Vision Of 90 Hours Analysis

3. Vision of Seventy Weeks (Daniel 9)
This section was primarily remembered for the vision of the weeks. This was an account of the events that would unfold from the time of the return to the exiles to the return of the Lord. Prior to the vision was an equally, if not more, important account of Daniel’s confession and intercession for his people.

3.1 Daniel's Prayer (Daniel 9:1 19)
Daniel started praying to God for his people after studying Jeremiah's prophecy (Jer 25:11 14; 29:10) and knowing that the exile of his people would last seventy years (Longman 1999:218). Daniel confessed the sins of his people before God and asked God to extend mercy and grace to them on account of His covenant promises. In fact, the prayer of Daniel reflected
At the end of 69 “sevens”, the Anointed One would be killed. A ruler of the world would then destroy the sanctuary and the city. In the last “seven” or the 70th “seven”, the world-ruler would enter into a covenant with the people. However, he would break the covenant in the middle of the "seven" and set up an abomination until the end of the 70th
In the end-times there would be trouble in a scale never seen before. For the antichrist would go all out to wipe out God's people. However, for those who endure till the end, they will rise to receive their inheritance in the Lord (Dan 12:13) (Goldingay 1991:319). With the end-times in mind, the narrative spoke of a time of great distress. Many whose names were written in the book would be delivered. Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life and others to everlasting contempt (Dan 12:2). The wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and will lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever (Dan 12:3). Daniel 12:1-4 was probably referring to the resurrection (Lucas 2002:303). Daniel 12:5-13 served as the epilogue to Daniel 10:1-12:4 and also to the entire book (Redditt 1998:379). Then there was a kind of timeline or timeframe that was given for the end-times. There would be 1,290 days from the abomination that caused desolation. Then the saints must endure a further 45 days to a total of 1,335 days. Here, Daniel 12:11 probably referred to the fall of the world empires, and Daniel 12:12 to the inauguration of God's kingdom (Redditt 1998:379). With that the apocalypses of Daniel ended. Commenting on the progression in the Book of Daniel, Regalado (2009:66) remarked that the progress in biblical perspective was not about the progress toward