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Daniel 9:26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an
anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the
people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
Okay, we need to understand the timeline here! Again continous historic! Christ killed ---> Christ becomes commander & prince of Armies!
It's clear there is a
change of roles from "he who is cut off having nothing", Christ being crucified, to now "the people of the Prince" who shall come.
Following the crucifixion of Jesus by "wicked hands" (Acts 2:23) it was determined that the punishment should be made against the "city and the sanctuary" (fact!) which has already been proven in previous posts. They rejected divine mercy "that they who were called to the wedding did not come!"
Such was the attitude of the Jewish nation to the first advent of Messiah the Prince. Consequently, the king (God) being wroth, sent forth "his armies" to destroy the murderers, and burn up their city.
The king was enraged.
He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Matthew 22:7
The armies of his parable are the
"people of the prince" of Daniel's prophecy: fulfilled in the Roman legions which were sent by Divine
decree in AD 67-70 to destroy Jerusalem and scatter the nation.
The Prince from Heaven led this charge!
God uses Gentile powers to discipline His chosen. Nebuchadnezzar is described as "Yahweh's servant" in Jeremiah 25:9. Cyrus, king of Persia was "His anointed" in Isa 45:1. Similarly the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans is, from the Divine viewpoint, the coming of the Son of man" as per Matt 24:27. The Lord Jesus being the Prince; the Roman armies were "his people", and executed his will perfectly.
Hence
"come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary"
Hope that helps.
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