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Daniel 9, Jeremiah 25 
 
The last 70 years that are determined upon our people, for the king of Babylon which will come

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Daniel is 87 years old (same age as in the 8th chapter)
Darius = Cyrus (thought by many scholars)

Daniel is telling us the things that will befall, but who is it that is actually telling us? Almighty God.

Daniel Chapter 9

Daniel 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

Darius means “maintainer”
Their land is what we would call Iran of today. And Darius was made king over what we would call Iraq today, above the Persian Gulf.

Daniel 9:2 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.

That is written in Jeremiah 25:11

Let's go there to read the prophecy that was given to Jeremiah, from the same God (YHVH)

Jeremiah Chapter 25

Jeremiah 25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Seventy years is the years of the captivity.

Jeremiah 25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

And it would be from here that the final desolator, king of Babylon would come.

Jeremiah 25:13 And I will bring upon that land all (not some, but ALL) my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.

Next we will see the time this is really talking about....

Jeremiah 25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: (that’s to say Gods Children) and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

Jeremiah 25:15 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

Jeremiah 25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

And the reason that Daniel would refer to Jeremiah and that cup of God’s wrath – you’ll find out that ultimately he means the last 70 years that are determined upon our people, for the king of Babylon which will come. In other words, it has to do with us today as well as the period of Daniel’s time. That time being a type of the captivity.  Now we are back to pure Hebrew, this being the second chapter – returning to pure Hebrew.

Back to Daniel Chapter 9

Daniel 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplication, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

Daniel praying to the Father, not necessarily praying for himself, but for God’s people. Asking direction, God’s influence upon the family, and so forth.

Daniel 9:4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

Condition here, “to those who love Him and to them that keep His commandments”. If you want a blessed life, communicate with Him.  Let Him know you care.  That is why that cup – as people abuse God’s children that cup of wrath builds and builds. It shall be poured out, when that time comes that our Heavenly Father is ready.

Daniel 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

In other words, we’ve left your Word, which is not something you want to do. Although Daniel and some of his friends held to that Word, many of Judah and Israel did not.

Daniel 9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

In other words, you sent up spokespersons that delivered your will and your way and we didn’t listen to them.

Daniel 9:7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

This is both houses, Judah and Israel and the city God loves, Jerusalem. God said He was going to scatter them to the four corners of the earth when they disobey Him, and they are scattered to this day. Those 10 tribes that went north over the Caucasus mountains (then called Caucasians) who settled Europe and later migrated to Canada and the Americas.  Those making up the house of Israel (not the house of Judah). In that God scattered them, they have “confusion of faces” because many do not even know who they are. They have not followed His precepts, His commandments, and or tell God they love Him.

Daniel 9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

To sin, and leave the righteousness of God (for God is always right), the sooner you can understand and recognize it, and the moment you want to do what is right, you’re going to follow His righteousness and learn by it, be corrected by it, be edified by it, whereby you receive His blessings instead of living in a world that is all confused, not even knowing you are a child of God and that you fit in prophecy as to what it is you are supposed to do.  You have a destiny, and many have known since they were young they have a purpose – and you were never taught. But when you get into God’s Word you see that destiny, as He speaks to His election as they are delivered up to the false Messiah.

Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

He still will forgive you when you repent.

Daniel 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

Do things God’s way, not man’s way.

Daniel 9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

Moses wrote this curse, we will read about it in a moment.

Daniel 9:12 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: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

And so it is, that city that was once called Jebus because it had an unclean birth and God took it under His wing and made an everlasting covenant with the location Jerusalem on which it sits in Judea. And He wed it forever and it’s where His eternal temple will be established as it is written in Ezekiel Chapter 16 and Revelation Chapter 21.

JERUSALEM IS THE BAROMETER. YOU WANT TO WATCH IT AND WATCH IT CLOSELY.

Daniel 9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

Where was this written, and when did he write it?  He wrote it in the book of Deuteronomy.  Deuteronomy 28:15.  You should read it because it is very fitting of this hour and this time. Here is the curse, this is what it is:

Deuteronomy Chapter 28

Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

He is saying these curses are going to take you over.

