Aug 24, 2010 he may be cyrus, but called by another name. In this chapter gabriel tells him about a period of 490 years concerning the messiah, the jewish nation, and the temple. The revelation concerning the coming of the messiah. In the first year of his reign, i, daniel, was meditating on the scriptures that gave, according to the word of god to the prophet jeremiah, the number of years that jerusalem had to lie in ruins, namely, seventy. It is important to note that in daniel 12, as the prophecy concludes, gd gives daniel some important instruction in regard to calculating the time of the events mentioned. You just cannot be a student of prophecy if you do not have an understanding of this portion of scripture in daniel 9.
On the other hand, it is remarkable that in leviticus 25. Based on daniel s understanding and knowledge of the word of the lord, he recited the words spoken by the prophet, jeremiah 25. Verses 2627 show that all six of verse 24s elements will be accomplished. He did not claim to be, and the gospel writers did not portray him as. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks chapter 9 of the book of daniel is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel in response to daniel s prayer for god to act on behalf of his people and city i. Daniel 9 1 in the first year of darius son of xerxes a mede by descent, who was made ruler over the babylonian kingdom 2 in the first year of his reign, i, daniel, understood from the scriptures, according to the word of the lord given to jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of jerusalem would last seventy years.
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto daniel, i fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink. Therefore daniel went to arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of babylon. Here, in chapter 9, gabriel returns to answer the prayer daniel prayed in the first part of chapter 9 and to explain the unexplained portion of chapter 8the 2,300 days applying especially to the time of the end. Now let us return and discuss verse 26 of daniel chapter 9. Jews for judaism daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation. I turned to the master god, asking for an answerpraying earnestly, fasting from meals, wearing. Grasp the meaning of the word, understand the vision. This chapter 9 is one of the most powerful chapters of prophecy in the entire bible. Nov 22, 2017 the book of daniel lays the basis for the book of revelation. The book of daniel contains the crucial foundational passages concerning israel and the coming of the messiah, jesus christ. Book of daniel bible study chapter commentary 9 part 2 daniels 70 weeks. Earlier in chapter 9, daniel had prayed, asking god for forgiveness of israels sins. The detail study of revelation will uncover many new prophecies and understandings of the end times.
Daniel 9 new international version niv daniels prayer. Next chapter of daniel the book of daniel, chapter 9 we hope that you find the content of the book of daniel, chapter 9 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. He assumed, i am guessing, that i had not read and. Daniel chapter 12 king james version kjv alexander scourby free audio video bible duration. Daniel 9 background information with maps and images. The book of daniel is an excellent prediction of the coming of the messiah and the triumph of his messianic kingdom 2. Back to daniel chapter 9 and well go on back to verse 24. In these chapters you will find one of the most dominant prophecies. Daniel chapter 4 1611 kjv king james version 1 nebuchadnezzar the king, vnto all people, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth, peace be multiplied vnto you 2 i thought it good to shew the signes, and wonders, that the high god hath wrought toward me 3 how great are his signes.
From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild. It is the only old testament passage which refers to the messiah as messiah. Chapters 10, 11 and 12 in the book of daniel make up daniel s final vision, describing a series of conflicts between the unnamed king of the north and king of the south leading to the time of the end, when israel will be vindicated and the dead raised to shame or glory. The king saw a gigantic statue made of four metals, from its gold head to its feet of mingled iron and clay. Daniel 9 1 in the first year of darius son of xerxes a mede by descent, who was made ruler over the babylonian kingdom 2 in the first year of his reign, i, daniel, understood from the scriptures, according to the word of the lord given to jeremiah the prophet. If you would like to know gods program for the future, it is essential that you understand this book of daniel. The only thing that was not interpreted for him was chapter 8. He ends up taking back the cream of the crop, the most elite and noble israelites, to serve at his court in babylon. From chapter 2, verse 4, through chapter 7, daniel is in aramaic, the gentile and diplomatic language of daniel s day. Daniel wrote chapter 9 about 538 bc and had lived long enough to have. Daniels 70 weeks is considered to be the backbone of bible prophecy, and was given to this greatly beloved man of prayer following 21 day. Daniel, as many other authors of the antiquity and the bible, writes of himself in the third person throughout the first part of the book. In the first year of belshazzar king of babylon daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed.
Message given sunday, june 30, 2019 by pastor josh black at calvary chapel canyon hills in lake elsinore, ca. The book of daniel, typological exegesis, jubilee, jewish. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem. The prophet daniel had two years to think about the visions of the 4 beasts of chapter 7 compare 7. Gods promises are to encourage our prayers, not to make them needless. The portion of the vision applying to the time of the end verse 17 was still a mystery to daniel. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel.
