The "Church" or the Church Age was a mystery kept hidden from the OT prophets. This would be the period between the 69th week and the 70th week of Daniel.
"When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel." ~ Ephesians 3:4-6
"The mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To them, God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." ~ Colossians 1:26-27
The 70th week (The Great Tribulation) is still yet future because we are still in the Church Age.
Lets reconsider Daniel 9:27 in it's greater context to see who is being spoken about in the immediate context:
25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[h] In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the [3rd] temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
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"Anointed One, the ruler" = Christ
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"He will confirm a covenant" = the Antichrist
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"he will put an end to sacrifice and offering" = Antichrist
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"he will set up an abomination that causes desolation" = Antichrist
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The phrase "The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed" = the Romans when they destroyed the Temple in 70AD.
Between verse 26 & 27 are roughly 2000 years. Why? Because the Church Age was a mystery to the Old Testament prophets and was not revealed to them in their visions of the future (see above verses). So the OT prophets saw Christ's first coming and his second coming as one event, they did not see the roughly 2000 year gap in between those two events that we are currently living in now.
Many times there are 100's if not 1000's of years tucked in-between two verses. Take, for example, when Jesus stood up in the Temple and read from the scroll of Isaiah:
"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.' And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, 'Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.'
~ Luke 4:16-21
He is handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and reads a specific passage from Isaiah 61:1-2. He stopped at verse 2 and sat down. Verse 3 speaks about the "day of vengeance of our God..." The Day of Vengeance refers to The Great Tribulation which was still yet 2000+ years in the future.
Same with Daniel's 69th and 70th weeks. There are 2 Millennium's in between those two weeks: The Church Age i.e. The Age of Grace, which was kept hidden from the OT saints.
The "Church" or the Church Age was a mystery kept hidden from the OT prophets. This would be the period between the 69th week and the 70th week of Daniel.
"When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel." ~ Ephesians 3:4-6
"The mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To them, God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." ~ Colossians 1:26-27
The 70th week (The Great Tribulation) is still yet future because we are still in the Church Age.
Lets reconsider Daniel 9:27 in it's greater context to see who is being spoken about in the immediate context:
25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[h] In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the [3rd] temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
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"Anointed One, the ruler" = Christ
-
"He will confirm a covenant" = the Antichrists
-
"he will put an end to sacrifice and offering" = Antichrist
-
"he will set up an abomination that causes desolation" = Antichrist
-
The phrase "The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed" = the Romans when they destroyed the Temple in 70AD.
Between verse 26 & 27 are roughly 2000 years. Why? Because the Church Age was a mystery to the Old Testament prophets and was not revealed to them in their visions of the future (see above verses). So the OT prophets saw Christ's first coming and his second coming as one event, they did not see the roughly 2000 year gap in between those two events that we are currently living in now.
Many times there are 100's if not 1000's of years tucked in-between two verses. Take, for example, when Jesus stood up in the Temple and read from the scroll of Isaiah:
"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.' And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, 'Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.'
~ Luke 4:16-21
He is handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and reads a specific passage from Isaiah 61:1-2. He stopped at verse 2 and sat down. Verse 3 speaks about the "day of vengeance of our God..." The Day of Vengeance refers to The Great Tribulation which was still yet 2000+ years in the future.
Same with Daniel's 69th and 70th weeks. There are 2 Millennium's in between those two weeks: The Church Age i.e. The Age of Grace, which was kept hidden from the OT saints.
The "Church" or the Church Age was a mystery kept hidden from the OT prophets. This would be the period between the 69th week and the 70th week of Daniel.
"When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel." ~ Ephesians 3:4-6
"The mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To them, God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." ~ Colossians 1:26-27
The 70th week (The Great Tribulation) is still yet future because we are still in the Church Age.
Lets reconsider Daniel 9:27 in it's greater context to see who is being spoken about in the immediate context:
25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[h] In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the [3rd] temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
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"Anointed One, the ruler" = Christ
-
"He will confirm a covenant" = the Antichrists
-
"he will put an end to sacrifice and offering" = Antichrist
-
"he will set up an abomination that causes desolation" = Antichrist
-
The phrase "The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed" = the Romans when they destroyed the Temple in 70AD.
Between verse 26 & 27 are roughly 2000 years. Why? Because the Church Age was a mystery to the Old Testament prophets and was not revealed to them in their visions of the future (see above verses). So the OT prophets saw Christ's first coming and his second coming as one event, they did not see the roughly 2000 year gap in between those two events that we are currently living in now.
Many times there are 100's if not 1000's of years tucked in-between two verses. Take, for example, when Jesus stood up in the Temple and read from the scroll of Isaiah:
"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.' And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, 'Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.'
~ Luke 4:16-21
He is handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and reads a specific passage from Isaiah 61:1-2. He stopped at verse 2 and sat down. Verse 3 speaks about the "day of vengeance of our God..." The Day of Vengeance refers to The Great Tribulation which was still yet 2000+ years in the future.
Same with Daniel's 69th and 70th weeks. There are 2 Millennium's in between those two weeks: The Church Age i.e. The Age of Grace.