From: "Eternal September"    
      
   Bible Reading for September 28   
      
   CHAPTER 7   
   Daniel 7:1   
   1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and   
   visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the   
   sum of the matters.   
   Daniel 7:2   
   2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four   
   winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. Daniel 7:3   
   3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Daniel   
   7:4   
   4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings   
   thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand   
   upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. Daniel 7:5   
   5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself   
   on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of   
   it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. Daniel 7:6   
   6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back   
   of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was   
   given to it.   
   Daniel 7:7   
   7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful   
   and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it   
   devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of   
   it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it   
   had ten horns.   
   Daniel 7:8   
   8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little   
   horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the   
   roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a   
   mouth speaking great things. Daniel 7:9   
   9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit,   
   whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool:    
   his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.   
   Daniel 7:10   
   10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands   
   ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him:   
   the judgment was set, and the books were opened. Daniel 7:11   
   11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake:   
   I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given    
   to the burning flame.   
   Daniel 7:12   
   12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away:   
   yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. Daniel 7:13   
   13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with   
   the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him   
   near before him.   
   Daniel 7:14   
   14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all   
   people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an   
   everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which   
   shall not be destroyed.   
   Daniel 7:15   
   15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions   
   of my head troubled me.   
   Daniel 7:16   
   16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all   
   this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.   
   Daniel 7:17   
   17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out   
   of the earth.   
   Daniel 7:18   
   18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the   
   kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. Daniel 7:19   
   19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all   
   the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of   
   brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his   
   feet;   
   Daniel 7:20   
   20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up,   
   and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth    
   that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.   
   Daniel 7:21   
   21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against   
   them;   
   Daniel 7:22   
   22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the   
   most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. Daniel 7:23   
   23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,   
   which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth,    
   and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. Daniel 7:24   
   24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and   
   another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he   
   shall subdue three kings.   
   Daniel 7:25   
   25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out   
   the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they   
   shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of   
   time.   
   Daniel 7:26   
   26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to   
   consume and to destroy it unto the end. Daniel 7:27   
   27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the   
   whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High,   
   whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and   
   obey him.   
   Daniel 7:28   
   28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much   
   troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my   
   heart.   
   CHAPTER 8   
   Daniel 8:1   
   1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me,   
   even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. Daniel 8:2   
   2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at   
   Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a   
   vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. Daniel 8:3   
   3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the   
   river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was   
   higher than the other, and the higher came up last. Daniel 8:4   
   4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no   
   beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of   
   his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. Daniel 8:5   
   5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face   
   of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable   
   horn between his eyes.   
   Daniel 8:6   
   6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before   
   the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. Daniel 8:7   
   7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against   
   him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the   
   ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped    
   upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.   
   Daniel 8:8   
   8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great   
   horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of   
   heaven.   
   Daniel 8:9   
   9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding   
   great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.   
   Daniel 8:10   
   10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of   
   the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Daniel 8:11   
   11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the   
   daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.   
   Daniel 8:12   
   12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of   
   transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and   
   prospered.   
   Daniel 8:13   
   13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain   
   saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily   
   sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary    
   and the host to be trodden under foot? Daniel 8:14   
   14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall   
   the sanctuary be cleansed.   
   Daniel 8:15   
   15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought   
   for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a   
   man.   
   Daniel 8:16   
   16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and   
   said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. Daniel 8:17   
   17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell   
   upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time   
   of the end shall be the vision.   
   Daniel 8:18   
   18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the   
   ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. Daniel 8:19   
   19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of   
   the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. Daniel 8:20   
   20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and   
   Persia.   
   Daniel 8:21   
   21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is   
   between his eyes is the first king. Daniel 8:22   
   22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall   
   stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. Daniel 8:23   
   23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to   
   the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,   
   shall stand up.   
   Daniel 8:24   
   24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall   
   destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the   
   mighty and the holy people.   
   Daniel 8:25   
   25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand;   
   and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he   
   shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken   
   without hand.   
   Daniel 8:26   
   26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true:   
   wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. Daniel 8:27   
   27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and   
   did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none   
   understood it.   
   CHAPTER 9   
   Daniel 9:1   
   1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,   
   which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; Daniel 9:2   
   2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of   
   the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he   
   would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Daniel 9:3   
   3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications,   
   with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: Daniel 9:4   
   4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord,   
   the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love    
   him, and to them that keep his commandments; Daniel 9:5   
   5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and   
   have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:   
   Daniel 9:6   
   6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy   
   name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the   
   land.   
   Daniel 9:7   
   7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces,   
   as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and   
   unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the   
   countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that   
   they have trespassed against thee. Daniel 9:8   
   8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and   
   to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. Daniel 9:9   
   9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have   
   rebelled against him;   
   Daniel 9:10   
   10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws,   
   which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Daniel 9:11   
   11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they   
   might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath   
   that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have   
   sinned against him.   
   Daniel 9:12   
   12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our   
   judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole   
   heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. Daniel 9:13   
   13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet   
   made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our   
   iniquities, and understand thy truth. Daniel 9:14   
   14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for   
   the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed   
   not his voice.   
   Daniel 9:15   
   15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land   
   of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we   
   have sinned, we have done wickedly. Daniel 9:16   
   16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger   
   and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain:   
   because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and   
   thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. Daniel 9:17   
   17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his   
   supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is   
   desolate, for the Lord's sake.   
   Daniel 9:18   
   18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our   
   desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present   
   our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great   
   mercies.   
   Daniel 9:19   
   19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine   
   own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.   
   Daniel 9:20   
   20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin   
   of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for   
   the holy mountain of my God;   
   Daniel 9:21   
   21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen   
   in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about   
   the time of the evening oblation. Daniel 9:22   
   22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come   
   forth to give thee skill and understanding. Daniel 9:23   
   23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am   
   come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the   
   matter, and consider the vision.   
   Daniel 9:24   
   24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to   
   finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make   
   reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and   
   to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Daniel   
   9:25   
   25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment   
   to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven   
   weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and   
   the wall, even in troublous times. Daniel 9:26   
   26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for   
   himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city   
   and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the   
   end of the war desolations are determined. Daniel 9:27   
   27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst   
   of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for   
   the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the   
   consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.   
      
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