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Chapter 8. The Ultimate Bad Guy at the End of Time. The Dream. Key Dates. Key Dates 553 B.C. = Date of Daniel 8. Key Dates 553 B.C. = Date of Daniel 8 539 B.C. = Babylon fall to Medo-Persia. Key Dates 553 B.C. = Date of Daniel 8 539 B.C. = Babylon fall to Medo-Persia
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Chapter 8 The Ultimate Bad Guy at the End of Time
Key Dates 553 B.C. = Date of Daniel 8
Key Dates 553 B.C. = Date of Daniel 8 539 B.C. = Babylon fall to Medo-Persia
Key Dates 553 B.C. = Date of Daniel 8 539 B.C. = Babylon fall to Medo-Persia 331 B.C. = Medo-Persia falls to Greece
Key Dates 553 B.C. = Date of Daniel 8 539 B.C. = Babylon fall to Medo-Persia 331 B.C. = Medo-Persia falls to Greece 175 B.C. = Antiochus IV Epiphanes takes power
Key Dates 553 B.C. = Date of Daniel 8 539 B.C. = Babylon fall to Medo-Persia 331 B.C. = Medo-Persia falls to Greece 175 B.C. = Antiochus IV Epiphanes takes power December 168 B.C. = The Temple sacrifices cease
Key Dates 553 B.C. = Date of Daniel 8 539 B.C. = Babylon fall to Medo-Persia 331 B.C. = Medo-Persia falls to Greece 175 B.C. = Antiochus IV Epiphanes takes power December 168 B.C. = The Temple sacrifices cease December 25, 165 = The first Hanukkah
The Two Headed Ram = Medo-Persia (v. 3)
The Goat = Greece (v. 5)
The Long Horn =Alexander the Great (v. 8)
The Four Horns= Ptolemy – Egypt Seleucus – Syria/Persia Cassander Macedonia/Greece Lysimachus – Asia Minor (v. 8)
The Small Horn = Antiochus IV Epiphanes (v. 9)
The Small Horn = Antiochus IV Epiphanes (v. 9) Daniel 8:23-35
The Small Horn = Antiochus IV Epiphanes (v. 9) Daniel 8:23-35 Daniel 8:14
“These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warning for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.” 1 Corinthians 10:11
The Prince of Hosts = God Himself (v. 11)
Daniel = The Servant to the king (v. 27)
Key Lessons
Prophecy sometimes has a near fulfillment and a far fulfillment
God’s people sometimes suffer in the hands of evil, but not forever
“In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
“There is a time to mourn, and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones, and a time to gather stones together.” Ecclesiastes 3:4-5
“As the lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the wet, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.” Matthew 24:27
Putting it all together Prepare yourself spiritually
Putting it all together Prepare yourself spiritually Rescue as many as possible
Putting it all together Prepare yourself spiritually Rescue as many as possible Trust that what God says is true