Easter According to Daniel

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A fresh look at the ‘seventy weeks’ prophecy. Jesus of Nazareth is revealed as the Anointed One who finished transgression, made an end of sins, and reconciled us to God.

I bought this message to our church in Easter 2019, and have only now got it on the Internet for 2023. We were doing a series. We were covering the basics so that a broad audience could enjoy the visions of Daniel without getting bogged down with debates. However, discussion is welcome on the forum. Enjoy.

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This is the one that most of us agree on - the third goal of the 70th week. (18 minutes into video if you don’t want to listen to the whole message again) The Cross of Christ reconciled us to God whose justice was satisfied by the propitiatory sacrifice of his Son.

With the problem of transgression and sin dealt with, we are able to be reconciled to God. Reconciliation is what Daniel saw when he wrote in step by step order: “Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city ...

1. to finish the transgression,
2. to make an end of sins,
3. to make reconciliation for iniquity”

Actually, God's whole purpose in the Cross was to reconcile us to himself to bring us from separation and enmity, to peace and new relationship with him. New Testament scriptures show that ...

"...we were God's enemies but we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son." (Rom. 5: 10)
"... you who once were far away have been bought near by the blood of Christ." (Ephesians 2: 13)
"... you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds but now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death (Colossians 1: 21-22)

Old Testament scriptures show the same thing prophesied all those years before by the prophet Daniel.