DANIEL IN PRAYER
Text: Daniel 9:20-23
8 July 2013
DANIEL IN PRAYER
1. Speaking Daniel 9:20a
2. Praying Daniel 9:20b
3. Confessing my sin Daniel 9:20c
4. Confessing the sin of my people Israel Daniel 9:20d
5. Presenting my supplications Daniel 9:20e
6. Consciousness of the presence of God
a) Before the Lord my God Daniel 9:20f
b) The holy mountain of my God Daniel 9:20g (Cf. Psalm 15)
RESPONSE TO DANIEL’S PRAYER
1. While I was speaking in prayer Daniel 9:21a
2. The man Gabriel Daniel 9:21
a) A mighty angel of God
b) Described as a man because this was the form in which he appeared to Daniel
c) Daniel had previous encounters with him
3. He was caused to fly swiftly Daniel 9:21
a) Swift answer to Daniel’s prayer
b) Gabriel reached Daniel at the time of the evening offering
c) He was sent forth “at the beginning of (Daniel’s) supplication Daniel 9:23
d) There seems to be a spatial element (between heaven and earth)
GABRIEL’S WORD TO DANIEL
1. Addressing Daniel
a) O Daniel Daniel 9:22a
b) He is “greatly beloved” Daniel 9:23
2. The purpose of Gabriel’s visitation
a) I have now come forth to give you skill to understand Daniel 9:22
b) He was sent forth by God Himself Daniel 9:23
3. Daniel’s part
a) To consider what Gabriel would teach him
b) To understand what Gabriel would reveal to him Daniel 9:23