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upon thy people, and upon thy ession, and to make an end of tion for iniquity, and to bring in to seal up the vision and propheHoly.

e many found in the word of authenticity of the Scriptures, apon against Judaizing teachers, on his own ground the history of

rophecy that it is true, and shows ere inspired.

table evidence against the Jew, and of Nazareth was the true Messiah. onderful vision of Daniel's four king-ion of the ram, the he-goat, and the

ew the great blessings of the sacrifice reveals the exact time of its accomshows the source of the gospel, proews to lost man, even in anticipation of ra when the Gentiles should be fellowJews in faith.

the wavering, and gives hope and conried and tempted child of God, that he is promises, according to the letter and ord.

furnished Simeon, Anna, Nathaniel, and

subject sink deep into your hearts; let it follow you to your bed-chambers, to your fields, or your shops. Not one jot or tittle of the word of God shall fail. If he has spoken, it will come, however inconsistent it may look to us. Be admonished, then, and see to it that you are prepared. Compare the vision with the history of the kingdom, and where can you find a failure? Not one. Then, surely, here is evidence strong that the remainder will be accomplished in its time, and that time but seven years. Think, sinner, how good God is to give you notice, and prove it a thousand fold. Remember the old world; they thought Noah was a maniac; but the flood came, and they were reserved in chains of darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Remember the cities of the plain. Lot was unto them like one that mocked; but the same day God rained fire and brimstone upon them, and they are suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Be warned, then; fly to the ark, Christ Jesus, before the door is shut; escape to the mountain of the house of the Lord before the Lord shall rise up to the prey, and you be driven away in your wickedness. Amen.

LECTURE IV.

DANIEL ix. 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.

OUR text is one of the many found in the word of God, which prove the authenticity of the Scriptures, gives us a powerful weapon against Judaizing teachers, and meets the infidel on his own ground the history of

the world:

It sets a seal to prophecy that it is true, and shows that the prophets were inspired.

It gives incontestable evidence against the Jew, and proves that Jesus of Nazareth was the true Messiah.

It unlocks the wonderful vision of Daniel's four kingdoms; also the vision of the ram, the he-goat, and the little horn.

It brings to view the great blessings of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, reveals the exact time of its accomplishment, and shows the source of the gospel, proclaiming good news to lost man, even in anticipation of that important era when the Gentiles should be fellowheirs with the Jews in faith.

It establishes the wavering, and gives hope and confidence to the tried and tempted child of God, that he will fulfil all his promises, according to the letter and spirit of his word.

This text furnished Simeon, Anna, Nathaniel, and

Jesus.

Then

necessity of putting to
red the chief priests and Pharisees a council,
aid, What do we? for this man doth many mira-
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on
and the Romans will come, and take away both
ace and nation."

nd one of them, named Caiaphas, being high priest
ame year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
›nsider that it is expedient for us that one man
1 die for the people, and that the whole nation per-
t. And this spake he not of himself, (not his own
ecy ;) but, being high priest that year, he prophe-
from Daniel's seventy weeks; for there is not
er prophecy in the Old Testament which shows
year Christ should suffer) that Jesus should die
at nation; and not for that nation only, but that,
e should gather together in one the children of
hat were scattered abroad," John xi. 47-53.
› high priest argues that Jesus must die for the

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› seventy weeks shows that the Messiah must be f at the close of the last week, and not for himself. Peter had occasion to say in his epistle, “ Of which ion the prophets have inquired and searched dili, who prophesied of the grace that should come ou, searching what, or what manner of time, the of Christ, which was in them, did signify, when it ed beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the that should follow," 1 Peter i. 10, 11.

ere was the exact time of Christ's sufferings esied of but in Daniel's seventy weeks? Again, = Christ alludes when he says, "My time is not yet come;" and, "Then they sought to take him, but n laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet " that is, the seventy weeks were not yet fulJohn vii. 8, 30. Mark tells us, xiv. 41, "The is come; behold, the Son of Man is betrayed e hands of sinners."

viuine had c

and made an end of sin:
and gave up the ghost."

text was fulfilled: Christ
the law for righteousness
be that knew no sin had
had struck his last blow

give the Son of God.
sure-the Messiah cut of
by the prophet Daniel.
Now, ye infidels, can
Judaizing teachers, is no
ye for another?
I shall now take up th
I. I shall show what
II. When the seventy
ended.

I. The text tells us.
upon thy people and upo
the Jews, who then wer
in Jerusalem, which the
The first question whi
mind, would be, What f
text must tell us.
1st. "To finish the t
gression finished? 1
See Heb. ix. 15, "And
of the new testament,
redemption of the tra
first testament, they w
promise of eternal inh
was cut off out of the
gression of my peop
2d. "And to make
performed at his dea

once in the end of th away sin by the sacr 5, "Ye know that away our sins."

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and gave up the ghost." The seventy weeks ended, our text was fulfilled; Christ had now become the end of the law for righteousness, to every one that believeth; he that knew no sin had become sin for us, and Death had struck his last blow that he would ever be able to give the Son of God. Daniel's vision is now made sure - the Messiah cut off, the time proved true, as given by the prophet Daniel.

Now, ye infidels, can this be priestcraft? And, ye Judaizing teachers, is not this the Christ? Why look ye for another?

I shall now take up the text in the following manner: I. I shall show what is to be done in seventy weeks. II. When the seventy weeks began, and when they ended.

I. The text tells us, "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city;" that is, upon the Jews, who then were the people of Daniel, and also in Jerusalem, which then was called the "holy city." The first question which would naturally arise on the mind, would be, What for to do? The text and its context must tell us.

1st. "To finish the transgression." When was transgression finished? I answer, At the death of Christ. See Heb. ix. 15, "And for this cause he is the Mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance." Isaiah liii. 8, "For he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken."

2d. "And to make an end of sins." This was also performed at his death. See Heb. ix. 26, "But now once in the end of the world hath he appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." And 1 John iii. 5, "Ye know that he (Christ) was manifested to take away our sins."

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