Daniel 7 - 9 (16th September) - Benjamin

Here we see Daniel’s dreams of the 4 beasts, where one of which has a horn which had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully. We are reminded that the Lord’s court will never be destroyed despite all circumstances as seen of the kingdom represented by the fourth beast that was slain and destroyed completely.

In Daniel 8, once again we see that man who set themselves up by their own strength will not last through the test of times as the spirit of the Lord will bring down the unrighteous.

Once again, we are reminded that our life has to be righteous in the eyes of the Maker, being humble and not boastful, if not we will be destroyed like the beast.

Some of us might be wondering what exactly is the Seventy ‘Sevens’ that is mentioned in Daniel 9. I managed to do a quick check on the internet and found some interesting results.

It is a prophecy, which Daniel’s prayer in verses 3-19 of the chapter refers to the fulfillment of a specific seventy-year period, the seventy years of the Babylonian captivity. Daniel received the seventy sevens prophecy in response to his prayer. The prophecy foretold a period of seven times seventy yet to come, or seventy seven-year periods. Seventy seven-year periods equals 490 years. According to this prophecy, the Messiah would show up, present Himself as Messiah to the nation and then be “cut off”, “the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary.” Within one generation of Christ’s crucifixion Titus razed Jerusalem and destroyed the temple.