in the first year of his (Darius son of Xerxes) reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. 3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. (Dan 9:2-3)
The ninth chapter of the book of Daniel answers some profound questions that men have pondered.
1) What do prophets read? Prophets of course, “I Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet”.
2) How quickly is a prayer answered? “As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given” (Dan 9:23).
3) How quickly can an angel fly from the throne of God to man? Approximately three minutes depending on the speed of the reader. Since angels are not "omnipresent" they must fly from one place to the next. Gabriel came “in swift flight” (Dan 9:21) to tell Daniel the answer to his prayer as soon as Daniel began to pray (Dan 9:23). Since Gabriel “stand(s) in the presence of God” (Luke 1:19) and ended up at Daniel in the time it took to speak the prayer contained in verses 4-19 of chapter nine, the estimated flight time is approximately three minutes depending on the warp speed of the angel.
I need maximum power Scotty.
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Too much Star Trek.
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