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Devotional: May 12th

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Daniel 9:15-27

Daniel is not acting here as a prophet (cf. v. 6). He is rather making himself Israel’s advocate and knows how to find the appropriate arguments to touch the heart of God. He asks Him to intervene . . . "for the Lord’s sake" (v. 17), "for thy great mercies" (v. 18), "for thine own sake . . . for thy city and thy people are called by thy name" (v. 19; cf. Psalms 25:11; Leviticus 22:32). Such a prayer is infinitely acceptable to God, who hastens to answer it. Again His messenger is Gabriel, the same one as is to be chosen to announce the birth of the Saviour and of His forerunner (Luke 1:19; Luke 1:26). But here the angel is not charged with a happy message; far from it! He gives Daniel understanding about the following:1. the rejection of Messiah after 69 (7+62) weeks of years – these 483 (69 x 7) years are to be counted from the beginning of the reconstruction of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah 2:1-20. the destruction of the city and of the temple by the Romans under Titus (v. 26);3. in a time still to come, the tragic mistake on the part of the Jews, blinded by Satan, in receiving instead of Christ a "desolator", the Anti-christ (v. 27 JND trans.).In Matthew 24:15 . . ., the Lord Jesus solemnly confirms Daniel’s prophecies.

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