Daniel 9:24

"At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision."

Key Reflection

Daniel 9:24 speaks to the timing and purpose of a significant decree concerning Israel. The verse indicates that this decree began with the people's prayers, suggesting a divine response to human supplication. It also emphasizes God’s deep affection for His people, prompting Him to convey important information to them, which involves understanding a prophetic vision related to their future. This context underscores the interactive nature of prayer and prophecy in God's dealings with Israel, highlighting both His sovereignty and His personal care for His chosen nation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Seventy weeks are determined -Here commences the celebrated prophecy of the seventy weeks - a portion of Scripture Which has excited as much attention, and led to as great a variety of interpretation, as perhaps any other. Of this passage, Professor Stuart (“Hints on the Interpretation of Prophecy,” p. 104) remarks, “It would require a volume of considerable magnitude even to give a history of the ever-varying and contradictory opinions of critics respecting this “locus vexatissimus; “and perhaps a still larger one to establish an exegesis which would stand.

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