Old Testament -  Daniel 8:1-27 - (Vision Of Goat And Ram)
Channel: Calvary Chapel Windward
Date: 2016-06-20

Old Testament -  Daniel 8:1-27 - (Vision Of Goat And Ram) - CC Windward - Pastor Tim

Old Testament -  Daniel 8:1-27 - (Vision Of Goat And Ram) - Calvary Chapel Windward - OAHU, HAWAII - Pastor Tim Newman - 

PASTOR TIM's NOTES:

Dan 8:1-27
The Vision of the Ram and the Goat
I. The DETAILS of Two Kingdoms are given
Vs.1-8
 1. Daniel saw the details of a kingdom pictured as a ram.
 1a. Daniel saw the details of a future city.
First note that the Babylonian Kingdom is still in power.
Vs. 1 In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, I, Daniel, had a vision,
Daniel mentions being in the citadel of Susa.
It did not exist at this time; Daniel only sees it in his vision

 1b. The second detail is the identity of the ram
 The ram with two horns is the Medo-Persian Empire.

 1c. The third detail is the way the ram conquered.
 Daniel describes exactly how the Medo-Persian Empire gained control of the
ancient world.
 1d. The fourth detail is the symbolism associated with this kingdom.
 The King of Persia stood at the head of his army wearing a head of a ram.
 The symbol on coins of the Persian Empire was a ram.

 2. Daniel saw the details of a kingdom pictured as a goat.
 2a. The first detail is the identity of the notable horn.
 The notable horn is Alexander the Great.
2b. The second detail is the way the goat conquered.
 Notice the goat came from the west.

 Vs. 5 He came from the west crossing the whole earth.

 Vs. 5 It was as though the goat was not touching the ground.
 This is a figure of speech to say that he was moving rapidly.

 Vs. 6 Daniel says, I saw him attack the ram furiously or in great rage,
striking the ram and shattering his two horns.

 Vs. 8 The goat became great
 At the age of 21 he was called the world's most powerful and brilliant
military genius.
 Vs. 8 but at the height of his power the large horn was broken off


 2c. The third detail is the way his kingdom is divided.
 After Alexander's death the Grecian empire was divided by four of his generals.

II. One King will become DOMINATE in power.
Vs.9-14
 1. This king has an insignificant beginning but later dominates.
 He comes out of one of the four horns.
2. This king dominates the people of Israel.
 Vs. 11 says, He set himself up as Israel’s king, calling himself the Prince of
the host.
 Vs. 12 He prospered and so despised the truth contained in God’s Word
 That truth was said to be thrown to the ground.
 3. The king that dominates can be seen in Antiochus Epiphanies.
 This little horn was Antiochus Epiphanies from Syria.
 He is the 8th king in the Seleucid Dynasty.
 He ruled from 175 BC to 164 BC.
 Antiochus Epiphanies stopped the daily sacrifices in the temple and
defiled the sanctuary.

 4. The king that dominates has a limited reign.
 Vs. 13 and14 Daniel was told that the sanctuary would be cleansed in 2,300 days.
The sanctuary was cleansed by Judas Maccabaeus on December 25, 165 B.C.,
exactly 2,300 days later as predicted by Daniel.
III. The Future King Is DESCRIBED by Gabriel
Vs.15-27
 1. Gabriel describes this vision as pertaining to the time of the end. Vs. 19
 Is this the last part of the Great Tribulation?
 Or is this just the description of the end of the Greek Empire?
 What was the former time of wrath?
 God had shown his wrath or indignation against Israel by sending them into the
Babylonia Captivity.

 2. Gabriel describes the details of the Future Ruler.
 This has to be a description of Antiochus Epiphany based on vs. 23.

3. Gabriel describes a future ruler beyond Antiochus.
Studying the book of Daniel should convince us of two things.

God is sovereign, and His Word is trustworthy.