Unsealing daniels mysteries lesson 9 always on time. Daniel 9, new international version niv the bible app. This term characterizes daniels prayer for the mercy of yhwh. Verses 1,2daniel was now an older man, but he was still a deep student of gods word. 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. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Daniels prayer in verses 319 of the chapter refers to the fulfillment of a specific seventyyear period, the seventy years of the babylonian captivity as prophesied by jeremiah. O lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day.
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. Daniel chapter 9 commentary northwest college of the bible. 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. Baruch is the senior lecturer at the zera avraham institute. In the 11 th chapter of daniel is a most amazing prophecy and atheists and sceptics have left no stone unturned in a vain attempt to discredit it find this text a little difficult to read over our pattern. Daniel 9 kjv in the first year of darius the son of bible gateway. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter. Jews for judaism daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation. The lord our god is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
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. 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. The revelation concerning the coming of the messiah. 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.
This passage is therefore one of the strongest evidences to prove the divine inspiration of the bible. In the third year of cyrus the persian conqueror of babylon daniel sees a vision of a man but clearly a supernatural being who tells him that he is currently engaged in a battle with the prince of persia, in which he is assisted by michael, your prince. Darius, son of ahasuerus, born a mede, became king over the land of babylon. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem. He must soon return to the combat, but first he will tell daniel what is written in the book of truth. In the first year of darius son of xerxes a mede by descent, who was made ruler over the babylonian kingdom in the first year of his reign, i, daniel, understood from the scriptures, according to the word of the lord given to jeremiah the proph.
By perusing the book of daniel in chapters 57, instead of. Daniel s vision of the ram and the goat 8 thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven. We want to continue to read the bible throughout all the days of our lives. He ends up taking back the cream of the crop, the most elite and noble israelites, to serve at his court in babylon. Daniel 9 new international version niv daniels prayer. The detail study of revelation will uncover many new prophecies and understandings of the end times. 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. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel. The ninth chapter of daniel centers clearly upon the person of jesus christ and is one of the few places in scripture where god ties himself to a definite timetable of events. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 9 daniels prayer for the people duration. This chapter recounts the prophecy of the seventy weeks, probably the most debated portion of the whole prophecy.
Its a portion of scripture that is almost impossible to exhaust. Daniel the prophet was not reluctant to consult another prophet. Daniel 9 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. The portion of the vision applying to the time of the end verse 17 was still a mystery to daniel. If you would like to know gods program for the future, it is essential that you understand this book of daniel. Just as jeremiahs seventy years was an approximation see note on v. Daniel received the seventy sevens prophecy in response to his prayer. The vision to be exposed in chapter 7 is dated during the year 553 b. God had driven israel out of their land for not keeping the sabbatical year. Chapter 9 can be distinguished from the other visionary chapters of the book of daniel by the fact that the point of departure for this chapter. I daniel considered or contemplated in the books the number of the years which the word devar of gd came to jeremiah the prophet that would accomplish to the destruction of jerusalem daniel 9. The nasb 1995 update appropriately has lord here in v. Genesis exodus leviticus numbers deuteronomy joshua.
Daniel 9 niv daniels prayer in the first year bible gateway. Daniel, chapter 9 united states conference of catholic bishops. Daniel 9 niv bible in the first year of darius son of. These verses show daniel as a diligent student of scripture who built his. David guzik commentary on daniel 9 describes the prayer of daniel for forgiveness. Since there has been a jump in time from the preceding chapter, we must deal with the question, who is belshazzar. The amazing prophecy of daniel 11 and how it defies sceptics.
The book of daniel lays the basis for the book of revelation. In this chapter gabriel tells him about a period of 490 years concerning the messiah, the jewish nation, and the temple. The 11 th chapter of daniel contains a prophecy which has been fulfilled in incredible detail. Lehman strauss said this part of the book of daniel is the least read and studied and further, commentators who. Daniel was a busy primeminister, but had time to study gods word. An introductory statement in verses 34a describes how daniel set himself to pray. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 9 daniels. In this article, i first of all want to go through. In the third year of the reign of king belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. Verses 419 are, in essence, a prayer of confession and petition. We need go go back to daniel chapter 9 for a while. Gods promises are to encourage our prayers, not to make them needless. 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. That which is foretold by daniel is the complete and final destruction of the same city and temple which evoked the prophets prayer.
The only thing that was not interpreted for him was chapter 8. Many of you are frequently asked why you believe the bible to be the word of. It was one day, as he was reading the book of jeremiah the prophet that daniel discovered that the babylonian captivity was only to last 70 years and that the. The prophecies of the bible reveal gods grand design. In the third year of cyrus king of persia a message was revealed to daniel, who was named belteshazzar. Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. Daniel 9, english standard version 2016 esv the bible app. It occurs seven times in this chapter and nowhere else in daniel.
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