Daniel 9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
We are now in a truly new situation things we have said could not happen have things we might have said we would not…
We have never felt “Captivity”….Now
- What will be….Our Solution
- What will be…. Our Action
- What will be….Our Cry… If at all
- What will be….our Desire
Daniel in captivity realized why
“The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah”
Daniel 9:2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
Israel in thee midst of prosperity had forgotten why?
Church…. Is that not what has happened in America’s Churches
Go with me to verse 3 to verse 16 and see.
“I set my face unto the Lord God”
Daniel 9:3 And I set my face, unto the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
- to seek …..by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
“I prayed unto the LORD my God”
Daniel 9:4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Daniel 9:5 – Daniel 9:16 is Daniel’s prayer
Daniel 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Daniel 9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Daniel 9:7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Daniel 9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Daniel 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Daniel 9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey 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.
Daniel 9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
Daniel 9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
Daniel 9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
Daniel 9:16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
“Now therefore”
Daniel 9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
This is where we are standing… Today People quit Church during… COVID
A lot do not do funerals… Live in rather than marriage…..They are still playing the COVID Card
Key: Are we just seeing us or are we seeing we have sinned against God?
What did we learn for 2020?
1st See the Holy Place “Cause thy face to shine upon thy Sanctuary” Solomon’s Temple
- The Temple was unique: only one – The Church is unique: only one.
- The Temple was exceeding beautiful – The Church is a picture of Christ.
- The wisdom of God was there – The word of God is there.
- The Temple was built at great cost- The Church at the of Christ’ life
- The Temple was the dwelling place of God – The Church is the home of the living God.
- The Temple was place of worship – The Church is not just a meeting place.
- The Temple was the throne of power- The Church is ruled by God’s word.
Have we lost sight of the Church for What it really is?
Has it lost the Authority over our lives?
Do we only subject ourselves to what we want?
2nd See how earnest the prayer “Cause thy face to shine upon thy Sanctuary”…. That is desolate.
- Was not selfish…. for the work of God
- It was birthed from Verse 2 to Verse 16
- It was well directed “O our God”
- It was a confession of helplessness- We do not ask God for what we can do ourselves.
“Cause thy face to shine upon thy Sanctuary”
- Walls rebuilt and safe.
- Ministers in their place….Faithful and serving.
- Worship presented with Joy.
- Truth proclaimed clearly.
- Holiness displayed in fellowship with God
- Power of a clear Testimony
You and I today….Pray
- The Church…Unity, purity, power
- The World…Eyes to be opened
- Ourselves…Edification
- For Our Children… Salvation
The end of verse 17 “For the Lord’s sake”.
This is not just for today … It is the beginning of the process of the Church
Daniel 9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
- Confession of Sins.
- Claim the Failure.
- Cause things to be Different.
“Now Therefore”
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