It is important to note that in daniel 12, as the prophecy concludes, gd gives daniel some important instruction in regard to calculating the time of the events mentioned. Nearly everything mentioned in the prophecy relates to the day of atonement and what is typified in. The detail study of revelation will uncover many new prophecies and understandings of the end times. This verse is really the keystone around which unfulfilled prophecies in the bible connect. The angel informs him that seventy weeks have been decreed for them, and then gives a detailed but cryptic description of those weeks.
Daniel 9, new international version niv the bible app. This refers to verse 1, which says that michael the archangel will stand up for, or assist and sustain, gods people during a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. Book of daniel chapter 9 bible study daniels 70 weeks part 2. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel. Grasp the meaning of the word, understand the vision. In verse two daniel is referring to such passages as jeremiah 25. Book of daniel bible study commentary chapter 12 how to shine like the stars. Book of daniel chapter 12 bible study shine like the stars. Daniel 912 niv daniels prayer in the first year bible gateway. Daniel does not envisage the universal resurrection as later developed. The prophecy of seventy weeks of years verses 2427.
Message given sunday, june 30, 2019 by pastor josh black at calvary chapel canyon hills in lake elsinore, ca. Verses 2627 show that all six of verse 24s elements will be accomplished. The word translated reconciliation is the same one translated as atonementkapharthroughout leviticus 16. Earlier in chapter 9, daniel had prayed, asking god for forgiveness of israels sins. Book of daniel bible study chapter commentary 9 part 2 daniels 70 weeks. Now let us return and discuss verse 26 of daniel chapter 9. Jews for judaism daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then.
It is gods assurance that he will intervene to lift israel out of her degenerate spiritual state. With that context established, we are ready for daniel 9. Daniel 9 niv daniels prayer in the first year bible gateway. And he gd said to you, o daniel, for closed and sealed are these things unto the time of the end. Daniel 12 niv the end times at that time bible gateway. While studying the book of jeremiah daniel came to the conclusion that the announced 70yearscaptivity would come to a soon end daniel 9. The seventy weeks prophecy foretells a national cleansing. According to the opening verse of chapter 9, the third vision of daniel occurred in. This is a description of the great tribulation christ echoes in matthew 24. 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. Daniel 9 new international version niv daniels prayer.
Next, its clear from the first verse of daniel 12 that the timing backs up to the abomination and rapture because it mentions the unequalled distress, which matches matthew 24. The last 7 years before the return of jesus christ is perhaps best encapsulated in daniel 9. Daniel, chapter 9 united states conference of catholic bishops. 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. Daniels prayer in the first year of darius son of xerxes a mede by descent. Great difficulty is experienced in discovering what sort of weeks is intended. That which is foretold by daniel is the complete and final destruction of the same city and temple which evoked the prophets prayer.
In this chapter of daniel, we have what is known as the interrupted prayer. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks chapter 9 of the book of daniel is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel in response to daniels prayer for god to act on behalf of his people and city i. On the other hand, it is remarkable that in leviticus 25. In sum verse 24 declares that god had determined a period of 490 years to accomplish six key activities. A commentary on the book of daniel daniel chapter twelve. Daniel chapter 9 explained discover the 66 books of the. Daniel is praying in the first nineteen verses of this chapter, but then the angel gabriel appears and interrupts his prayer. Daniel 12 new international version niv the end times. The implication is that the messiah would be resurrected from the dead after he was killed. Chapter 9 can be distinguished from the other visionary chapters of the book of. The year reign of jesus starts after armageddon so daniel 12 couldnt possibility follow daniel 11. And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil. Weeks not of days, but of years, or, seventy times seven years, that is, four hundred and ninety years, each day being accounted a year according to the prophetic way of reckoning, see note on daniel 7.
This is the clearest prophecy of the messiah in all the old testament. But at that time your peopleeveryone whose name is found written in the book will be delivered. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Daniel discerns that the time for the fulfillment of the lords promises has come and thus he engages in earnest prayer for their fulfillment. We saw in the last study that daniel had been reading the prophecies of jeremiah when he saw that israel would be in exile for 70 years. Four times in the chapter verses 5, 8, 11, 15, daniel acknowledges the peoples sin. Jehovah is gods covenant name and this chapter preeminently. Daniels prayer in the first year of darius son of xerxes a mede by descent, who was. What do the 1,290 and 1,335 days represent daniel 12. Daniel s prayer for the restoration of israel, ver.
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