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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading will be from the book

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of Daniel, chapters 9 and 10. Chapter 9 In the

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first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of

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the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over

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the realm of the Chaldeans, in the first year

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of his reign, I, Daniel, understood by the books

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the number of the years specified by the word

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of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that

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he would accomplish 70 years in the desolations

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of Jerusalem. Then I set my face toward the Lord

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God to make request by prayer and supplications

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with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. And I prayed

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to the Lord my God and made confession and said,

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O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps his

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covenant and mercy with those who love him. and

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with those who keep his commandments. We have

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sinned and committed iniquity. We have done wickedly

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and rebelled, even by departing from your precepts

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and your judgments. Neither have we heeded your

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servants, the prophets, who spoke in your name

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to our kings and our princes, to our fathers

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and all the people of the land. O Lord, righteousness

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belongs to you, but to us shame of face as it

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is this day. To the men of Judah. to the inhabitants

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of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those

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far off, in all the countries to which you have

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driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which

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they have committed against you. O Lord, to us

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belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes,

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and our fathers, because we have sinned against

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you. To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness,

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though we have rebelled against him. We have

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not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walk

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in his laws, which he said before us by his servants,

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the prophets. Yes, all Israel has transgressed

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your law and has departed so as not to obey your

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voice. Therefore the curse and the oath written

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in the law of Moses, the servant of God, have

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been poured out on us because we have sinned

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against him. And he has confirmed his words which

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he spoke against us and against our judges who

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judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster.

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For under the whole heaven such has never been

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done as what has been done to Jerusalem. As it

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is written in the law of Moses, all this disaster

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has come upon us. Yet we have not made our prayer

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before the Lord our God, that we might turn from

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our iniquities and understand your truth. Therefore

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the Lord has kept the disaster in mind and brought

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it upon us. For the Lord our God is righteous

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in all the works which he does, though we have

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not obeyed his voice. And now, O Lord our God,

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who brought your people out of the land of Egypt

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with a mighty hand and made yourself a name.

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As it is this day, we have sinned, we have done

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wickedly. O Lord, according to all your righteousness,

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I pray, let your anger and your fury be turned

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away from your city, Jerusalem, your holy mountain.

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Because for our sins and for the iniquities of

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our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are a

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reproach to all those around us. Now therefore,

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our God, hear the prayer of your servant and

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his supplications, and for the Lord's sake, cause

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your face to shine on your sanctuary, which is

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desolate. O my God, incline your ear and hear.

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Open your eyes and see our desolations and the

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city which is called by your name. For we do

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not present our supplications before you because

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of our righteous deeds, but because of your great

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mercies. O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord,

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listen and act. Do not delay for your own sake,

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my God, for your city and your people are called

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by your name. Now while I was speaking, praying,

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and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people

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Israel, and presenting my supplication before

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the Lord my God, for the holy mountain of my

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God, yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the

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man Gabriel, whom I had seen in a vision at the

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beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached

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me about the time of the evening offering, and

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he informed me and talked with me and said, O

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Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill

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to understand. At the beginning of your supplications

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the command went out, and I have come to tell

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you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider

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the matter and understand the vision. Seventy

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weeks are determined for your people and for

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your holy city. To finish the transgression,

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to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation

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for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness,

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to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint

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the Most Holy. Know therefore and understand

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that from the going forth of the command to restore

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and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince,

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there shall be seven weeks and sixty -two weeks.

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The street shall be built again, and the wall.

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even in troublesome times. And after the sixty

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-two weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, but not

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for himself. And the people of the prince who

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is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.

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The end of it shall be with a flood. Until the

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end of the war, desolations are determined. Then

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he shall confirm a covenant with many for one

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week. But in the middle of the week, he shall

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bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on

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the wing of abominations shall be one who makes

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desolate, even until the consummation which is

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determined is poured out on the desolate. In

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the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message

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was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called

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Belshazzar. The message was true, but the appointed

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time was long, and he understood the message

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and had understanding of the vision. In those

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days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks.

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I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came

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into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all,

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till three whole weeks were fulfilled. Now on

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the twenty -fourth day of the first month, as

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I was by the side of the great river, that is,

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the Tigris, I lifted my eyes and looked, and

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behold, a certain man clothed in linen. whose

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waist was girded with gold of Uphaz. His body

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was like beryl, his face like the appearance

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of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire,

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his arms and feet like burnished bronze in color,

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and the sound of his words like the voice of

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a multitude. And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision,

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for the men who were with me did not see the

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vision, but a great terror fell upon them, so

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that they fled to hide themselves. Therefore

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I was left alone when I saw this great vision,

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and no strength remained in me, for my vigor

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was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no

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strength. Yet I heard the sound of his words,

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and while I heard the sound of his words, I was

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in a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the

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ground. Suddenly a hand touched me, which made

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me tremble on my knees and on the palms of my

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hands. And he said to me, O Daniel, man greatly

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beloved, understand the words that I speak to

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you and stand upright, for I have now been sent

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to you. While he was speaking this word to me,

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I stood trembling. Then he said to me, Do not

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fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you

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set your heart to understand and to humble yourself

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before your God, your words were heard, and I

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have come because of your words. But the prince

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of the kingdom of Persia, withstood me twenty

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-one days. And behold, Michael, one of the chief

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princes, came to help me, for I had been left

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alone there with the kings of Persia. Now I have

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come to make you understand what will happen

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to your people in the latter days, for the vision

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refers to many days yet to come. When he had

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spoken such words to me, I turned my face toward

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the ground and became speechless, and suddenly

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one having the likeness of the sons of men touched

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my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke, saying

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to him who stood before me, My lord, because

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of the vision my sorrows have overwhelmed me,

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and I have retained no strength. For how can

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this servant of my lord talk with you, my lord?

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As for me, no strength remains in me now, nor

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is any breath left in me. Then again the one

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having the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened

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me, and he said, O man greatly beloved, fear

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not, peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong.

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Then when he spoke to me, I was strengthened

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and said, Let my Lord speak, for you have strengthened

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me. Then he said, Do you know why I have come

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to you? And now I must return to fight with the

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prince of Persia. And when I have gone forth,

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indeed, the prince of Greece will come. But I

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will tell you what is noted in the scripture

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of truth. No one upholds me against these except

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Michael, your prince. I hope you enjoyed today's

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reading as much as I did. And I look forward

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to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.