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DANIEL 8. VISION OF RAM & HE-GOAT. I. WHO ARE THEY (8:20-21) ?. DAN. 2. DAN. 7 DAN. 8. Gold (Babylon) Lion (v. 4) . Silver (Medo-Persians) Bear (v. 5) RAM (v. 1-4). Brass (Greeks) Leopard (v. 6) HE-GOAT (v. 5-8).
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DANIEL 8 VISION OF RAM & HE-GOAT I. WHO ARE THEY (8:20-21)? DAN. 2. DAN. 7 DAN. 8 Gold (Babylon) Lion (v. 4) Silver (Medo-Persians) Bear (v. 5) RAM (v. 1-4) Brass (Greeks) Leopard (v. 6) HE-GOAT (v. 5-8) Iron + Clay (Rome) Iron Teeth (v. 7-8) II. THE RAM (8:1-4). A. Begins in Shushan (Palace of Persian kings) (8:2). B. Two Horns, One Greater (Medo-PERSIANS) (8:3). C. Comes from east (8:4). III. THE HE-GOAT (8:5-8). A. Swiftly From West (8:5). B. Notable Horn, fury at Ram (Alexander the Great) (8:5-7. C. Horn broken into four (323 BC, 4 Generals) (8:8).
DANIEL 8 VISION OF RAM & HE-GOAT III. THE HE-GOAT (8:20-21)? C. Horn broken into four (323 BC, 4 Generals) (8:8). 1. Lysimachus - Thrace & Asia Minor 2. Antipater - Macedonia & Greece 3. Ptolomy - Egypt (South) 4. Seleucus - Syria & Babylon (North) D. Little Horn - Antiochus IV (175-163 BC) (8:9-14). Epiphanes - “The illustrious” (Epimanes - “The mad”) 1. Conquered Jerusalem; set his image in temple; offered swine on the altar; encouraged Greek soldiers to fornicate there; forbade circumcision, sabbath, and scriptures. 2. Broken without hand (8:25b). 3. Temple cleansed by Maccabean Revolt (Hanukkah) (8:14, 25). E. WHEN? “End” (v. 17, 19, 26) of Grecian rule (v. 23, 26). CONCL. Fulfilled Prophecy (Is. 42:9), God’s Judgment (Dan. 8:12, 23).