Understanding the Prophecy of 70 Weeks

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Daniel 9:23 does not use Dabar to speak of a written decree, or spoken decree, for God or for man. It does use it for word, command, etc. Scripture also uses the word the same for both God and man.

Note up front: KJV doesn't translate dabar H1697 as decree ever. In fact, some of the verses show that decree is a different word.
Hmmm... I'm surprised:

Daniel 9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment H1697 came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, H1697 and consider the vision.

Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment H1697 to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

I think the question is why did they decide to translate the word differently in Daniel 9:25 in so many translations, next to Daniel 9:23. Perhaps to delineate between God and man? KJV didn't hold back here on doing a proper translation of either verse. So, yes, even Daniel used the word in relation to a human king. In this case it was either Cyrus, or Artaxerxes, if I recall. This is not the same as the last one, and I haven't actually looked into this one. The calculations place the last day on the day of the Triumphal Entry in 35 AD, I believe. That makes sense because it was at that time that the Jews "accepted" Jesus as King, and then unilaterally rejected Him. That causes the Messiah being cut off with nothing after sixty-nine weeks to make sense.

Below are multiple times that the same word refers to an earthly king's "commandment":

Esther 1:12 "But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment H1697 by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him."

Esther 1:19 "If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment H1697 from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she."

Esther 2:8 "So it came to pass, when the king's commandment H1697 and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women."

Esther 3:15 "The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, H1697 and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed."

Esther 4:3 "And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment H1697 and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes."

Esther 8:14 "So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. H1697 And the decree was given at Shushan the palace."

Esther 8:17 "And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment H1697 and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them."

Esther 9:1 "Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment H1697 and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them"

And there you go. Good job. Now think long and hard on what this actually means. This is the secret.

 

[TMSO]

And there you go. Good job. Now think long and hard on what this actually means. This is the secret.

Futurism is correct. Doesn't take much thought... However, we all know Jesus hasn't returned yet, so futurism is correct. And that without bringing up the millennium, which would be a different topic to whether Jesus secojnd coming is future or past.

 

[Mr GLee]

Daniel 9:23 does not use Dabar to speak of a written decree, or spoken decree, for God or for man. It does use it for word, command, etc. Scripture also uses the word the same for both God and man.

Note up front: KJV doesn't translate dabar H1697 as decree ever. In fact, some of the verses show that decree is a different word.
Hmmm... I'm surprised:

Daniel 9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment H1697 came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, H1697 and consider the vision.

Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment H1697 to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

I think the question is why did they decide to translate the word differently in Daniel 9:25 in so many translations, next to Daniel 9:23. Perhaps to delineate between God and man? KJV didn't hold back here on doing a proper translation of either verse. So, yes, even Daniel used the word in relation to a human king. In this case it was either Cyrus, or Artaxerxes, if I recall. This is not the same as the last one, and I haven't actually looked into this one. The calculations place the last day on the day of the Triumphal Entry in 35 AD, I believe. That makes sense because it was at that time that the Jews "accepted" Jesus as King, and then unilaterally rejected Him. That causes the Messiah being cut off with nothing after sixty-nine weeks to make sense.

Below are multiple times that the same word refers to an earthly king's "commandment":

Esther 1:12 "But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment H1697 by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him."

Esther 1:19 "If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment H1697 from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she."

Esther 2:8 "So it came to pass, when the king's commandment H1697 and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women."

Esther 3:15 "The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, H1697 and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed."

Esther 4:3 "And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment H1697 and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes."

Esther 8:14 "So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. H1697 And the decree was given at Shushan the palace."

Esther 8:17 "And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment H1697 and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them."

Esther 9:1 "Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment H1697 and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them"

Exactly decree as a commandment .

Mighty men of old moved b the Holy Spirit Not a private interpretation

2 Peter 1:19-21King James Version We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:Knowing this first, that no prophecy (decree) of the scripture is of any private interpretation For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

 

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Exactly decree as a commandment .

