From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild. 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. Though he was now an old man, daniel was still a reader of the scriptures. Notice in verse 1 that daniel has this dream with visions during the 1st year of the reign of king belshazzar. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 9 daniels. 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. Literally, i kept on looking, and suddenly seats were placed, on which the assessors of the great judge were to sit. Aug 24, 2010 he may be cyrus, but called by another name.
In cyrus third year he has visions of a man chapter 10, the kings of the south and the north chapter 11, the king who exalts himself 11. 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. The fact that the book is sealed not the 70 weeks prophecy in daniel chapter 12 refers to the fact that when jesus christ opens the seals in the 5th chapter of the book of revelation, the rest of the story is supplied. Vernon mc gee, and much of the following is from that source. 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.
In the first year of his reign i daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the lord came to jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of jerusalem. In darius first year, daniel prays the prayer of confession chapter 9 that we are studying in this lesson. 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. And i set my face unto the lord god, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
Genesis exodus leviticus numbers deuteronomy joshua. Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. The portion of the vision applying to the time of the end verse 17 was still a mystery to daniel. 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. 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. Daniels confession on behalf of his people daniel 9. The only thing that was not interpreted for him was chapter 8. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Gods promises are to encourage our prayers, not to make them needless. In the first year of belshazzar king of babylon daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. We need go go back to daniel chapter 9 for a while. 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.
He ends up taking back the cream of the crop, the most elite and noble israelites, to serve at his court in babylon. Daniel ends the chapter by saying that all of these visions really scared him and made his face turn pale. Daniel chapter 9 sermon by bruce shields, daniel 9. O lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day. This is the clearest prophecy of the messiah in all the old testament. It should be noticed that those who sat on the thrones are distinguished from the countless multitude mentioned in daniel 7. 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. 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. Nov 01, 2017 the book of daniel lays the basis for the book of revelation. Daniel spake and said, i saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. The detail study of revelation will uncover many new prophecies and understandings of the end times. Unsealing daniels mysteries lesson 9 always on time. It occurs seven times in this chapter and nowhere else in daniel. Its a portion of scripture that is almost impossible to exhaust.
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. 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. The implication is that the messiah would be resurrected from the dead after he was killed. The story recounts how daniel and his companions are taken captive from judea and trained as oracles for the king of babylon. The first year of darius was 539bc, and daniel was 83 or 84 years old. Daniel was studying the prophet jeremiah and read the prophecy concerning the release of the israelites from captivity after 70 years. This chapter 9 is one of the most powerful chapters of prophecy in the entire bible. Daniel 9, new international version niv the bible app. That which is foretold by daniel is the complete and final destruction of the same city and temple which evoked the prophets prayer. The best and simplest discussion of his immediate time is found in the book daniel by dr. Thus, this is not chronological for we know chapter 6 dealt with the reign of. Chapters and 14, which are not included in all versions of the book of daniel, are included in this summary. This term characterizes daniel s prayer for the mercy of yhwh.
The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem. In the first year of darius son of xerxes a mede by descent, who was made ruler over the babylonian kingdom a daniel was a very old man at this point. This chapter recounts the prophecy of the seventy weeks, probably the most debated portion of the whole prophecy. The nasb 1995 update appropriately has lord here in v. Daniel gains renown as an interpreter of dreams and receives a series of apocalyptic visions. Failure to apply sound principles of prophetic interpretation has led to unsatisfactory interpretations. Jews for judaism daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation. However, because daniel s vision is controversial in our day, ive decided to devote an entire lesson to this vision, in particular to the four verses that conclude the chapter 9. Daniel chapter 9 commentary northwest college of the bible.
Nov 28, 2005 in daniel chapter 9 the angel gabriel tells us. The details are described on this page and show how daniels prophecy, jesus words in mathew 24, and the book of revelation. The revelation concerning the coming of the messiah. It seemed good to darius to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, that they should be in charge of the whole kingdom. Daniel was worried because he did not see anything happening and the 70 years was about up. Daniel s prayer for the restoration of israel, ver. In this chapter gabriel tells him about a period of 490 years concerning the messiah, the jewish nation, and the temple.
In other words, the events of belshazzars feast in chapter 5 occurred between the visions of chapters 8 and 9. The book of daniel lays the basis for the book of revelation. But there has been a failure to apply the parallelism to the closing verses of daniel 11, or even to the overall theme of the chapter. 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 man who was to rule for only two years was actually named darius cyaxares, ii, in secular historical accounts.
That takes us back to the time frame of chapter 5 and the handwriting on the wall. I turned to the master god, asking for an answerpraying earnestly, fasting from meals, wearing. 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 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. If you would like to know gods program for the future, it is essential that you understand this book of daniel.