Daniel's prelude
Daniel 9:20-23   And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;  21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.  22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.  23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.


Seventy weeks = 70 7's = 490
Daniel 9:24-25   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.25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem...
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The Lord gives us two pathways in Daniel 9:24-25 that shows us a clean precise 490 years from the time the command goes out to rebuild Jerusalem until His plan comes to an end with Jesus' ascension and the Elect's rapture.
DANIEL'S  MULTIFACETED  PROPHESY
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Two prophesies within one

Daniel 9:24-25 speaks of the 490 years from the time Ezra was commandeed to rebuild spiritual Jerusalem by re-establishing God's Law in 458B.C. until Jesus at the Cross and His ascension in 33A.D.. At the end of those 490 years God showed us that Jesus completed the old kingdom (the Temple) and established His new kingdom (the Church).

The prophesy of Daniel 9:24-25 also has a secondary path. This time leading to The End. From the time the command was decreed to rebuild Jerusalem in the year 1535 until the apparent Rapture in 2025 are another fantastic 490 years. This second path mirrors the first path in that at the end of these 490 years Jesus will have completed the old kingdom (earthly kingdom) and establish His new final kingdom (Heavenly Kingdom - new Heaven & Earth).
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THE PHYSICAL JERUSALEM
The second pathway of 490 years
                   
Daniel 9:24 is a very deep and multifaceted prophesy. The Lord structured the verses in such a way that it foretells many prophesies within different time eras. This second pathway foretells  the decree to rebuild the physical city of Jerusalem. This occurred in the year 1535... 1,465 years after the Romans destroyed it in 70A.D.. 
Daniel 9:24   Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city...
Daniel 9:25   Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem...

Not only does the prophesy declare the beginning but it also gives the total timing until The End. Seventy 7's (weeks) is a total of 490 years. God gives the Final Day a specific name, the "consummation" which means completion or complete destruction. The time when all sin and the vision comes to an end. From the time the decree went out in 1535 until The End in 2025 will be a total of 490 years.
Daniel 9:24   Seventy weeks (seventy 7's = 490) 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.
Daniel 9:27   ...and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

There are an astounding 490 years from the year 1535 when the decree went out to rebuild Jerusalem until the consummation... (The End) in 2025 .

THE SPIRITUAL JERUSALEM
The first pathway of 490 years
                   
It is very important to understand that the first pathway to a complete 490 years begins with Ezra and not Nehemiah. The decree to rebuild Jerusalem pertains to the spiritual Jerusalem which relates to re-establishing God's Law to His people not the physical city.

The following is an excerpt from Harold Camping's book, The 70 weeks of Daniel 9:

Ezra  went  to  Jerusalem  to  build  a  city,  that  is,  to  reestablish the law,
in the year 458 B.C. Christ hung on the cross in A.D. 33. If we  add  458  to  33, 
the  sum  is  491.  Subtract  1  from  491 (there is no year 0), and  we  have
490 actual years from the going forth of the command to rebuild the
city to the time of the cross when Christ demonstrated he He brought
in  everlasting  righteousness,  when  He  made  reconciliation  for  iniq-
uity,  when  He  finished  the  transgression.  God  put  His  seal  on  the
vision and prophecy at the cross. And 490 years equals 70 weeks; that
is, 70 x 7 = 490. Immediately we see the precise fulfillment of Daniel
9:24-25.

Although the Cross begins the end in 33A.D., it is'nt until 40 days later that the whole prophesy comes to completion with Jesus' ascension.

There are a wonderful 490 years from the year 458B.C. when the decree went out to rebuild Jerusalem until the Cross and Jesus' ascension in 33A.D. .

Sultan Suleiman's command
to rebuild Jerusalem in 1535

The Ottoman Empire existed from 1299 until 1922. It was basically the eastern half of the defunct Roman Empire. Sultan Suleiman was the most powerful and wealthiest of the Ottoman Empire and was known as Suleiman the Just. He welcomed the Jews whom were cast out of other nations especially Spain.

His father before him took the territory of Israel from Egypt. In 1535 Suleiman made a decree to rebuild Jerusalem. Although there were many attempts beforehand in history to rebuild Jerusalem, this was the first time in 1,465 years that it actually came through and was built since the Romans destroyed it in 70A.D..


This information is historically known and is readily available online. Even the Jewish historical websites clarify this fantastic data.
Location:
Israel Antiquities Authority

Ottoman Building Inscription
(1494 - 1566) Sultan Suleiman was the strongest and longest reigning ruler. He decreed in 1535 that the city of Jerusalem be rebuilt, its walls and the Muslim temple the Dome of the rock. The image to the right is the actual building inscription stone detailing the construction. Below is the translation.

“Has decreed the construction of the wall he who has protected the home of Islam with his might and main and wiped out the tyranny of idols with his power and strength, he whom alone God has enabled to enslave the necks of kings in countries (far and wide) and deservedly acquire the throne of the Caliphate, the Sultan son of the Sultan son of the Sultan son of the Sultan, Suleiman.”