You’ve Been Told This Is Future—It’s Not (Daniel 9) [Eschatology Matters]

0:00But watch this, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to a tone for the iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness. Did you see that? So according to Daniel's prophecy, there will be 70 weeks, and at the end of those 70 weeks watch, God will bring an end to all sin. So at the end of 70 weeks, there will be the end of time as we know it, and then the Lord will usher in the eternal state. Therefore, if we want to know what's going to happen at the end, or how much time we have left, we need to understand the prophecy of the 70 weeks. When the 70 weeks is complete, we have come to the end of humanity. Let me repeat, when the 70 weeks are complete, we have come to the end of humanity. So the 70 weeks has nothing to do with the end of humanity. When it says stuff like to put an end to sin, to finish the transgression,

1:01what it's talking about is what Jesus did in his sacrifice in the first century when he came for the first time. To prove this, let's go ahead and look at Hebrews. Let's start with Hebrews 1. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high. We can also look at Hebrews 9, starting in verse 26. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once and after that comes judgment. So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. So what we see there is that Christ came once to put an end to sin.

2:06He's not coming back to put an end to sin, right? He's coming back to judge those who are to be judged at the end of time. But the sacrifice of sin was actually completed in the first century. He brought in everlasting righteousness through faith in him and his sacrifice he made for us. The 70 weeks have been completed. They are already done. They happened in the first century. Primarily that last week happened during Christ's ministry and his life, his death, his resurrection, and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. If you want to know more about the book of Daniel, go ahead and check out my series on the book of Daniel on eschatology matters. God bless.

3:08Grace and truth records.