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9:17 “So now <06258>, our God <0430>, accept <08085> the prayer <08605> and requests <08469> of <0413> your servant <05650>, and show <06440> favor <0215> to <05921> your devastated <08076> sanctuary <04720> for <04616> your own sake. 9:18 Listen <05186> attentively <0241>, my God <0430>, and hear <08085>! Open <06491> your eyes <05869> and look on <07200> our desolated ruins <08077> and the city <05892> called <07121> by <05921> your name <08034>. For <03588> it is not <03808> because of <05921> our own righteous <06666> deeds that we <0587> are praying <08469> <05307> to <06440> you, but because <03588> your compassion <07356> is abundant <07227>. 9:19 O Lord <0136>, hear <08085>! O Lord <0136>, forgive <05545>! O Lord <0136>, pay attention <07181>, and act <06213>! Don’t <0408> delay <0309>, for <04616> your own sake <04616>, O my God <0430>! For <03588> your city <05892> and your people <05971> are called <07121> by your name <08034>.” 9:20 While I <0589> was still <05750> speaking <01696> and praying <06419>, confessing <03034> my sin <02403> and the sin <02403> of my people <05971> Israel <03478> and presenting <05307> my request <08467> before <06440> the LORD <03068> my God <0430> concerning <05921> his <0430> holy <06944> mountain <02022>– 9:21 yes, while <05750> I <0589> was still praying <08605> <01696>, the man <0376> Gabriel <01403>, whom <0834> I had seen <07200> previously <08462> in a vision <02377>, was approaching <05060> me in my state of extreme <03286> weariness <03288>, around the time <06256> of the evening <06153> offering <04503>. 9:22 He spoke <01696> with <05973> me, instructing <0995> me as follows <0559>: “Daniel <01840>, I have now <06258> come <03318> to impart <07919> understanding <0998> to you. 9:23 At the beginning <08462> of your requests <08469> a message <01697> went out <03318>, and I <0589> have come <0935> to convey <05046> it to you, for <03588> you <0859> are of great value <02530> in God’s sight. Therefore consider <0995> the message <01697> and understand <0995> the vision <04758>: 9:24 “Seventy <07657> weeks <07620> have been determined <02852> concerning <05921> your people <05971> and your holy <06944> city <05892> to put an end <03607> to rebellion <06588>, to bring <02856> sin <02403> to completion <02856>, to atone <03722> for iniquity <05771>, to bring <0935> in perpetual <05769> righteousness <06664>, to seal up <02856> the prophetic <05030> vision <02377>, and to anoint <04886> a most holy place <06944> <06944>. 9:25 So know <03045> and understand <07919>: From <04480> the issuing <04161> of the command <01697> to restore <07725> and rebuild <01129> Jerusalem <03389> until <05704> an anointed one <04899>, a prince <05057> arrives, there will be a period of seven <07651> weeks <07620> and sixty-two <08147> <08346> weeks <07620>. It will again <07725> be built <01129>, with plaza <07339> and moat <02742>, but in distressful <06695> times <06256>. 9:26 Now after <0310> the sixty-two <08147> <08346> weeks <07620>, an anointed one <04899> will be cut off <03772> and have nothing <0369>. As for the city <05892> and the sanctuary <06944>, the people <05971> of the coming <0935> prince <05057> will destroy <07843> them. But his end <07093> will come speedily like a flood <07858>. Until <05704> the end <07093> of the war <04421> that has been decreed <02782> there will be destruction <08074>. 9:27 He will confirm <01396> a covenant <01285> with many <07227> for one <0259> week <07620> <07620>. But in the middle <02677> of that week he will bring <07673> sacrifices <02077> and offerings <04503> to a halt. On <05921> the wing <03671> of abominations <08251> will come one who destroys <08074>, until <05704> the decreed <02782> end <03617> is poured out <05413> on <05921> the one who destroys <08074>.”

• Dan 9:20-27 -- Gabriel Gives to Daniel a Prophecy of Seventy Weeks

• Daniel

  [ebd] God is my judge, or judge of God. (1.) David's second son, "born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess" (1 Chr. 3:1). He is called also Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3). (2.) One of the four great prophets, although he is not o...
  [nave] DANIEL 1. A Jewish captive, called also Belteshazzar. Educated at king's court, Dan. 1. Interprets visions, Dan. 2; 4; 5. Promotion and executive authority of, Dan. 2:48, 49; 5:11, 29; 6:2. Conspiracy against, cast into t...
  

