God told Daniel the very day Jesus would enter the city of Jerusalem, and what did they say,

Hosanna to the King of David, the Messiah.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson.

If you've ever heard of the 70 weeks in the Book of Daniel, you might know that it has to do with prophecy, but do you know what those 70 weeks specifically

refer to? And what's more, do you know what those 70 weeks mean for you today?

Consider those questions on Grace to you with John MacArthur as he continues his current study

called The Future of Israel, looking today at Daniel Chapter 9.

So if you're able, take your Bible you can follow along as

John begins today's lesson. Daniel Chapter 9. One of the great exciting prophetic portions of the word of God, Daniel Chapter 9.

And we're looking in these days at verses 20 through 27 the last half of the great

ninth chapter of Daniel. Now first of all we we mentioned there are three perspectives and three

persons in this passage verses 20 to 27 first is the circumstances of

Daniel then the coming of Gabriel and finally the communication of God.

Now we've already seen the circumstances of Daniel in verse 20.

He was speaking and praying and confessing his sin and the sins of his people Israel.

He was presenting his supplications before God and his concern was for the holy mountain of God,

not for his own purposes and his own goals and his own projects but for gods. And so he is communicating with

God. That is his circumstance at the moment. We then move secondly to the coming

of Gabriel in verse 21 in the very process of Daniel being involved in prayer

Gabriel arrives

Being caused to fly swiftly the text says

It doesn't take angelic beings long to get from heaven to earth

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