Daniel’s Dream and Vision
In the 37th year of a 40-year captivity, King Jehoiachin of Israel was released from prison (2 Kings:25:27); and he was treated admirably by the Chaldean King Evilmerodach. Daniel’s dream (chapter 7:1) occurs in the first year of King Belshazzar who is reigning (if our timelines is correct) three years later when the Medes and the Persians overrun Babylon (Daniel 5:30-31).
Daniel 7 – The Dream
Four beasts (v. 3):
- a lion with eagle’s wings (v. 4)
- a bear, raised on one side, with 3 ribs in its mouth (v. 5)
- a leopard with 4 wings and 4 heads and dominion (v. 6).
- a dreadful and terrible beast with iron teeth and 10 horns and an 11th little horn (v. 7-8)
- The Ancient of Days and the Son of Man defeat the beast(s) (v. 9-15).
The meaning:
- 4 beasts are 4 kingdoms
- But the kingdom of God prevails in the end
Daniel 8 – The Vision
- A ram with 2 horns and a goat with 1. (v. 1-14).
- These represent the kingdom of the Medes and Persians (2 horns of the ram) and the kingdom of Greece (Alexander the Great being the single horn) (v. 15-27).
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