Sun.’s Devo - Time

Read: Daniel 9:1-11:1; 1 John 2:18-3:6; Psalm 121:1-8; Proverbs 28:27-28
Daniel is not written in order. I don’t know why no one put it in order, but God allowed it to stay this way so there must be a reason. Today we flip back to when the king was divided and taken from Belshazzar and given to the Medes and the Persians. Darius was reigning as the King of the Medes. Daniel went into deep intercession for his people, the Jews and we have his prayer he prayed. He praised the Lord for who he was first, then he repented for the great sins of his nation as if he was just as guilty. He took on their sins just as Jesus, our intercessor took on ours. That is the mark of a true intercessor. He doesn’t judge, but he puts himself in their shoes. Daniel prayed that God would look on them with pity and for his name’s sake, he would not delay but come and deliver them.
As he was praying, Gabriel, one of God’s arch angels, came to talk to him and give him revelation on what was going on.
Daniel talks about time in increments. He says seven weeks which have to do with the seventy years that Israel will be ruled by the world. Then he says “three-score and two weeks” which have to do with the days of the Church ruling the earth. At the end of that time, the Church will be taken and tribulation will hit the earth until the end.
In Chapter 10, Daniel has another vision where an unidentified angel came and presented himself to Daniel. He was clothed in the glory of heaven and he came in response to Daniel’s prayers. He had had to fight the king of Persia to get there. He was going to return to fight him so that the king of Greece could come. What happens on earth is a direct response to what has happened in heaven. Persia was the leader on earth but it was time to change kingdoms so it had to be done first in the heavenlies. That is the way of the kingdom. We have to win it in heaven first for it to manifest here on earth.
John tells us how we will know the Anti-Christ. He will deny God and Jesus. Many anti-christ’s will appear on the earth before the last Anti-Christ appears. John says that if we continue in sin then we don’t live in him.
Lord, the only way we can live a righteous life is through your grace. Help us to live by grace.