Daniel 9:24-25

By the precious blood of….. The Messiah | the Conquerer of Sin and Death | Redeemer Kinsman | Lord God Almighty | Prince of Peace | Lord of Reconciliation…..Jesus Christ our King we are saved.

One commonly held interpretation maintains that the sixty-two weeks can be added to the seven weeks of v. 25, resulting in a total of 69 weeks, or 483 years. If these years are added to the date of the decree of Artaxerxes in Neh. 2, 445 b.c., with an adjustment to allow for the use of a 360-day year, the end of the 69 weeks coincides with the date of the crucifixion of Jesus.

Daniel 9:24-25

²⁴ “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.

²⁵ “Know therefore and understand,

That from the going forth of the command

To restore and build Jerusalem

Until Messiah the Prince,

There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;

The street shall be built again, and the wall,

Even in troublesome times.

¹⁰Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 

Isaiah 53:10

⁴³ To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.” 

Acts 10:43

¹⁰ For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 

Romans 5:10

¹² Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 

Hebrews 9:12

⁶ Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—

Revelation 14:6

Trust in God alone and spread the Good News of the salvation He gives in Jesus Christ believing that His love is available to all….ask and it will be given, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be open.

Seek the Lord while He can be found…the time is now!

seek |sēk|

verb (past and past participle sought |sôt| ) [ with obj. ]

attempt to find (something)

• attempt or desire to obtain or achieve (something)• ask for (something) from someone
• (seek someone/something out) search for and find someone or something

Because we know that the Lord is good, we can endure the tribulations of life. There is nothing better for the people of God in any age than to live in obedience to Him and in anticipation of His coming deliverance. 

Nahum 1:7

⁷ The Lord is good,

A stronghold in the day of trouble;

And He knows those who trust in Him.

Nahum 1:15

¹⁵ Behold, on the mountains

The feet of him who brings good tidings,

Who proclaims peace!

⁸Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way. 

Psalm 25:8

⁴⁰And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them, Because they trust in Him. 

Psalm 37:40

⁵For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations. 

Psalm 100:5

²⁵The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. 

Lamentations 3:25

¹⁹ Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” 

2 Timothy 2:19

⁷How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, ⁱ“Your God reigns!” 

Isaiah 52:7

¹⁵ And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!” 

Romans 10:15

1 Corinthians 5:6-8

Leave the past in the past and live in the newness and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who gave up His life in place of yours!

 We live not in our righteousness but in His… not in the traditions and hypocrisy of men but in the fullness of the Holy Spirit who leads us away from the sins of the world and into God’s truth.

leaven |ˈlevən|

noun

1 a substance, typically yeast, that is added to dough to make it ferment and rise.

2 a pervasive influence that modifies something or transforms it. 

verb [ with obj. ]

1 (usu. as adj. leavened) cause (dough or bread) to ferment and rise by adding leaven: leavened breads are forbidden during Passover.

2 permeate and modify or transform (something).

As Israel was to remove all leaven from the celebration of the Passover, so the Corinthians were not to contaminate their relationship with Christ with any malice or wickedness.

1 Corinthians 5:6-8

⁶ Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? ⁷ Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. ⁸ Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

⁶ Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” 

Matthew 16:6

¹² Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 

Matthew 16:12

⁹ A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 

Galatians 5:9

¹⁴ Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” 

John 19:14

Ezekiel 22:17-22

We are refined in the furnace of affliction until God sees the image of His Son in us. Always keeping in mind that He corrects those He loves He will remove the impurities in our life giving us a new heart. 

In refining the Silver Smith cannot remove His eyes on the silver. If the silver was left even a little too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.

These verses are primarily about God’s chastisement of His sinful people through the burning of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. Yet the verses also point to the fiery ordeals and trials that force all of us into a more perfect relationship with our Lord.

dross |drôs, dräs|

noun

something regarded as worthless; rubbish: there are bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross.

• foreign matter, dregs, or mineral waste, in particular scum formed on the surface of molten metal.

