(Dan. 9:24) "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy." For 430 years Israel refused to obey God's command to let their crop land rest every 7th year (Lev. 25:1-6) and because they didn't obey, God determined that "Seventy" more "weeks" of judgment be upon His people and their holy city "to finish the transgression." A "week" in Bible prophesy is considered 7 years, thus (70 weeks x7 years = 490 years). In (Dan.9:25), as soon as Israel began to rebuild its broken down walls, God's 490 years of judgment began to count down until Jesus was crucified 483 years later, or until "Messiah be cut off" (v.26). Although hundreds of thousands of Jews were saved at Christ's first coming, Israel as a nation rejected him as their Messiah. Ever since, the last 7 years of God's judgment upon Israel has been on hold waiting to be fulfilled. The last 7 years remaining or "week," is called the "tribulation period in scripture, where God "will finish the transgression, make an end of sins, make reconciliation for iniquity, bring in everlasting righteousness, and anoint the most Holy" Jesus Christ as our King!
