Yesterday we ended on the note of Daniel's prayer...did you read it...what an awesome prayer...I started to think,"Boy I wish I could pray like that..." But, and here is a very real distinction, many people, when they are praying, are praying on their own merit and God granted favor, rather than on the merits and the favors of God. Do you understand that we can not rely on ourselves we need to rely on God/Jesus/Holy Spirit. Daniels reliance was totally on God, that is why Gabriel referred to him as "greatly beloved."
From the 24 Verse of Daniel 9 to the end of Daniel 9, Gabriel the angel is teaching Daniel about his vision. Gabriel tells Daniel the 70 weeks have been determined, for the people of the Holy City to put an end to their transgressions and to finish sinning. Back to the commentary I am using (www.enduringword.com). Apparently in ancient Hebrew "week" doesn't necessarily refer to a seven day week as we think of week. It refers to any unit of measure of seven. So you could essentially say....one, two, three, four, five, six, week, eight, nine, ten....do you understand. It just sounds a little odd because we are used to hearing the word seven instead of week.
Verse 24 continues in that it refers to the Jewish people and the Holy City is Jerusalem, and the people have seventy years to finish up and get on track with God. (Please note that this is my simplification of what I have read...there is a lot more to all of this then my simple mussing.)
All the sinning that was done has to be atoned for to God. Now there is a complete explanation of this at the end of the Chapter 9 commentary, by Sir Robert Anderson, I wonder if he is any relation to our family.
This whole thing ends with the crucifixion of Jesus, remember it was He who died for our sins and for the sins of the Hebrews spoken of by Daniel and the angel Gabriel.
Well I hope I was able to convey some interesting thoughts to you. One of my goals here is to teach, I only pray that I am teaching the correct things. If a Bible scholar is to read this, it would probably be much to simple. But as long as my facts are correct I am happy, and as long as I am getting some of you to feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit, then I am doing another thing that I am setting out to do. God is good and His people said, "All the time!"
Tomorrow afternoon I will start to work on chapter 10 of Daniel, and I will have it on for you on Monday morning. Try to get to church to worship our heavenly Father and go be a blessing!
From the 24 Verse of Daniel 9 to the end of Daniel 9, Gabriel the angel is teaching Daniel about his vision. Gabriel tells Daniel the 70 weeks have been determined, for the people of the Holy City to put an end to their transgressions and to finish sinning. Back to the commentary I am using (www.enduringword.com). Apparently in ancient Hebrew "week" doesn't necessarily refer to a seven day week as we think of week. It refers to any unit of measure of seven. So you could essentially say....one, two, three, four, five, six, week, eight, nine, ten....do you understand. It just sounds a little odd because we are used to hearing the word seven instead of week.
Verse 24 continues in that it refers to the Jewish people and the Holy City is Jerusalem, and the people have seventy years to finish up and get on track with God. (Please note that this is my simplification of what I have read...there is a lot more to all of this then my simple mussing.)
All the sinning that was done has to be atoned for to God. Now there is a complete explanation of this at the end of the Chapter 9 commentary, by Sir Robert Anderson, I wonder if he is any relation to our family.
This whole thing ends with the crucifixion of Jesus, remember it was He who died for our sins and for the sins of the Hebrews spoken of by Daniel and the angel Gabriel.
Well I hope I was able to convey some interesting thoughts to you. One of my goals here is to teach, I only pray that I am teaching the correct things. If a Bible scholar is to read this, it would probably be much to simple. But as long as my facts are correct I am happy, and as long as I am getting some of you to feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit, then I am doing another thing that I am setting out to do. God is good and His people said, "All the time!"
Tomorrow afternoon I will start to work on chapter 10 of Daniel, and I will have it on for you on Monday morning. Try to get to church to worship our heavenly Father and go be a blessing!
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