Bible Study Notes for Lord’s Day,
October 4, 2009
Daniel 9
“Until Messiah, the Prince”
Introduction Daniel is in Babylon, in exile because of the rebellion
of the Jewish people against their God. Daniel has taken a stand
for righteousness while in Babylon, and spends a lot of time in
his upper room, praying. God revealed many things to him about the
future, even to the coming of Christ.
At a point he realizes that God wants to bring home the captives
and restore the nation Israel. So, this is Daniel’s prayer
- to repent for his own sins and the sins of his people, in the
hopes that God will forgive and restore.
Daniel 9
1. Understand God’s Plan
1 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—
2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books
the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through
Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in
the desolations of Jerusalem.
2. Proper Attitude of Repentance
3 Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer
and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
3. Remember Who God Is
4 And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said,
“O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and
mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,
4. Confess What We Have Done
5 we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and
rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments.
6 Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in
Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the
people of the land.
5. How we feel about what we’ve done
7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face,
as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the
countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness
which they have committed against You.
8 “O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes,
and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord
our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against
Him. 10 We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk
in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets.
6. Acknowledge God’s discipline is justified
11 Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so
as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written
in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us,
because we have sinned against Him. 12 And He has confirmed His
words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged
us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven
such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.
7. We should have done this a long time ago
13 “As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster
has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD
our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your
truth. 14 Therefore the LORD has kept the disaster in mind, and
brought it upon us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all the
works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice. 15 And
now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of
Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this
day—we have sinned, we have done wickedly!
8. Request Mercy
16 “O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let
Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem,
Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities
of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all
those around us. 17 Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your
servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause
Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my
God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations,
and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present
our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but
because of Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive!
O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God,
for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
9. God’s Answer
20 Now while I was speaking, 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 of my God, 21 yes, while I
was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the
vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me
about the time of the evening offering. 22 And he informed me, and
talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth
to give you skill to understand. 23 At the beginning of your supplications
the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly
beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:
24 “ Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
25 “ Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.
26 “ And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”
Pastor Steve Boggan
Living Waters Christian Fellowship
Heritage Ranch by Lake Nacimiento, CA
Website - livingwaters.cc
