blhowes
Puritan Board Professor
Dan 9:26 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.
Dan 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.
On the way home from work the last few days, I've been listening on the radio to a preacher go through a series of messages on the book of Daniel. He has a dispensational perspective. Yesterday he spoke about Daniel 9 and the 70 weeks, explaining his support for the "gap" between the 69th and 70th week, as well as the 7-year tribulation. The gap of 2000 years has always struck me as unusual, especially when in some scenarios I've heard the time from the proclamation to the end of the 69th week is given with such precision, calculated down to the day. Dan 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.
I still have questions in my mind about the 70th week. I got some good answers in a closed thread I started a while ago called (of all things) Daniel 9:27. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you have any thoughts about the 70th week, when it began, when it ended (or will end), if it follows immediately after the 69th week or if there's a gap, if its a literal 7 years, etc.