Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
God who is rich in mercy, The Lord, who keeps on trying and trying, even when He knows that His efforts will be futile, continues to send evidences of truth to His people, for He cannot stand the thought of giving up on persons whom He died to redeem. He then finally sends Stephen who gave his very last sermon to the Jews, but instead of embracing truth, they dug in their heels even deeper than before, as they rushed upon Stephen and started to bite him.
When the reasoning powers of the mind become so severely damaged by the habitual rejection of truth and facts in any form, the situation reaches a tipping point as it did with the Jewish nation, because their probation also came to an end just a few years later.
Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
2nd Chronicles 36:15 And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!