When the Fullness of Time Had Come

When the Fullness of the Time Had Come, God Sent Forth His Son
In the first year of Darius the Mede, during the Babylonian captivity of the Jews (Daniel ch. 9), Daniel was praying, confessing his sin and the sin of his people Israel, when the angel Gabriel was sent to give Daniel “skill to understand.” Gabriel then related the prophecy of the “seventy weeks” (Daniel 9:24-27). At the heart of the prophecy is the revelation of the time until God would send Messiah. Daniel 9:25a “Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks.” (NKJV)
In Ezra ch. 1, King Cyrus commands the restoration of Jerusalem and its temple. From that time forward, the time of Messiah’s coming could be calculated. Galatians 4:4-5 “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.” (NKJV)
When the time was full, right on time, Jesus, Messiah, came. In the fullness of time, He will come again. Luke 12:37a “Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching.” (NKJV)
In the last two verses of Revelation, our Lord says, “‘Surely I am coming quickly.’ Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” (Revelation 22:20-21 NKJV)