term “seven” at 9:24). (2) The sevens vary greatly in length within each period. For example, in the first period (538–400 B.C.) each of the seven sevens are about twenty years in duration, whereas in the second period (400 B.C. to first century A.D.) each of the sixty-two sevens is only about six years in length. Even if the sevens are symbolic, we would expect them to be fairly similar in length. (3) Young places the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in A.D. 70 (v. 26) after (rather than during)
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