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JULY 3, 2022
STUDY NOTES
DANIEL 9:15-19
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
O LORD, BLESS OUR PEOPLE, BLESS OUR LAND
INTRODUCTION
Did Daniel put his faith and trust in His “LORD?”
Read Daniel 9 and count the number of times you read “God” or “Lord”
Two different Hebrew words are translated “God,” you will read “God” 14 times
Two different Hebrew words are translated “Lord,” you will read “Lord” 19 times
Was Daniel aware of who he was talking too?
Did he believe in his “GOD?”
Daniel knew of God’s hand upon Israel in the past, he praised God for His mercy upon them
He believed that God’s hand was still on them, and he prayed for God’s mercy to continue
Note that Daniel’s prayer requested the mercy of God to be bestowed upon Israel
The grace of God is God giving us what we do not deserve, God blessing us with His goodness
The mercy of God is God not giving us what we do deserve, Daniel prays for mercy
Daniel knew what Israel deserved, but he also knew God had an unfulfilled purpose for Israel
He knew God had future-plans for Israel and Jerusalem, he prayed for Israel’s future with God
Dan 9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of
Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we
have done wickedly.
Daniel has repeatedly confessed his sins and the sins of Israel in the previous verses
He has stated that God is right when he judges the sins of Israel, Dan 9:7 O Lord, righteousness
belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the
countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed
against thee.
And God is right when He blesses the obedience of Israel
God is glorified in all that He does, His righteousness is revealed in all-of His acts
Daniel refers to an example of God’s righteous actions which glorified His name in the past
God delivered the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage and “gotten thee renown”
Which manifested his power and brought glory to His name among the Gentile nations
God’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt is mentioned over 100 times in the OT
Identifying to all nations that Israel is God’s covenant people who will endure to the end
Daniel’s reference to Israel’s Egyptian deliverance is a plea for God to again deliver Israel
Daniel’s prayer is for God to now deliver Israel from their Babylonian captivity
Even though Israel “had sinned” and “done wickedly” (verses 3-14)
God’s forgiveness of Israel’s sins would glorify His power and His name once again
Daniel now makes his first request unto the one he calls “our God” and “my God”
Dan 9:16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy
fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and
for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that
are about us.
“O Lord,” Daniel identifies his “Master,” He is the “Sovereign One,” He is in control
He is the supreme authority with supernatural power, which has been manifested in the past
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Daniel was saying, “Lord, I know that you can do what I ask,” you have done it before
I know that whatever you do will be right, it will; be “according to all thy righteousness”
“O Lord,” I am not asking you to do anything that would not honor your name
I want you to be glorified through whatever you do, but Lord, I do plead with you
“I beseech thee,” was a polite request, “please Lord,” and Daniel begins his requests
Lord, turn from your “anger,” Daniel knew that God had turned from His anger before,
Psa 78:38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea,
many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
(Same word as “fury”)
God’s compassion often fell upon Israel, and he forgave them, He is the merciful God, Psa 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in
mercy and truth.
Israel often experienced God’s mercy, how often have we experienced it?
We can all testify to the truth that God is merciful and gracious, Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in
mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, (when we were unlovable)
How often could God have been angry with us and refused to forgive us of our sins?
Praise God for, 1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(His anger and fury turned away)
Daniel admitted that Israel deserved the anger of God to fall upon them
But Daniel prayed, Lord please turn away your fury from Israel
Please turn away your fury from “thy city Jerusalem,” Jerusalem is God’s unique city
When Christ returns the city of Jerusalem will be known as the city of God, Psa 46:4 There is a
river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of
the most High.
John saw the river from which both spiritual and physical blessings will flow, Rev 22:1 And he
shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and
of the Lamb.
That is why it will be called, “the holy place,” from which rivers of blessing will flow, Zec 14:8
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward
the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Jerusalem will be glad, and we will be glad that we are in Jerusalem with God
Daniel prayed for God’s anger to be turned from “thy holy mountain,” which is “Mount Zion”
Mt.
Zion is where the Lord has put His name and chosen to reign, Psa 68:16 Why leap ye, ye
high hills?
this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
The hill that the Lord will dwell in forever is “Mt.
Zion,” Psa 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon
my holy hill of Zion.
The day is going to come when many will come to Mount Zion, Mic 4:2 And many nations shall
come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God
of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth
of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
(During the Millennium)
Jerusalem will be the capital of the millennial earth, Isa 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last
days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and
shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Jerusalem will be the center of worship, Isa 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and
let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us
of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of
the LORD from Jerusalem.
Daniel prayed for “thy city,” in verse 16, in verse 17 he prays for “thy sanctuary”
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