Re:Verse passage – Daniel 9:23-27 (day seven)
“to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness” vs 24.
There was no Plan B.
From the beginning of time, God had a plan: to end sin and bring righteousness. We get glimpses of this plan throughout the Old Testament. God would forgive the sins of His people, they would be restored to righteousness, but the righteousness would not last. The people would always turn back into their sinful ways. This was not the solution, but it pointed us towards the problem. Man cannot make an end of sin. Man cannot bring righteousness. Only God can, so God became man and ended sin, atoned iniquity, and brought an everlasting righteousness, but He wasn’t done yet! He gave us His Spirit that we might be emissaries for Him. He has equipped man to bring everlasting righteousness to other men through the Spirit living in us.
Repent, Witness, Disciple. This is the church. This was His plan from the very beginning. This is Plan A. There is no Plan B.
Thanks be to God for His provision of righteousness through our Lord, Jesus! I’m thankful He loved us enough to not leave us in our sin, and then includes us in His plan of fulfilling His mission to all the world! What an awesome God we serve!
Amen! Preach it, brother! What does God need with a Plan B when He knows what’s going to happen already? GO GOD!