The Vision of the Four Beasts
Dan 7:7-8 LSB -
[7] "After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, fearsome and terrifying and extraordinarily strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
[8] "While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great [boasts].
Dan. 7:8 Even more surprisingly, another small horn came up among the horns, uprooting three of the 10 others. This horn had eyes and a mouth that spoke arrogantly. The 10 horns likely signify 10 rulers or kingdoms. The little horn was significantly different than the others, for it had teeth of iron, claws of bronze, and eyes like the eyes of a man. It started “little” but grew up to overpower three of the other horns. Some scholars understand this horn to refer to Antiochus IV Epiphanes, but many have understood it to refer to the Antichrist.
The Ancient of Days
Dan 7:9-10 LSB -
[9] "I kept looking
Until thrones were set up,
And the Ancient of Days was seated;
His clothing [was] like white snow
And the hair of His head like pure wool.
His throne [was] ablaze with fire,
Its wheels [were] a burning fire.
[10] "A river of fire was flowing
And coming out from before Him;
Thousands upon thousands were attending Him,
And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him;
The court sat,
And the books were opened.
The Son of Man
Dan 7:13-14 LSB -
[13] "I kept looking in the night visions,
And behold, with the clouds of heaven
One like a Son of Man was coming,
And He came up to the Ancient of Days
And came near before Him.
[14] "And to Him was given dominion,
Glory, and a kingdom,
That all the peoples, nations, and [men of every] tongue
Might serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
Which will not be taken away;
And His kingdom is one
Which will not be destroyed.
The Vision Interpreted
Dan 7:17-18 LSB -
[17] 'These great beasts, which are four [in number], are four kings [who] will arise from the earth.
[18] 'But the saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.'
Dan 7:27 LSB - [27] 'Then the reign, the dominion, and the greatness of [all] the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom [will be] an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.'
The Vision of the Ram and Goat
Dan 8:8 LSB - [8] Then the male goat magnified [itself] exceedingly. But as soon as it was mighty, the large horn was broken; and in its place there came up four conspicuous [horns] toward the four winds of heaven.
The Small Horn
Dan 8:11 LSB - [11] And it even magnified [itself] to be equal with the Commander of the host; and it removed the regular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was thrown down.
Dan. 8:11 The Prince of the host probably refers to God, because of the similar expression “Prince of princes” in v. 25. the place of his sanctuary was overthrown. When the Jews refused to adopt Antiochus IV’s pagan religion, he punished them severely.
Dan. 8:12–14 Because of renewed transgression on the part of God’s people, the saints and the temple sacrifices were handed over to Antiochus IV, but only for a limited period: 2,300 evenings and mornings, or a little over six years. In the end, the little horn will be judged and the sanctuary restored to its rightful state. Unlike the less precise “time, times, and half a time” of 7:25, this period is measured in days, suggesting that God has a precise calendar for the times of his people’s suffering.
Daniel Seeks to Understand the Vision
Dan 8:20-22 LSB -
[20] "The ram which you saw with the two horns is the kings of Media and Persia.
[21] "Now the shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
[22] "And the broken [horn] and the four [horns that] stood in its place [are] four kingdoms [which] will [take their] stand from [his] nation, although not with his power.
Dan 8:26 LSB - [26] "And what had appeared about the evenings and mornings Which has been told is true; But as for you, conceal the vision, For [it] pertains to many days [in the future]."
Daniel’s Prayer of Supplication
Dan 9:2 LSB - [2] in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, discerned in the books the number of the years [concerning] which the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet for the fulfillment of the laying waste of Jerusalem, [namely], seventy years.
Jer 25:11-12 LSB -[11] 'This whole land will be a waste place and an object of horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.[12] 'Then it will be when seventy years are fulfilled, [that] I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,' declares Yahweh, 'for their iniquity, even the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
Dan 9:18-19 LSB -
[18] "O my God, incline Your ear and listen! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of [any] righteousness of our own, but on account of Your abundant compassion.
[19] "O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, give heed and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name."
Gabriel Brings Understanding
Seventy Weeks and the Messiah
Dan 9:24-27 LSB -
[24] "Seventy weeks have been determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint [the] Holy of Holies.
[25] "So you are to know and have insight [that] from the going out of a word to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, [there will be] seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be restored and rebuilt, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.
[26] "Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end [will come] with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are decreed.
[27] "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will make sacrifice and grain offering cease; and on the wing of abominations [will come] one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."
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