In ch. 9, Daniel realizes that his vision foretells the destruction of his nation. He HUMBLED himself before Yahweh and confessed his sins and those of his people...and he thanked Yah for his faithfulness and beseeched Him to defer His wrath NOT because the people deserved it, but because He is full of tender mercy! Turn to HIM, people, and fall to your knees and confess before our Heavenly Father, almighty Creator God, that we do not deserve His favor, but WE ASK ANYWAYS because of Who He Is! "3 And I turned my face unto the Lord God, and sought by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, saying, Oh Lord God which art great and fearful, and keepest covenant and mercy toward them which love thee, and toward them that keep thy commandments, 5 We have sinned and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, yea, we have rebelled, and have departed from thy precepts, and from thy judgments. 6 For we would not obey thy servants the Prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, and unto us open shame, as appeareth this day unto every man of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, yea, unto all Israel, both near and far off, through all the country, whither thou hast driven them, because of their offences, that they have committed against thee. 8 O Lord, unto us appertaineth open shame, to our Kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 9 Yet compassion and forgiveness is in the Lord our God, albeit we have rebelled against him. 10 For we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he hath laid before us by the ministry of his servants the Prophets. 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy Law, and are turned back, and have not heard thy voice: therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great plague: for under the whole heaven hath not been the like, as hath been brought upon Jerusalem. 13 All this plague is come upon us, as it is written in the Law of Moses: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand thy truth. 14 Therefore hath the Lord made ready the plague, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we would not hear his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as appeareth this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away from thy city Jerusalem thine holy Mountain: because of our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are a reproach to all that are about us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy Sanctuary, that lieth waste for the Lord’s sake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear and hear: open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city whereupon thy Name is called: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our own righteousness, but for thy great tender mercies. O Lord hear, O Lord forgive, O Lord consider, and do it: defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy Name is called upon thy city, and thy people."
Posted on: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:35:31 +0000
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