The Time of the End Message 23-2: "The Desolater" Episode 2

Pastor Joel Laswell

We are starting the next chapter in the book of Daniel, chapter 8. In Daniel Chapter 7 we were introduced to the rise of the Bold Pretender—the Little Horn power in its Papal roots, and his war against the saints of God by persecuting them and thinking to change the times and laws of God. The same Little Horn in its pagan and papal roots is revealed in more detail in chapter 8, who has become The Desolater that "waxed exceeding great," whose blasphemies reach unto heaven, to the Prince of princes, to destroy the daily.

Transcript

00:00:00Hello everyone, God bless you and I welcome you, I'm Pastor Joe Lasswell and we're about

00:00:15to get back into our study in prophecy.

00:00:19We started the last time that we were together, Daniel chapter 8, in a series of studies that

00:00:28I have entitled The Desolator.

00:00:30We're going to find out why as we go along in the study.

00:00:34This is episode 2, episode 2 of this study series of Daniel chapter 8.

00:00:41It goes right along with Daniel chapter 7 as we'll see as we get into it here, but before

00:00:46we begin we want to ask the Lord to bless us, so I invite you to kneel if possible, show

00:00:51reverent awe to our Creator if it's not possible to do so.

00:00:58Let's make sure that our attitude, our hearts and our minds are bowing together as we come

00:01:06before Him in prayer.

00:01:08Father in Heaven, we thank You so very, very much for Your wonderful blessings that You

00:01:13continually pour out upon us.

00:01:15May we recognize them and give You praise.

00:01:18Father, we thank You so much for the protection of heavenly angels.

00:01:25We know that the devil is going about and he's wanting to destroy God's people and those

00:01:32who want to know the truth through persecutions and a number of things that He's unleashing

00:01:39upon the earth.

00:01:42Father, we praise Your name and Your love for each and every one of us.

00:01:46We praise You for the Holy Spirit.

00:01:49We ask that the Holy Spirit be sent to guide and direct us as we open Your Word together

00:01:54here in reading and studying Daniel chapter 8.

00:01:58We ask the Holy Spirit to give us each discernment and wisdom as we see these words.

00:02:04Help us to put our thinking caps on and to reason together with Thee.

00:02:10Father, we thank You for Jesus who gave up all Heaven to come to this terrible planet that

00:02:17had betrayed Him and You and had rebelled and He came to save us.

00:02:24He wanted us to enjoy and be a part of the family again and live forever in Heaven even if

00:02:30He were not to.

00:02:32What an incredible thought, incredible love.

00:02:34Father, we praise You for Jesus.

00:02:36We ask forgiveness for our sins.

00:02:39We claim His blood that was shed there on the cross.

00:02:42And we pray for the power to be overcomers, to be a part of the redeemed who welcome Him

00:02:48when He returns very, very soon.

00:02:50Please be with those who couldn't be with us here this morning, those who are suffering

00:02:54around the world through tragedies and storms and just terrible, terrible things that we

00:03:03are witnessing as the devil strikes out to destroy people.

00:03:08We pray You'd be very near to them.

00:03:09Be with our children and our youth.

00:03:12Help us to be shining examples to them that they may come to know Thee, the true God.

00:03:17And be with our neighbors in the world.

00:03:19Please be with me and give me the words to speak here today.

00:03:22I humbly ask these favors in the blessed name of Jesus, who is so worthy.

00:03:29Amen and amen.

00:03:33Again, episode two of our study, The Desolator.

00:03:40The Desolator, Daniel chapter eight.

00:03:43In episode one, I spent a good amount of time speaking about how the book of Daniel is actually

00:03:50two books.

00:03:50And it is.

00:03:52If you step back and look at the bigger, larger context of Daniel, chapters one through seven

00:04:01is book one, and chapters eight through 12 is book two.

00:04:06And I made an emphasis that it's very important to note and remember that Daniel, chapters eight

00:04:13through 12, is the sealed book of Daniel that's spoken of in Daniel 12 and verse four.

00:04:18Do you recall that?

00:04:19Do you recall that?

00:04:19I hope you do.

00:04:21As well as, and I had you make note of this, it's the little book that we find spoken of

00:04:28in Revelation chapter 10.

00:04:30Let's read these two verses again.

00:04:32Let's first go to Daniel chapter 12 and verse four.

00:04:36Daniel 12 and verse four.

00:04:40It says, quote, but thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book.

00:04:50Seal the book.