• Prayer

  [isbe] PRAYER - prar (deesis, proseuche, (enteuxis; for an excellent discussion of the meaning of these see Thayer's Lexicon, p. 126, under the word deesis; the chief verbs are euchomai, proseuchomai, and deomai, especially in Luke...
  [smith] The object of this article will be to touch briefly on -- The doctrine of Scripture as to the nature and efficacy of prayer; Its directions as to time, place and manner of prayer; Its types and examples of prayer. Scripture ...
  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• Gabriel

  [ebd] champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel (8:16) to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to communicate the prediction of the seventy weeks (Dan. 9:21-27). He announce...
  [isbe] GABRIEL - ga'-bri-el (gabhri'-el, "Man of God"; Gabriel): The name of the angel commissioned to explain to Daniel the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to give the prediction of the 70 weeks (Dan 8:16; 9:21). In the New...
  [smith] (man of God), an angel sent by God to announce to Zacharias the birth of John the Baptist, and to Mary the birth of Christ. He was also sent to Daniel to explain his visions. (Daniel 8:16; 9:21)
  [nave] GABRIEL, a messenger of God. Appeared to Daniel, Dan. 8:16; 9:21; to Zacharias, Luke 1:11-19; to Mary, Luke 1:26-29.
  

• Angel

  [isbe] ANGEL - an'-jel (mal'akh; Septuagint and New Testament, aggelos): I. DEFINITION AND SCRIPTURE TERMS II. ANGELS IN OLD TESTAMENT 1. Nature, Appearances and Functions 2. The Angelic Host 3. The Angel of the Theophany III. ANGE...
  [nave] ANGEL. One of the Holy Trinity Trinitarian authorities interpret the Scriptures cited under this topic as referring to Christ, who according to this view was the divine presence in the wilderness. Called Angel, Acts 7:30, ...
  

• Jerusalem

  [ebd] called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the "city of God," the "holy city;" by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning "the holy;" once "the city of Judah" (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the dual form, and means "posses...
  [nave] JERUSALEM Called Jebus, Josh. 18:28; Judg. 19:10; Zion, 1 Kin. 8:1; Zech. 9:13; City of David, 2 Sam. 5:7; Isa. 22:9; Salem, Gen. 14:18; Psa. 76:2; Ariel, Isa. 29:1; City of God, Psa. 46:4; City of the Great King, Psa. 48:2;...
  

• Prophets

  [nave] PROPHETS Called Seers, 1 Sam. 9:19; 2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 2 Kin. 17:13; 1 Chr. 9:22; 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29; 12:15; 29:30; Isa. 30:10; Mic. 3:7. Schools of, 1 Kin. 20:35; 2 Kin. 2:3-15; 4:1, 38; 9:1. Kept the chronicles, 1 Chr....
  

• Intercession

  [isbe] INTERCESSION - in-ter-sesh'-un (pagha`, "to make intercession"; originally "to strike upon," or "against"; then in a good sense, "to assail anyone with petitions," "to urge," and when on behalf of another, "to intercede" (Ru...
  [nave] INTERCESSION. Of One Person with Another 1 Sam. 2:25 Instances of: Reuben for Joseph, Gen. 37:21, 22. Judah for Joseph, Gen. 37:26, 27. Pharaoh's chief baker for Joseph, Gen. 41:9-13, with Gen. 40:14. Jonathan for David...
  

• Nation

  [nave] NATION Sins of, Isa. 30:1, 2. Chastised, Isa. 14:26, 27; Jer. 5:29; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; Ezek. 2:3-5; 39:23, 24; Dan. 7:9-12; 9:3-16; Hos. 7:12; Joel 1:1-20; Amos 9:9; Zeph. 3:6, 8. Perish, Psa. 9:17; Isa. 60:12. National a...
  

• SEVENTY WEEKS

  [ebd] a prophetic period mentioned in Dan. 9:24, and usually interpreted on the "year-day" theory, i.e., reckoning each day for a year. This period will thus represent 490 years. This is regarded as the period which would elapse t...
  [isbe] SEVENTY WEEKS - The "seventy weeks" of the prophecy in Dan 9:24-27 have long been a subject of controversy in the critical schools. The conflicting views may be seen very fully in Dr. Driver's Daniel, 94 ff, 143 ff, and Dr. ...
  

• Atonement

  [isbe] ATONEMENT - a-ton'-ment: Translates kaphar; chaTa'; ratsah, the last employed only of human relations (1 Sam 29:4); translates the following Greek stems hilas-, simple and compounded with various prepositions; allag- in comp...
  [nave] ATONEMENT For tabernacle and furniture, Lev. 16:15-20, 33. In consecration of the Levites, Num. 8:21. For those defiled by the dead, Num. 6:11. Made for houses, Lev. 14:53. For sin, see below. By meat offerings, Lev. 5:...
  

• Messiah

  [ebd] (Heb. mashiah), in all the thirty-nine instances of its occurring in the Old Testament, is rendered by the LXX. "Christos." It means anointed. Thus priests (Ex. 28:41; 40:15; Num. 3:3), prophets (1 Kings 19:16), and kings (1...
  [isbe] MESSIAH - me-si'-a (mashiach; Aramaic meshicha'; Septuagint Christos, "anointed"; New Testament "Christ"): 1. Meaning and Use of the Term 2. The Messianic Hope I. THE MESSIAH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. The Messianic King (1) Is...
  [nave] MESSIAH 1 Sam. 2:10, 35; 12:3, 5; 16:6; 24:6, 6, 10; 26:9, 11, 16, 23; 2 Sam. 1:14, 16, 21; 19:21; 22:51; 23:1; 1 Chr. 16:22; 2 Chr. 6:42; Psa. 2:2; 18:50; 20:6; 28:8; 84:9; 89:38, 51; 105:15; 132:10, 17; Isa. 45:1; Lam. 4:2...
  

• CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, II

  [isbe] CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, II - II. Examination of the Witnesses. 1. The Old Testament's Witness to Itself (circa 1450-444 BC): Though the Old Testament does not tell us anything about the processes of its own canonization,...
  

• Jesus, The Christ

  [nave] JESUS, THE CHRIST. Index of Sub-topics History of; Miscellaneous Facts Concerning; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Ascension of; Atonement by; Attributes of; Compassion of; Confessing; Creator; Death of; Design of His...
  

• WEEK

  [isbe] WEEK - wek (shebhua`, from shebha`, "seven"; sabbaton-ta, "from sabbath to sabbath"): The seven-day division of time common to the Hebrews and Babylonians (Gen 29:27,28; Lk 18:12). See ASTRONOMY; TIME. "Week" is used in the ...
  

• Anointing

  [isbe] ANOINTING - a-noint'-ing: A distinction was made by the ancient Hebrews between anointing with oil in private use, as in making one's toilet (cukh), and anointing as a religious rite (mashach). 1. Ordinary Use: (1) As regard...
  [smith] in Holy Scripture, is either, I. Material--with oil--or II. Spiritual--with the Holy Ghost. I. MATERIAL.-- Ordinary . Anointing the body or head with oil was a common practice with the Jews, as with other Oriental nations. (...
  [nave] ANOINTING Of the body, Deut. 28:40; Ruth 3:3; Esth. 2:12; Psa. 92:10; 104:15; 141:5; Prov. 27:9, 16; Eccl. 9:8; Song 1:3; 4:10; Isa. 57:9; Amos 6:6; Mic. 6:15. Of guests, 2 Chr. 28:15; Luke 7:46; the sick, Isa. 1:6; Mark 6:...
  

• Daily Sacrifice

  [ebd] (Dan. 8:12; 11:31; 12:11), a burnt offering of two lambs of a year old, which were daily sacrificed in the name of the whole Israelitish people upon the great altar, the first at dawn of day, and the second at evening (Dan. ...
  [nave] DAILY SACRIFICE Sacrificial, Ex. 29:38-42; 30:7-9; Num. 28:3-8; Ezra 3:4-6; Ezek. 46:13-15; Dan. 9:21, 26, 27; 11:31; Acts 3:1. See: Offerings. Figurative John 1:29, 36; 1 Pet. 1:19.
  

• Weaving, weavers

  [ebd] Weaving was an art practised in very early times (Ex. 35:35). The Egyptians were specially skilled in it (Isa. 19:9; Ezek. 27:7), and some have regarded them as its inventors. In the wilderness, the Hebrews practised it (Ex....
  

• CHRIST, OFFICES OF

  [isbe] CHRIST, OFFICES OF - of'-is-is. General Titles of our Lord I. CHRIST'S MEDIATION EXPRESSED IN THE SPECIFIC OFFICES Historical Review of the Theory II. THE THREEFOLD OFFICE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT The Failure of the Offices to S...
  

• APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, 1

  [isbe] APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, 1 - I. Apocalypses Proper. As above indicated, all these take the Book of Daniel as their model, and imitate it more or less closely. One peculiarity in this connection must be referred to. While we h...
  

• Church

  [nave] CHURCH, place of worship. Called Courts, Psa. 65:4; 84:2, 10; 92:13; 96:8; 100:4; 116:19; Isa. 1:12; 62:9; Zech. 3:7; House of God, Gen. 28:17, 22; Josh. 9:23; Judg. 18:31; 20:18, 26; 21:2; 1 Chr. 9:11; 24:5; 2 Chr. 5:14; 22:...
  

• The Seventy Weeks

  

• Do you think Israels peace treaty is the beginning of the end times?
  As for Israel's peace treaty: yes, this COULD be a part of an eschatological fulfillment. But whether it certainly is is a different matter. The Lord may well wait another millennium before his return. There is nothing in Scr...
• Can you help me understand God's perfect will versus His permissive will?
  The "perfect will" of God is what you find in Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God-what is good and ...
• Is Rome the beast (antichrist) in the book of Revelation?
  The prophecies of Daniel speak of four Gentile world powers that would dominate the land of Israel until Christ returns. Historically we know these to be Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. Rome is the fourth part of the ...
• Does Matthew 10:22 mean a believer can lose his salvation?
  Those in the Armenian position who, believing that one can lose his salvation, believe Matt. 10:22 teaches that unless one endures to the end he forfeits his salvation. Similarly, those in the Reformed position who, holding t...
• Does Matt. 24:13 conflict with free grace salvation and the believers security?
  "But the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved" (Matt 24:13). The word "saved" must always be understand in its context. Saved from what and by what means? "Saved" is the Greek sozo which may refer to any kind of ...
• What is the significance of numbers in Scripture?
  The following material from The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia should be helpful here: III. Significant numbers Numbers are also used with a symbolical or theological significance. One is used to convey th...

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