IN SEVENTY WEEKS-II—Daniel 9:24(1-3, 13-27)
The Pivotal Messiah OR Messiah’s Niche
Attention:
‘Sweet Little Jesus Boy’
Words & Music by Robert MacGimsey 1934
Sweet little Jesus Boy —?They made you be born in a manger. ?Sweet little Holy Child — ?*Didn’t know who you was. ?Didn't know you'd come to save us, Lord; ?To take our sins away. ?Our eyes was blind, we couldn't see, ?*We didn't know who you was.
Long time ago, you was born, ?Born in a manger low, ?Sweet little Jesus Boy. ?
The world treat you mean, Lord, ?Treat me mean too, ?But that's how things is down here — ?*We don't know who you is.
You done told us how, we is a tryin'! ?Master, you done show'd us how, ?even when you was dyin'. ?Just seem like we can't do right, ?Look how we treated you. ?But please, sir, forgive us, Lord — ?*We didn't know 'twas you.
Sweet little Jesus Boy, born long time ago. ?Sweet little Holy Child, ?*And we didn't know who you was.
Need:
Our world needs to recognize that the celebration of Christmas is about celebrating the arrival/advent of it’s salvation.
Daniel was granted knowledge of the fulfillment of God’s plan for the ages.
Daniel was granted pivotal knowledge of God’s anointed timeline for the ages.
Messiah’s presence is pivotal to God’s plan for the ages.
God will fulfill/accomplish/complete His plan for the ages thru His Messiah(God’s Anointed).
Who will Messiah(God’s Anointed) be?
What will Messiah(God’s Anointed) do?
What will God complete thru Messiah(God’s Anointed)?
8 accomplishments of God thru Messiah Jesus.
This morning, we found that In 70 weeks Messiah(God’s Anointed) will accomplish/fulfill/complete...
(An alternate lead-in)--In 70 weeks Messiah(God’s Anointed) will accomplish/fulfill/complete...
4. Our SINS(:24d)
5. Our COVERING(:24e)
6. Our RIGHTEOUSNESS(:24f)
7. Our KNOWLEDGE(:24g)
8. Our ENDORSEMENT(:24h)
This evening we will find that...
4—In 70 weeks Messiah(God’s Anointed) will complete...
Our SINS(:24d)
Explanation/Illustration:(:24d)
:24c—“Seventy weeks are determined For your people & 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 & prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.
“Sin” itself will be non-existent in God’s new Kingdom order(Cf.-1.a. above).
“Taking these words at face value, this means not only the end of the guilt of sin, but an end of sin itself. It means to "seal up" or "restrain" sins. This looks to a new, redeemed world.”—D. Guzik
?How can this be?...By Messiah only!
“Make an End”—[Marginal qere]Mmt taw-mam’—Hiphil Infinitive—Qal—1) To be complete, be finished, be at an end—1a) (Qal)--1a1) To be finished, be completed—1a1a) completely, wholly, entirely(as auxiliary with verb), 1a2) To be finished, come to an end, cease, 1a3) To be complete(of number), 1a4) To be consumed, be exhausted, be spent, 1a5) To be finished, be consumed, be destroyed, 1a6) To be complete, be sound, be unimpaired, be upright(ethically), 1a7) To complete, finish, 1a8) To be completely crossed over; 1c) (Hiphil)--1c1)—To finish, complete, perfect, 1c2) To finish, cease doing, leave off doing, 1c3) To complete, sum up, make whole, 1c4) To destroy(uncleanness), 1c5) To make sound. Strong—a primitive root; To complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive.
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“Make an End”(See ”Seal Up” below)—[Orig. kethiv]Mtx khaw-tham’—Qal Infinitive—1) To seal, seal up, affix a seal—1a) (Qal)--1a1) To seal, affix one's seal, 1a2) To seal up, fasten up by sealing. Strong—a primitive root; To close up; especially--To seal. Used 27X.
“Sins”(See :20)—hajx khat-taw-aw'—OR—tajx khat-tawth’—Noun Fem.—1) Sin, sinful; 2) Sin, sin offering—2a) Sin, 2b) Condition of sin, guilt of sin, 2c) Punishment for sin, 2d) Sin-offering, 2e) Purification from sins of ceremonial uncleanness. Strong—An offense(sometimes habitual sinfulness), & its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely)—An offender.
Argumentation/Illustration:
Lk. 1:57-79—“Now Elizabeth’s[John the Baptist’s mother] full time came for her to be delivered, & she brought forth a son. When her neighbors & relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her. So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; & they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias. His mother answered & said, “No; he shall be called John.” But they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.” So they made signs to his father--what he would have him called. And he asked for a writing tablet, & wrote, saying, “His name is John.” So they all marveled. Immediately his mouth was opened & his tongue loosed, & he spoke, praising God. Then fear came on all who dwelt around them; & all these sayings were discussed throughout all the hill country of Judea. And all those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, “What kind of child will this be?” And the hand of the Lord was with him. Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, & prophesied, saying: “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited & redeemed His people, And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David, As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, Who have been since the world began, That we should be saved from our enemies And from the hand of all who hate us, To perform the mercy promised to our fathers And to remember His holy covenant, The oath which He swore to our father Abraham: To grant us that we, Being delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, In holiness & righteousness before Him all the days of our life. “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, To give knowledge of salvation to His people By the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God, With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us; To give light to those who sit in darkness & the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Mat. 1:20-21—“...behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him[Joseph] in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, & you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”
Acts 13:38, 39—“Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man[Jesus] is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; & by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.”
