Jesus was crucified in the middle of the 70th seven. 3-1/2 years later the 70th seven ended; with the martyrdom of Stephen. There is no gap.
Utter Nonsense.
There are three distinct and separated time frames to the 70 weeks prophecy.
7 weeks
62 weeks
1 week
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Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
“Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be
seven weeks and
sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.
“And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for
one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”
Daniel 9:24-27
Messiah was crucified, "cut off" after the 69th week, and before the beginning of the 70th week.
- And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
After the 69 weeks [7 weeks and 62 weeks] Messiah shall be cut off [28-33 AD] and the city and sanctuary were destroyed [70 AD].
These events happened before the 70th week begins, which in the 70th week, there shall be temple activities again, which means the temple will be rebuilt first.
JLB
