Daniel
8 – Vison of the Ram and Goat
This
vision was during the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, near the end of
the Babylonian Empire. In this dream, Daniel was in Shushan which is another
word for palace, then he was by the river. The events in this dream were
fulfilled within two hundred years. The two horns were Medes and Persia. They
were pushing in all directions, except the East which would have put them in
India and China.
While
they were moving in all the other directions, there came a goat from the West
which represented the Greek. Alexander the Great was under Xerxes at that time.
They moved at such speed that they didn’t touch the ground. This goat was so
full of anger and hatred toward the Ram that he was moving to destroy it. Since
one Greek soldier was equal to ten Mede-Persians, they had no trouble defeating
the enemy.
When
the Greeks reached Salamis with their 300 soldiers on the Sea, a great storm rose
and defeated them. When Xerxes heard that his fleet was destroyed, he went down
to the Sea and took off his belt and beat the waves with it. Alexander became a
great leader and had conquered so many worlds that he sat down and cried when
there was no more to conquer. He later was seized by a fever after a long night
of drinking and died at the age of 32.
When
he died his empire was divided among four men. Antiochus,(the little horn)
prospered and did great abominations in the temple, God allowed him to do this
for a time. Then one of God’s saints, Angel Gabriel appeared to Daniel. He told
Daniel that Antiochus would prosper until the end of the tribulation period,
the end of the times of the Gentiles. This man is demon-possessed, he is a
picture of the coming Anti-Christ. He is a Syrian and will be terrible in
slaughtering the Israelites. He will prosper in craft. He will be like Satan
full of pride and will blaspheme and magnify himself. He will come in as a lamb
and go out like a lion. He will bring about false peace. He will oppose and
stand up against Christ.
When
the church is “raptured up, then Christ will turn again to His purpose with
Israel and the Gentile nation. Read Matt. 24:24 and Rev. 13:17.
Please read the chapter listed so that you can
understand God’s Word better.
If you have missed any lessons, you can go to: God
Plans For You at https://sherrysouthard.blogspot.com.
Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
Dr. David Jeremiah Study Bible. Through the Bible by
J. Vernon McGee
No comments:
Post a Comment