Dross

Dross is a mass of solid impurities

Dross product is not entirely waste material; aluminium dross, for example, can be recycled and is used in secondary steelmaking for slag deoxidation.^[2]

Ezekiel 22:17-22

¹⁷ The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹⁸ “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace; they have become dross from silver. ¹⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. ²⁰ As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. ²¹ Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst. ²² As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have poured out My fury on you.’ ”

¹⁰ Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 

Isaiah 48:10

³The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the Lord tests the hearts. 

Proverbs 17:3

²⁵ I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy. 

Isaiah 1:25

⁷ Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will refine them and try them; For how shall I deal with the daughter of My people? 

Jeremiah 9:7

Mark 3:13-19

Jesus calls and we come.

It isn’t about our righteousness it is about His. It has a lot to do with humility knowing that we are sinners who cannot save ourselves and He alone can save us. We can deem ourselves unworthy, which we are, and deny His power to change us into instruments of His mercy and grace | Or we can accept His calling into our lives and be His hands and feet, to a world marked for self destruction, by building up the Body of Christ, His Church. We choose life or death. When He calls listen.

These twelve were Jesus’ apostles—a chosen group sent out to fulfill a particular mission. Christ gave power or authority to these twelve apostles. The apostle Paul called this authority “the signs of an apostle”. Christ and the apostles authenticated their ministry through signs, miracles, and wonders.

Mark 3:13-19

¹³ And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him. ¹⁴ Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, ¹⁵ and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: ¹⁶ Simon, to whom He gave the name Peter; ¹⁷ James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”; ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite; ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house.

10 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. 

Matthew 10:1

9 Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. 

Luke 9:1

¹⁸ And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 

Matthew 16:18

⁴² And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, A Stone). 

John 1:42

Mark 2:15-17

Loving all people….not just those who love us is the epitome of being a Christian. God gave us Jesus even though we diid nothing to deserve salvation and everything to deserve death. God shows no partiality.

Shouldn’t we extend that same love to everyone 

that He places into our lives?

In this instance Jesus was speaking tongue-in-cheek when He used the word righteous. None are righteous, though some, such as the Pharisees, fancied themselves as such.

Mark 2:15-17

¹⁵ Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him. ¹⁶ And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

¹⁷ When Jesus heard it, He said to them,  “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

¹³ But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” 

Matthew 9:13

¹⁰ for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” 

Luke 19:10

Jeremiah 4:1-2

God is merciful and forgiving wanting no one to perish so He provides salvation in the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ. Turn around, ask forgiveness and run back into His loving arms and then when you seek Him He will be found. 

We were judged guilty but as believers are now hidden in the truth and righteousness of Christ.

hidden |ˈhidn|

adjective

kept out of sight; concealed

The term abominations or “detestable objects” is usually used in the context of idolatry in the Old Testament. Repentant Israel would be unwavering in its faith in God.

Truth, judgment, and righteousness  summarize the ultimate and ideal demands of the covenant. They are the standards by which all men, from kings to slaves, were and will be judged.

The results of Israel’s justice and righteousness would have international consequences…. other nations would be blessed through Abrahams’s descendants.

Jeremiah 4:1-2

4 “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,

“Return to Me;

And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,

Then you shall not be moved.

² And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’

In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness;

The nations shall bless themselves in Him,

And in Him they shall glory.”

“They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man’s, May he return to her again?’ Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me,” says the Lord. 

Jeremiah 3:1

¹²“Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” 

Joel 2:12

²³ I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath. 

Isaiah 45:23

¹⁶So that he who blesses himself in the earth Shall bless himself in the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My eyes. 

Isaiah 65:16

¹⁸ In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” 

Genesis 22:18

Nahum 3:8

God shows no partiality we are all guilty and in need of a Savior. He provided the way to the truth of eternal life with Him through Jesus Christ… it is up to us individually to accept or reject it. But make no mistake He loves all men, in all nations, not just a chosen few..“John 3:16”. But He alone is God and false gods He will not tolerate especially from those nations who call on His name.

partiality |ˌpärSHēˈalitē|

noun

unfair bias in favor of one thing or person compared with another; favoritism

ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French parcialite, from medieval Latin partialitas, based on Latin pars, part- ‘part.’

