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Introduction
Last Sunday we had a day of prayer for the persecuted church and for the election this past Tuesday.
Daniel in chapter 9 also prayed for his people and for national forgiveness for the nation of Judah/Israel.
He prays for sins that he did not necessary commit, but sins that his ancestors commited.
He pleads before the LORD to forgive the sins commited in the past.
Do we pray for God’s forgiveness for our nation?
The Context (9:1-2)
As with chapters 7 and 8 this chapter opens with the time frame.
This is in the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus.
So the events have moved forward from Babylonian power to under the Median rule.
So it is the time of the end of chapter 5 and the beginning of chapter 6.
So Darius is now the ruler of the city of Babylon and it is during this time that Daniel records this.
It is at at this point that Daniel figures out what was the time frame of the exile.
He had access to the scrolls/letters from Jeremiah the prophet.
At the very least he had the letter that is recorded in chapter 29.
This letter from Jeremiah had been sent to Babylon by the hand of Elasah to the captives in Babylon.
It would be 70 years (7 decades).
This is why we know the approximate age of Daniel around this time.
If 70 years had passed or nearly 70 years had passed so Daniel would have been in the 80s.
Thinking about this I thought about a scene from Back to the Future Part 2 (so spoilers).
Toward the end of the second movie the two main characters Marty and Doc are in 1955.
Marty is on the ground and Doc Browne is in the flying DeLorean.
The car gets struck by lightning and he disappears into time.
Moments later a car comes up in the storm and asks if the person standing there is Marty McFly.
Marty is confused since he is from 1985.
He is from Western Union and he has had a letter from 1885 (70 years earlier).
A letter from the Doc.
So we are not told if Daniel read this letter before this date in chapter 9, but at this point in time the letter from Jeremiah makes sense.
He knows it has been or will soon be 70 years since the people were kicked out of the Promise Land and taken to Babylon.
The Response (verses 3-4)
Daniel 9:3–4 (NKJV)
Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said
So Daniel sets his face to toward God (Daniel 6:10 “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home.
And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.”)
Make request by Prayer, Supplication, Fasting, Sackcloth, and Ashes
3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
A customary sign of grief
Daniel sees the sins of Israel for what they were and he wants to repent of the sins of his people.
He MADE CONFESSION
The PRAYER (4-19)
Let us read through the prayer in full and then we will look back at it in detail today and next Sunday and look at how we can apply it our communities and our nation.
Adoration (Verse 4)
I have on a few times talked and have prayed the ACTS prayer (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication).
Daniel is doing something similar.
He starts off by praising God’s name.
God, You are Great and Awesome!
You keep Your covenant
You have mercy on those who love You and who keep Your commandments.
He points out that God keeps His promises.
he keeps His word!
The Confession (Verse 5-6)
God was right in what He did (verse 7-11)
Application
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