In response to Daniel's prayer for himself, his people, Jerusalem, and the Temple, God sends the angel Gabriel to reveal His coming plans for His people, the city, and the Temple. He reveals that God has a timeline of seventy weeks to accomplish His work on earth.

What are these seventy weeks? Are they literal or figurative? Are they normal seven day weeks or something else? When do they start? When do they end? What is going to happen during these 70 weeks? These are questions that must come to our minds as we read this passage.

While some of these can be readily answered, we'll discover some are a bit trickier. Yet despite the challenges, the message comes though clearly. God is going to carry out his plan to end sin, provide atonement for sin, and bring in everlasting righteousness. He knows, reveals, and controls the future. Christians can have confidence in the future.