Daniel 9, new international version niv the bible app. The fact that the book is sealed not the 70 weeks prophecy in daniel chapter 12 refers to the fact that when jesus christ opens the seals in the 5th chapter of the book of revelation, the rest of the story is supplied. The remainder of the book correlates the nation israel with this program. This chapter recounts the prophecy of the seventy weeks, probably the most debated portion of the whole prophecy. In the first year of darius the son of ahasuerus, of the lineage of the medes, who was made king over the realm of the chaldeans.
Weeks not of days, but of years, or, seventy times seven years, that is, four hundred and ninety years, each day being accounted a year according to the prophetic way of reckoning, see note on daniel 7. 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. Daniel s reason for prayerin the first year of darius the son of ahasuerus, of the lineage of the medes, who was made king over the realm of the chaldeans. Great difficulty is experienced in discovering what sort of weeks is intended. He wanted to straighten me out about the interpretation of daniel, chapter 9, verses 24 27the portion of scripture that contains the prophecy of the seventy weeksthat i expound in my books daniel unsealed and he is the one. Take your bible, will you please, and follow it as we study tonight in the ninth chapter of daniel.
This explains why at the beginning of chapter 9 daniel contemplated the number of years to the destruction of jerusalem and not to the subjugation, as it says, i daniel contemplated the calculations, the number of years about that which the word of god came to the prophet jeremiah, to complete the 70 years to the destruction. Verse 20 of this chapter tells us the two horns are the kings of media and persia. Verses daniel learned from the books of the prophets, especially from jeremiah, that the desolation of jerusalem would continue seventy years, which were drawing to a close. Its interesting that the visions of chapter 8 were given before the handwriting on the wall in chapter 5.
Daniel 9 niv bible in the first year of darius son of. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 12 the end. Daniel 2 the second chapter of the book of daniel tells how daniel interpreted a dream of nebuchadnezzar ii, king of babylon. Daniel 9 niv daniels prayer in the first year bible gateway. Book of daniel chapter 9 bible study daniels 70 weeks part 2. The things specified in this verse are what was to be done, as detailed more particularly in the subsequent verses. For a comprehensive study of the passage, download the study guide pdf download. A disciple on daniel 9 while daniel was speaking, confessing his sins and the sins of israel. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 9 daniels. Audio video bible alexander scourby kjv 2,317 views. Though he was now an old man, daniel was still a reader of the scriptures.
Unsealing daniels mysteries lesson 9 always on time. Daniel chapter 9 commentary northwest college of the bible. In the beginning of daniel 9 verse 2, this word is used when daniel says that he wants to understand the word of the lord to the prophet jeremiah. We saw in the last study that daniel had been reading the prophecies of jeremiah when he saw that israel would be in exile for 70 years. The prophecy of seventy weeks of years verses 2427. One of the great, exciting, prophetic portions of the word of god, daniel chapter. Daniel 2, 7, 9, 12 the coming of messiah the prince.
The details are described on this page and show how daniels prophecy, jesus words in mathew 24, and the book of revelation. Below are some preliminary questions to assist in the study of this passage. The seventy sevens 20 while i was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people israel and making my request to the lord my god for his holy hill 21 while i was still in prayer, gabriel, the man i had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. Study guide for daniel 9 by david guzik blue letter bible. Daniel, chapter 9 united states conference of catholic bishops. Similarly, the distribution of the weeks in the following verses indicates only. 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.
In the concluding four verses of daniel 9, one of the most. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. This section deals exclusively with the times of the gentiles. The sanctuary in jerusalem had been a place where all the believers in the world had looked to. For more information relevant to this passage of daniel nine, see the accompanying appendix pdf download that deals with the following topic. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter. After 70 weeks that is periods of each seven years year weeks, compare with leviticus 25. And he gd said to you, o daniel, for closed and sealed are these things unto the time of the end. The angel informs him that seventy weeks have been decreed for them, and then gives a detailed but cryptic description of those weeks. Neither jesus nor the gospel writers thought that the verses in daniel about the. Nov 01, 2017 the book of daniel lays the basis for the book of revelation. Chapter 9 can be distinguished from the second half of the book of daniel by the. Daniel 9 in the first year of darius the son of ahasuerus.
Recently, i had an interesting conversation with a professor who teaches at a conservative christian college. But lets go back to verse 24, which is the beginning of this tremendous benchmark of bible prophecy. Daniels prayer in the first year of darius son of xerxes a mede by descent, who. Now viewing scripture range from the book of daniel chapter 9.
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