Many hold the view that the Church replaced Israel, so the book of Revelation must be in their minds somehow fulfilled in August of 70 AD with the Temple desolation, even though by many accounts it wasn’t written until at least 95 AD.
“I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.” Revelation 2:9
God is not done with Israel, the Church is set upon a pedestal in the spirit, we are not the flesh that rejected him, he has made us kings and priests after the order of Melchizedek,
It is ironic about those having that viewpoint, they see a mote of someone named ‘Darby’ or ‘Lindsey’ in others and yet in their arrogance they cant see ‘Augustine’ as the beam in their own eye,
We live in a age where we have leisure time access to records, documents, various translations, unearthed biblical history, the dead sea scrolls and indexed commentaries etc., knowledge of him has now greatly increased and we travel too and fro to begin to understand these things, we are without excuse to discern the signs of the times,
But he will resolve the transgressors of the Law (Israel) at the time of the end per Daniel Chapter 9, when they come to the full with the gentiles, there is a specific timing element relating to the Jubilee restoration of all things, which he knows how and when to account for it via Leviticus Chapter 25, and this is exactly what is being shown to us in Revelation Chapters 4, 5 and 6.
The Heavens must receive Jesus, until that time as Peter stated in the book of Acts,
Then in Psalm 2 we’re told the Father will make the kingdoms of this world his footstool and give him the nations for his inheritance, which was stolen from him, the Lord of the vineyard will return and deal with the wicked tenets,
“For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: “ Isaiah 14:1
There is only the second time,
At the time of the end, ‘in those days’ the ‘day of the lord’, be sensitive to this language all throughout scripture, it sets the awareness of the timing,
“In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. “ Jeremiah 50:20
“When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.” Psalm 102:16
And at the time of the end, ‘that day’ when the restrainer, the comforter, is no longer holding back this great evil,
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
I am fairly certain that Daniel 9 was fulfilled by the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. The 70 weeks (490 years) were completed decades before, one-half week (3.5 years) after Christ was crucified. It went something like this:
Seventy weeks were determined (decreed) upon the people of Israel and upon the holy city (Dan 9:24) to complete the following six events.
1. to finish the transgression
2. to make an end of sins
3. to make reconciliation for iniquity
4. to bring in everlasting righteousness
5. to seal up the vision and prophecy
6. to anoint the most Holy
The punishment (the destruction of Jerusalem) was NOT part of the 70 weeks, and therefore occurred afterward.
Jesus began his ministry at the beginning of the 70th week, e.g., after 69 weeks, as follows:
"from the commandment to restore...unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks..." (verse 25)
So, Christ, the Messiah, shows up at the end of the 69th week. Then Christ preaches the gospel for 3.5 years (verse 27, "midst of the week"), and then is "cut-off" or executed (verse 26.) All this occurred during the 70th week, or as verse 27 states, "in the midst (or middle)" of the 70th week when Christ caused the sacrifice and oblation to cease.
The "he" in the last verse (v. 27) is the Messiah, in both cases, if proper grammatical rules are applied.
He [Christ] confirms the covenant for a total of one week: during his 3.5 year ministry, and for 3.5 years after his crucifixion via his disciples. Recall "he that receiveth you receiveth me," from Mt 10:40. Also Recall that Jesus was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, as were his disciples until Acts 10.
The punishment occurred later, in fact about 35-40 years later:
"...the people of the prince [Titus] 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." (verse 26)
The next verse provides other details of the punishment:
" ... for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." (verse 27)
Philip