Because you are all so precious to God (as Daniel was), and in response, God sends us the Holy Spirit, just as the Angel Gabriel was sent to Daniel. Is Heaven listening? YES! Heaven is listening! When YOU are crying out to God in accordance with his will, Heaven is listening. The moment Daniel began interceding for God's people, a command was given in Heaven to respond. Listen carefully so that you can understand the meaning of your vision. And now I am here to tell you what it was, for you are very precious to God. God wants Israel (and us) to get this, and so Gabriel tells Daniel in Daniel 9:23,Ģ3 The moment you began praying (interceding for Israel) a command was given. It's the same thing Jesus did when he taught by parables. God wants us to want to know - enough so that we will dig into his Word and search for the full meaning. It may not be as simple as we'd like it, but that's also the way God works. God really wanted Israel to know these things, and God really wants us to know these things. It will come to pass exactly when he has ordained itĪnd that gives this text incredible life-changing power for anyone who will read it and receive it.Ģ2 He (Gabriel) explained to me, "Daniel, I have come here to give you insight and understanding. It will come to pass exactly as he ordained it God wants Daniel (and us) to know his plan is on track. And so, God is going to give Daniel the timeline for how his great plan of restoration is going to work out. What God had promised to do through and for Israel was absolutely going to come to pass - guaranteed. But God wanted Daniel to know that God's plan was in place. Today, in the middle of that prayer, God (again) sends to Daniel his special messenger Angel, Gabriel.Ģ0 I went on praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people (from 1st half) pleading with the Lord my God for Jerusalem, His holy mountain.Ģ1 As I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came swiftly to me at the time of the evening sacrifice.ĭaniel was continuing to cry out to God on behalf of Israel, afraid for them because they had strayed so far from God. In the first half of the Chapter, we left Daniel interceding for Israel - specifically for their restoration to God and to the land. Needless to say - it's a HUGE section of scripture to grasp! So let's get to grasping it! This text is famously called - "The 70 Weeks of Daniel," and it forms the basis, or the backbone, for the most critical prophetic events in the Bible. But they definitely involve us and the entire world. The focus of these prophecies is God's people, Israel. In the second half of Chapter 9, God reveals his plan for the ultimate restoration of Israel. Nobody has replaced God's covenant with Israel. In the first half of Chapter 9, Daniel prays for the restoration of Israel. And so, in the midst of his prayer (in the second half of Chapter 9), God reveals to Daniel his eternal long-term plan for Israel. Daniel's heart was burdened - heavily - about what might happen to God's people Israel. In the first half of Chapter 9, Daniel realized the 70-year exile of the Nation of Israel was about to come to an end, and it caused him to cry out to God in intercession for Israel.
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