Absurd?????
Is God not Sovereign? Is Jesus not God? And was not the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross the all-sufficient and final sacrifice?
The answers are Yes, Yes, and Yes. So Jesus can and did end the sacrifice and offering.
So let us look at how the ESV translation reads.
Daniel 9:27 English Standard Version
And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”
Analysis of First Line: According to ESV, a strong covenant is made with many, but not with all. And it is made with many during a seven year period. It's not saying that the covenant only lasts seven years. It says that during this seven yr period many will enter or accept this [new] covenant. And we do know that Jesus did bring about a New Covenant. We know that God through Moses began the sacrifices, which pointed to the coming messiah. And we know that God used the Babylonian army to bring judgement on Judea around 593-586 BC. So we can also conclude that God, through the use of the Roman Army, brought about the end of the sacrifices halfway through the Roman-Jewish War (66-73AD).
Analysis of Second Line: Then shall come one who makes desolate. Here we can see the "one who makes desolate" (the desolator), can very well be a different person than "he".
In the ESV translation: "he" [in Dan 9:27] refers to the "anointed one"[in Dan 9:26] just as the "desolator" [in Dan 9:27] refers to the "prince" [in Dan 9:26].
Daniel 9:26 English Standard Version
And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
Summary/Conclusion:
You and I both agree that two different persons are being discussed in Daniel 9:26: The Messiah, and the prince[anti-Christ].
So then is it possible that these two different persons are also being discussed in Daniel 9:27: He, and the desolator?