Daniel 9:
[SUP]24[/SUP] 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. [SUP]25[/SUP]
Here in verse 24... Daniel gives us a summary of what the next three verses are expected accomplish. (70 years upon Israel and Jerusalem),
WHY---to Finish Transgressions--Has this happened YET??? NO
WHY---to Make and end of Sins-- Has this Happened YET?? NO
WHY---to make reconciliation for iniquity-- Has this Happened YET? YES
WHY---to bring everlasting righteousness-- Has this Happened YET?? NO
WHY---to seal up the vision and prophecy--Has this happened YET? NO
WHY---anoint the most Holy--Has this happened YET? NO
All but one of the objective above have not been fullfilled as of 4/3/2017. The one that is filled was the Death of Jesus Christ for our SINS.
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.
Underlined above: the Commandment was issued on by Artaxerxes Longimanus on March 14, 445 B.C.. Notice, the streets and walls shall be built again separates this prophecy from other Prophecies. 69 years of weeks or 173,880 DAYS, the Messiah Nagid (Messiah the King, Jesus)will ride into Jerusalem. Indeed He did on April 6, 32AD.
[SUP]26[/SUP] 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.
OK,,,Underlined above.. "after threescore and two weeks" (69 weeks of years), the Messiah Nagid will be cut off (crucified)... Pay attention to the "AFTER" above which tells that while the Messiah Nagid arrives in Jerusalem on the exact day as prophesied, and is Crucified After that day.
" and the People of the prince" , WHO is this...... Titus Vespasian,, a Roman General who became a prince (leader) because His father (Vespasian) was the Roman Emperor at the time. Titus became Emperor in 79-81BC. It is important to notice the "Capitalization" of the word Prince in verse 25 and in verse 26 , "prince" is not. There is a difference in the these two people. Who are the People...The "People of the prince' indicates they were soldiers. (NOTE:The roman army was not all composed of Romans but rather with indigenous people from the area. The area is 'assyria'
The 'people of the prince' destroy the city, and the sanctuary, with a Flood. Jesus gives a better description of how they (Roman Army accomplish the destruction) on the day He arrives in Jerusalem in Luke 19:43-44.
Unto the end of the WAR... Desolations are determined. This tells us that a complete destruction of the city and its sanctuary will end the war.
[SUP]27[/SUP] 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.
Your big mistake is the following...The Personal Identity
The first thing to clearly identify in this remarkable verse is just who is referred to as "he," the one confirming (or enforcing) the covenant. The grammatical antecedent of the pronoun is "the Prince that shall come" in the preceding verse, whose people destroy the city and the sanctuary.4 (Some try to identify him with the Messiah also mentioned earlier in that verse, but that is grammatically incorrect, and also ascribes the abominations to him, etc.).Koinona House, The Final Week
I will not get into the 70th week as it is pretty well speaks for itself unless you want to debate it which I will gladly reply.
The 'grammar of the language' indicates that the word 'he' ( x3 ) in verse 27 refers back to the word 'Messiah' in verse 26.
Despite what some people seem to think, it does not refer back to the word 'prince' in verse 26.
The last part of verse 26 - after the colon - is an 'aside'. It is a complete, separate, thought from what is being said in the first part of the verse. The thought process in the first part of the verse returns at the start of verse 27.
The word 'prince' is the object of a preposition; thus, it cannot be the target.
The word 'people' is plural; thus, it cannot be the target.
The word 'he' ( x3 ) refers back to the word 'Messiah'.
