Daniel 9 -- 70 weeks is "years" so then it is a 490 year timeline in Daniel 9 -- as "seventy weeks".
Basic rule for all apocalyptic timelines - they use "day for year". Just as in Daniel 9 so also in Daniel 7 and 8 ... and also in Rev 11, and 12, and 13.
It is a rule that holds true for all apocalyptic timelines just as the "all timelines contiguous" rule holds true for all of them.
Scripture describes the next prophetic event as the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Titus 2:13...…….
“Looking for the blessed hope and glorious
appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,”
2 Tim. 4:8...………..
“Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me
on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved
His appearing.”
Paul wrote to Timothy,
1 Tim. 6:11-15...………...
“...keep this commandment without spot, blameless until
our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,”
And then we have this magnificent verse:
2 Tim. 4:1...…….
“I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at
His appearing and His kingdom:”
This is stunning. Paul mentions judgment:
a) for the living and the dead (two different groups)
b) at His appearing and His kingdom (two different times)
This may be the clearest distinction between the rapture and the second coming. The living are those who are born again, even if they are “asleep in Jesus,” or dead in Christ. The Living are judged at the Judgment seat of Christ, where Jesus will offer rewards based on our works.
Scripture puts the harpazo of the Church before the time of Jacob’s Trouble. The rapture is how the Lord removes His body from the earth prior to Daniel’s 70th week, because the Church can't be part of the time of Jacob's Trouble.
Now WHY is there discussion on IF there is a Rapture and when it takes place???????
A lot of the misunderstanding around the timing of the rapture comes from an evil root:
replacement theology. This satanic doctrine falsely teaches that the Church has replaced Israel—a lie from the father of lies which results in (or at least supports) deception around the rapture. I believe the confusion or disagreement can be decreased or eliminated when we understand the purpose of the Church and grasp the distinctions between the Church and Israel.