Mighty men of old moved b the Holy Spirit Not a private interpretation

2 Peter 1:19-21King James Version We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:Knowing this first, that no prophecy (decree) of the scripture is of any private interpretation For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

TMSO showed exactly the proof that I discovered. You can not deny it. IF you know different, show your proof.

 

[Mr GLee]

TMSO showed exactly the proof that I discovered. You can not deny it. IF you know different, show your proof.

Commandment decree. All one in the same. Two working as one

A commandment is an order or charge given us to keep or observe , and statutes are the decrees or requirements describing how to live in obedience to Him.

The first century reformation has come. The vail was rent .There was no Jewish man as King of kings siting in the abomination of desolation (temples made with hands as a will) . Satan no longer had that power to deceive the all nations of the world that God is a Jewish man(. . dying mankind. (Revelation 20:3)

Christ was restored his proper place reigning from heaven .Some call the second coming as if jesus was reincarnated and was used again as a demonstration of the Lamb who was slain during the 6 days the Father did work ..

Some did know Christ that worked in the sons of God . Another fleshly demonstration not possible. Crucifying over and over to public shame as if one demonstration was not enough to represent the lamb slain

2 Corinthians 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more

 

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Commandment decree. All one in the same. Two working as one

A commandment is an order or charge given us to keep or observe , and statutes are the decrees or requirements describing how to live in obedience to Him.

The first century reformation has come. The vail was rent .There was no Jewish man as King of kings siting in the abomination of desolation (temples made with hands as a will) . Satan no longer had that power to deceive the all nations of the world that God is a Jewish man(. . dying mankind. (Revelation 20:3)

Christ was restored his proper place reigning from heaven .Some call the second coming as if jesus was reincarnated and was used again as a demonstration of the Lamb who was slain during the 6 days the Father did work ..

Some did know Christ that worked in the sons of God . Another fleshly demonstration not possible. Crucifying over and over to public shame as if one demonstration was not enough to represent the lamb slain

2 Corinthians 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more

The big problem with your opinion is that it doesn't match facts. Check any Hebrew dictionary of biblical usage. I know you are trying very hard to cling to your beliefs. But you see, facts and truth get in the way of unanchored beliefs many times.

 

[Hobie]

In a nut shell.....From what I understand the 490 years was stopped short at the time of Jesus' crucification with 7 years remaining . The clock was stopped so-to-speak to allow for the time of the gentiles to be fulfilled....at that time the rapture will occur...the clock will re-start and then the 7 year tribulation begins. 3 1/2 years into the tribulation the antichrist will enter into the rebuilt temple.

That is mans ideas which comes from another origin to distort what God gives plainly, and has no basis from scripture and is the cause of the great confusion that has resulted.

 

[CrowCross]

That is mans ideas which comes from another origin to distort what God gives plainly, and has no basis from scripture and is the cause of the great confusion that has resulted.

I'm pretty sure it all came from the bible...can you show me the text or "origin" from which you believe it came from?

 

[EarlyActs]

what about the timestamp in Lk 23:28?

 

[TMSO]

That is mans ideas which comes from another origin to distort what God gives plainly, and has no basis from scripture and is the cause of the great confusion that has resulted.

There is a gap between the 69th and 70th weeks. It is clear. All the events stated to have happened after the 69th week (which should be the 70th week, or the final set of 7 years, covered over 40 years. The gap is more than clear. That is why even the early church fathers recognized the gap. From what God plainly stated, the gap is blatantly obvious. The Messiah is killed after the 69th week (cut off in 30 or 33 AD. (most probably 30 AD), and in this same span of events is the destruction of the temple that happened in 70AD. That's over 40 years. 40 years =/= 7 years.

