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(Old Testament)

Daniel 8

Daniel’s Vision of a Ram and a Goat

8 In the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me. 2 In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. 3 I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. 4 I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great.

5 As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. 6 It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage. 7 I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it, and none could rescue the ram from its power. 8 The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.

9 Out of one of them came another horn, which started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land. 10 It grew until it reached the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth and trampled on them. 11 It set itself up to be as great as the commander of the army of the Lord; it took away the daily sacrifice from the Lord, and his sanctuary was thrown down. 12 Because of rebellion, the Lord’s people[a] and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground.

13 Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot of the Lord’s people?”

14 He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.”

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The Ram represents the Medes and the Persians, with the more prominent Ram's horn being Persia. The shaggy goat is Greece, which will overcome the Persian Empire.

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Oh LORD, Our God!
How Excellent is Your Name Over All the Earth!
It Is Such A Good Thing To Praise Your Name,
Holy and Sanctified,
And Worthy To Be Praised!
It Is Fitting to Those Who Love You
To Lift Up Your Holy Name,
To Exalt You,
And to Rejoice in the Glory of Your Holiness!
For You Alone Are Worthy of Worship and Praise,
Rock of Ages,
Ancient of Days!

It is a Joy to Praise You, LORD!
Your Glory and Greatness are so Profound,
So Deep and Wide,
We can't wrap our minds around You,
And Praise and Worship is Our Delight!

We Lift up Our Voices and Our Hearts in praise to You, Oh LORD!

We Thank You, Father, For Your Holy Word,
Which Gives Us Insight Into Your Character,
And a Clear Indication of Your Direction for Our Lives.
What a Gift! Thank You!

We Pray For Our President,
And other Leaders of Our Beloved USA
May They Receive Wisdom from You
To do the Right Thing.
We Pray For The Swift and Sure Coming of Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Establish His Kingdom,
and Make All Things Right.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Once again I am confronted with a dilemma! Some of the coolest images for Today's Passage have writing on them, identifying the animals in Daniel's Dream. Most of these are obvious, because Daniel himself tells us the interpretation. We KNOW the Ram is Persia, and we know the Goat is Greece. The larger horn on the Goat is obvious in 20/20 hindsight to have been Alexander the Great. The High Priest in Josephus' account knew that too, when Alexander came into Jerusalem over 300 years before the Birth of Christ. Nearly all Bible Scholars, Jewish, Christian, and even agnostic academics, agree about the "Large Horn". (I am sure that there is SOMEONE out there who disagrees, but he has been very quiet about his minority opinion.)

There IS, however, much disagreement on the identity of the "Little Horn", and the images on the Internet reflect that.

Some scholars continue in the parallels between Nebuchadnezzar's Statue, and the Four Beasts, to say that the "Little Horn" is yet another World Empire, namely Rome. OK...that makes sense and fits with the other dreams. But you will notice there are four horns to contend with before we even talk about Rome. Alexander died very young, in the middle of his conquests. He had no children, and hadn't really planned on dying so soon, so he had no hierarchy of succession in place. He did, however, have four trusted generals named Cassander, Lysimachus, Ptolemy, and Seleucus. The ensuing power struggle between these four generals was called "The Wars of the Diodachi". The four horns on the Goat correspond to the four HEADS on the Leopard in the previous dream with the Beasts.

So far, everything lines up. Except now, a "Little Horn" emerges from the pack and makes trouble. Many historians interpret that to be Antiochus IV, the evil tyrant of the Hanukah Story. He was a descendant of the Selucids, the family of one of the Four Generals. He was awful, and oppressed the Jewish People, even desecrating the Holy Temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar. Although Antiochus was an evil madman, he was not the ONLY one in History to oppress the Jews. There would be more to come, and far worse! So if he was the "Little Horn", he wasn't much of an adversary! There would be plenty of Hamans, Tsars, Hitlers, and Stalins to follow!

And so, we come to the issue of "multiple fulfillment of Prophecy. Certainly, Antiochus qualifies as the "Little Horn", but there will be one coming who will make him look like "Junior Varsity", if you catch my drift.

And here we arrive at the most recent interpretation of the "Little Horn". He is the "man of sin", the "king of fierce countenance", or, in a word, the "Antichrist" (upper case A). There have been plenty of "antichrists" (lower case a) in history, but the "Little Horn" is the one who will stand out.

We could get into calculating the number of days, the Abomination of Desolation, and so on, but God tells Daniel to "seal up the prophecy until the time of the end", so it will become apparent to all when the time is right!

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance! (Psalm 33)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[trisham]

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Thank You, trisham, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance! (Psalm 33)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Silentgypsy]

Amen and thank you.

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Thank You, Silentgypsy, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance! (Psalm 33)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Silentgypsy]

Do you think we are close to having a covenant for seven years with Israel, to be broken by this “Antichrist”? I can’t even come close to guessing the identity of same. How does this fit into the timeline of the hundred-year reign of the Antichrist? If this doesn’t make sense, just ignore it, ML.

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I never “ignore” your posts, Dear Sister!

In my HUMBLE opinion (evidenced by my own musings on this Thread) the clock resumed “ticking” during WW1. So it could be any day.

According to most Bible Scholars, the reign of the AC will be seven years, not 100.

And Thank Goodness for THAT! :-)

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you for your prompt response!

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Always!

(((HUGS)))

[NEWwoman]

Good history lession

... another horn, which started small but grew in power …

The very first Battle of the Little Big Horn. ;)

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Thank You, NEWwoman, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance! (Psalm 33)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[etabeta]

Adding my late prayers. God bless.

[Kitty Mittens]

We Thank You, Father, For Your Holy Word,
Which Gives Us Insight Into Your Character,
And a Clear Indication of Your Direction for Our Lives.
What a Gift! Thank You!

Amen to Every Power-Filled Word of your Beautiful Prayer, Dear Servant of the King of kings.
Joining you in Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise.

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Etabeta, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance! (Psalm 33)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Kitty Mittens, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance! (Psalm 33)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Hiskid]

So very clever

[Hiskid]

Amen

[Jeanbl]

Amen, praying for the Peace of Jerusalem, for God’s will in their elections.

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Thank You, Hiskid, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance! (Psalm 33)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS