We believe that there are only 3.5 years of Daniel's 70th week left. There is no seven-year tribulation. To explain this properly requires more time than we have, but we do intend on producing a presentation on this eventually.
SUMMARY
In Daniel 9:27, in the Hebrew, we are told that someone "strengthens (gabar)" a covenant, not that a covenant is "made." If a covenant was made, (cut) that would be the Hebrew phrase “karath berith.” Thus, a covenant already exists and it strengthened, and it needs to be confirmed/strengthened (not broken) for seven years as demanded by the prophecy found in Daniel 9 regarding the 70th week. This is the work of Messiah Yeshua who "strengthened" a covenant with us "enacted by better promises (Hebrews 8). This process will take 7 years, from 26 CE to 30 CE (3.5 years) and from 2027 CE to 2030 CE (3.5 years).
DETAILS
The 70th week of Daniel is based on Daniel 9. In our studies, the 70th week began in Fall 26 C.E. and temporarily ended Spring 30 C.E. when Messiah Yeshua was cut off. We know this because it was the Messiah who strengthened (gabar) the New Covenant, and is related to the scope of Messianic work detailed by Daniel 9:
"to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place."
The Messiah fulfilled the first half of the work in 30 C.E. which took 3.5 years and he was then "cut off."
to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity,
The Messiah will then fulfill the second half of the work ending in 2030 C.E. and will again take another 3.5 years:
to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place."
While the Antichrist is mentioned in Daniel 9, the "he" who "strengthens (gabar) the covenant is not the AC, but refers back to the Messiah, as the context and focus of Daniel 9. Daniel 9's focus is not the AC, but the Messiah (see the 6 goals of the Messiah as the scope of the Messiah's work for the 70th week), and western eschatology has mistakenly made the focus of Daniel 9 about an antichrist when that is not really the point.
The structure of Daniel 9 in the Aramaic is a Hebraic poetic dichotomy, in which the subject bounces back and forth between what the Messiah is doing to strengthen the covenant, and what the AC is doing to attempt to stop it.
The "he" who strengthens a covenant (new covenant) is Messiah Yeshua, but he was cut off at his death after 3.5 years in the midst of the 70th week, per Daniel 9. The process will pick back up again at the Great Tribulation which is, of course, 3.5 years in length. The Messiah will then finish the remaining action items that need to be finished, concluding with anointing the Most Holy when Messiah Yeshua establishes the millennial temple (Ezekiel 40-48).
Thus, there are only 3.5 years left, which is why Daniel 12 only mentions 3.5 years and Revelation only mentions 3.5 years‚ because there are only 3.5 years left to go related to the 70th week.
CONCLUSION
The net net of it is this. It is the six things that the Messiah must do in order to "strengthen" the new covenant (Daniel 9:25). As an example, did the Messiah "atone for iniquity" in his 3.5 years of his first coming after the 69th week?
Of course he did.
Since that is true, then the Messiah's first coming of 3.5 years MUST be inclusive of part of the 70th week, and 7 minus 3.5 leaves us with just 3.5 years left.
Daniel 9:25-26
Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be SEVEN weeks. Then for SIXTY-TWO weeks (7+62 = 69 THUS ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT) it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time. And AFTER the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing.
This means that the Messiah is cut off (dies) AFTER, NOT BEFORE, the 69th week (i.e. 70th week) which ALSO means that the Messiah's death is part of the 70th week, 3.5 years after his arrival 483 years (69 weeks) after the decree.
Hebraic Antithetical Parallelism
Daniel 9:24-27
These four verses are not only prophecy, but they are also poetry. A poet can take a bit of license, especially with form. Hebrew poets (and angelic ones) are no different, and one of their favorite devices was contrast. They would take subject A and contrast it with subject B, as in Proverbs 15:18: "A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger allays contention."
Gabriel does the same with this prophecy. It is composed of two similar contrasts that we will label A1/B1/A2/B2. Verses 25-26a = A1. Verse 26b = B1. Verse 27a = A2. Verse 27b = B2. The verses below are formatted this way to help in understanding the prophecy. This is very important because if it is not heeded, one will credit Antichrist with things that should be credited to the true Messiah.
Introduction: 24 Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
A1: 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times. 26a And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
B1: 26b 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.
A2: 27a Then He shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
B2: 27b And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate.
Final 3.5 years of 70th - Start = Spring 2027 (Perhaps April 25th 2027)
Thanks for laying this out. However, it seems we all get a bit forgetful when we use the terms "AC", Antichrist, etc. which is mentally confusing. As there are 2 comings of Messiah, 2 Heavens and Earths, 2 witnesses in Jerusalem, 2 moral states (good and evil), 2 Gods (one being the True God and the other being the God this World), one True and one False. The widespread existence of binary choices permeates the Scripture in many places (choose you this day whom you will serve, God or Ba'al, etc.) So, it clarifies the mental picture if we keep in mind that there are also 2 Messiahs ... one True and one False. With the False trying -- by deceit -- to appear as being the True ... Black is White and White is Black.
So we have certain Scriptures, like Daniel, for example, that are sufficiently ambiguous (by design, I believe) that there is division in the ranks as to whom those passages apply with a lot of "either" / "or" debate. Well, why not "both", instead? I believe you are quite correct in laying out the facts pertaining to the True Messiah with only 3.5 years remaining before the consummation of His mission to eradicate the curse pronounced in the Garden and as articulated in Daniel. However, the False Messiah is going to mimic the True Messiah as pertaining to the 70th week of Daniel. Behind the curtain, this is really Satan and his puppet, the False Messiah, and their very convincing enactment. Jesus said that even the very elect could be fooled if they were not forewarned. As to confirming a covenant, I understand that in December (around 10-12th) there will be a confirmation of a covenant made 7 years ago in regards to "climate change / save the Earth" theology with Israel ... Gaia worship, really. Worshipping the Creation more than the Creator. _Exactly_ 3.5 years from that date in December is Shavuot, 2027. The moment when we can rightly expect the desolation that makes desolate, a betrayal of Israel by their recently crowned King. So the superficial appearance of a Golden Age, played out from this year to spring 2027 at which time the False Messiah is, perhaps, shot dead while making his declaration that he is God -- cut off in the midst of 7 years -- and arises to life on the third day, astonishing the whole world so much so that he becomes an object of worship and veneration. At the end of this second 3.5 year period the False Messiah succeeds in killing the 2 witnesses at which the unbelieving world rejoices because those 2 were a royal pain in the behind, to say the least. Until they, too, arise to life on the third day. Neat, eh?
As Jesus was quite insistent on us watching for the momentous desolation of the Temple, it appears that that singular event really is a "singularity" in history with the False Messiah at full war with the True Messiah and both Messiahs finishing the 6th day in clear and visible opposition. The False Messiah trying to turn away most of humanity from God while the True Messiah is invisibly protecting His people while also saving some from the clutches of Satan and his Messiah. At the end of that period, Jesus will return physically in triumphant procession to put an end to all rebellion against His Father, which started in the Garden oh so long ago.
Anyway, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts about these details. Thank you very much for your videos and this very interesting forum.