Consider Nebuchadnezzar's statue. The final part of the statue, the iron legs, the iron/clay mix, and the 10 toes are three different timeframes/parts of the final Gentile Empire. Rome starts it off, and then the iron clay possibly came around in the 3rd century with the triumverate, or in the 4th century when the Roman Empire was split in two. The ten toes has not happened yet. There aren't 10 "nation-states" existing that aren't coalescing yet. And Jesus Kingdom which will be as literal as Nebuchadnezzar's statue, has most certainly not come to end the "times of the Gentiles". The "times of the Gentiles" began when Nebuchadnezzar first invaded and defeated Israel, at which time Daniel was taken to Babylon along with a lot of other nobles/the royalty. The "times of the Gentiles" ends with Jesus second coming and the establishment of the messianic kingdom in Israel, seen as the stone (Jesus/Messiah), and the mountain (Kingdom).

The main aspect of the statue is that while all the Empires of the world were free to take over the whole world, given the beastly version of the statute, only the fourth empire actually devours the whole world, through imperialism, which found its start in Rome.

 

[TMSO]

That is mans ideas which comes from another origin to distort what God gives plainly, and has no basis from scripture and is the cause of the great confusion that has resulted.

I meant to add something to the last message, but mistakenly submitted. What does Daniel say about the Messianic Kingdom in Daniel 2?

First, the final kingdom/empire:
"40 Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; just as iron smashes and crushes everything, so, like iron that crushes, it will smash and crush all these things. 41 And in that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have within it some of the toughness of iron, since you saw the iron mixed with [al]common clay. 42 And just as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong, and part of it will be fragile. 43 In that you saw the iron mixed with [am]common clay, they will combine with one another [an]in [ao]their descendants; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not combine with pottery."

You will see three parts to the final kingdom. The iron, which is Rome. The iron and clay, which is Rome divided (3rd or 4th century). The 10 toes, which has yet to happen. It speaks to a world divided into 10 city states of basically equal power/authority. They do not coalesce. As we see with the vision of the four beasts, which is just God's point of view of the statue, each kingdom seen as a beast, and the explanation, the 10 toes are also 10 kings. SO to repeat the question, what does Daniel say about the Messianic Kingdom in Daniel 2?

"44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be [ap]left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever. 45 Just as you saw that a stone was broken off from the mountain without hands, and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place [aq]in the future; so the dream is certain and its interpretation is trustworthy.”"

So given that the fourth kingdom is historically (all the way back to at least the 3rd century) understood to be in three parts just based on what Daniel said, given that we have not seen the ten toes yet, given that here in interpretation God said that He will set up the Messianic Kingdom that will never be destroyed in the days of the ten toes (kings)... how can amillennialism be true? Since the times of the Gentiles is still going on, we are not yet "in the days of those kings", then the Kingdom not only has not come yet, the God of heaven isn't even setting it up yet. Going off of the interpretation that Daniel says is true because God gave it. It is given plainly in Daniel.

 

[TMSO]

We can understand what the prophecy points to using the historicist view of the 70 weeks which basically is interpreted as 490 years according to the day-year principle. Looking at it through this, Antiochus IV Epiphanes is considered irrelevant, and the period is instead applied to the Jewish nation from about the middle of the 5th century BC until not long after the death of Jesus. The seven and sixty-two-week periods are generally understood as consecutive, non-overlapping periods starting during the reign of Artaxerxes I and ending with Jesus' baptism.

Here is a good explanation: "Prophecies are couched in symbolic language that needs to be unraveled before the meaning of the words can be understood. Prophetic time is used as a symbol to be interpreted in the light of Scripture.

According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years (Numbers 14:34 NKJV).

I have appointed thee each day for a year (Ezekiel 4:6).

These two texts provide the key—the day-year principle. This principle takes prophetic days and converts them to actual years. Applying this principle to the 70-week prophecy will show that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah.

Six Messianic Tasks
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 (Daniel 9:24).

“Thy people” were God’s chosen people Israel. Seventy weeks resolves into 490 days. Applying the day-year principle, 490 days become 490 years.

The 490 years were appointed to the Jewish nation for these six reasons found in Daniel 9:24:
1. to finish the transgression
2. to make an end of sins
3. to make reconciliation for iniquity
4. to bring in everlasting righteousness
5. to seal up vision and prophecy
6. to anoint the most Holy

These six issues could only be fulfilled in and through the Messiah. Who else could make reconciliation for iniquity or bring in everlasting righteousness?

