Tuesday, September 27, 2016

DANIEL'S PRAYER FOR ISRAEL

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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