I have written a post that shows how the text of Daniel 9:24-27(70 weeks) can be Chiastically rearranged to arrive at a coherent reconfiguration
Some conclusions:
The 70 weeks or 490 years are not contiguous years but the sum of sections of time "cut out" from an overarching time period extending from circa 444BC to the advent of Christ's reign(circa 2000AD). The sections of time in chronological sequence are:
- The 62 weeks or 434 years (circa 444BC-10BC) begins at the "going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem" and extends to around 10 BC. After this, the Messiah is put to death around 30AD.
- The 1 week or 7 years (circa 67AD-74AD} roughly corresponds to the First Jewish–Roman War (circa 66AD–74AD); it has a midpoint at the destruction of temple in Jerusalem in the summer of 70AD.
- The 7 weeks or 49 years ends with the advent of Christ's reign.(circa 2000AD)
There is also a rather startling take on the nature of the "7 year covenant" and answers to some common questions such as :What is the abomination the causes desolation?
The full post can be found at http://www.svetasv.com/aa/1002_Daniel_70_weeks.html