Do an explanation of these. For instance:
70 weeks to finish the transgression. What does that mean? Break it down. First of all, transgression. That is serious sin. However, it is singular. THE TRANSGRESSION. Singular. What is this great sin, this transgression of Israel that will be finished/washed clean for Israel? That transgression is, the rejection of the Messiah. That national sin that stained all of Israel. The end of the 70 weeks will be marked by a full repentance by Israel for the rejection of the Messiah. It is when the religious leaders and the people recognize and cry out for the Messiah that the Messiah will come to them.
2. To make an end of sins. So 70 weeks to make an end of sins. In a study of the prophecy through the writings of a Messianic Jew, given the definition of terms from the Hebrew, this speaks of daily sins. The words translated here as making an end of sins, speaks to sealing them up. So, the daily sins of Israel are sealed up, no more daily sins.
3. To make reconciliation of iniquity. So 70 weeks to make reconciliation of iniquity. Again, in defining terms, it speaks to the removal of the sin nature of Israel. No more sin nature.
4. Brin gin everlasting righteousness. So 70 weeks to bring in everlasting righteousness throughout Israel. A quick note on the word "everlasting". It does not mean everlasting. The proper translation of the Hebrew word used is age-enduring. So the end of the 70 weeks brings in an age of righteousness. For the futurist, this is the Millennial kingdom. Often the word everlasting in english is not the proper translation of the original language. It depends on the word being translated as everlasting.
5. Seal up vision and prophecy. So 70 weeks to seal up vision and prophecy. Considering that Revelation was written LONG after 34 AD, this obviously means 70 weeks did not end in 34 AD. Why? John was having visions and giving prophecy in 95AD.
6. to anoint the most holy [place]. So 70 weeks to anoint the most holy place. (Using the original Hebrew.) In the original language it does not speak to the holy of holies. The wording would be a little different if it was. It speaks to the holy place of the temple. Again, a dispensationalist would point to the fourth temple of the Messianic Kingdom.

Please notice how NONE of the above six markers of the completion of the 70 weeks has happened. That means that the 70 weeks are not yet complete.

Jesus Fulfills the Prophecy
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate (Daniel 9:25-27).

The angel gives a breakdown of the 70 weeks as follows:

7 weeks of years for rebuilding of Jerusalem (verse 25)

62 weeks of years to the Messiah (verses 25-26)

1 week of years to the close of the period (verse 27)...

The 2300-day prophecy, of which the 70-week prophecy is a small part, was to begin at the command that effected the restoration of Jerusalem. This command went forth under King Artaxerxes Longimanus in the year 457 BC (Ezra 7:12-13).ii

From this starting point, we can determine all the other time markers of the prophecy. Seven weeks were allotted for the restoration of Jerusalem. True to the prophecy, Jerusalem was rebuilt 49 years after 457 BC, which was 408 BC.

Seven weeks (49 day-years) for the rebuilding of Jerusalem and another threescore and two weeks (62 weeks or 434 day-years) brings us to "the Messiah the Prince." Beginning in 457 BC and applying the day-year principle, we can determine the passing of 483 years from 457 BC which brings us to 27 AD (allowing for the conversion from BC to AD being one extra year).

In 27 AD, Jesus was anointed by the Holy Spirit on the occasion of His baptism which marked the beginning of His ministry (Luke 3:21-23). This baptism marked the event in Daniel’s prophecy “unto the Messiah the Prince.” When Christ proclaimed, “The time is fulfilled” (Mark 1:15), He was referring to this part of the prophecy.iii

The end of the prophecy is 34 AD, 7 day-years after the baptism:
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease (Daniel 9:27).

