Seventy Weeks Are Decreed-Part II

Recognizing that Jeremiah's prophecy about the 70 year exile was coming to pass, Daniel prays for forgiveness of the Jewish people and restoration of the temple. Gabriel is sent to tell him that his prayers have been heard and to give him a much greater insight and understanding than the end of the 70 years of exile. God's plan is much, much bigger than that and Gabriel gives Daniel the view of how God will free them from spiritual captivity to sin.

Many will say these are the most difficult verses in the Bible to interpret and there are many possible interpretations. Daniel probably did not understand everything he was told, and we may not either, but he was certain that God would do as He says because God is faithful to His own word.