This is the clearest prophecy of the messiah in all the old testament. The revelation concerning the coming of the messiah. The sanctuary in jerusalem had been a place where all the believers in the world had looked to. Daniel 9 niv bible in the first year of darius son of. Daniel wrote chapter 9 about 538 bc and had lived long enough to have. The word translated reconciliation is the same one translated as atonementkapharthroughout leviticus 16. Genesis exodus leviticus numbers deuteronomy joshua judges ruth the first book of samuel the second book of samuel the first book of kings the second book of kings the first book of chronicles the second book of chronicles ezra nehemiah esther job book psalms proverbs ecclesiastes song of solomon isaiah jeremiah lamentations ezekiel daniel hosea joel amos obadiah jonah micah nahum habakkuk. 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. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem. Its a portion of scripture that is almost impossible to exhaust. We need go go back to daniel chapter 9 for a while. Gods promises are to encourage our prayers, not to make them needless. 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. Who is the anointed one, a prince that is cut off in verse 26.
The seventy sevens 20 while i was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people israel and making my request to the lord my god for his holy hill 21 while i was still in prayer, gabriel, the man i had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. In chapter 10, daniel tells of a revelation he received during the third year of king cyrus of persias reign. Daniel 9 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for. Earlier in chapter 9, daniel had prayed, asking god for forgiveness of israels sins. A commentary on the book of daniel daniel chapter twelve. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 9 youtube.
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. 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. The book of daniel is an excellent prediction of the coming of the messiah and the triumph of his messianic kingdom 2. Daniel s prayer for the restoration of israel, ver. 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.
The implication is that the messiah would be resurrected from the dead after he was killed. 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. Similarly, the distribution of the weeks in the following verses indicates only. Daniel chapter 9 explained discover the 66 books of the. In the concluding four verses of daniel 9, one of the most. The book of daniel lays the basis for the book of revelation. We can see from this verse that daniel most earnestly set himself to seek the lord in prayer, and with an attitude of humbleness he hoped for his prayer and supplications to be heard. In the third year of cyrus king of persia a message was revealed to daniel, who was named belteshazzar. Nov 01, 2017 the book of daniel verse by verse chapter 9 daniels prayer for the people.
In the explanation given in chapter 9, daniel is assured that the jewish sanctuary would be restored at the end of the seventy years. Nov 22, 2017 the book of daniel lays the basis for the book of revelation. 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. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills exposition. Strengthened by his riches, he shall stir up all kingdoms, even that of greece. It is gods assurance that he will intervene to lift israel out of her degenerate spiritual state. If you would like to know gods program for the future, it is essential that you understand this book of daniel.
Even most liberal scholars who propose multiple authors for the book of daniel agree that the author of daniel chapter 9 also wrote chapter 12. Remember, cyrus had conquered babylon in fulfillment of a prophecy god had given to isaiah over 100 years earlier isaiah 44. But this was not the real and final restoration that god envisioned, for daniel was told that the jewish temple would again be destroyed daniel 9. The detail study of revelation will uncover many new prophecies and understandings of the end times. O lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day. Daniel, as many other authors of the antiquity and the bible, writes of himself in the third person throughout the first part of the book. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Why is the interpretation of verses 2427 so important and so difficult. And the prince of the eunuchs said unto daniel, i fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink. Verses 2627 show that all six of verse 24s elements will be accomplished.
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. The focus of these writings in daniel now shifts dramatically, and is marked by a change in original language, from the aramaic of babylon, back to the hebrew of daniels boyhood. The book of daniel contains the crucial foundational passages concerning israel and the coming of the messiah, jesus christ. The seventy weeks prophecy foretells a national cleansing. Four times in the chapter verses 5, 8, 11, 15, daniel acknowledges the peoples sin. It was the real sanctuary, even the one in heaven, that. Daniel 9, new international version niv the bible app. Verse click for chapter new international version seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin. The only thing that was not interpreted for him was chapter 8.
Daniel chapter 9 commentary northwest college of the bible. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 10 daniels vision of a man duration. This chapter 9 is one of the most powerful chapters of prophecy in the entire bible. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 12 the end. God has definite future plans for the nation of israel and the chastening that they will endure is to try them, purge them and make them white meaning pure. Darius, son of ahasuerus, born a mede, became king over the land of babylon. Unsealing daniels mysteries lesson 9 always on time. 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.
He ends up taking back the cream of the crop, the most elite and noble israelites, to serve at his court in babylon. The portion of the vision applying to the time of the end verse 17 was still a mystery to daniel. Daniel 9 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. Daniel 2, 7, 9, 12 the coming of messiah the prince.
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