This cannot be. AFTER the 62 weeks, the Messiah is cut off and then (same time periods) the people of the Prince who is to come will destroy the temple and city. That is 40ish years after the Messiah is cut off. The Prince who is to come cannot be Jesu/the Messiah. Why not? The people of the Prince who is to come, so if the Prince is Jesus, that would mean the passage should say, and the Jews will destroy the temple/Jerusalem, since Jesus is Jewish, so the people of Jesus would be... Jews. However, we know it was the Romans who destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. More than that, Gentile Romans. What this means is that the Prince who is to come is a Gentile of Roman descent. That changes things a lot.

Also note "and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
The flood speaks to military conquest. The covenant made with the many, is a covenant that includes strong (going with the original meaning of the Hebrew) guarantees. It also isn't a covenant like the Mosaic covenant. The wording can also be translated as agreement, treaty, etc. This is not speaking of the new covenant, or a covenant such as God made with Israel. This "covenant" is made with the many. Why not with all? It is an agreement made with the leadership of Israel. It is not Israel joining with the antichrist, but a covenant with strong guarantees for Israel's safety from military conquest. The antichrist breaks this covenant, and desecrates the temple with his image on the pinnacle of the temple, and makes himself out to be God. (proper translation of the "on the wings of abomination comes the one who makes desolate" is different. IT speaks to the wings/pinnacle of the temple. And the ending of the prophecy, where it says "shall be poured upon the desolate", the proper translation of the word translated "desolate" here, is "desolator". So basically your belief says that Jesus will be destroyed.

Christ would confirm the covenant made with Israel for one prophetic week (7 years), but oblation (offerings) would cease in the middle of the week (3 ½ years after 27 AD). This mid-point brings us to 31 AD—the year Christ was crucified. It was at His death that he put an end to the system of offerings practiced by Israel for so many years. "The 70-Week Prophecy | Daniel 70 Weeks Prophecy

Jesus absolutely could not have been crucified in 31 AD. Impossible. The dates mean that God Himself lied to us in prophecy. The only years that fit with the prophetic calendar for Jesus to be crucified are 30AD or 33AD. That is the only time where the Passover falls on the right days. The days are SPECIFIC, and must be adhered to, or prophecy is wrong. This goes beyond saying that God spoke presumptuously of Himself, straight to, God lied. Please don't go there. Even if it is to protect your beliefs.

You left out the end of the prophecy that says that the desolator (he would brought an end to the sacrifice/oblation) would be destroyed. SO since you say Jesus is the one who did it, then you are saying Jesus will be destroyed.

 

[TMSO]

No it continued right till what it pointed to, which was Christ. It began from the Persian king Artaxerxes’ decree to rebuild Jerusalem was issued in 457 B.C., and then 490 years from 457, we arrive at A.D. 34. If you do straight math , you might think it ended up at A.D. 33. However, since there isn’t a year 0, you have to add a year to our calculation. That puts us at A.D. 34.

Yes, but you forget that we have Jesus coming for a second time. And if you look at Daniel 2, that coming will put an end to the times of the Gentiles. You cannot take the 70 sets of 7 prophecy (proper translation of the term is not week, but sets of seven), in isolation. It is 70 weeks cut out of the times of the Gentiles, that specifically deals with Israel and Jerusalem. It is years, because Daniel was reading the scrolls (not just Jeremiah, but a set of scrolls that included other prophets), where it is talking about years. 70 years of exile to be exact. It was Daniel's belief that the 70 years was coming to an end, and that with that, the messianic kingdom was about to begin. Hence, given what prophecy says about the coming messianic kingdom, Daniel prays for the sins of his people. Why? The Messianic Kingdom comes after all Israel repents of their sins against God. Daniel misunderstood prophecy, and believed that the end of the exile (70 year) would, again, mark the start of the Messianic Kingdom. God sends Gabriel who says, no. God has decreed and cut out a time period of 70 sets of 7 years that will happen first.

Now the end of the 69th week (seven weeks for the rebuilding of Jerusalem and 62 after) brings us to A.D. 27. At this point, Daniel said the Messiah would come which is when Christ began His ministry...

