TEXT- DANIEL 9:20-27

THE BOOK OF DANIEL IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PROPHETIC BOOKS IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE.  IN IT WE ARE GIVEN SIGNS TO LOOK FOR IN OUR OWN DAY AND TIME WHICH CLEARLY TEACH US THAT WE ARE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS TODAY.

IN OUR DAY AND TIME WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, AND INCREASE IN RIOTING, AND AN INCREASE IN INJUSTICE WHICH ARE ALL VERY REAL SIGNS OF THE END TIMES.

THIS BOOK OF DANIEL TELLS US WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE LAST DAYS.  THESE THINGS MIGHT NOT HAPPEN IN OUR OWN LIFETIME, BUT NONETHELESS, THEY ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHILE WE CAN’T BE FOR CERTAIN WHEN JESUS IS GOING TO RETURN, WE DO KNOW THAT HE WILL.

IN THESE LAST FEW VERSES OF THIS CHAPTER DANIEL GIVES US THE VISION HE RECEIVED FROM GOD AND THE INTERPRETATION CONCERNING THE 70 WEEKS.

IN VERSES 1-19 WE SAW HOW DANIEL PRAYED TO GOD.  AS WE SEE THE END TIME EVENTS OF DANIEL AND REVELATION TAKING PLACE, WE TOO OUGHT TO BE IN CONSTANT PRAYER.

AS WE EXAMINE THIS PASSAGE I’D LIKE US TO SEE THE INSIGHT DANIEL HAD CONCERNING THESE LAST DAYS.