Daniel 9
27 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.
" HE", 3 TIMES.
No telling what end game you are shooting for.
It is not a game. It's called Bible Study. We come to the text to learn from it and we come with two major assumptions: 1) The Bible is without error and 2) The Bible means what the author intended.
Let's look at the passage
26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah (1) will be cut off and have nothing,
Sometime after the 62 weeks, an anointed one, the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing. What does it mean to be "cut off and have nothing"? Scholars speculate, but I think Daniel is speaking into a covenantal context. To be "cut off" is to be removed from the covenant God made with Israel. God promised Israel that if they obey his commandments, they would prosper on the land for many generations. The Messiah will be removed from that covenant through capital punishment.
27 And he (1) will strengthen the covenant with the many for one week ...
The pronoun
"he" points back to the previous person mentioned in verse 26: the Messiah. He will strengthen God's covenant with Israel for seven years.
in the middle of the week he(1) will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering
In the middle of the final seven year period, the messiah will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering.
on the wing of abominations will come one(2) who makes desolate,
When Israel's abominations can't be surpassed, one will come to make desolate.
even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate(2).”
There are two predictions of destruction: first, there comes the one who makes desolate, second, comes a decreed end to the one who makes desolate.
As we can see from the text above, the messiah(1) is distinct from the one(2) who makes desolate. The messiah strengthens the covenant for seven years; He puts a stop to grain offerings and sacrifices. And in the middle of the week he is cut off from his people. The one who comes later will carry out the ordained destruction of the city and the sanctuary, and then he will also be destroyed just as it is ordained.
This prophecy came true in the first century when Jesus, the Messiah, strengthened God's covenant with Israel. During that week of years, he was arrested and executed by his own people with the permission of the Roman government. He was cut off from his people and left with no land inheritance or offspring.
His death on the cross marked the epitome of abominations; It was the greatest abomination of all time. When he was crucified, God himself stopped the sacrifices and offerings by tearing the veil down the middle.
After that, the Romans came with their armies to put down the rebellion, and during the siege, they destroyed the temple.
Matthew 24:15
Therefore
when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
This verse requires our full attention, as Matthew suggests. And I dare say, given how many threads I have read on this subject, that most people miss the obvious. I have highlighted the significant wording in bold lettering. When Jesus says, "when you see" he is suggesting there will come a time when a person will be able to see the Holy Place. Normally, no one can see the Holy Place since it is located inside the temple.
No ordinary worshiper could see into the Holy Place, and even most priests never saw inside it during their entire lives. Only priests on active duty entered, and the Temple's architecture ensured that
those outside had no line of sight into the sacred interior. When would anyone EVER see someone standing in the Holy Place?