The Restoration of God's People Part 1

... we're going to see that the essential question that this chapter seeks to answer is... HOW LONG?... really echoes, in a way, what we heard in chapter eight verse thirteen on the lips of an angel... "How long, Oh Lord?"

How long will the suffering last? How long will the desolation continue? When is it going to end?

That's the burning question in the heart of the prophet and this chapter, for the first time in a long time, picks up Daniel's life experience. What i mean by that, chapter seven and eight were dealing with things way out in the future...

This chapter deals with Daniel's own personal experience. It's his own personal pain that he's dealing with. Because the question on Daniel's mind really is, "How long Oh Lord? How much longer before you restore your people?"