AIM: Prayer with God brings important answers.
A) Daniel receives insight and understanding during prayer
(20) Daniel prayed, confessing personal sin, sin of people,
pleading with Lord my God
(21-22) Gabriel came swiftly
to him during prayer to give insight and understanding
(23) moment you
began praying, command given for Gabriel to tell you what it means
Application:
Confessing sins in prayer brings divine insight and understanding.
B) Daniel understands Jeremiahs prophetic vision concerns
what is to bring everlasting righteousness from the Anointed One who gets
killed appearing to accomplish nothing.
(24) seventy sets of sevens decreed for Israel to finish
their rebellion, end sin, atone for guilt, bring everlasting righteousness, confirm
prophetic vision, anoint the Most Holy Place
(25) Listen and understand, Seven sets of seven plus sixty
two sets of seven will pass rebuild Jerusalem, Anointed One (Messiah) comes
does it despite perilous times
(26) after period of sixty-two sets of seven, Anointed One killed, appearing to
accomplish nothing, ruler will arise, destroy the city and Temple
Application: These
prophecies are verifiable in secular human history. Jesus came and was killed
appearing to accomplish nothing – yet these things have come to pass. The Bible
is proven true with fulfilled prophecy.
c) The end will come with flood, war and miseries from that
time till the end
(27) Ruler makes treaty with people, one set of seven, puts
end to sacrifices and offerings – climax of terrible deeds set up sacrilegious
object that causes desecration until fate is finally poured out on him
Application:
Worse things will happen before the end.