Isa. 1:9-20—“Unless the LORD of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah. Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah: “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?” Says the LORD. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats. When you come to appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, To trample My courts? Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, & the calling of assemblies-- I cannot endure iniquity & the sacred meeting. Your New Moons & your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow. Come now, & let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. If you are willing & obedient, You shall eat the good of the land; But if you refuse & rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
Rev. 20:11--21:1—“Then I saw a great white throne & Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth & the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small & great, standing before God, & books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, & Death & Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death & Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. Now I saw a new heaven & a new earth, for the first heaven & the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.”
Eph. 4:24“...put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness & holiness.”
Col. 3:4-11—“When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, & covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, & have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all & in all.”
Jn. 3:3-7—“Jesus answered & said to him[Nicodemus], “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”.....“Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water & the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, & that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’”
Col. 1:13-23—“He has delivered us from the power of darkness & conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven & that are on earth, visible & invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him & for Him. And He is before all things, & in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, & by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. And you, who once were alienated & enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, & blameless, & above reproach in His sight--if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded & steadfast, & are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.”
Rom. 14:23—“But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.”
Application:
?Has Messiah Jesus brought fulfillment to your/our SINS?
?What has & will Messiah accomplish in your timeline?
5—In 70 weeks Messiah(God’s Anointed) will complete...
Our COVERING(:24e)
Explanation:(:24e)Reconcile/Purge/Atone
:24c—“Seventy weeks are determined For your people & 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 & prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.
Man's ‘crookedness/perversity’—taking God’s objective desire & twisting it to our desire—will be reconciled to God's justice & holiness.
?How can this be?...By Messiah only!
When we stand before God, He will not judge His people by their deeds, but by whether or not our deeds have been covered by the blood of Messiah Jesus! The destiny of those who are NOT His people will be determined by their deeds alone(Rev. 20:11-15). For them, there will be no ‘covering’ for their sin/sins!
“Reconciliation/Atonement”—rpk kaw-far’—Piel Infinitive—1) To cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch—1a) (Qal)--To coat or cover with pitch; 1b) (Piel)--1b1) To cover over, pacify, propitiate, 1b2) To cover over, atone for sin, make atonement for, 1b3) To cover over, atone for sin & persons by legal rites Strong—a primitive root; To cover(specifically with bitumen); figuratively--To expiate or condone, to placate or cancel.
“Iniquity”(See :13, 16)—Nwe aw-vown' —OR—Nwwe a-vown’(2Ki 7:9; Ps 51:5)—Noun Masc.—1) Perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity—1a) Iniquity, 1b) Guilt of iniquity, guilt(as great), guilt(of condition), 1c) Consequence of or punishment for iniquity. Strong—Perversity, i.e. (moral)Evil.?From—hwe —a primitive root; To crook(literally or figuratively).
Argumentation/Illustration:
Ps. 32:1-2—A Psalm of David. A Contemplation—“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.”
Examples:
Rom. 4:1-8—“What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, & it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin.”
Gen. 3:1-13—[Adam & Eve]“Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’” Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, & you will be like God, knowing good & evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, & a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit & ate. She also gave to her husband with her, & he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, & they knew that they were naked; & they sewed fig leaves together & made themselves coverings. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, & Adam & his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Then the LORD God called to Adam & said to him, “Where are you?” So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, & I was afraid because I was naked; & I hid myself.” And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, & I ate.” And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, & I ate.”
Jonah 1:1-3—“Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, & cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, & found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, & went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.”
Acts 4:32--5:11—[Ananias & Sapphira]“Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart & one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, & brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, & laid them at the apostles’ feet; & they distributed to each as anyone had need. And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles(which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, & brought the money & laid it at the apostles’ feet. But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, & brought a certain part & laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit & keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down & breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things. And the young men arose & wrapped him up, carried him out, & buried him. Now it was about three hours later when his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. And Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much?” She said, “Yes, for so much.” Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, & they will carry you out.” Then immediately she fell down at his feet & breathed her last. And the young men came in & found her dead, & carrying her out, buried her by her husband. So great fear came upon all the church & upon all who heard these things.”
2Cor. 5:21—“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Application:
?Has Messiah Jesus brought fulfillment to your/our COVERING?
?What has & will Messiah accomplish in your timeline?
?Are your perversions(“iniquities”) COVERED by the blood of Jesus?
CONCLUSION:
Visualization:
Sweet little Jesus Boy—Born long time ago. Sweet little Holy Child, And we didn't know who you was.
Rev. 21:4-8—“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true & faithful.” And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha & the Omega, the Beginning & the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, & I will be his God & he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, & all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire & brimstone, which is the second death.”
Action:
In 70 weeks Messiah(God’s Anointed) will accomplish/fulfill/complete...
4. Our SINS(:24d)
5. Our COVERING(:24e)
1. Our TIME(:24a)
2. Our PEOPLE & CITY(:24b)
3. Our TRANSGRESSION(:24c)
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