HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Text: Daniel 9
8 April 2013
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
1. In the 1st year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus Daniel 9:1a
2. Made king over the realm of the Chaldeans Daniel 9:1
3. Possible reference to Cyrus , the first king of the Medo-Persian empire
BABYLONIAN TO MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE
1. Lion with eagle’s wings (Babylonian) Daniel 7:4
2. Bear raised up on one side, with three ribs in its mouth (Medo-Persian) Daniel 7:5
Also Ram with two horns; one horn higher than the other Daniel 8:3
3. Significance: God’s Prophetic word was being fulfilled before Daniel’s eyes!
THE WRITINGS OF JEREMIAH
1. Understood by the books Daniel 9:2b
2. Specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet Daniel 9:2c
3. Seventy years – the desolations of Jerusalem Daniel 9:2d
4. Reference : Jeremiah 25
a) Prophecy given in the 4th year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah Jeremiah 25:1
b) Jeremiah had by then prophesied for 23 years Jeremiah 25:3
c) But the people of Judah had not listened Jeremiah 25:3
d) Many prophets (besides Jeremiah) had been sent by God Jeremiah 25:4-7
e) Babylonian captivity for 70 years declared Jeremiah 25:8-11
f) After 70 years, Babylon would fall because of iniquity Jeremiah 25:12-14
g) God’s advice to His people during Captivity Jeremiah 29:4-9
h) God’s plans for His people after the Captivity Jeremiah 29:10-14