It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Daniel chapter 9:
26 “And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off (karat), 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.
This verse deals with the “interval” between the sixty-nine weeks and the seventieth week.
The Messiah was destined to be executed and Jesus fulfilled this prophecy at the precise time of the prophetic fulfillment… not one day late nor one day early! The word karat means to cut off, eliminate, kill, execute.
Who destroyed the sanctuary? Thirty-eight years after the crucifixion, the Roman legions under Titus fulfilled this prophecy. The people of the prince were the Romans, and the prince was Titus. The Romans destroyed not only the sanctuary but the city as well.
The title “prince” is one of the thirty-three titles in the Old Testament describing satan. There are thirteen titles describing him in the New Testament. The title “the prince who shall come” references the Roman Empire and the one behind its intent. Also, one of the key titles of the antichrist is “the Assyrian”. There were two legs of the Roman Empire: The West (including Rome) and the East, which outlasted the Western leg by a thousand years. In 330 AD, the emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to the city of Byzantium in Thrace. This city was renamed Constantinople and eventually became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
The “70 Weeks” prophecy specifically deals with Israel, not the church. FATHER has made irrevocable commitments to Israel and has not replaced Israel with the church (aka Replacement Theology).
Paul focuses on Israel in Romans chapters 9, 10, and 11. He wrote by The Holy Spirit in chapter 11:
1 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,
3 “LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”?
4 But what does the Divine Response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
How did Israel’s rejection benefit you and me? Paul explains:
11 So, am I saying that Israel stumbled so badly that they will never get back up? Certainly not! Rather, it was because of their stumble that salvation now extends to all the non-Jewish people, in order to make Israel jealous and desire the very things that God has freely given them.
You and I have actually benefited from Israel’s temporary rejection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. FATHER’S perspective of temporary differs from ours!
12 So if all the world is being greatly enriched through their failure, and through their fall great spiritual wealth is given to the non-Jewish people, imagine how much more will Israel’s awakening bring to us all!
13 Now, I speak to you who are not Jewish, since I am an apostle to reach the non-Jewish people. And I draw attention to this ministry as much as I can when I am among the Jews,
14 hoping to make them jealous of what God has given to those who are not Jews, winning some of my people to salvation.
15 For if their temporary rejection released the reconciling power of grace into the world, what will happen when Israel is reinstated and reconciled to God? It will unleash resurrection power throughout the whole earth!
It is vital that we understand references to Israel versus references to the true church. Those who are anti-Semitic have not read and understood Romans 9, 10, and 11. Without this understanding, Daniel’s 70 Weeks prophecy will be confusing at best. The 2,000 year interval from 32 AD will be misunderstood.