Actually it is 30 AD, but who is counting. It ends at the triumphal entry, which is the day of the passaver of 30AD where the sacrificial lamb is set aside for the passover. During the time up to the Passover the lamb is inspected for blemishes, etc. That is why the triumphal entry is a big deal. Jesus was being set aside as the sacrificial lamb of God, just as the Jews are setting aside the passover lamb for the Passover.

Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

At His baptism in A.D. 27 in which the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus in the form of a dove, and He was anointed, marked the beginning of His ministry. Jesus was about 30 at His baptism in A.D. 27, and the next event in the 70-week prophecy is Jesus’ crucifixion, which took place after His three-and-a-half-year ministry in the spring of A.D. 31. This coincides exactly with what the prophecy foretold in Daniel...

Do note that this does not coincide at all with the prophecy in Daniel. First you have:
"26 Then after the sixty-two weeks, the [ab]Messiah will be cut off and have [ac]nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. "

So what we have is 40 years mentioned here, after the 62 weeks. The Prince marks the end of the sixty second week. There was no mark for the end of the 7 sets of 7, though we know that that means Jerusalem was rebuilt in 49 years.

"25 So you are to know and understand that from the issuing of a [y]decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until [z]Messiah the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with [aa]streets and moat, even in times of distress."

So there is a specific starting point, the issuing of a decree. (Not letters, so Artaxerxes cannot be correct.) And there is a specific end point. UNTIL Messiah Prince. sixty nine sets of seven years. Do we have an introduction to the 70th week to follow? No. We have 40 years of events that are said to occur after the 62nd week. There is no mention of the 70th set of seven here. None at all. What we do have is that the Messiah is cut off (when you read the depth of what this means, it is crazy), and then the Romans destroying Jerusalem and the temple. 40 years. We also have the people of the prince who is to come doing the destroying. So who is this prince, and who are the people. If you say it is Jesus, then that means the Jews destroyed Jerusalem and the temple, as Jesus' people are the Jews. Given that understanding, and knowing who destroys the city and the sanctuary, the prince will be a Gentile of Roman descent.

So what about the 70th week?
" 27 And he will confirm a covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of [af]abominations will come the one who [ag]makes desolate, until a complete destruction, one that is [ah]decreed, gushes forth on the one who [ai]makes desolate.”"

There is a defined start, (unlike the 62nd week) and a defined end. The confirmation of a treaty with the many for one week marks the start, and the complete destruction poured out on the desolator marks the end. The word for covenant does not mean covenant such as the Mosiac covenant, or even the new covenant. It could be translated as treaty, and it would be correct. The meaning of the Hebrew speaks to the making of a new covenant/treaty (not the strengthening of one that exists) that has strong guarantees. Considering the mention of Israel facing military conquest, wars, and desolation until the end, making a treaty with the leader of the world with guarantees against military conquest doesn't sound like a bad idea. Also, to note, by grammatical rules, the one who makes the covenant cannot be Jesus. When it speaks of the Messiah earlier, there is no definitive article in the original language. However, the person who makes the covenant has a definitive article. So one has to look back, and it points to the antichrist in the previous prophecy.

Daniel 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The middle of the week of seven years was three and a half years or precisely when Jesus died. His crucifixion was His cutting off.

Why do you completely ignore "and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary"? It is all one complete statement. shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: AND (in addition to) the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. and the end thereof shall be with a flood (which speaks to military conquest), and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. So all the way until God is completed with Israel, desolations are determined. In the midst of this, Gabriel says that Israel makes a treaty with someone that has strong guarantees, perhaps against military conquest. However, 3 1/2 years that covenant is violated, and just as Epiphanes put an end to the oblations and sacrifices in Daniel, so to the antichrist will put an end to the sacrifices/oblations. And then he will put his image on the pinnacle of the temple, and declare himself to be God. He will bring desolation to Israel, but in the end, he (the desolator/antichrist) will be destroyed.

 

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Lots of (unacknowledged) rank speculation mixed in with a modicum of exegesis .