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In the 'Rapture' (or Dispensational) scheme the believer is asked to take the Person of Daniel's 70th Week (Who is Jesus Christ at the Cross) described in Chapter 9, verse 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, ..."

You err greatly. You have disregarded Daniel 9:25-26, which appears directly before the verse you quote, but which has a direct impact on your interpretation.

In verse 26, it is clear that after the 62 week period ( 62 times 7 years/week, plus verse 25, the seven weeks before that--another 49 years) the Messiah is CUT OFF and has nothing. That means killed.

It is clear that the Messiah is cut off PRIOR to the 70th week, thus JEsus CANNOT be the prince of the 70th week, at the cross, as you assert, or otherwise.

An historical time frame is given by Gabriel to Daniel in verses 25 and 26, that from the time of the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty two weeks(Daniel 9:25). In Nehemiah 2:5, the decree is given by Artaxerxes Longimanus in 445 BC(the 20th year of his reign). The 69 years equals 483 Biblical years; a month in the Bible is 30 days(see Genesis 7 and 8,and also Revelation 12);thus 173,880 days.

We use a solar, or calendar year that is 365.2422 days in length. Dividing that into 173,880 days, we get 476.06766 calendar years, or 476 years plus 24.7 days. From 445 BC to 32 AD,is 476 years. The extra 25 days gets us into the month of Nisan, which is the springtime month of Passover. Since our solar, calendar year is 365.2422 days,thus we are looking 476 years and 25 days from the edict until the Messiah is cut off. That brings us to 32 AD.

The rest of Daniel 9:26 says that "the people of the prince that is to come". i.e., a future event is presented, it is these people who will destroy the city and the sanctuary. This occurred in 70 AD historically,and the people of the prince to come is thus identified as being of Rome, which is NOT the same prince of Daniel 9:25, who is Messiah the Prince.

The only figure historically that fulfills Daniel Chapter 9:25-26, in the timeline that makes any sense is Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, the Messiah of Israel.

That you confuse the two princes is not acceptable and serves to mislead many. You share a doctrine with many other sects, including Jehovah Witnesses--who have historically misinterpreted Scripture on many priven occasions. yet persist still in their error.

I encourage you to explore Scripture further. Jesus Himself spoke of a Rapture in the Gospels--this was not an invention of Paul.

And by the way, welcome to Free Republic.