Barbiemac Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Daniel 9:1-2) What encourages Daniel to seek God for the forgiveness and restoration of Israel to its homeland? What practice on Daniel's part leads him to pray? He realized from the scriptures that Israel's desolation of 70 yrs was almost up. Daniel studied the scriptures daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkerslope Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 What encourages Daniel to seek God for the forgiveness and restoration of Israel to its homeland? The vision that Daniel saw was the destruction of many nations with Israel in the middle. They were to suffer for their time of false worship and leaning on other nations instead of God Himself. What practice on Daniel’s part leads him to pray? Daniel prayed daily. So it was not a hard decision to make to make intercession for the nation of Israel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Jerry Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Daniel noticed that the seventy years that they would be captive was coming to an end and that he needed to ask God for the forgiveness and restoration of Israel to its homeland. Daniel’s practice of prayer lead him to pray again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda bass Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 What encourages Daniel to seek God for the forgiveness and restoration of Israel to its homeland is, God's promise that Judah's captivity would only last 70 years. The practice on Daniel's part that leads him to pray is, reading and pondering the scriptures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancyann Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 I think what encouraged Daniel to seek God for forgiveness and for the restoration of Isreal to its Homeland was the studing he had done of the scriptures and also the visions he had seen. He work out that the time of Isreals captivity was nearing an end and that to succeed in getting back to Isreal the people would have to ask God for forgiveness and also for help to get home. Daniel prayed everyday, he prayed at least three timesa a day so it stands to reason that this practice lead him to meditation and prayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moises Percu Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 What encourages Daniel to seek God for the forgiveness and restoration of Israel to its homeland? What practice on Daniel’s part leads him to pray? Daniel is encouraged to seek for the forgiveness when he sees that Jeremiah prophesy is about to be fullfilled. The reading of the Scriptures and the searching for answer in God lead Daniel to pray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth kerr Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I disagree with Mr. Wilson that the vision Daniel saw in Chapter 8 does not have much application for us today; so, it does not require much interaction (= study? meditation about?) by us. Since it concerns the distant future (8:19 and 26) from Daniel's time, its fulfillment is coming closer. Today's MedoPersian Empire, Iran, has a huge army, an airforce, and a navy, with a large arsenal of weapons including rockets. It has enemies in the west (the Sunni Muslims in Syria and Iraq, and the Kurds), in the north (the Sunni Muslims in Turkey), and in the south (the Sunni Muslims in Saudi Arabia and Egypt and those ruling Bahrain and other Gulf states). Is it not possible that Iran will attack these enemies some day? Before the Roman Empire existed, Greeks colonized much of Asia Minor, today's Turkey, and ruled it when Cyrus conquered it and also later, when Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire and took it back. Is it not possible that Turkey, formerly the site of many Greek colonies, is the goat that will eventually defeat the ram, Iran? We need to wait and watch. Right now, Iran and Turkey seem to be adversaries in a worsening conflict. Daniel was encouraged and impelled to pray for God to forgive Israel and Judah for their sins (for which He had punished them by sending Assyria [to Israel -- 2 Kings 17:6 and various prophets] and Babylon [to Judah -- 2 Kings 20:12-18, 25:1-30; 2 Chronicles 32:24-26, 36:1-21 and various prophets] to conquer them and take many of the people into exile as slaves) and to restore the people exiled from Judah to the land of Israel since the restoration of the people after 70 years of enslavement in Babylon was prophesied by God through the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 25:11-12; 2 Chronciles 36:21), BY HIS READING and probably by his meditation on JEREMIAH's PROPHECY. Daniel did what was natural or habitual for him: He read the Scriptures and meditated on them (Daniel 9:2) and he prayed even when he was forbidden to pray to God (Daniel 6). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionwolf Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Q1. (Daniel 9:1-2) What encourages Daniel to seek God for the forgiveness and restoration of Israel to its homeland? What practice on Daniel's part leads him to pray? It seems Daniel's reading and study of Jeremiah renewed his awareness of the Jews return to Jerusalem. This awareness and continued study made him realize the time of this return was near. Daniel, as he always has, prays to God for help and understanding. Prayer is, after all, that part of Daniel we should all take from his example. He prayed to God not only in times of trouble but when times were good. He trusted God and had faith in God's plan for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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