It is very important to note the book of Daniel is not in chronological order (Daniel dream came in the first year of Belshazzar. Belshazzar death is reported at the end of chapter 5. The dream occurred in the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon. Before I go into the scripture it is very important that you read Daniel 2 and Danial 7. As we study these scripture as it relates to end time prophesy (past, present and future), we need to approach it with an open mind. Others view Daniel 7 as a divine revelation concerning the moment in which God will intervene in history to usher in the final kingdom.Matthew 24:42 remind us to watch because we know not what hour the Lord doth come. Therefore, a good understanding of Daniel 2 and 7 will help us to see some of the events over a period.
Daniel 2:1-11 The great perplexity that Nebuchadnezzar was put into by a dream which he had forgotten, and his command to the magicians to tell him what it was, which they could not pretend
to do.
Daniel2:12-15 Orders given for the destroying of all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:16-23 The discovery of this secret to him, in answer to prayer and the thanksgiving he offered up to God.
Daniel 2:24-45 His admission to the king, the discovery he made to him both his dream and of the interpretation of it.
Daniel 2: 46-49 The great honour which Nebuchadnezzar put on Daniel in recompense for this service.
Daniel 7: 1-8 Daniel’s vision of the four beasts.
Daniel 7: 9-14 His vision of God’s throne of government and Judgement
Daniel 7:15-28 The interpretation of these visions, given him be an angel that stood by.
The great Sea
Is the Mediterranean (Num 34:6, Josh 1:4; 9:1 and Ezekiel 47:10)
Four great beasts
Four kings or kingdoms v17 (these are parallel to the sections of the image seen in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream).
Head of gold.
Lion
– Eagles wings
– Jeremiah 4:7; 50:17
Babylon/Chaldean
– Fierce and strong
Head of gold.
Lion
– Eagles wings
– Jeremiah 4:7; 50:17
Babylon/Chaldean
– Fierce and strong
Chest of silver
– Some say this is the two arms of the image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and form a joint government
Bear
– Three ribs ( 3 Kings[Cyrus, Ahasuerus, and Darius] or 3 kingdoms he Babylonian, Median, and Persian)- the remains of those nations it had devoured, which were the marks of its voraciousness, and yet an indication that though it had devoured much it could not devour all; some ribs still stuck in the teeth of it, which it could not conquer
Medo-Persia
Isaiah13:17; Isaiah 13:18; They care mainly for silver and not gold.
Jeremiah 51:27; Jeremiah 51:28
Thighs of Bronze
Leopard
Active, crafty, and cruel, like a leopard
-four wings
-This beast had four heads
-Dominion was given to it
Grecia monarchy founded by Alexander the Great
In six years’ time he gained the whole empire of Persia, a great part besides of Asia, made himself master of Syria, Egypt, India, and other nations.
Daniel 7:4
Says Jerom, “nothing was more swift than the conquest of Alexander, from Illyricum and the Adriatic sea, unto the Indian ocean, and the river Ganges; he rather ran through the world by victories than by battles, and in six years subdued part of Europe, all Asia even unto India,”
The beast also had four heads;
which signify the four kingdoms into which the Grecian empire was divided after Alexander’s death, under four of his generals, who were heads or governors of them: Macedonia under Antipater, or, as others, Cassander; Egypt under Ptolemy; Syria under Seleucus; and Asia under Antigonus, or, as others, Lysimachus: and dominion was given to it.
Legs of Iron
Daniel 7 VS7-8; 19-
No name is given to the fourth beast.
Dreadful and terrible, strong and had great iron teeth, nails of brass
It devoured and baked in pieces, stamped the residue with the its feet
It was diverse from all the prior beast
– It foreshadows the Roman empire
– 10 horns
– A little horn sprung up from among the ten.In the horn eyes like the horn of a man, a mouth speaking great things (boastfully)
– Three of the first horns were uprooted by the roots
Rome
Roman empire, which succeeded the Grecian, so Gorionides : dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly;Rome has its name from strength with the Greeks, and from height with the Hebrews, as Jerom observes: it had great iron teeth; his monarchy answers to the legs and feet of iron in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet
of it; it devoured nations, broke kingdoms in pieces, and brought them in subjection to them; reducing them to the greatest servitude, and obliging them to pay heavy taxes and tribute: it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it: in its original, language, laws, customs, and forms of government; it was such a monster, that no name could be given it; there was no one beast in nature to which it could be compared; it had all the ill properties of the other beasts, for craft, cruelty oppression, and tyranny; and therefore John describes this same beast as being like a leopard, having the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. ( Revelation 13:2 ) : and it had ten horns; which are explained of ten kings or kingdoms, ( Daniel 7:24 ) , the same with the ten toes in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and with the ten kings that received power as kings with the beast or ten kingdoms, into which the Roman empire was divided about the time of the rise of antichrist,(See Gill on Revelation 17:12). —————————————————
The ten divisions of Rome
1. Alemanni – Germany.
2. Franks – France.
3. Burgundians – Switzerland.
4. Suevi – Portugal.
5. Vandals – Exterminated.
6. Visigoths – Spain.
7. Anglo-Saxons – England.
8. Ostrogoths – Exterminated.
9. Lombards – Italy.
10. Heruli – Exterminated.
Present
2 Feet with toes Clay and Iron
Judgement scene beast with horn slain
Future
Rock
God’s unending kingdom left to no other people
A “son of man” comes in clouds given everlasting dominion
He gives it to the saints
Who is this Ancient of Days referred to in Daniel 7:9?
I believe the Ancient of Days is God the Father and Jesus is the Son of man vs 13-14.
Daniel 7:9
“I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire.
Daniel 7:13
“I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.
Daniel 7:22
Until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom.
Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Isaiah 44:6
“Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.
Revelation 1:14-15
His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.
Reference
https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Ancient-Of-Days
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