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1,290 days, actually one additional month beyond the forty-two months
of persecution, seem to extend beyond the second advent to the
beginning of the millennial kingdom and the resumption of sacrifices.
That which Antiochus did in a small way will become a worldwide
persecution of Israel and will include another stopping of their sacrifices

in the future great tribulation.
According to Revelation 13, the future world ruler at the time of the

great tribulation will not only take to himself absolute political power,
but will demand the worship of the entire world, blaspheme the true
God, and persecute the saints (Rev. 13:4–7). His period of great power
will terminate at Christ’s return. Like the desolation of Daniel 9:27,
which is going to continue until the end, the desolation according to this
passage will continue until the end pictured dramatically in Revelation
19 when the beast and the false prophet are cast into the lake of fire.

This will be the completion of Daniel’s seventy sevens and coincides
with Jesus Christ’s second advent.

In summary, Daniel’s prophecy of the seventy sevens includes the total
history of Israel from the time of Nehemiah in 444 B.C. until the second
coming of Jesus Christ. In the first period of seven sevens, the city and
the streets are rebuilt, and after the end of the second period of sixty-two
sevens that follow, the Messiah will appear. Then, in the parenthesis
between the sixty-ninth seven and the seventieth seven, at least two

major events take place: the cutting off of the Messiah (the death of
Christ) and the destruction of Jerusalem, which took place in A.D. 70.
Actually, the whole present age intervenes.

The final period of seven years begins with the introduction of a
covenant relationship between the future “prince who is to come” and
“the many,” the people of Israel. This covenant is observed for the first
half of the future seven-year period. Then the special liberties and
protections granted Israel are taken away, and Israel suffers persecution
in their time of great tribulation. The beginning of the last three and

one-half years of Daniel’s seventieth seven is marked by the desecration
of the future temple, the cessation of the sacrifices, and the desolation of
the Jewish religion. Christ refers to this period as the great tribulation in
Matthew 24:15–26.

The culmination of the entire prophecy of the seventy weeks is the