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Douglas Cox wrote:
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> There is no statement anywhere in the New Testament that the 70th week
> of Daniel ended. In fact it has not ended;

In fact, it has never begun.

The Messiah was cut off "after" the sixty-ninth week and not "during"
the seventieth. Gundry stated it well when he wrote:

If the cutting off of the Messiah occurred in the middle of the
seventieth week, it is very strange that the cutting off is said to be
"after" the sixty-nine weeks (figuring the sum of the seven and the
sixty-two weeks). Much more naturally the text would have read
"during" or "in the midst of" the seventieth week, as it does in verse
twenty-seven concerning the stoppage of the sacrifices. The only
adequate explanation for this unusual turn of expression is that the
seventieth week did not follow on the heels of the sixty-ninth, but
that an interval separates the two. The crucifixion then comes shortly
"after" the sixty-ninth but not within the seventieth because of an
intervening gap. The possibility of a gap between the sixty-ninth and
the seventieth weeks is established by the well accepted OT phenomenon
of prophetic perspective, in which gaps such as that between the first
and second advents were not perceived.
[The Church and the Tribulation, p. 190.]

Also, as I have pointed out before, an example of a gap between the 2
advents of Christ is seen in Lk 4:18-19 when Christ quoted Isa 61:1-2
leaving in the words referring to His 1st adv but omitting the words
referring to His 2nd. This is not only a scriptural illustration of
gaps within prophetic passages, but it is the implication directly from
Christ Himself.

There are so many aspects of Daniel's revelation concerning the 70th
week which require a separation from the previous 69. For instance,
Christ's death did render inoperative the animal sacrifices but did not
cause them to cease immediately. In fact, the Jews sacrificed animals
until Jerusalem's destruction in A.D. 70. Also there is the obvious
fact that the "abomination of desolation" has not yet been fulfilled.
In Mt 24:15 Jesus said that it would occur after His ministry on earth.
He spoke of the appearance of the abomination of desolation in the
Jerusalem temple as a signal of the great tribulation which is
immediately followed by Christ's 2nd advent. It is true that Jerusalem
suffered destruction in A.D. 66-70 but Christ did not return in A.D.
70. In fact, Rev speaks of Jerusalem's desolation as yet future and
not as having been fulfilled nearly a quarter century before its
composition.

There is also the matter of the 6 things in Daniel 9:24
1) to finish the transgression,
2) to make an end of sin,
3) to make atonement for iniquity,
4) to bring in everlasting righteousness,
5) to seal up vision and prophecy, and
6) to anoint the most holy