to an indefinite future? Many churches which believe in a 7-year tribulation impose the idea that the 'prince that shall come' in Daniel 9:26 is ''the'' antichrist and because, in their opinion, antichrist hasn't appeared yet, they break off the 70th week from the 70-week block of time. They say 69 weeks have passed but the 70th hasn't even started yet (????). How? How is the 70-weeks still 70 weeks if indefinite centuries, millennia even, can be arbitrarily inserted to disrupt the flow of the time-frame?
I understand that its more scriptural that the 'prince that shall come' is the messiah the prince identified in verse 25 and that his 'people' the Jews vicariously destroyed the city and sanctuary through their sins. The prince (messiah) causes sacrifice and oblations to cease in the MIDDLE of the last week by dying sacrificially. We know this happened in 33 AD, meaning the full 70 weeks had run their course by the end of 36 AD. Its not 70 weeks if it takes longer than 70 weeks!
I understand that its more scriptural that the 'prince that shall come' is the messiah the prince identified in verse 25 and that his 'people' the Jews vicariously destroyed the city and sanctuary through their sins. The prince (messiah) causes sacrifice and oblations to cease in the MIDDLE of the last week by dying sacrificially. We know this happened in 33 AD, meaning the full 70 weeks had run their course by the end of 36 AD. Its not 70 weeks if it takes longer than 70 weeks!