (Daniel 9:25-27)
DANIEL’S PRAYER
Daniel fasted and prayed to the Lord. he emphasized the sinfulness of himself and his people and the righteousness of God. He prayed for Jerusalem and asked for God’s forgiveness .
God gave Daniel a preview of Jewish history. Messiah would come and die. An evil prince – the Anti-Christ would break the covenant with the Jews. But God would triumph and Jerusalem would become a holy city.
THE SEVENTY “SEVENS”
There will be seventy “seven” and sixty two sevens from the issuing of the decree to the restoration and building of Jerusalem until the Anointed One comes. After sixty two sevens, the Anointed One will be cut off. A ruler will come to destroy the city and the sanctuary. There will be war and desolations. The Anti-Christ will make a covenant with the Jews to protect them for 7 years. After 3-1/2 years, he will break the covenant and usher in trouble and destruction for the world. The first 7 year period will climax the return of Christ when he will defeat His enemies and establish His kingdom on earth.[:]