Daniel 9:20-23
“Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel... being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation... O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding... for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.”
King James Version
Gabriel comes swiftly in answer to Daniel's prayer to unveil the seventy weeks — the prophecy pointing to the Messiah.
Fulfillment References
Daniel 9:24-27 Luke 1:19 Daniel 8:16 Daniel 10:11
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalGabriel, who later announced the conception of Jesus (Luke 1:19, 26-31), here unveils the timetable pointing to the one God's coming in flesh.
JewishGabriel as the interpreting angel; the seventy weeks that follow are read variously, often of the Second Temple period and its destruction.
CatholicThe angelic revelation introducing the seventy-weeks prophecy of the Messiah, fulfilled in Christ.
ProtestantGabriel's answer frames the seventy-weeks Messianic prophecy; the swift answer to prayer is often noted devotionally.
OrthodoxThe same Gabriel who later announces Christ's birth (Luke 1) brings understanding of the Messianic timetable.
DispensationalSets up the seventy-weeks prophecy central to the dispensational timeline, including the final 'week' of tribulation.
AcademicGabriel, named here and in ch.8, is among the earliest named angels in the Hebrew Bible; critical scholars read the seventy-weeks reflection within the 2nd-century reinterpretation of Jeremiah.
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