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JUNE 5, 2022
STUDY NOTES
DANIEL 9:1-2
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
DANIEL PRAYS FOR HIS PEOPLE
INTRODUCTION
The beginning of chapter 9 sounds like Daniel is speaking of America today
For that reason, we need to learn from Daniel’s example, what did Daniel do?
Christians in America need to be doing exactly what Daniel was doing
Daniel was praying and confessing sins, pleading for God’s answer concerning Israel
From the beginning of chapter 9, we learn how to approach God with our desires
Daniel had been reading the Word of God, Daniel then prayed and confessed sins
Daniel was doing what we must learn to do today and put into practice daily
Study God’s Word, pray, confess sins, pray for others and minister to others
In Daniel 9 we find Daniel’s prayer (1-19) and God’s answer to his prayer (20-23)
Then we find the prophecy known as the “The Seventy Weeks of Daniel” (24-27)
Daniel’s prayer goes back into the history of Israel, to the time of their Babylonian captivity
God’s answer covers His people from the time of Daniel until the future earthly Kingdom of God
That is why Daniel 9:24-27 is one of the most amazing passages of prophecy found in the OT
Much of the prophecy has already literally been fulfilled to detail
Only the omniscient God (all knowing God) could have revealed it with such accuracy
No question about it, what we read in Daniel 9 is the inspired (God breathed) Word of God
So how important is this chapter to us today?
Important enough for us to study and learn it today
Important enough for us to look for its fulfillment in our day, we can expect the return of Christ
It is a chronological key to NT prophecy identifying future events that we need to understand
Much of Revelation is an expansion or filling in of the details of Daniel’s 70 th Week prophecy
But we must not focus all-of our attention upon the prophecy of Daniel 9 in our study
We must realize how important the prayer of Daniel was in relation to the prophecy
There are many more verses covering the prayer of Daniel than there is to the prophecy
There is no substitute for prayer, which is talking to God before we attempt to learn from God
A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL
The dates listed are approximate and the events are to be taken as literal and not symbolic
When the literal makes sense, seek no other sense, or it will appear as nonsense
Daniel 1:1, the 3rd year of the reign of King Jehoiakim (606 BC)
Daniel was taken captive to Babylon; Israel was ruled by Babylon
Daniel 2:1, the 2nd year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar (604 BC)
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a great statue, Israel was ruled by Babylon
Daniel 3, Nebuchadnezzar’s made a golden image and the fiery furnace (604-562 BC)
The 3 Hebrew children were delivered from the fiery furnace, Israel was ruled by Babylon
Daniel 4, Nebuchadnezzar’s second dream and his humiliation as a beast (604-562 BC)
Israel was ruled by Babylon
Chapters 7 and 8 occur chronologically before chapters 5 and 6
Daniel 7:1, the 1st year of the reign of King Belshazzar (553 BC)
Daniel’s vision of the four beasts, Israel was ruled by Babylon
Daniel 8:1, the 3rd year of the reign of King Belshazzar (551 BC)
Daniel’s vision of a ram and a goat, Israel was ruled by Babylon
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Daniel 5:1, the last year of the reign of King Belshazzar (539 BC)
The handwriting on the wall, which Daniel interprets, Belshazzar was slain
Daniel 5:31-6:28, the 1st year of Darius the Mede (539 BC)
The fall of Babylon to the Medes-Persian empire, Israel now ruled by Medo-Persia
Daniel 9:1-2, 1st year of the reign of Darius the Mede (539 BC)
Daniel prays for Israel, God’s answer, the “Seventy Weeks of Daniel” (9:24-27)
Israel ruled by Medo-Persia
Daniel 1:21 speaks of the 1st year of King Cyrus, (539 BC)
Cyrus issues the decree to allow Israel to return and rebuild; Israel ruled by Medo-Persia
Daniel 6, the reign of Darius the Mede (539-537 BC)
Daniel in the lion’s den, Israel ruled by Medo-Persia
Daniel 10:1, the 3rd year of the reign of King Cyrus (537 BC)
Daniel’s vision by the Tigris River, Israel ruled by Medo-Persia
DANIEL’S VISIONS
In Daniel 9, we have the third vision of Daniel found in the book
Daniel was approximately 80 years of age at the time of his vision in chapter 9
The first vision is in chapter 7, the 1st year of King Belshazzar’s reign (553 BC)
The second vision is in chapter 8, the 3rd year of King Belshazzar’s reign (551 BC)
The third vision begins in Daniel 9:23, the 1st year of Darius the Mede (539 BC)
The third vision, found in chapter 9, occurs about 12 years after vision #2 in Daniel 8
The fourth vision of Daniel is found in chapter 10, the 3rd year of Cyrus the Persian (537 BC)
We learn that chapters 9 and 10 occur after chapter 5, probably during the time of chapter 6
Belshazzar’s reign ends, Dan 5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
And Darius the Mede becomes King, Dan 5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about
threescore and two years old.
(539-537 BC)
From Daniel’s visions we learn that God is working to bring about the fulfillment of His will
Scripture reveals the past has been in the hands of God and the future is in the hands of God
This present age is in the hands of God, all of which is revealed in the book of Daniel, Dan 2:20
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are
his: Dan 2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he
giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
In chapter 2, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed of a great statue representing 4 Gentile world powers
In chapter 7, Daniel, in a dream, is given a vision of 4 beasts representing Gentile world powers
Daniel sees the same four Gentile world powers that Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream
Daniel’s vision is far more detailed than the dream of Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel chapter 7 is a commentary on Daniel chapter 2
Daniel 2 pictures Satan’s empires from the viewpoint of man, as man will see them
In chapter 2, God gives Daniel the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream
Daniel 7 reveals Satan’s empires from the eyes of God, as God sees them
In chapter 7, God sends an angel to interpret the dream of Daniel
Daniel’s vision of four beasts is a pictorial representation of history and the end of times
It is a summary of the time-period known as the “Time of the Gentiles,” Luk 21:24 And they shall fall by
the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down
of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
The “Times of the Gentiles” is the time-period of Gentile authority over Jerusalem
It began when the Jews were taken into Babylonian captivity and continued throughout history
It will continue through the 70th Week of Daniel (Daniel 9:27)
The greatest persecution of Israel will be during the final beast empire of Satan
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The persecution will be under the leadership of the future Antichrist, 1Jn 2:18 Little children, it is the last
time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we
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