Daniel 9:1-27

Contents: Vision of the seventy weeks. Daniel's prayer and confession.

Characters: God, Christ, Daniel, Jeremiah, Darius, Gabriel.

Conclusion: God's Word is intended to encourage our prayers, and when we see the day of the performance of His prophecies approaching, we should the more earnestly confess our sins and pray, not only being forward to speak to God, but as forward to hear what He has to say to us.

Key Word: Prayer, Daniel 9:3. Vision, Daniel 9:21.

Striking Facts: Daniel 9:24-27. Reduced to calendar years, this 69 weeks of years (Daniel 9:25) is 476 years. The edict to restore Jerusalem was issued 446 B. C. Applying 476 to this point brings us to Christ's birth and 30 years over, the very time of the cutting off of Messiah by His crucifixion (Daniel 9:26). Luke 3:23 says that Jesus began His ministry at 30 years and an error is imagined by some, but Scripture is accurate, for when in the sixth century, the time A. D. and B. C. was divided, an error of four years was made in the calendar so that really 30 A. D. is 34. Christ's ministry extended nearly four years; thus 30 A. D. in our chronology was the time of Christ's death. At the close of the age, the other week of years will be fulfilled in awful tribulation, after which Christ will appear suddenly in the clouds to set up His eternal kingdom.