Deuteronomy 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

House unto house.

Deuteronomy 28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

Pay more taxes on your groceries than you used to pay for groceries years ago.   Why these things? Because we did not obey our Father.

Deuteronomy 28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

Polluted.

Deuteronomy 28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

Without God you don’t have much of a chance in this world today, when you look at it. Hard to keep your sanity today without the Word of God.  The Word was planned long ago, and God is simply trying to get his people’s attention.

Deuteronomy 28:20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

The Lord will do that.  But you can avoid it by inoculating yourself with the truth, with the Word of God.  Follow Him, let Him know you love Him AND YOU AUTOMATICALLY BECOME IMMUNE TO ALL THOSE CURSES.  God will give you such blessings that you will override. And blessings that will take care of the cursings that He will send on others because He loves you. God never curses those He loves.

Deuteronomy 28:21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

Deuteronomy 28:22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

Deuteronomy 28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Deuteronomy 28:24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 28:25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

Deuteronomy 28:27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

Deuteronomy 28:28-68 is included below for you to read the rest of the cursing's spoken of by Moses.

28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE Lord THY God;
59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.
63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

Returning to Daniel Chapter 9

Daniel 9:14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

He’s aware.  He allowed us to bring in upon ourselves.  God is always fair and God is always righteous, but man will always bring things on himself.  We live in a free society and you can go against God.  But if you want God’s blessings they will not follow you, instead you’ll walk face to face with the curses that Moses forewarned you about in Deuteronomy Chapter 28. Read His Word and learn to avoid the curse.

Daniel 9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

God who parted the Red Sea, who fed them manna in the wilderness, brought them right out of captivity, enslaved in Egypt, and freed them.  Brought them into the promised land and they still would not listen to Him.

Daniel 9:16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

And so it is.  Look at Jerusalem today.  You cannot cry peace, peace, peace there.   You can’t even get people to the peace table. And the fig tree is planted there, both the good and the bad figs as it written in Jeremiah Chapter 24. Four chapters before the Chapter 28 of the curses. God’s love going out to his favorite spot, a spot He loves so much and it is still in the hands of the gentiles. It won’t always be. THAT DAY IS COMING OF THAT CUP.

Daniel 9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

Daniel speaking.  Look at it today, look at the abomination.  How sad it is, and our Father must weep.  But that day is coming, and this builds the wrath of God. This is why that 70 period is very important.  You want to pay close attention to it.  Because at the end, if you noticed in Jeremiah, of the final 70 weeks upon our people, that cup is going to be poured out.  AND THAT TIME IS APPROACHING. That’s why we are reading this and studying God’s Word, so we can understand.

Daniel 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

We don’t deserve it, but with unmerited favor look upon us, bless our people.  Again, Daniel not praying for himself, not even praying for him and the three Hebrew children, but praying for all of God’s children.  Being the very spokesman prophet for God’s utilized by God to interpret dreams and visions. Here he pleads for that mercy from our Heavenly Father.

Daniel 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

Don’t put it off. For your own sake, and for your own love of your children, take action. Bring the blessings. Blessings come when one deserves them. Because God is always right and God is always fair.  God will answer Daniel’s prayer. And God will answer all those who fall in line and are attune to following just as Daniel did, in asking our Heavenly Father for His mercies, to hear you.  You want to remember also to repent and ask for forgiveness...and thank Him for forgiving you.  Get into His Word. That right path.  And stay on it as best you can.

Daniel 9:20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain (Mt. Zion) of my God;

Daniel 9:21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

About the time of the evening offering.  God loving Daniel listening to His prayer, God sends this one.  Gabriel meaning “man of God”.  God sends this one to interpret, explain and to clarify.

Daniel 9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

This is why you study God’s Word.  So that you can gain skill, and so that you can gain understanding. Why is it so important to have understanding? Because it is the nature of man to only fear what he does not know.

