Israel was given 490 years to end their rebeliion against God, as prophesied by Daniel before their release from Babylonian captivity and rebuilding the second temple.
Daniel 9:24-27
24 Seventy weeks (490 years in prophetic years) are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Do you agree Jesus is the Messiah? Good.
The prophecy says Messiah will be cut off (crucified) but not for himself. I'm sure you can agree that happened, right?
The confusion comes when people interpret Daniel 9:27 as referring to the Antichrist. This verse actually refers to Jesus's earthly ministry.
"And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week"
Many Israelites became his disciples and many more were converted after the crucifixion.
"and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease"
Matthew 27:50-53
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
The veil of the temple was torn in two pieces signifying the end of the sacrifices and oblations. The saints who were risen from the dead were the firstfruits of the New Covenant.
How many pastors have you heard give sermons about the saints who rose the dead after the Resurrection?
"and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
Jesus prophesied the complete destruction of the second temple, confirming this judgment.
He mentions this 490 year prophecy as a parable.
Matthew 18:21-22
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
70 X 7 = 490
Matthew 24:2
And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
In 70 A.D., the temple was burned down by the Roman soldiers and they tore what remained completely apart to get the gold and silver that melted, thus fulfilling the prophecy.
Jerusalem was totally destroyed and as Jesus had predicted - not one stone was left upon another. When the Temple was set on fire the Roman soldiers tore apart the stone to get the melted gold. The Menorah and vessels were carried to Rome and the treasury was robbed.
As Daniel had predicted the Temple was destroyed after the Messiah had come, not before.
https://www.templemount.org/destruct2.html
The 490 year prophecy ended 3.5 years after Messiah's death, when the high priest ordered Stephen to be stoned to death for preaching the Gospel message.
There's a reason Saul was there to witness Stephen's death, and after his conversion, he was renamed as Paul and appointed Apostle to the Gentiles.
As Paul himself explains in the book of Romans, the natural branch (Israel) was cut off, but the Jews are able to be grafted back in IF they accept Jesus as Messiah.
Israel was given 490 years to end their rebeliion against God, as prophesied by Daniel before their release from Babylonian captivity and rebuilding the second temple.
Daniel 9:24-27
24 Seventy weeks (490 years in prophetic years) are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Do you agree Jesus is the Messiah? Good.
The prophecy says Messiah will be cut off (crucified) but not for himself. I'm sure you can agree that happened, right?
The confusion comes when people interpret Daniel 9:27 as referring to the Antichrist. This verse actually refers to Jesus's earthly ministry.
"And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week"
Many Israelites became his disciples and many more were converted after the crucifixion.
"and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease"
Matthew 27:50-53
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
The veil of the temple was torn in two pieces signifying the end of the sacrifices and oblations. The saints who were risen from the dead were the firstfruits of the New Covenant.
How many pastors have you heard give sermons about the saints who rose the dead after the Resurrection?
"and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
Jesus prophesied the complete destruction of the second temple, confirming this judgment.
He mentions this 490 year prophecy as a parable.
Matthew 18:21-22
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
70 X 7 = 490
Matthew 24:2
And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
In 70 A.D., the temple was burned down by the Roman soldiers and they tore what remained completely apart to get the gold and silver that melted, thus fulfilling the prophecy.
Jerusalem was totally destroyed and as Jesus had predicted - not one stone was left upon another. When the Temple was set on fire the Roman soldiers tore apart the stone to get the melted gold. The Menorah and vessels were carried to Rome and the treasury was robbed.
As Daniel had predicted the Temple was destroyed after the Messiah had come, not before.