SPECIAL STUDY THREE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION In response to his prayer, Gabriel announces to Daniel that a period of seventy sevensthe exact length of the seven is not statedin fact, seventy of them, has been decreed for the purpose of accomplishing the Messianic work. This Messianic work is descr... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER NINE III. THE PRAYER, THE PRINCE, AND PROSPERITYDaniel 9:1-27 a. REPENTANCE TEXT: Daniel 9:1-14 1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasureus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by th... [ Continue Reading ]
b. REQUEST TEXT: Daniel 9:15-19 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. 16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy w... [ Continue Reading ]
c. REVELATION TEXT: Daniel 9:20-27 20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God; 21 yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in t... [ Continue Reading ]