Daniel 7 God kills the beast, destroys its body, and throws it into fire. 28Hitherto is the end of the matter. beasts in Daniel and Revelation are described as having ten horns; Reject all of her influence! great boasts. There's no way the antichrist, or the gates of hell, or Satan can prevail against the church of Jesus Christ. To this his interpreter answers (Daniel 7:23-25; Daniel 7:23-25) that this fourth beast is a fourth kingdom, that shall devour the whole earth, or (as it may be read) the whole land. Daniel 7 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (complete) God Daniel 7 9I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. Whichever way we take this, Sparta obtained with difficulty the second rank in Greece, as Athens did the first. Daniel For God was not willing fully to explain what he had shown to his Prophet; he only wished to set before him this conclusion a kingdom shall arise completely different from all others. The beast appeared glorious and powerful, but became soft and fearful. And it is very observable that in the midst of the predictions of the force and fury of the enemies this is brought in abruptly (Daniel 7:18; Daniel 7:22), before it comes, in the course of the vision, to be interpreted, Daniel 7:26; Daniel 7:27. The vision troubled Daniel much, so he asked an angel for the interpretation (Dan 7:15-16). And it was said unto them that they should rest yet FOR A LITTLE TIME (until all the future martyrs who were yet to die in the faith should join them). And this he was most inquisitive about because it was this horn that made war with the saints, and prevailed against them,Daniel 7:21; Daniel 7:21. But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever - yes, for ever and ever.' All Christ's enemies shall be made his footstool, and shall be consumed and destroyed to the end: these were the apostle uses concerning the man of sin, 2 Thessalonians 2:8. descended from Alexanders divided Greek empire. WebDaniel 7:7-8 meaning. the other horns. In other words, Russia 14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. Not that we should be surprised at this for the world leaders are already talking about a global or one world government [6] . He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. 15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. But it is a good thing for us that what perplexed Daniel the most, and what he now zeroes in on, is the kingdom that is the most relevant to us. (1) Daniel 7 is the last chapter written in Aramaic in the Book of Daniel. next chapter, Chapter 8, also discusses a defiant horn, or king, who Here the dual identification of the beasts with kings and kingdoms becomes transparent. NFL.com keeps you up to date with all of the latest league news from around the NFL. The only question of importance in regard to the period of time here designated is, whether this is to be taken literally to denote three years and a half, or whether a symbolic method is to be adopted, by making each one of the days represent a year, thus making the time referred to, in fact, twelve hundred and sixty years. (3) From the midst of these sovereignties or kingdoms there was to spring up another one of peculiar characteristics, Daniel 7:24-25. 16I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. 21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. horn, a little one, that You know, suing them before the courts of the land. "Time and times and a half a time " The key fact of what this means is plainly taught in the Book of Revelation; but as far as we have been able to determine, the true meaning is today unknown by practically the whole world of Bible scholars. 5And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. If that was to occur then the saints would not be given into the hands of the Antichrist for the last 3 years. The manner in which these things were discovered to him quite overwhelmed him, and put his thoughts so much to the stretch that his spirits failed him, and the trance he was in tired him and made him faint. So I came near to one of those that were standing by, and I asked, What does all of this mean? He afterwards confirms what we said before; it will fall, says he, and break to pieces, and tread down the whole earth This was fulfilled after Gaul and Britain were subdued, Germany partially subjugated, and Illyrieum, Greece, and Macedon, reduced to submission. History shows that the Roman Empire used its power with arrogance and cruelty. Very imperiously towards the people of God. Each beast represents a kingdom that will rise and fall. You ought to be settling these things in the church.
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