"Decree…"

June 12, 2014

“Decree…”

Blessings folk!

Daniel had been seeking the Lord in prayer and supplication on behalf of himself and his people.

The Lord sent an angel in response.
The angel instructed Daniel.
The angel talked with Daniel.
The angel told Daniel that he was highly esteemed by God.
The angel told Daniel to give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision.

Then the angel brought the message…
These four verses are foundational and of tremendous import in understanding what is to happen in “the last days”.
Read carefully…

Daniel 9:24-27
24 “Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.
25 So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.
26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
27 And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate.”


It would be good to take another moment and reread the passage…

This is a prophetic, panoramic view of the future.

A decree had been made.
By Whom?
The context would infer God.

The decree had a time element - 70 weeks.
The Hebrew states “70 units of 7”.
Examining the balance of the Scripture leads us to the understanding that this means 70 groups of 7 years.
So, 70 “weeks”...a week is a 7-year period.

The decree was for a particular people and place.
For your people - the Hebrews.
For your holy city - Jerusalem.
Remember, “you” is Daniel.

So, we and Daniel learn that 490 years have been decreed for the Hebrews and Jerusalem.

To what purpose?

...to be continued…

Meanwhile, remember, God knows.
God is in control.
He reveals what He desires.
May we have eyes to see and ears to hear.