The Anointed One Cut Off for Us

24 “Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place. 25 Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”
Daniel 9:24-27
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The Anointed One Cut Off for Us
In Daniel’s vision, the Lord reveals a timeline of mercy. Though the people had rebelled and faced exile, God promised something greater than mere return to Jerusalem. The “seventy weeks” lead to the coming of the Anointed One, Jesus Christ, who would be “cut off” not for His own sins, but for ours. His cross is the centerpiece of history, the moment when transgression is finished, sin is atoned for, and everlasting righteousness is brought in. Daniel 9 is not a puzzle to be solved but a promise fulfilled. The temple would be rebuilt, yes, but a greater temple, Christ’s own body, would rise after being torn down. The cross is where all prophecy meets its purpose. Through Christ’s sacrifice, your sins are forgiven. God has set a decree: in Christ, you are made righteous. Take heart, your salvation is not uncertain. It was secured at Calvary, once for all.