Daniel 9, Chuck Smith teaching (C3000, 1985 to 1999)

Read as you listen: Chuck Smith on Daniel 9

Read the opening of his teaching

This is one of the most remarkable chapters in the whole Bible as far as prophecy is concerned. But, it begins with Daniel being sort of a prophecy buff. Daniel himself was interested in prophecy. He sort of used prophecy as a guide for his life and for his belief in what was transpiring around him.

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

So this would be the year 539 B.C. that the Lord gave this particular prophecy to Daniel, which means that it is almost a hundred years before the commandment was given to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, which Daniel will prophesy concerning. So, in the year 539 B.C. Daniel receives this enlightenment from the Lord as a result of his reading prophecy and as a result of his prayer upon reading that prophecy.