This is proved by daniels personal experiences and by the prophecy, which runs through the book, of the establishment of the kingdom of god, a universal, eternal kingdom, a kingdom of peace and justice for all who prove faithful to him. Daniel 9 in chapter 2 of daniel, we were introduced to gods plan to place israel under gentile authority for an age o prior to the start of that age, prior to the conquest of nebuchadnezzar, israel was the chief nation on earth under david and later solomon, the nation of israel rose to the peak of its power. The revelation concerning the coming of the messiah. The detail study of revelation will uncover many new prophecies and understandings of the end times. In more mundane language, it is an account of the activities and visions of daniel, a noble jew exiled at babylon, its message being that just as the god of israel saved daniel and his friends from their enemies, so. At the time daniel wrote this prophecy, jerusalem had been destroyed and its citizens killed or deported to babylon. Daniels prayer in verses 319 of the chapter refers to the fulfillment of a specific seventyyear period, the seventy years of the babylonian captivity as prophesied by jeremiah. The emergence of the little horn, its unusual form, and its behavior cause daniel to wonder greatly. Since the end of the span was near, he prayed for gods.
Darius, the mede, had been a friend of daniel, and elevated him to high office in his kingdom. According to the opening verse of chapter 9, the third vision of daniel occurred in the. The book of daniel is a 2ndcentury bc biblical apocalypse combining a prophecy of history with an eschatology a portrayal of end times cosmic in scope and political in focus. Christians contend that it is a perfect calculation of the coming of jesus. The only thing that was not interpreted for him was chapter 8. Daniel, considering the time of the captivity, daniel 9. 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.
Book of daniel chapter 10 bible study commentary lifting. Daniels prayer, and the vision of the seventy weeks 9. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Daniel chapter 9 new international version 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.
Daniel 9 is one of the most amazing and significant prophetic passages in the bible, and it begins with daniels understanding and application of prophecy. Daniel himself has not the foggiest notion of the visions meaning, even after the angel gabriel has interpreted the vision for him. It would be hard to find another prophecy where the christian and jewish interpretations let alone what scholars say about it are so incompatible. Daniel 9 bible commentary matthew henry concise christianity. This ninth chapter messianic prophecy stands between the two visions of the old testament. Chapter nine ties together the other visions in the book of daniel, and unlocks their meaning. Daniels study of the books focused on the years prophesied for the captivity by jeremiah in jerusalem. Daniel prays for the city of jerusalem and the temple. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem.
Daniel 9 is one of the most amazing and significant prophetic passages in the bible, and it begins with daniels understanding and. Daniel understood something from reading the words of gods prophets. As with all of scripture, the book of daniel is profitable for our study 2 ti 3. Nebuchadnezzars dream of a tree king nebuchadnezzar, to the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth. Study the bible online using commentary on daniel 9 and more. The endtime spiritual warfare of daniel chapter 10, a consideration of daniel mourning three full weeks. From daniel and his three friends, we will learn the power of faith and commitment b. Gods promises are to encourage our prayers, not to make them needless. An immediate answer sent him by an angel to his prayer, in which, 1. Jews for judaism daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation. Daniel 9 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on the. Even noted scholars hesitate to be dogmatic in their interpretation of this chapter. In the book of proverbs, you find this to be addressed numerous times when scripture is speaking of flattery.
In one of his visions, the prophet daniel sees a little horn that grows out of a terrible beast daniel 7. In this chapter gabriel tells him about a period of 490 years concerning the messiah, the jewish nation, and the temple. They must pay honor to nebuchadnezzar, before they went on with their real purpose for coming. There they refused to take food and wine from the king and were given knowledge and insight into dreams and visions by god, and at the end of. With that context established, we are ready for daniel 9. Book of daniel bible study chapter commentary 9 part 2. Daniel chapter 9 explained discover the 66 books of the. But this is gods word of comfort for all who flee for shelter in christ. In this chapter of daniel, we have what is known as the interrupted prayer. However, the hebrew word shabuim, the context daniel 9. This reminds us of the earlier words of gabriel when he came to daniel in chapter 9. Daniel chapter 10 spiritual war chapter 10 of the book of daniel forms an introduction to a prophetic vision, a vision which is further detailed in chapter 11 and finally concluded in daniel chapter 12.
Chapter 9 can be distinguished from the second half of the book of daniel by the following two facts. Daniel 9 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. This is a statement very similar to long live the king. Daniel s prayer for the restoration of the jews who were in captivity, in which he confesses sin, and acknowledges the justice of god in their calamities, but pleads gods promises of mercy which he had yet in store for them v. This darius was not darius the persian, under whom the temple was built, as some have asserted, to invalidate the credibility of this book. This was just two years after daniels vision of four beasts and a little horn recorded in daniel 7. Daniel 1 the first chapter of the book of daniel tells how daniel and his three companions were among captives taken by nebuchadnezzar ii from jerusalem to babylon to be trained in babylonian wisdom. 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. Book of daniel bible study chapter commentary 9 part 2 daniels 70 weeks. Commentary on the book of daniel chapter 9 from a literal,historical and contextual perspective. Understanding this chapter is the key to understanding gods plan of redemption and prophecy. In the seventeenth century a very learned jew published a book in which he set forth the claims of jesus christ to be the jewish messiah.
As was the case with the previous vision, daniel didnt fully understand the significance of what he was seeing daniel 7. Daniels vision of the ram and the goat 8 thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven. Book of daniel bible study commentary chapter 10 daniel chapter 10. It is the only old testament passage which refers to the messiah as messiah. Introduction daniel chapter 8 is a preachers nightmare. Gabriel informeth him of the seventy weeks, and of the time and death of the messiah, and of the succeeding troubles, daniel 9. The prophet daniel has a vision of four future empires and the coming son of man. 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. This is spite of the fact that daniel had a reputation for being able to understand and interpret all kinds of. Verse 24 says this, and here incidentally friends two. In the preface to the book he told how he himself had been converted by listening to a debate between a knowledgeable jew and a christian convert from judaism over the meaning of this passage in daniel 9. He ends up taking back the cream of the crop, the most elite and noble israelites, to serve at his court in babylon. In the first year of darius that is, immediately after the overthrow of the kingdom of babylon, which was the year of the jews deliverance from captivity.
Book of daniel chapter 9 bible study daniels 70 weeks part 2. 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. The book of daniel is filled with messianic illusions and calculations that even left daniel pondering their meanings. 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. It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the most high god has performed for me. The book of daniel is filled with messianic illusions and calculations that even left daniel pondering. Daniel is praying in the first nineteen verses of this chapter, but then the angel gabriel appears and interrupts his prayer. A disciple on daniel 9 while daniel was speaking, confessing his sins and the sins of israel.
We saw in the last study that daniel had been reading the. Daniel 9 is one of the most difficult and controversial prophecies in the tenach. The vision recorded in daniel 8 came to the prophet in the third year of the reign of king belshazzar of babylon 553554 b. In many respects, this is the high point of the book of daniel. Daniel 4 niv nebuchadnezzars dream of a tree bible. The 9 th chapter of daniel is one of the greatest chapters in the bible. Do the seventy sevens represent 490 years in gods program. Lets go to daniel 9 and lets look at the 70 weeks of daniel. Daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation jews for judaism. This definition of the expression the desolations of jerusalem dan 9. Additionally, a large proportion of the book is written in aramaic rather than the traditional hebrew adding to the complexity of these biblical texts. The aim of the book is to show that the god of israel, the one true god, is greater than the pagan gods. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel.
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