Scripture states, "
24
i“Seventy weeks
3 are decreed about your people and
jyour holy city, to finish
kthe transgression, to put an end to sin,
land to atone for iniquity,
mto bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and
nto anoint a most holy place.
4 25
oKnow therefore and understand that
pfrom the going out of the word to restore and
qbuild Jerusalem to the coming of an
ranointed one, a
sprince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again
5 with squares and moat,
tbut in a troubled time. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall
ube cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come
vshall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
wIts
6 end shall come with a flood,
xand to the end there shall be war.
yDesolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,
7 and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering.
zAnd on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until
athe decreed end is poured out on the desolator.” Daniel 9:24-27
This is a difficult verse, but my understanding is the gap comes after an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. This is supposed to be the crucifixion which happened in 30 AD. Thus, we are almost 2000 years into the gap now.
What about Jerusalem and Israel? Look at what's happened to it since that time. Some Jews believe Jesus is not the Messiah because all they got was war, death, destruction, and being displaced if they survived. Throughout its 3000+ years history, Jerusalem has been destroyed and rebuilt up to 40 times. When archaeologists first began excavating in the city, they were surprised to discover layer after layer of rubble, indicating that parts of Jerusalem had been destroyed at least 40 times. Watch from 22:04 until the Jewish people return to Israel to start the prophecies again.