God's Response to Daniel's Prayer: The Vision of the 70 Weeks, Part 1

Sermon Outline:

A. The Bringer of the Vision: Gabriel (20-23)

    1. Gabriel's Arrival (20-21)

    2. Gabriel's Announcement (22-23)

B. The Specifics of the Vision: The 70 Weeks Prophecy (24-27)

    1. The big picture (24)

        a. The subjects at hand: Daniel's people and holy city

        b. The overall timeframe: seventy weeks

        c. The specific purposes

    2. The first sixty-nine weeks (25)

        a. Their chronology

        b. The rebuilding that will occur

    3. After the sixty-nine weeks (26)

        a. The Messiah will be cut off

        b. The city and the temple will be destroyed