"It is my purpose in this study to prove the reliability of Gabriel's statement to Daniel that states, "Seventy weeks of years are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophecy and to anoint a most holy place" (Daniel 9:24 RSV). These are things that I hope to deal with in this study, and it is my hope that readers, whether Jew or Gentile, will approach the subject with an open mind. I have only one desire, and that is to exalt the Messiah, the Christ, to whom the prophecy belongs."

Richard O. Govier (1928-2018) was a Protestant pastor and missionary and travelled the world in that capacity. He planted a number of churches as well as training pastors who served in Brazil, Chile, Argentina and across the United States.