If man knows pretty well what is going to happen, he is a protective creature and will plan a way through it, over it or around it.  He’ll take care of it. And that is the way God created His children. So wisdom is to understand what God is about to do, and what the wicked ones are about to do is a very important thing. Because it allows you to foreknow AND TO BE READY.  For ultimately, as it is written God’s elect must stand before the false messiah, allowing the Holy Spirit to speak through them to take care of business. That is true wisdom and that is why skill and understanding is so necessary especially concerning the 70 weeks of time, the 70 years of time, WRITTEN IN THE GREAT BOOK OF JEREMIAH. Given directly from God to Jeremiah. God gave it through the prophet Jeremiah because God is totally in control. He is ruling, He is in command, and God takes care of His own.

Daniel 9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

Gabriel begins to explain.  God never leaves us wanting. This is why it is so important that you PRAY FOR WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING. Most people in God’s overall plan, there are going to be times that you are going to have trouble understanding. So who do you talk to? YOU TALK TO HIM FOR SKILL AND UNDERSTANDING. And here, this Daniel was so loved by God, God sent this one (Gabriel) to leave this message for all of us, all of God’s children, exactly how it would be.  God hears supplications, which is to say, prayer or your wishes. He hears them well. And God will always to what is best for you. God will always follow through in that light. And He will take care of you. He will keep you posted.  Now what is the vision?  We will get to the first part here.

Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

TO FINISH THE TRANSGRESSION, TO MAKE AN END OF SIN....TO MAKE RECONCILIATION FOR INIQUITY, TO BRING EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS...

This is yet future. Meaning THE END SHALL COME and that’s what these 70 weeks are about. Now to jog your memory a bit. Do you remember when Jesus walked into the synagogue? He picked up the scroll of Isaiah and He read from that great scroll (or book of Isaiah) and he said   THIS DAY I HAVE COME IN THE NAME OF SALVATION, THIS IS THE DAY OF SALVATION, now he stopped in the middle of his sentence. Because the end of the sentence says AND THE DAY OF VENGEANCE. The day of vengeance is the pouring out of the cup. So there is a gap between the day of salvation and the day of vengeance. Just as in this 70 week period, we are going to cover 69 weeks. AND THAT LAST WEEK WILL BE BROKEN APART. IT’S THE GAP BECAUSE IT IS THE GAP OF THE WEEK OF VENGEANCE OF WHICH OUR FATHER WILL COME. AND HE WILL TAKE THAT VENGEANCE. And it is so very important.  Again, I want to remind you.  Jesus went into the synagogue and he picked up the book of Isaiah, and he read that first part of the sentence. Which stated “this is the day of salvation".

70 x 70 = 490 years

490 years – 7 = 1 week of years leaving us 483 years (and it was approximately that long when Christ would come at the first advent and would be anointed)

But all those prophecies, such as sin being done away with, and everything made right, that doesn’t happen until the 2nd advent and at the end of the Lord’s Day as you have learned from the great book of Revelation. Here we begin to see Daniel and the book of Revelation hook together like a glove. And this explanation of this prophecy as we go into it. It explains to you the false Messiah, how he will come in, and then you will understand why Jesus would say in Mark 13 and Matt 24, when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, THEN KNOW AND UNDERSTAND FLEE JUDEA.  Why? Because this is for THIS DAY.  This is a prophecy concerning this generation of the fig tree. How good our Father is, and righteous He is that He brings us these truths EVEN BEFORE THE FACT, WHEREBY YOU ARE PREPARED.

Luke 21:22
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Isaiah 61:1-3
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.


Recommended Study:

6/4/19 Daniel 9:1 - 9:24 By Pastor Arnold Murray

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Additional study


THE VISIONS OF DANIEL   (Chapters 7-12),   SYNCHRONOUS.
Appendix 89 To The Companion Bible.
https://www.therain.org/appendixes/app89.html

THE "TIMES", AND NUMBERED "DAYS" OF DANIEL
7:25;  8:14;  12:7, 11, 12.
Appendix 90 To The Companion Bible.
https://www.therain.org/appendixes/app90.html

THE "SEVENTY WEEKS" OF DAN.
Appendix 91 To The Companion Bible.
https://www.therain.org/appendixes/app91.html

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