The Abomination of Desolation does not refer to Jews continuing to make sacrifices after the crucifixion.
Daniel makes it clear that the Antichrist, who sets up the abomination, is not himself an Israelite, but a foreigner (possibly Syrian or Turkish) who makes a deal with Israel for 7 years. He betrays Israel halfway through and sets up the abomination for 3.5 years, after which Christ returns and judges the nations. Then the millennial kingdom, then eternity.
By your timeline we should already be in eternity with no sin.
If your interpretation were correct, which historical figure made a 7 year deal with Israel during Jesus ministry? Why did Jewish sacrifices continue for nearly 30 years after the crucifixion, rather than the 3.5 years given by Daniel?
the seventy sevens where for Daniels people ONLY. You can see that in Daniel 9:24
24 “Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people.
verses 24-25 talk about the first 69 "sevens" or weeks.
verse 26
26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing.[g]
the footnote (g) reads... Daniel 9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself.
The rest of verse 26 The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:
We see that is history. The ruler who came after Jesus destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 70ad.
That temple had become an abomination because the people rejected The Living God and His son.
Verse 27
27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering.
There is no where is scripture where it says that anyone other than God confirms a covenant.
Jesus confirmed the covenant. In the middle of that Seven he died and rose. At That point any sacrifice at the temple would be a rejecting of the new covenant.
That is what the abomination was.
3 1/2 years after Jesus started his ministry he was "cut off" 3 /12 year after that the gospel when only to the Jews. That ended the 70 sevens.
Galatians 3:28
28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Scripture makes it clear that as far as God is concerned there is no longer a separation between Jew or Gentile.
There are a people today that call themselves Jews but they are most likely not blood related in the Jews of the bible.
If they decide to build a temple the only reason they are doing that is because they have rejected the gospel. That temple would be a pagan temple.
I am not looking to get people upset here. I know full well that this is a touchy subject. I have my suspicions as to why a certain idea is pushed about this subject in scripture.
It's political, I will leave it at that.
...By your timeline we should already be in eternity with no sin.
By my timeline we are in what the bible calls "the age to come"
That is the age after the law was removed (70ad).
The first century Christians were like the first Generation Jews that left Egypt. They wandered in the dessert for 40 years until a new generation came along.
The first century Christians were still partially holding on to the law. 40 years after Jesus the temple was destroyed
There are other parallels between the 40 years in the dessert and the 40 years before the temple was destroyed.
One of those parallels is this. Moses went up into the mountain and after 50 days came back with the Ten Commandments. The people were sinning and 3000 were put to the sword.
Compare that to Jesus rising from the grave. 50 days later was the day of Pentecost when 3000 people were saved
2 Corinthians 5:21
Jesus became sin so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
When we trust God our sins are no longer counted against us. That is what it means when it says there is no more sin.
The ruler who came after Jesus destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 70ad.
And the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Daniel 9:26
Here we see that a group of people shall destroy the city, with a prince coming afterwards from the same people. Who destroyed the Temple in 70 AD? They were led by a Roman general, but the soldiers were primarily Syrians or Turks. This indicates that Antichrist might be from one of those two groups.
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week...
From Hebrews and Paul we know that a testament is of no effect until the death of the testator. Ergo by your reckoning the 7 year final week wouldn't even start until the crucifixion. Either way the Temple was not eradicated either 3.5 or 7 years after the crucifixion. Having the crucifixion as either the start or the middle of the final week doesn't match Daniel at all.
The clearest interpretation is that Christ came at the end of the 69th week, with the church age being a "pause button" of sorts before the final week. Keep in mind OT prophecy completely overlooks the church age, as that is the time of the Gentiles and thus not relevant to the Jews.
There is no where is scripture where it says that anyone other than God confirms a covenant.
Incorrect. Israel made a covenant with the Gibeonites (Joshua 9). David made a covenant with Jonathan (1 Samuel 18). In Exodus 23 God commands Israel to not make covenants with other gods, implying that they have the physical capability to do so (there wouldn't be a point to God telling you not to sin if you couldn't commit the sin in the first place). In 2 Kings 23:3 King Josiah made a covenant before the Lord. People make covenants in the Bible all the time. There's no reason to believe that the Antichrist is incapable of making a covenant, even if purely out of wicked mockery of God's covenant with Israel.
The age to come is used almost exclusively to refer to eternity, after sin is finally defeated and we live forever with Christ. Compare Mat. 12:32, Mark 3:28-30, Mark 10:30, Luke 20:34-36, Mat. 12:24-43, Eph. 1:21, and Col. 2:14. None of these passages make sense if "this age" means pre church age and "the age to come" means the church age.
The first century Christians were still partially holding on to the law.
