You have a prophecy here that stretches from Daniel's day to the time when the Messiah comes

when he does away with sin and sins and he atones and he establishes a kingdom of everlasting righteousness, and he ends visions and

prophecies. Marvelous Thine. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. It's the target of near constant terrorist attacks.

Other countries vow to wipe this nation off the map and of course I'm talking about Israel.

Find out what scripture says about the hardship

Israel has faced and the explosive events yet to unfold there, events that affect

you. That's John MacArthur's focus today on Grace to you as he continues a study that looks at

prophecy from the book of Daniel,

prophecy that John has described as the most incredible in all of scripture and our series is

titled The Future of Israel. So here's John now with the lesson. We come to

chapter 9 verses 20 through 27.

We come to the most marvelous, exact, amazing prophecy in all of the Bible. It is in the mind of some writers the single greatest

defense of the divine authorship of scripture. In fact Sir Isaac Newton once said, quote, we could

stake the truth of Christianity on this prophecy alone, made five centuries

before Christ, end quote. We could stake the truth of

Christianity on this prophecy alone. Powerful statement, monumental prophecy.

Now as this unfolds to us from verses 20 to 27, I want you to see three features,

three features and three main characters.

Number one, the circumstances of Daniel.

Number two, the coming of Gabriel,

and number three the communication of God.

Three features, three main characters.

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