SERMON THESIS- Although the first 69 weeks ran consecutively as an unbroken sequence of history, Scripture marks a great -Parenthetical Period- between the close of the first 69 weeks and the start of the 70th Week. It does not define the length of this interlude, but reveals three prophetic events which take place during the great interval between the close of week 69 and the opening of week 70. The first of these three events signaled that the parenthetical period started, and the final of these three events signals that the parenthetical period stops.--I. REVEWING where we've traveled on the Bible Bus---A. The prophetic PREPARATION for the 70th Week-B. The prophetic PRELUDE to the 70th Week--II. REFOCUSING on where we're traveling on the Bible Bus---A. The prophetic PARANTHESIS before the 70th Week - vs. 26-27a--1. Parenthetical Event -1 - The DEATH of JESUS - v.26a-2. Parenthetical Event -2 - The DESTRUCTION of JERUSALEM - v.26b-3. Parenthetical Event -3 - The DEVIL's false JESUS - v.27a--B. The prophetic PATTERN before the 70th Week--NOTE- An undeniable and inescapable pattern emerges as one looks at Daniel's prophecy of the 70 Weeks. That pattern is that in every case, be it the first 69 weeks leading up to the great parenthetical period, or the events of the parenthesis itself- all prophetic events have had a real, literal fulfillment in space-time history. This would strongly indicate that the events of the final 70th Week will also take place in literal, real space-time history- As Solomon says, -A prudent man foreseeth the evil,