The Ram and the Goat
(This occurred before Daniel 4 and follows Daniel 7)
8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar …
8:2 I (Daniel) saw in a vision …
Compare Esther 1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
Compare Genesis 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Compare Genesis 14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
8:3-4 I saw the ram (a powerful king that none could stand against)
8:5 an he goat came from the west (Another powerful king)
8:6-12 A great battle ensues … involving Heaven and Earth
Compare Psalm 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
8:13-14 Occurs during the Tribulation (two thousand and three hundred days)
Compare Jeremiah 12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
CompareRevelation 11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
8:15-19 Daniel sought for the meaning, Gabriel, (told to) make this man to understand the vision.
8:20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
8:21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: … the first king.
(the kingdom of Greece, Alexander the Great)
8:22 four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
8:23 … then the antichrist …
8:24-25 … shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. …
8:26 … wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. (not yet)
8:27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
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