Spiritual Israelite
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I don't know if you realize it, but your way of communicating can be hard to follow. Which would explain why you sometimes don't get much response. It's simply because people don't even know what you're intending to say rather than being a case of people not being willing to consider your view.26a) And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself
26b) and the people of the prince 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.
27a) And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease
27b) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Look what some interpretations are doing here. Instead of treating these as pairs, they have an odd man out instead.
Those that want the AC to be the one fulfilling 27a, they want that to involve 26b, 27a, and 27b, therefore, leaving nothing to pair with 26a, thus making 26a the odd man out. Why is there nothing to pair 26a with per this scenario?
The way I am reasoning this, there is no odd man out here. 26a can indeed be paired with something, 27a in this case. Logically then, that means 26b can be paired with something as well, 27b in this case. Now there is no odd man out. Now there is nothing that can't be paired with something. Which means 27a belongs with 26a, and 27b belongs with 26b, which means it is now undeniably crystal clear who the pronouns in 27a are referring to, and who the pronoun in 27b is referring to. But let's not think outside of the box, though. It is bad to do that not good.
With that said, I think I get your point here and I would agree that it's valid. The Messiah of verse 26 has to be the "he" of verse 27 and the prince mentioned in verse 26 in relation to the destruction of the city and the sanctuary, regardless of who it is, has to be the one in verse 27 who "shall make it desolate". I believe that's what you're saying, right?