In Daniel 9:1-3 we see the response of a godly man to current events. In 539 B.C., Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians, so Daniel consults the Bible and reads that Israel's exile was to last 70 years (Jeremiah 25:8-12; 29:10-14). He then reads the reason for this captivity (Leviticus 26:27-35), and discovers God's remedy in Leviticus 26:40-45.
And that is precisely what Daniel does in Daniel 9:4; he confesses his own sins and those of his people in the next verses concluding very emotionally in Daniel 9:19.
God sends the Archangel Gabriel in response (Daniel 9:20-23).
Two years later, in the third year of the reign of Cyrus the Great, Daniel seeks God's face with prayer and fasting for three weeks (Daniel 10:1-3).
In response God once again sends his archangel who delivers a profound message that lays out the mystery of God's foreordination, human responsibility, and the effective strategy of the wicked principalities and powers.
Daniel is told that God regards him highly (Daniel 9:23; 10:11, 19) and answered his prayers on the very first day he humbled himself and prayed (Daniel 10:11-12), but there was diabolical opposition that kept that answer from reaching him for three whole weeks (Daniel 10:13).
Had the Archangel not received supernatural reinforcement from Michael, Daniel's answer would not have come because Gabriel was engaged in combat with the Prince of Persia and as soon as he left Daniel, he was returning to that fight and soon would face the Prince of Greece (Daniel 10:14-11:1).
As we reflect on the terrible events in Uvalde, here in Texas, this past week, we must draw both encouragement and the solution from Daniel's revelation.
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...