Only some did, the Judaizers and those who fell prey to their false doctrine. This error was corrected by the Council of Jerusalem well before 70 AD. It was never a majority position or one held to by the Apostles.
The Abomination of Desolation does not refer to Jews continuing to make sacrifices after the crucifixion.
Daniel makes it clear that the Antichrist, who sets up the abomination, is not himself an Israelite, but a foreigner (possibly Syrian or Turkish) who makes a deal with Israel for 7 years. He betrays Israel halfway through and sets up the abomination for 3.5 years, after which Christ returns and judges the nations. Then the millennial kingdom, then eternity.
By your timeline we should already be in eternity with no sin.
If your interpretation were correct, which historical figure made a 7 year deal with Israel during Jesus ministry? Why did Jewish sacrifices continue for nearly 30 years after the crucifixion, rather than the 3.5 years given by Daniel?
the seventy sevens where for Daniels people ONLY. You can see that in Daniel 9:24
24 “Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people.
verses 24-25 talk about the first 69 "sevens" or weeks.
verse 26 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing.[g] the footnote (g) reads... Daniel 9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself.
The rest of verse 26 The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:
We see that is history. The ruler who came after Jesus destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 70ad. That temple had become an abomination because the people rejected The Living God and His son.
Verse 27 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering.
There is no where is scripture where it says that anyone other than God confirms a covenant. Jesus confirmed the covenant. In the middle of that Seven he died and rose. At That point any sacrifice at the temple would be a rejecting of the new covenant. That is what the abomination was.
3 1/2 years after Jesus started his ministry he was "cut off" 3 /12 year after that the gospel when only to the Jews. That ended the 70 sevens.
Galatians 3:28 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Scripture makes it clear that as far as God is concerned there is no longer a separation between Jew or Gentile.
There are a people today that call themselves Jews but they are most likely not blood related in the Jews of the bible.
If they decide to build a temple the only reason they are doing that is because they have rejected the gospel. That temple would be a pagan temple.
I am not looking to get people upset here. I know full well that this is a touchy subject. I have my suspicions as to why a certain idea is pushed about this subject in scripture.
It's political, I will leave it at that.
...By your timeline we should already be in eternity with no sin.
By my timeline we are in what the bible calls "the age to come" That is the age after the law was removed (70ad). The first century Christians were like the first Generation Jews that left Egypt. They wandered in the dessert for 40 years until a new generation came along. The first century Christians were still partially holding on to the law. 40 years after Jesus the temple was destroyed There are other parallels between the 40 years in the dessert and the 40 years before the temple was destroyed.
One of those parallels is this. Moses went up into the mountain and after 50 days came back with the Ten Commandments. The people were sinning and 3000 were put to the sword. Compare that to Jesus rising from the grave. 50 days later was the day of Pentecost when 3000 people were saved
2 Corinthians 5:21 Jesus became sin so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
When we trust God our sins are no longer counted against us. That is what it means when it says there is no more sin.
Here we see that a group of people shall destroy the city, with a prince coming afterwards from the same people. Who destroyed the Temple in 70 AD? They were led by a Roman general, but the soldiers were primarily Syrians or Turks. This indicates that Antichrist might be from one of those two groups.
From Hebrews and Paul we know that a testament is of no effect until the death of the testator. Ergo by your reckoning the 7 year final week wouldn't even start until the crucifixion. Either way the Temple was not eradicated either 3.5 or 7 years after the crucifixion. Having the crucifixion as either the start or the middle of the final week doesn't match Daniel at all.
The clearest interpretation is that Christ came at the end of the 69th week, with the church age being a "pause button" of sorts before the final week. Keep in mind OT prophecy completely overlooks the church age, as that is the time of the Gentiles and thus not relevant to the Jews.
Incorrect. Israel made a covenant with the Gibeonites (Joshua 9). David made a covenant with Jonathan (1 Samuel 18). In Exodus 23 God commands Israel to not make covenants with other gods, implying that they have the physical capability to do so (there wouldn't be a point to God telling you not to sin if you couldn't commit the sin in the first place). In 2 Kings 23:3 King Josiah made a covenant before the Lord. People make covenants in the Bible all the time. There's no reason to believe that the Antichrist is incapable of making a covenant, even if purely out of wicked mockery of God's covenant with Israel.
The age to come is used almost exclusively to refer to eternity, after sin is finally defeated and we live forever with Christ. Compare Mat. 12:32, Mark 3:28-30, Mark 10:30, Luke 20:34-36, Mat. 12:24-43, Eph. 1:21, and Col. 2:14. None of these passages make sense if "this age" means pre church age and "the age to come" means the church age.
Only some did, the Judaizers and those who fell prey to their false doctrine. This error was corrected by the Council of Jerusalem well before 70 AD. It was never a majority position or one held to by the Apostles.