This sermon covers the first half of Daniel 9, showing how an aging Daniel, serving under Darius in 538 BC, studies Jeremiah’s writings, realizes the 70 years of Babylonian captivity are almost complete, and responds by setting his face to seek the Lord with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. Rather than rallying around political solutions, Daniel prays a deep, humble, repentant prayer—confessing Israel’s sin, affirming God’s righteousness, and pleading for mercy and restoration—providing a model the pastor applies to today’s church and America in light of passages like 2 Chronicles 7:14. He urges believers to be people of the Word and of prayer, seeking God’s face instead of His hand, and emphasizes that genuine revival and any fresh prophetic insight flow out of this kind of broken, intercessory heart.
End Times – Book of Daniel: The Ram, the Goat, and a Preview of Antichrist, Daniel 8 and Antiochus Epiphanes
5/27/2026End Times – Book of Daniel: 7 Part 2 Ten Kings, the Little Horn, and the Ancient of Days
5/24/2026End Times – Book of Daniel: Four Beasts and the Coming World Order and 7 Part 1 and the Rise of Antichrist
5/20/2026End Times – Book of Daniel: In the Lions’ Den, When Obedience to God Overrides the Decrees of Men
5/17/2026End Times – Book of Daniel: The Handwriting on the Wall: When a Nation Is Weighed and Found Wanting
5/13/2026End Times – Book of Daniel: When God Cuts Us Down to Raise Us Up, Nebuchadnezzar’s Pride and God’s Patient Discipline
5/10/2026In this free PDF downloadable resource from In the Word and Gold Country Calvary Chapel, you'll learn what the word Eschatology means and why being equipped with knowledge about the last days is so crucial for Christians.
In this free PDF downloadable resource from In the Word and Gold Country Calvary Chapel, you'll learn what the word Eschatology means and why being equipped with knowledge about the last days is so crucial for Christians.