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Dan
We could stake the truth of Christianity on this prophecy alone, made five centuries before Christ~ Sir Isaac Newton
We don’t know at what time of day Daniel began to pray, but he was still praying at the time of the evening burnt offering, which was about 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
He was living in Babylon but was still measuring time by Jewish religious practices!
His body was in Babylon, but his mind and heart were in Jerusalem.
but he was still praying at the time of the evening burnt offering, which was about 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
Even though the temple was destroyed so the sacrifices could not be offered for those 66 years, Daniel still observed that time of day as an appointed time of worship.
Perhaps this was one of the three times he prayed daily (6:10).
While Daniel was praying, the angel Gabriel came swiftly to him, interrupted his prayer, touched him, and spoke to him.
Daniel had met Gabriel before after seeing the vision of the ram and the goat, and Gabriel had explained its meaning to him ().
Now the angel had come to explain to Daniel what God had planned for Jerusalem, the temple, and the Jewish people.
The phrase “fly swiftly”
The word “weeks” means “sevens,” so Gabriel was speaking about seventy periods of 7 years, or 490 years.
Keep in mind that these years relate specifically to Daniel’s people, the Jews, and their holy city, Jerusalem.
In his prayer, Daniel’s great concern was that his people be forgiven their sins against the Lord, the city be rebuilt, and the temple be restored (v.
16); and these are the matters that Gabriel will discuss.
To apply this important prophecy to any other people or place is to rob it of its intended meaning.
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Genuine Prayer is a Response to the Word
Genuine Prayer is a Response to the Word
Genuine Prayer is generated by the Word and Grounded in God’s Will
Genuine Prayer is Identified by fervency
Genuine prayer is Selfless
Genuine Prayer isn't Superficial but it is Specific
Genuine Prayer expects God to move
Genuine prayer gives us insight and understanding
Greatly Beloved
God always has a plan
The word “weeks” means “sevens,” so Gabriel was speaking about seventy periods of 7 years, or 490 years.
Keep in mind that these years relate specifically to Daniel’s people, the Jews, and their holy city, Jerusalem.
Also since Israel and Judah had failed to keep the sabbatical years (every seventh year the land was to lie fallow, ) throughout her history, the Lord enforced on the land 70 “sabbaths” (cf.
).
Thus 490 years would be required to complete 70 sabbatical years with one occurring every seventh year.
God’s Desires will be done one way or another
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Lev 25:
In his prayer, Daniel’s great concern was that his people be forgiven their sins against the Lord, the city be rebuilt, and the temple be restored (v.
16);
and these are the matters that Gabriel will discuss.
To apply this important prophecy to any other people or place is to rob it of its intended meaning.
Dan 9:
God’s plan involves settling the issue with my transgression
At the end of the 490 years God will finish the transgression of Israel.
The verb “to finish” (kālā’) means “to bring something to an end.”
Israel’s sin of disobedience will be brought to an end at Christ’s second coming when she repents and turns to Him as her Messiah and Savior.
Then she will be restored to the land and blessed, in answer to Daniel’s prayer.
Rom 3:
Gods plan involves sealing up through the substitute
2 God will put an end to sin.
The verb ḥāṯam has the idea of sealing up.
Here the thought is sealing something up with a view to punishment (cf.
; ).
This emphasized that Israel’s sin which had gone unpunished would be punished—in or through Jesus Christ, her substitute, who would bear the sins of the world on the cross.
Then at Christ’s second coming he will remove Israel’s sin
Gods plan involves repentance and covering
Gods plan involves repentance and covering
Gods plan involves repentance and covering
3. God will atone for wickedness.
The verb “to atone” (kāp̱ar) means “to cover or expiate.”
This too relates to God’s final atonement of Israel when she repents at Christ’s second coming, as the provision for that atonement has already been made at the cross.
Israel’s day of atonement should be kept in view here too, as in the first of these six accomplishments.
On that day God provided a just basis on which He would deal with a guilty people.
The blood applied to the mercy seat (“the atonement cover,” ) over the ark of the covenant enabled Him to dwell among his sinful people.
Similarly Daniel’s prophecy promised that because of Christ’s blood shed on the cross God would deal with sinners, and here in particular, with sinners in Israel.
Being propitiated (i.e., satisfied) by Christ’s blood, God can atone for or expiate sin.
The Greek words for “atonement cover” (hilasmos; KJV, “mercy seat”) and “propitiate” (hilaskomai) are related.
Gods plan involves us coming in
4. The second three accomplishments deal with positive aspects of God’s program.
Being satisfied by the death of Christ, God will bring in everlasting righteousness.
The form of the verb “bring in” here means “to cause to come in.”
The word “everlasting” (here pl. in Heb.) means ages.
Thus this phrase (lit., “to bring in righteousness of ages”) is a prophecy that God will establish an age characterized by righteousness.
This is a reference to the Millennial kingdom (; ).
5. God will seal up vision and prophecy.
All that God through the prophets said He would do in fulfilling His covenant with Israel will be fully realized in the millennial kingdom.
Until they are fulfilled, prophecies are “unsealed.”
(“Seal” translates the same verb, ḥāṯam, used in the second of these six accomplishments.)
Gods plan is to accomplish what has been spoken
5. God will seal up vision and prophecy.
All that God through the prophets said He would do in fulfilling His covenant with Israel will be fully realized in the millennial kingdom.
Until they are fulfilled, prophecies are “unsealed.”
(“Seal” translates the same verb, ḥāṯam, used in the second of these six accomplishments.)
Gods plan involves a set place
These six accomplishments, then, anticipate the establishment of Israel’s covenanted millennial kingdom under the authority of her promised King.
The six summarize God’s whole program to bring the nation Israel the blessings He promised through His covenants
This decree was the fourth of four decrees made by Persian rulers in reference to the Jews.
The first was Cyrus’ decree in 538 B.C. (; ; ).
The second was the decree of Darius I (522–486) in 520 B.C. (, ).
This decree actually was a confirmation of the first decree.
The third was the decree of Artaxerxes Longimanus (464–424) in 457 B.C. ().
The first two decrees pertain to the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem and the third relates to finances for animal sacrifices at the temple.
These three say nothing about the rebuilding of the city itself.
Since an unwalled city was no threat to a military power, a religious temple could be rebuilt without jeopardizing the military authority of those granting permission to rebuild it.
No one of these three decrees, then, was the decree that formed the beginning of the 70 sevens.
The fourth decree was also by Artaxerxes Longimanus, issued on March 5, 444 B.C. ().
On that occasion Artaxerxes granted the Jews permission to rebuild Jerusalem’s city walls.
This decree is the one referred to in .
The end or goal of the prophecy is the appearance of the Anointed One, the Ruler.
This refers to Christ Himself.
God the Father anointed Christ with the Spirit at the time of His water baptism (), but the anointing referred to here is the anointing of Christ as the Ruler in His kingdom (cf.
comments on “anoint the Most Holy” in ).
This prophecy of the 70 sevens, then, ends not with the First Advent of Christ, as some suggest, but rather with the Second Advent and the establishing of the millennial kingdom.
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