Angel Gabriel's Swift Response to Prayer

There is an example in the Bible I believe in the book of Daniel. Yeah, there is an interesting passage you are finding in Daniel chapter 9. A little bit of the background here. You have the prophet Daniel who is praying for understanding and in response to his prayer the angel Gabriel is sent to answer Daniel’s prayer.

We actually find the verse here in Daniel chapter 9, starting in verse 21. It says, ‘yes, while I was speaking in prayer,’ this is Daniel the prophet, ‘the man Gabriel whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning being caused to fly swiftly reached me about the time of the evening offering.’ So Pastor Doug, here we have Daniel, I should say, the prophet praying for understanding and then the angel Gabriel gets the commission, go answer Daniel’s request.

We find in verse 23 of the same chapter that says, now Gabriel is speaking and he says, ‘at the beginning of your supplication, that’s the beginning of his prayer, the commandment went out and I’ve come to tell you for you are greatly beloved, Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.’ So you look back a little further in the chapter, you probably got 10 minutes of talking, or maybe even less, where Daniel is praying. He begins his prayer, confessing his sins.

From that point to where Gabriel suddenly appears in front of Daniel, he flies from heaven to earth in a very short period of time. Yeah, it’s just fractions of seconds or minutes going all that distance which is encouraging to know when you’re in trouble and you pray.

It doesn’t take very long for the paramedic to get to you. The heavenly paramedic and what do they call the 911 response time? It’s pretty quick for heaven.