Beloved, this is absolutely mindblowing to me! The Lord Jesus perfectly understood Daniel 9:24-27 and used this prophetic text in Matthew 18:21-22 as an example of what full and complete forgiveness is in RIGHTEOUSNESS! I wonder if Peter truly understood what text Jesus was referring to and its complete meaning, as Jesus taught Peter this Divine lesson on true and full forgiveness and its restoration in RIGHTEOUSNESS!
I wonder if Peter truly understood what text Jesus was referring to as He taught Peter this Divine lesson on true and complete forgiveness and restoration in RIGHTEOUSNESS!
The Lord Jesus also testified as He carried His cross to the children of Israel of that day, and stated in Luke 19:41-43 that, "Only if they knew the time of their visitation" and what would happen in the near future as a result of their being ignorant of the wonderful prophetic truths found in Daniel 9:24-26. O beloved, how many believers in the risen Savior of today miss all the signs and wonders of our hour! No wonder the Rapture Trumpet for the Body of Christ will come as a thief to many in these ever-growing EXPONENTIAL Last Days (1 Thess. 4:13-18; 5:1-4)!
Beloved, below is a brief outline of Jesus' message to Peter on full and complete forgiveness in RIGHTEOUSNESS and its complete and full reconciliation of both parties! Also, it is a deeper look into the beautiful love and reconciliation of Yahweh God with His people Israel in the near future (Zech. 12-14)! The very One teaching Peter on forgiveness and reconciliation in RIGHTEOUSNESS, will be the very One who will be the propitiation for Israel, but also the whole world (Isa. 53, 1 John 4:7-10)! O beloved! How absolutely beautiful is that!
Divine Restoration and Forgiveness in RIGHTEOUSNESS - Daniel 9:24-27
1. “Seventy Times Seven” Comes Directly From Daniel’s Prophecy
When Jesus said:
“I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”
— Matthew 18:22
He used the exact language of Daniel 9:24:
“Seventy weeks (seventy sevens) are determined upon thy people…”
Daniel’s phrase “70 weeks” literally means:
70 × 7 = 490 years
In Hebrew:
shabuim = “sevens”
So 70 sevens = 490
Jesus’ wording directly echoes Daniel’s timeline.
2. Daniel’s 490-Year Prophetic Clock
Daniel 9:24–27 lays out six purposes God will accomplish within these “70 sevens”:
Finish the transgression
Make an end of sins
Make reconciliation for iniquity
Bring in everlasting righteousness
Seal up the vision and prophecy
Anoint the Most Holy
These are fulfilled in stages:
First 69 weeks (483 years) → Messiah comes
Gap (church age)
Final 70th week (7 years) → tribulation, covenant, abomination of desolation, restoration
Thus, “70 × 7” is a complete, divine cycle of redemption.
3. Why Jesus Used “70 × 7” in Matthew 18
When Peter asked Jesus how often to forgive, Jesus responded:
“70 × 7” — the Daniel number — the number of God’s complete forgiveness.
This is not accidental.
Jesus was teaching:
As God is completing His 490-year plan to forgive Israel, so you must forgive fully and completely.
It’s a prophetic hint pointing back to Daniel’s countdown of forgiveness and reconciliation:
Daniel 9:24 → “to make an end of sins”
Matthew 18 → forgive without limit
Jesus was saying:
Forgive as God forgives: completely, fully, perfectly — “70 sevens.”
4. The Deeper Biblical Connection
A. 490 is the number of complete redemption cycles in Scripture
490 appears repeatedly:
70 × 7 = 490 years of Israel’s sabbath-rest violations → leading to Babylon (2 Chron. 36:21)
70 × 7 = Daniel’s prophetic timetable
70 × 7 = Jesus’ call for complete forgiveness
It always symbolizes:
Divine completion, forgiveness, restoration, Jubilee, and release.
B. Daniel’s 490 years are about God forgiving Israel
Daniel 9:24 emphasizes forgiveness:
end of sins
reconciliation
everlasting righteousness
Jesus uses the same number to teach:
Forgive the way God forgives.
1. Daniel’s prophecy = 70 sevens (70 × 7 = 490)
2. Jesus intentionally uses the same phrase in Matthew 18.
3. Both contexts deal with forgiveness, reconciliation, and completing God’s plan.
4. 490 becomes the biblical symbol for God’s full, complete, divine cycle of redemption.
5. The 70th week of Daniel (the last seven) is the final stage of God completing His promise to Israel.
Maranatha! The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
DJP I.F.
