God’s Intricate Timetable   Jesus Christ, the Messiah, came at the precise time prophesied hundreds of years before by Daniel.   By D. James Kennedy   The prophecy of the seventy weeks of Daniel is the most brilliant in all of Scripture. Liberals and skeptics have no answer for the clear and precise prophecy by Daniel as to when the promised Messiah would come. Without supernatural revelation, no mere man could have set forth the intricate prophetic view recorded in the ninth chapter of Daniel.      In this prophecy, God predestined that in the time span of “seventy weeks,” the following six results would be accomplished.      • First, it is promised that God would “finish the transgression.” This speaks of a final redemptive act, which will satisfy God’s righteousness. Within this specific period of time, God will move in a mighty way to redeem and forgive His people.      • Second, God promised to “make an end of sins.” The power of sin and death will be broken. No longer would sin rule men, but the tyranny of sin would be cast off.      • Third, God proclaimed that He would “make reconciliation for iniquity.” A final and everlasting atonement would be made. The legal charges against God’s people would be dropped because they had been paid for by a sacrifice. There would be complete reconciliation between God and His people.      • Fourth, this redemptive act of God would not just cover and forgive sin, but would actually bring in “everlasting righteousness.” God’s people would be accounted righteous again in His sight.      • Fifth, the Old Testament prophecies would be totally fulfilled in the “seventy weeks,” and all they had foretold would