PRAY FOR AMERICA… Love for our fellow man has grown cold and the pursuit of money has become our god. We need to acknowledge our sins, repent and change. Then the GOD of our fathers can restore us in CHRIST and in the peace that He alone can give.
If the temple associated with the God of Israel has been disgraced, so too has God and the nation to whom it belonged. Daniel’s prayer reaches its peak with four imperatives asking Yahweh to forgive and take swift action. Faithlife Bible.
It is important to note that the only basis for Daniel’s appeal was the grace of God.
Daniel 9:16–19 (NKJV)
16 “O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us. 17 Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
Exodus 20:5 (NKJV)5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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