Daniel's 70 Weeks -- "The Covenant"

Hi all. Thanks for sharing, Loz!
Daniel 9:26 ends with the destruction of Jerusalem and the second temple. It was that temple Jesus prophesied would have not one stone left upon another. Consequently, the idea of making the covenant strong with Israel is predicated upon rebuilding the temple. Ezekiel's temple is the only temple left which Scripture regards as not having been built yet. Language in that prophecy mirrors Rev 11. It is the measuring of that temple which is date-specific in Ezekiel 40 and pinpoints precisely the start of the Week.

• Why would it only be for 7 years and not forever? Because Daniel needed to tell us what begins the last Week of years. Without the reference to the 70th Week, there would be no tying the temple to it and thus no definite starting or ending point. Revelation further develops the thought.