Dan 9:27 does not say "abomination that makes desolate". You have to rewrite the prophecy to apply this verse to the antichrist.
And you cannot separate that last week from the 1st 69 weeks. Then place it sometime later. There are no GAPS in the timeline. The very next day after the 1st 69 weeks ended the 70th week began.
Otherwise the prophecy is false.
One of the specifics that must happen during the 70 week time frame is "reconciliation for iniquity" (verse 24). This can only be Jesus on the cross. Any Christian can tell you that.
Since the 69 weeks only go up to 27AD then Jesus was not crucified yet. His crucifixion MUST then be in the 70th week.
Place a gap between the 69 weeks and the 70th week and there is no "reconciliation for iniquity". Jesus was only crucified for sedition. You are yet in your sins.
Yes, Gabriel jumped forward a little in time when he mentioned the people of the prince that shall come in verse 26 (he does the same thing in verse 24 when he summarizes the prophecy) but then he gets right back on track in verse 27 with the rest of the timeline.
1. “Dan 9:27 does not say ‘abomination that makes desolate.’”
Correct — it says “on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate.” But that doesn’t help your case. The phrase still ties abominations to the same subject who confirms the covenant and stops sacrifice. You’re trying to split the desolator from the covenant‑maker, but Daniel doesn’t. The grammar keeps the subject unified. You can’t make Jesus the covenant‑maker and then make someone else the desolator. Daniel doesn’t allow that split.
2. “You cannot separate the last week from the first 69 weeks.”
You’re assuming continuity because your system requires continuity. But Daniel never says the weeks must be consecutive without interruption. Prophetic timelines routinely telescope events (Isaiah 61:1–2, Luke 4:19). Your “no gaps allowed” rule is something
you impose, not something Daniel states. The text gives no command that the 70th week must begin the next day.
3. “Otherwise the prophecy is false.”
This is not an argument; it’s a threat. Prophecy is not false because your preferred structure isn’t present. Prophecy is false only if the events God foretold fail to occur. Daniel never foretold “Jesus must be crucified inside the 70th week.” You added that.
4. “Reconciliation for iniquity must be Jesus on the cross.”
Yes — but Daniel 9:24 does not say reconciliation happens
inside the 70th week. It says the 70 weeks culminate in the arrival of the era in which reconciliation is accomplished. You’re forcing verse 24 to be a chronological checklist, but Gabriel is giving a summary of outcomes, not a schedule of timestamps. Verse 24 is the goal; verses 25–27 describe the path. You’re collapsing them.
5. “Since the 69 weeks end in 27 AD, Jesus must be crucified in the 70th week.”
This is the weakest part of your system. You assume the 69 weeks end in 27 AD because your tradition taught you that date. But Daniel never gives a year. You imported 27 AD from your denominational timeline. Then you use that imported date to force the crucifixion into the 70th week. That’s circular.
6. “Gabriel jumped forward in verse 26 but gets back on track in verse 27.”
This is simply incorrect. Gabriel does not “jump forward” and then “jump back.” He introduces a
new subject in verse 26 — “the people of the prince who is to come.” Hebrew grammar requires that the next pronoun (“he”) refer to the most recent subject unless a new subject is introduced. You cannot skip the subject Daniel gives you and return to Messiah without Daniel re‑introducing Messiah. He doesn’t.
7. Your system requires Jesus to be the desolator.
You say Jesus “made desolate the overspreading of abominations.” But Daniel ties abominations to the one who makes desolate, and Jesus explicitly warns His disciples
about the abomination, not as the one performing it. Your reading makes Jesus both the covenant‑maker and the desolator. That collapses the moral logic of the passage.
8. Your flood/Sodom analogy doesn’t work.
Daniel’s “abominations” are defiling acts, not divine judgments. You’re mixing categories. God’s judgment is not an “abomination.” Abominations are human acts that provoke judgment. Daniel’s language is consistent: abominations → desolation. Jesus affirms this in Matthew 24.
9. The subject‑chain is your fatal flaw. This is the part you keep avoiding.
Daniel 9:26–27 has an unbroken subject chain:
Messiah is cut off.
New subject introduced: the people of the prince who is to come destroy the city.
That prince is the antecedent of “he” in verse 27.
That “he” confirms a covenant.
That “he” stops sacrifice.
That “he” is associated with abominations.
That “he” makes desolate.
You cannot override this chain with symbolism, theology, tradition, or denominational charts.
Hebrew grammar does not allow you to reassign the subject mid‑clause.
10. Your system is tidy, but it is not textual.
You have a beautiful, symmetrical timeline — 27 AD, 31 AD, 34 AD — but none of it comes from Daniel. Every date is imported. Every connection is assumed. Every subject reassignment is forced. You’re not reading Daniel; you’re reading your system
into Daniel.
