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Daniel's 70th Week
What happens during the 70th week is the most mysterious and cryptic.
Daniel 9:26-27 says, "Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction. He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of that week he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt. On the wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”
If Jesus' ministry began in the Jewish year 26/27 AD, then his crucifixion on Friday 3 April 33 AD was about six and a half years after the 69th week. And the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in the summer of 70 AD (during the Jewish year of 69/70 AD) was about 43 years after the 69th week. So the first part of Daniel 9:26 was fulfilled, in relation to the death of Messiah, and the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple. But the 70th week would have completed in 33/34 AD, and the end that was prophesied did not happen.
In Matthew 24:15,
then the year 33/34 AD (starting in the fall of 33 AD) would have marked the completion of the 70th week. Jesus was which was after the 69th week and slightly before the end of the 70th week. Jerusalem and its temple were destroyed by Roman legions under the command of General Titus in 70 AD, about 44 years after the 69th week.
Daniel 9:26-27 says, "Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction. He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of that week he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt. On the wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”
If Jesus' ministry began in the Jewish year 26/27 AD, then his crucifixion on Friday 3 April 33 AD was about six and a half years after the 69th week. And the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in the summer of 70 AD (during the Jewish year of 69/70 AD) was about 43 years after the 69th week. So the first part of Daniel 9:26 was fulfilled, in relation to the death of Messiah, and the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple. But the 70th week would have completed in 33/34 AD, and the end that was prophesied did not happen.
In Matthew 24:15,
then the year 33/34 AD (starting in the fall of 33 AD) would have marked the completion of the 70th week. Jesus was which was after the 69th week and slightly before the end of the 70th week. Jerusalem and its temple were destroyed by Roman legions under the command of General Titus in 70 AD, about 44 years after the 69th week.