 The destruction of the city of Thebes near the Nile River in 663 b.c. was going to be a template for the destruction of Nineveh. No Amon is the Hebrew name for Thebes, derived from the Egyptian name meaning “City of [the god] Amon.” The argument seems to suggest that before its destruction, no one would have even dreamed of the fall of Thebes. But the destruction had happened—not long before the writing of the Book of Nahum. The city of Thebes was rebuilt only to be destroyed later during the Roman period (29 b.c.). Nineveh, however, would never be rebuilt.

Nahum 3:8

⁸ Are you better than No Amon

That was situated by the River,

That had the waters around her,

Whose rampart was the sea,

Whose wall was the sea?

²Go over to Calneh and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory? 

Amos 6:2

The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 

Jeremiah 46:25

¹⁴I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No. ¹⁵I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No, ¹⁶And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily. 

Ezekiel 30:14–16

Mark 3:23-27

The one objective of Satan is to divide followers of Jesus Christ. If he can get us to concentrate on our differences more than our sameness he wins and we lose. We need to place less importance on the doctrines of men and the social issues that we disagree on and focus on the One who matters. 

United  by the power of the Holy Spirit there is nothing we cannot accomplish!

Whoever defeats Satan must be stronger than he. Jesus implies that He Himself has come to enter the house of the strong man, Satan, to seize his goods

united |yo͞oˈnītid|

adjective

joined together for a common purpose

unite |yo͞oˈnīt|

verb

come or bring together for a common purpose or action

• come or bring together to form a unit or whole
• [ with obj. ] archaic join in marriage.

ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin unit- ‘joined together,’ from the verb unire, from unus ‘one.’

Mark 3:23-27

²³ So He called them to Himself and said to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴ If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵ And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. ²⁶ And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. ²⁷ No one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.

²⁹ Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 

Matthew 12:29

⁸ He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 

1 John 3:8

Psalm 106:8-12 and 44-48

How quickly man forgets the miraculous gift of salvation that the Father gives them. Knowing from the beginning that they would betray Him He came to earth to save them anyway. It cost us nothing but to believe by faith in the power of Jesus to give up His life so that God sees the Word made flesh in us. The greatest sacrifices in life are never free and it cost the life of God’s only begotten Son to save ours. Our triumph comes when we will hear “well done my good and faithful servant”.

Remember God’s mercies are new each and everyday and treasure this love that is beyond our capabilities of understanding which gives us an eternal, abundant life….return to Him He has never left you.

Praise be to God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

All but a remnant had forgotten the miracle of the parting of the sea and had turned to foreign gods who have no power to save…then they cried out to God to save them from their bad choices. How true even today. But He is ever merciful to forgive and to restore when we call on Him in true contrition for all we have done and failed to do. 

contrition |kənˈtriSHən|

noun

the state of feeling remorseful and penitent.

ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from late Latin contritio(n-), from contrit- ‘ground down,’ from the verb conterere (see contrite) .

God knew that His people would be faithless repeatedly, yet He saved them for His name’s sake.Though the people had been faithless, the Lord was still their God. If they would return to Him, they would have a home in His mercy and a promise of eventual triumph.

Psalm 106:8-12 and 44-48

⁸ Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,

That He might make His mighty power known.

⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;

So He led them through the depths,

As through the wilderness.

¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,

And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹ The waters covered their enemies;

There was not one of them left.

¹² Then they believed His words;

They sang His praise.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,

When He heard their cry;

⁴⁵ And for their sake He remembered His covenant,

And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.

⁴⁶ He also made them to be pitied

By all those who carried them away captive.

⁴⁷ Save us, O Lord our God,

And gather us from among the Gentiles,

To give thanks to Your holy name,

To triumph in Your praise.

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel

From everlasting to everlasting!

And let all the people say, “Amen!”

¹¹Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying: “Where is He who brought them up out of the sea With the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them, ¹²Who led them by the right hand of Moses, With His glorious arm, Dividing the water before them To make for Himself an everlasting name, ¹³Who led them through the deep, As a horse in the wilderness, That they might not stumble?” 

Isaiah 63:11–13

¹⁰ And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!” 

Judges 10:10

¹⁸ And when the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them. 

Judges 2:18

⁹ For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children will be treated with compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.” 

2 Chronicles 30:9

¹⁶ But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth. 

Exodus 9:16