Daniel Chapter 9 Vs. 21

 Gabriel Brings an Answer

Daniel 9:21 "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."

Yea, whiles I... God heard his prayer, while it was still coming from his mouth. Gabriel is an archangel, who seems to be associated with Father God. He is like the Father’s top General. The Father sends messages to the earth by Gabriel.

This angel, called a “man” because he appeared in the form of a man, appeared also (in 8:16).

about the time... Compare similar important events at this time (2Sam. 24:15; 1Ki. 18:29; Ezra 9:5; John 19:30).

The message of Gabriel

The answer to Daniel’s prayer was not delayed (cf. “do not delay,” Dan. 9:19). For he was interrupted by the appearance of Gabriel, who had come to him earlier to interpret his vision of the ram and the goat (Dan. 8:15-16). Gabriel came swiftly about the time of the evening sacrifice. This was one of the two daily sacrifices required in the Law (Exo. 29:38-39; Num. 28:3-4; cf. “evenings and mornings” in Dan. 8:14). Even though the temple was destroyed so the sacrifices could not be offered for those 66 years, Daniel still observed that time of day as an appointed time of worship. Perhaps this was one of the three times he prayed daily (Dan. 6:10).