I'd like you to show me from Scripture where we are to stick rubber bands on the prophecy and add a 2000+ year gap between the 69th and 70th Weeks, and also please point to one single numerically specific time prophecy where the fulfillment of it overran God's numerically specified (WE'RE TALKING NUMERICALLY SPECIFIC, NOT EVENT SPECIFIC HERE) period it was to end.
When you're done searching in vain, I'll be happy to show you how Jesus completely fulfilled the 70 Weeks prophecy perfectly, or you can read about it in Adam Clarke's commentary or Matthew Henry's commentary.
When you're done searching in vain, I'll be happy to show you how Jesus completely fulfilled the 70 Weeks prophecy perfectly, or you can read about it in Adam Clarke's commentary or Matthew Henry's commentary.
Below is the scripture:
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And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.
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The 'he' in the verse above has to refer to the last person mentioned which is "the ruler of the people" in verse 26. It is he who establishes a covenant with Israel. We know this because the scripture states that he causes the sacrifice and offerings to cease and sets up an abomination in the holy place. In Matthew 24:15, Jesus quoted from Daniel 9:27 saying, "So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel."
Since Jesus said, "when you see" this would infer a future event. From the time that He quoted it till the destruction of the temple, none of the criteria of that last seven yeas has been fulfilled:
* No seven year covenant has been made
* No abomination has been set up
* No desolation has taken place
* The decreed destruction has not been fulfilled upon that ruler, the antichrist
In addition, the last part of the verse is in regards to that 'ruler of the people' which is speaking of the antichrist, of whom destruction has been decreed upon at the end of that seven years has not yet taken place. This is in refence to what Paul said in the following:
"And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming."
The ruler in Daniel 9:27 is that man of lawlessness that Paul speaks about who is that antichrist who will be cast into the lake of fire when the Lord returns to the earth, ergo, the decreed destruction that is poured out upon him."
If you don't have the fulfillment of the scripture--and all scripture must be fulfilled--, then this event must still be future. In fact, that seven year period which is divided into two 3 1/2 year periods, is referred to in Revelation as 1260 days, 42 months and a time, times and a half a time.
If you're looking for some scripture that comes right out and gives you the direct answer to these things, you are not going to find it. Understanding the deeper things of God requires addressing all related scriptures on the issue in order to get the big picture. The problem is that many people come with their claims and teachings with only partial information.
When the Anointed One was cut off, i.e. Christ crucified, which completed sixty nine of the seventy sevens, God paused that last seven and began to build His church which is still in the process of being built. Once the church has been completed, the Lord will appear and gather His church according to His promise in John 14:1-3 and I Thess.4:16-17. Once this has taken place, then God will pick up right where He left off in fulfillment of that last seven years, which will be initiated by that ruler/antichrist who will establish a seven year covenant with Israel, at the end of which the Lord will return to the earth and have the antichrist/beast and false prophet thrown into the lake of fire alive, which will be the fulfillment of the destruction that is to be poured out upon him. (Dan.9:27, Rev.19:20)
That last seven years is barreling down on us being even closer than it was before, which is the time of God's wrath. But before that seven years of wrath/tribulation begins, the church will be gathered and removed from the earth. Then that last seven years will commence with that antichrist establishing his seven year covenant.
FYI, the following is your error " you can read about it inAdam Clarke's commentary or Matthew Henry's commentary"
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