If you meant to say that the restoration of Israel will be by Pharisaic Jews, I have no such opinion. Not sure where you would get all this either. But it must be the "inductive" capacity running loose, I guess.
Well, lets call this deductive reasoning based on information given.
A. The Jew/Gentile church is now and forevermore without barrier, thus we may as well not even say Jew/Gentile because there is no such differentiation in Christ. The Barrier has been removed; (abolished; Eph 2:14-16) To reinstate the barrier of leivitical law would then no longer be Christ's Church. Paul says that God's glory is in His church through all ages. Eph 3:21. Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
B. The only type of Jew Religion that survived the desolation is Pharisaism. This is according to the Jewish encyclopedia, (the jews themselves) They have (I THINK) most recently been reinstituting the Sanhedrein and other sects which are not much different. This may be the Vipers egg that was 'crushed' in Isaiah 59:5.
THUS: Since the levitical law has been abolished nailed to the cross and saved Jews would not have a need for it since it is abolished, the only people who would reinstate it would be the Pharisee sect. The only people seeking the land are the Pharisee sect. Or the group that believes that the land promises are to the church/Body of Christ. But we both agree that saved Jew/Gentile of the body of Christ should not be marching on Jerusalem. (I think)
Why then did Christ predict in His lifetime that He would build (future) His Church from the foundation up? But the Church, the building that Christ would build, also called His body, exists only since Pentecost.
I don't know if your putting to much emphasis on from the ground up, it can mean built upon also. But a question that is Good to ask is weather or not by 'upon this rock', Jesus meant Peter's confession that Jesus was the Messiah, Christ, son of God, or if Jesus meant that it was the fact that the Father in heaven had revealed it to Peter, not flesh and blood.(john 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.) (OR both,)
There is no salvation other than through Christ. I reject the charge that dispensationalism teaches different salvations.
Well, let me ask, Do dispensationalists teach, feel or believe that all of Israelites were "corporately" saved by the actions of the Levite Priests in the temple? Or that all those genetically descended from Israel or Abraham were ever saved as a group in any point in History, or future?
Paul says in Eph 2:19, Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,
This gives some credence to the idea that the present Ecclesia is a continuation of the church of the prophets and apostles. There is a reality to the idea that the body of Christ has new aspects to it, but an argument could also be made that it is only new to the Jews who no longer need to maintain the tabernacle and ordinances.
But the 70 weeks have been divided by Daniel himself, with specific events. Thus after 7+62=69 weeks, Daniel says the Messiah shall be cut off. This puts then Messiah's death at 69+- weeks. How some can then say, the 70 ended at the crucifixion is unintelligible to me.
Well, Daneil says after the (62+7..69th week) the Messiah shall be cut off, but he doesnt' say when after. The end of the 70th week is definately after 69 weeks, no doubt. Remember, part of inductive study is to realize both what the text does say and also not to assume what it doesnt' say. The text doesn't say that the Messiah would be cut off at the end of the 69th week. Technicality, you might accuse, but this wording sets up the question, What happens after the 69th week while reading verse 25, and that is answered in the first part of vs 26 and 27.
But now lets go back to what the 62'nd week brings in or how it is marked.
25 "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.
Verse 25 says that from the Command to rebuild Jerusalem (which I dont' think had happened yet) until Messiah the Prince.. shall be 69weeks. The 69 weeks ends at the beginning of Messiah the Prince, but not his being cut off. Now why don't we say that the 69 weeks ended at Bethlehem at his Birth? That would make sense to the normal reading of verse 25 alone. But he was not titled Messiah in Bethlehem, but rather Immanuel. So when then did Messiah (which means annointed one) the Prince come into play? Some say during the triumphal entry when the throngs sang Hosahna to the son of David. But the obvious better answer is that Jesus became recognized as 'Messiah, the Prince', "annointed one" at his Baptism and annointing by the Holy Spirit as he confirms in Reading Isaiah 61 passage only a short time later. A "Prince" is a son of the King and God's words out of the Heavens at his Baptism were "this is my Son" Search Philip Mauro on Google for some good analysis of the word Messiah meaning annointed one.
Further, I think most would agree that the destruction of the city and the sanctuary (Dan 9:26) refers to the events of 70AD. There is much more time than 7 years (1 week) between 34 and 70AD.
Yes, we would be in agreement with vs 26. Thus the covenant with the prince that you propose would have been in 66-73 AD. Some people view it this way. I do not. And YES, there is more than 7 years between 30 AD and 70 AD or even 33 AD to 73 AD; a whole GENERATION of time. Good point.
There is a dividing key in both verses that seperate the 70th 'week' from the later desolations.
In 26 it is the phrase "who is to come" referring to the prince of the people who desolate the city. This seperates the people who come (army that destroys the city and sanctuary) from the cutting off (death) of the Messiah that was within the 70 weeks time period.
In verse 27 it says... on the wing of abominations. That means to me that the abominations (lies and idolatry) are the cause of the eventual desolations. Just like a human arm (wing) usually has a cause to move and act, so also the continued temple sacrifice after God ripped open the vail are part of the idolatry that cause the desolation. Thus there is a seperation of the Idolatry that continue in the temple by use of the term 'wings'. The idolatry does not bring immediate desolation, but because of their continued idolatry desolations are determined "even until it's consummation' Even until the desolations are complete at the end of the war.
It is said that if a person was standing in the center of Jerusalem after the desolation, they would have not know that a city was previously there .
One of they keys to this being Paralellism is the usage of similar words and ideas in both verses. The week in verse 27 coincides with the 70th week. Especially since verse 26 and 27 were written together under the heading of verse 25, both 26 and 27 are connected chronologically after verse 25. The begining of vs 27 does not have to follow the ending of verse 26 as if a Chronology.
Some commentators use a 26A, 26b; 27a, 27b designation.
In addition, it is said in the same verse that the "instability" (ie wars) would go on till the end. Only thereafter do we get to the last week in vs 27. Daniel says that the "he" (whoever you think he is, but it is "he who shall come", which means this "he" wasn't there in 70Ad)
No, it means that he, the prince who is to come wasnt' there when the Messiah was cut off. You've already agreed that the destroying of the city and tabernacle in vs 26 is referring to 70 AD and it is these people of that prince that do the destruction. There is a big difference.
confirms an agreement for a week. (this obviously is the 70th week. This lasts till the "consumption". So, no matter how you slice it, Daniel creates a gap between the 69th and the 70th week, with very precise events being predicted.
The 'gap' is created between the 70th week and the things that are determined due to the occurances in the 70th week. The gap is between the Messiah being cut off and the desolations of the tabernacle,city and people.
Daniel uses 2 stanzas to clarify and explain the happenings of the 70th week and the effects that those things caused.
In Daniels 70 week prophecy, what happens after 69 weeks? Answer: a final week. vs27, when is this 'final week'? Answer, after the 62th week and the annointing of the Messiah, vs 26. We know that sometime after (doesn't say the end of) the 62nd week, the Messiah is cut off. When? In the middle of "a" week, he puts an end to sacrifice and offering. (the Levitical Law was put to death, Eph 2:14-6) What happens then? Answer: the people of the prince who is to come will destry the city and the sanctuary and desolations that are determined because of the abomination will continue until the end of the war and until they are finished with their complete desolations.
Here below is the way it is printed in NKJV. Notice the grouping,
25 "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.
Most versions do not include the word 'then' in verse 27, but use and or just start with 'He".
26 "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.
27 Then (only in NKJV, most say 'and' or start with 'he') 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."