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Daniel: The Visions

Daniel 9 — Seventy Weeks

A prayer, an angel, and the date of the Messiah.

Daniel 9 · about 18 minutes

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The one prophecy that puts a calendar on the cross.

Start with Daniel 2 — it lays the storyline every other vision retells.

Watch the trailer: Daniel 2

Check what you saw

Two questions on this scene. Answers show an explanation either way.

What is Daniel doing when Gabriel arrives?

What does the prophecy's central week describe?

Talk it through

  • How does a dated starting decree change the way you weigh the prophecy?
  • Why is confession the setting for the clearest time prophecy in the book?

Good prompts for a study group, or for the reflection journal on the Today page.