Why not? Daniel 9 was not about me. IT WAS ABOUT DANIELS PEOPLE!!
Daniel 9Daniel’s Prayer for the People
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
Here is the CONTEXT ZONE. The 70 year punishment spoken of in Jeremiah was at its end. Daniel KNEW THIS!!
3 Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 4 And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, 5WE have sinned and committed iniquity, WE have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. 6 Neither have WE heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to US shame of face, as it is this day—to the MEN OF JUDAH, to the INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM and ALL ISREAL, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You.
8 “O Lord, to US belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because WE have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though WE have rebelled against Him. 10WE have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. 11 Yes, ALL ISRAEL has transgress your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on US , because WE have sinned against Him. 12 And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.
13 “As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon US; yet WE have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that WE might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. 14 Therefore the LORD has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though WE have not obeyed His voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day—WE have sinned, WE have done wickedly!
16 “O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury 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 are a reproach to all those around us. 17 Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
Where do WE have anything to do with ME Zone?
I was not promised a name
I was not promised a city
I was not promised a country
I was not given a law that said I will be driven from my land and my sanctuary destroyed if I do not heed the law of moses.
So why is my salvation in jeopardy if danile 9 was not fulfilled? DANIEL IS PRAYING FOR HIS PEOPLE. NOT ABOUT THE WORLD. AND HE IS NOT PRAYING ABOUT THE SALVATION OF ANYONE.
Was Daniel in Sin zone? Did he reject the law? did he disobay Gods commands? Yet daniel said WE.. Why?? He was talking about HIS NATION.
What is the church? The church is jew and gentile right? The body of Christ and ALL WHO ARE SAVED. Was Daniel praying for the world? Was he praying for his salvation? For the salvation of the gentiles who had taken him hostage? Or any other gentiles in the world??
if he was, he was praying about the church. If not, he was praying about HIS PEOPLE.
This is salvation. I am not discussing salvation. Salvation is NOT CONTEXT.
No. What I read in the 4 gospels is that Daniels people are still under sin and disbelief. The very thing Daniel prayed for is still happening. It has not stopped.
AMEN!
But this has nothing to do with Daniel 9. or Gods promises to the children of Abraham Issac and jacob. or dispensationalism. or ammillenialism. or any other doctrine.
This is because of the promised redeemer.
The church did not exist before pentecost. So have no clue what your saying.
No, Daniel was praying for his people. who were at the end of the 70 year punishment as prophesied by Jeremiah. And daniel knew it. So he prayed for mercy on his people, his land, and Gods temple.
This did not have to happen for Christ to return. He did not need a temple. or the partial return of Israel for this to happen.
The old covenant never saved anyone. Christ fulfilled the moral aspect of the Old covenant and what it stood for. He did not take away the land and promise of blessing aspect of this covenant (lev 26) Israel was promised these things LONG BEFORE CHRIST CAME. they could not have been given these promises if Christ was a prerequisite.
I have no clue what your talking about here. The OT prophesied the gentiles would be saved also. The churhc was offered to Isreal (to be in charge and be Gods representative) they rejected it. so it was given to the gentiles. And is still in gentile hands today.
I agree. But we are not talking about salvation here. YOU ARE< BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO SEE WHAT I BELIEVE>
Daniel was not talking about induviduals. He was praying for his nation. Thus this comment does not have a thing to do with Daniel. why do you keep saying it does?
Was daniel in sin? Was he not obaying the mosaic law? did not God bless him because of this? He was NOT talking about induviduals zone. Your trying to force him to. but you can't. CONTEXT DOES NOT ALLOW IT
Yep. we agree. so whats your point?
If I was talking about salvation. You would probably be right. BUT I AM NOT> WHY DO YOU MAKE THIS A SALVIC ISSUE> ITS NOT. NEVER WAS!!
Yep I agree. again what is your point??? did the OLD covenant save ANYONE???
As long as your making it a salvation issue (like SOME dispensationalists do) We can't. because we are not even on the same page! And you have utterly no clue what it is I believe and this is why we can't discuss this issue!
thank you for your detailed reply EG.
there's just a chasm between us regarding what we see in scripture, i don't even know what to say.
all the best
zone.