there are at least two great Veggie Tales flicks centering on stories from Daniel. Who doesn’t love the story of Rack, Shack, and Benny not bowing to idols? And how are we not inspired by the story of Daniel choosing the lion’s den over betraying God? The first few chapters of Daniel would make great children’s ministry sermons. But then it’d get more difficult.
The latter part of Daniel is…well…weird. He has dreams and visions of beasts and other creatures which correspond to world powers. He talks about events that will happen in his lifetime and in many years to come. He even talks about one angel getting held up in heavenly traffic having to fight another angel before he could get to Daniel. (Okay, there is no mention of traffic, but that is how it might read in our day.)
Then we come to Daniel 9 and it gets even more confusing. When is this referring to? What do all these numbers represent? Or, to answer our question today, what are the seventy sevens of Daniel 9? I’ll try to give you an answer and show you the significance of the meaning.