Relevant Verse: Daniel 9

Theme: Prayer

Leading Question: How does prayer change perspective of perplexing events?

In 539/538 B.C.E., the first year of Darius the Mede (probably the same year that Daniel was thrown to the lions), Daniel studied the writings of Jeremiah and came to an important conclusion: within a few years the 70-year captivity, or the ten sabbatical years during which the land was at rest, was coming to an end. The text from Jeremiah 29:10–11 said: “This is what the LORD says: ‘When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise ...