Daniel has this as a recurring theme in these passages, daniel 9. Jews for judaism daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation. We need go go back to daniel chapter 9 for a while. Now get your bible and let us prove from scripture just how unique this book really is, and how miraculous and so interesting to study. It is amazing what you learn when you actually study complete books of the bible. Daniel knew also jeremiahs writings whose service had begun already some years before the babylonians started to attack jerusalem.
Daniel s prayer for the restoration of israel, ver. A disciple on daniel 9 verse 27 i think it is foolishness and irresponsible as a servant of the lord to try to make up methods and formulas for deciphering things that are declared sealed by god. Daniel 9 niv bible in the first year of darius son of. Daniel 9 bible commentary wesleys explanatory notes. That which is foretold by daniel is the complete and final destruction of the same city and temple which evoked the prophets prayer. And the prince of the eunuchs said unto daniel, i fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink. Daniel 9 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. 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. Daniels prayer in the first year of darius son of xerxes a mede by descent, who. The story recounts how daniel and his companions are taken captive from judea and trained as oracles for the king of babylon. Gods promises are to encourage our prayers, not to make them needless. This term characterizes daniels prayer for the mercy of yhwh. Daniel 9 niv daniels prayer in the first year bible gateway. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem.
The angel gabriel interrupted daniels prayer and gave him a fourverse prophecy that is unquestionably the most remarkable passage in the entire bible. In the first year of darius the son of ahasurerus, of median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the chaldeans, darius is an official title, like king or caesar and he was actually darius cyaxares ii. Unsealing daniels mysteries lesson 9 always on time. The detail study of revelation will uncover many new prophecies and understandings of the end times. Thus, this is not chronological for we know chapter 6 dealt with the reign of.
The writer of daniel saw, nearly four centuries later,pg 270 that after all only a. Daniel gains renown as an interpreter of dreams and receives a series of apocalyptic visions. 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. 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. The only thing that was not interpreted for him was chapter 8. According to the opening verse of chapter 9, the third vision of daniel occurred in the first year of darius the son of ahasuerus, of the seed of the medes. This morning we come to one of the most crucial prophetic passages in scripture for it concerns both events that are still in the future for us and is confirmed by the events predicted that have already taken place. O lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day. Miller calls verses 2427 four of the most controversial verses in the bible. Chapters and 14, which are not included in all versions of the book of daniel, are included in this summary. The prophecies of the book of daniel have fascinated readers and created. 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.
This chapter recounts the prophecy of the seventy weeks, probably the most debated portion of the whole prophecy. Chapters 10, 11 and 12 in the book of daniel make up daniels 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. In the first year of belshazzar king of babylon daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. Daniel knows that the seventy years is coming to an end soon since it is 539 b. While studying the book of jeremiah daniel came to the conclusion that the announced 70yearscaptivity would come to a soon end daniel 9. Its a portion of scripture that is almost impossible to exhaust. In the first year of darius that is, immediately after the overthrow of the kingdom of babylon, which was the year of the jews deliverance from captivity of the medes this darius was not darius the persian, under whom the temple was built, as some have asserted, to invalidate the credibility of this book. An immediate answer sent him by an angel to his prayer, in which, 1. This is the clearest prophecy of the messiah in all the old testament. Well be revisiting this event several times as we look at the rest of daniel and the book of revelation. Notice in verse 1 that daniel has this dream with visions during the 1st year of the reign of king belshazzar.
In the first year of darius the son of ahasuerus, of the seed of the medes, which was made king over the realm of the chaldeans. The context of this passage is where daniel considers the prophecy in jeremiah jeremiah 25. Home ecourses the book of daniel ecourse daniel chapter 9 lesson quiz daniel chapter 9 lesson please login to save you quiz you can move back and forth between the quiz and the lesson to perfect your selection of answers. The portion of the vision applying to the time of the end verse 17 was still a mystery to daniel. It is the same event paul wrote about in ii thessalonians 2 see notes. The revelation concerning the coming of the messiah. That takes us back to the time frame of chapter 5 and the handwriting on the wall. The nasb 1995 update appropriately has lord here in v. Daniels prayer for the restoration of the jews who were in captivity, in which he confesses sin, and acknowledges the justice of god in their calamities, but pleads gods promises of mercy which he had yet in store for them. Finley, the book of daniel in the canon of scripture, bibliotheca sacra.
For various reasons this word is translated as weeks and means a multiple of seven years rather than a multiple of seven days. Nov 01, 2004 the angel gabriel interrupted daniels prayer and gave him a fourverse prophecy that is unquestionably the most remarkable passage in the entire bible. Daniel 9 new international version niv daniels prayer. The prophet daniel had two years to think about the visions of the 4 beasts of chapter 7 compare 7. 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. Its interesting that the visions of chapter 8 were given before the handwriting on the wall in chapter 5. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. From babylon to america, the prophecy movie by school for prophets attila kakarott duration. In chapter 3, we see how god takes care of people who acknowledge his. Today we begin a new book of the bible, a book i am excited about studying, and one which i believe we can learn a great deal from. Commentary on daniel chapters 710 ministers of the.
In other words, the events of belshazzars feast in chapter 5 occurred between the visions of chapters 8 and 9. It occurs seven times in this chapter and nowhere else in daniel. Daniel chapter 9 commentary northwest college of the bible. 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. 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. Daniel spake and said, i saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. He ends up taking back the cream of the crop, the most elite and noble israelites, to serve at his court in babylon. Daniel chapter 9 uses the hebrew word shavuim to represents a period of time multiplied by seven. Daniel 9, new living translation nlt the bible app. The book of daniel is actually one of the most authenticated books of the old. Daniel 9, new international version niv the bible app. 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. In chapter 8, the little horn stops the jews worshipping. This chapter 9 is one of the most powerful chapters of prophecy in the entire bible.
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