CHAPTER
9
1 In the
first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the
Medes,
Who was made king
over the realm of the Chaldeans,
2 In the
first year of his reign,
I, Daniel,
understood from the books the number of years,
Which according to
the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet
Must pass by before
the desolations which had been pronounced on Jerusalem Should end,
and it was Seventy Years. [Jer. 25:11, 12; 29:10]
3 And I,
Daniel, set my face to the Lord God
To seek Him by
prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes;
4 And I
prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, and said, O Lord,
The great and
dreadful God, Who keeps covenant, mercy and loving-kindness
With those who love
Him and keep His commandments,
5 We have
sinned and dealt perversely and done wickedly and have rebelled ,
Turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.
6 Neither
have we listened to and heeded Your servants the prophets,
Who spoke in Your
name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers,
And to all the
people of the land.
7 O Lord,
righteousness belongs to You, but to us confusion and shame of face,
As at this day; to
the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
And to all Israel,
those who are near and those who are far off,
Through all the
countries You have driven them
Because of the
(treacherous) trespass which they have committed against You.
8 O Lord, to
us belong confusion and shame of face,
To our kings, to our princes,
And to our fathers,
because we have sinned against You.
9 To the Lord
our God belong mercies and loving-kindnesses and forgiveness;
For we have rebelled
against Him,
10 And we
have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God
By walking in His laws,
Which He set before
us by His servants the prophets.
11 Yea, all
Israel have transgressed your law,
Even turning aside
that they might not obey Your voice.
Therefore
the curse has been poured out on us,
And the oath that is
written in the law of Moses the servant of God,
Because we have
sinned against Him. [Lev. 26:14-45; Deut. 28:15-68.]
[I believe that the USA
(as well as all the Nations of the World)
Are currently under a
curse from God
And have been for some
time.
Because of
Transgressions against God.
What is the Curse? It
is defined in Deuteronomy 28.
Also, He simply
withdraws His protection
And leaves a Nation to
the wiles of the Evil One.
He made the USA great
and the Nation has denied this fact
And have refused to
give Him the glory.
In fact they have come
against Him and His Commands.]
12 And He has
carried out intact His threatening words,
Which He threatened
against us and against our judges—
The kings, princes
and rulers generally—who ruled us,
And
He has brought upon us a great evil;
For under the whole
heavens
There has not been
done before [anything so dreadful]
As He has caused to
be done against Jerusalem.
[No nation can insult
God to His face and not be afflicted with great evil.
Especially one that He
has made great by covenant.]
13 Just as it
is written in the law of Moses as to all this evil
[That would surely
come upon transgressors], so it has come upon us.
Yet
we have not earnestly begged for forgiveness
And
entreated the favor of the Lord our God,
That
we might turn from our iniquities, and have understanding
And
become wise in Your truth.
14 Therefore
the Lord has kept ready the (evil) calamity
And
has brought it upon us,
For
the Lord our God is [uncompromisingly] righteous
And
rigidly just in all His works which He does [keeping His word],
And
we have not obeyed His voice.
15 And now, O
Lord our God,
Who brought Your
people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand,
And have secured
Yourself renown and a Name as at this day,
We
have Sinned, we have done Wickedly!
16 O Lord,
according to all Your rightness and justice,
I beseech You, let
Your anger and Your wrath
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 have become a reproach
And a byword to all
who are around about us.
17 Now
therefore, O our God, listen to and heed the prayer of your servant
Daniel And his supplications,
And for Your own
sake cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary,
Which is desolate.
[But see Ezek. 14:12-20.]
18 O my God,
incline Your ear and hear;
Open Your eyes and
look at our desolations,
And the City which
is called by Your name;
For we do not
present our supplications before You
For our own
righteousness and justice,
But for Your great
mercies and loving-kindnesses.
19 O Lord,
hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, give heed and act!
Do not delay, for
Your own sake,
O my God, because
Your City and Your people are called by your name.
20 While I
was speaking and praying,
Confessing my Sin
and the Sin of my people Israel,
And presenting my
supplication before the Lord my God
For the holy hill of
my God;
21 Yes, while
I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel,
Whom I had seen in
the former vision,
Being caused to fly
swiftly, came near to me and touched me
About the time of
the evening sacrifice. [Dan. 8:16.]
22 He
instructed me and made me understand; he talked with me and said,
O Daniel, I am now
come forth to give you skill and wisdom and understanding.
23 At the
beginning of your prayers the word went forth,
And I have come to
tell you, for you are Greatly Beloved.
Therefore consider
the matter and understand the vision.
24 Seventy
weeks [of years, or four hundred and ninety years]
Are decreed upon
your people and upon your holy city Jerusalem,
To finish and put an
end to transgression,
To seal up and make
full the measure of sin,
To purge away and
make expiation and reconciliation for sin,
And to bring in
everlasting righteousness
[Permanent spiritual
and moral rectitude in every area and relation]
And to seal up
vision and prophecy and prophet, and to anoint a Holy of Holies.
(Daniel 9:1-24, AMP)
Today
we stand at the End of TIME;
In
the Last of the Last Day of TIME.
And
All that has been Written by God Almighty is coming to pass.
It
will come to pass Exactly as it is Written.
God
is making His Treasured Possession Complete;
Bringing
into His Kingdom all those who are Willing.
Daniel
Chapters 7-12 tell us about this time.
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