The phrase "the end of the age" (τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος) occurs only twice in the NT, both times in Matthew:
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"(Matt. 24:3 NKJ)
"teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. (Matt. 28:20 NKJ)
Jesus did not promise "I am with you always, even to the 70th week of Daniel". He clearly means "I am with you always until the consummation of history marked by my return".
The Seventieth Week of Daniel was fulfilled by Christ's sacrifice in the 1st century:
"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. (Dan. 9:24 NKJ)
Christ fulfilled all the requirements of the law ending sin's hold on mankind, reconciled us to God bringing in everlasting righteousness by grace through faith, sealing up the vision and prophecy of the coming King and anointing the Most Holy Temple of God the Church to be His Dwelling forever.
The Church is the Temple of God in the New Covenant, he transferred the imagery of the priesthood and Daily Sacrifice to the church even while the literal Temple in Jerusalem was still standing. The Church is "the Temple of God" (1 Cor. 3:16-17; 6:19; 2 Cor. 6:16; 2 Thess. 2:4; Eph. 2:21). Its members Temple priests (1 Pet. 2:5). Christians offer up "the Daily Sacrifice" (1 Pet. 2:5; Rom. 12:1; Lk. 9:23; Heb. 13:15).
Those who object interpreting "the transgression" to people sinning fail to notice men continue to sin even during the 1,000 year reign of Christ, therefore their interpretation is impossible. That would mean the "Seventieth week" ends after the return of Christ:
7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison
8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. (Rev. 20:7-9 NKJ)
Daniel says the Messiah is "cut off" in the Seventieth Week, AFTER 69 weeks:
"And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
Everything that happens after that is separate from the Seventieth week. The Antichrist rules over a revived Roman Empire, therefore the Romans are "the people of the prince who is to come" who in 70 AD to destroy the Temple and in 131 AD Emperor Hadrian expels Jews from Jerusalem, many fall by the edge of the sword and led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be "trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled" (Lk. 21:24).
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.
There is a separate week, the end time WEEK that is detailed in the book of Revelation, during which the Antichrist operates. But its not connected to the Seventy Weeks, it happens 2,000 years after Christ finished transgression and sin by reconciling all to God by the blood of the New Covenant.
27 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. 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." (Dan. 9:26-27 NKJ)
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