00:04:51Even to the time of the end, and we learned in our study of Daniel seven, that we are living

00:04:57in the time of the end.

00:04:59The time of the end came in 1798 AD.

00:05:01So, we've been in the time of the end for a while, and we're told here, Daniel was told

00:05:07to seal the book, even to the time of the end, many shall run to and fro, knowledge shall

00:05:12be increased.

00:05:14And we found that Revelation 10 and verses one and two tell us about this book being opened.

00:05:23Verse one says, I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven clothed with a cloud,

00:05:27and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars

00:05:34of fire.

00:05:36Verse two, and he had in his hand a little book.

00:05:39And what about that little book?

00:05:40Says in Revelation there, verse two, the book open.

00:05:46He had in his hand a little book open, and he set his right foot upon the sea, his left

00:05:50foot on the earth.

00:05:51And so, Daniel 12, verse four, he's told to seal the book till the time of the end.

00:05:57We're in the time of the end.

00:05:59We've learned about that time, the prophecies of Daniel 8 through 12 were unsealed.

00:06:07They were open.

00:06:08This little book was opened.

00:06:14Now, I want you to notice this statement.

00:06:17It's from the book Acts of the Apostles, page 585.

00:06:25Notice, quote, in the Revelation, all the books of the Bible meet and end.

00:06:30Here is the complement of the book of Daniel.

00:06:33One is a prophecy, the other a revelation.

00:06:36The book that was sealed is not the revelation, but that portion of the prophecy of Daniel relating

00:06:43to the last days.

00:06:44The angel commanded, but thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the

00:06:52time of the end, quoting Daniel 12, 4, end quote.

00:06:56And so, we see here that chapters 8 through 12, we're beginning to look into Daniel chapter

00:07:028.

00:07:05This prophecy was sealed until the time of the end.

00:07:09And we spoke about, you know, how knowledge shall be increased.

00:07:14In episode 1, I talked about that this is about increased knowledge of the prophecies here

00:07:24in Daniels 8 through 12.

00:07:26And the rest of Daniels, where that goes.

00:07:28But mainly, that part, and the emphasis of these chapters, was the 2300 days, Daniel 8, verse

00:07:3614, which we will get in depth on as we go on.

00:07:41But what about the first book of Daniel?

00:07:45You know?

00:07:47Chapters 1 through 7.

00:07:48Do we see a correlation between those chapters in the book of Revelation?

00:07:53The stories, you know, of the historical portions of Daniel.

00:07:59And I'm talking about Daniels chapter 1 and 3 and 4, 5 and 6.

00:08:04You know, they actually illustrate in symbolic form the prophetic portions of the book.

00:08:09And I want you to recognize this because this will help us as we go along.

00:08:16And you'll see the correlation between Daniel and the book of Revelation.

00:08:22If you haven't seen it already, you should.

00:08:27But you'll see it more and more and more.

00:08:30Daniel 1 is actually a foreshadowing of what God's end-time remnant people will be like.

00:08:35You realize that?

00:08:37They will be a people of principle who would rather die than disobey God.

00:08:42In Daniel 1, the two sides in the conflict are introduced.

00:08:50You have two kings.

00:08:53You have Jehoiakim versus King Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon.

00:08:58You have two gods.

00:09:00There's Yahweh versus Marduk.

00:09:03One of the gods is a major god of Babylon.

00:09:06You have two cities.

00:09:07You have Babylon versus Jerusalem.

00:09:09You have two temples there in the city.

00:09:12You have God's temple in Jerusalem versus Marduk's temple in Babylon.

00:09:16You have two peoples, the Hebrews versus the Babylonians.

00:09:21You've heard me say, anybody who's seen me preach and been with me for long,

00:09:26there are only two spirits in this world.

00:09:30There's the spirit of Christ and the spirit of Antichrist.

00:09:32And here in Daniel 1, you're seeing those two sides battle.

00:09:37They're having the battle.

00:09:39In the introduction to the book, we find a contrast between Babylon and God's people in the time of the end.

00:09:49And those familiar with the Bible's truth about end time of the end will find that these things sound familiar, don't they?

00:09:56Notice that the king, Nebuchadnezzar, attempted to change, and I'm speaking about Daniel chapter 1 now.

00:10:07He attempted to change the mindset and the conduct of Daniel and his friends in four significant ways.

00:10:14This will be played out again, friends.

00:10:21This is why I'm sharing this with you.

00:10:23First, he attempted to do it by having them enrolled in the University of Babylon.

00:10:29He even determined their curriculum.

00:10:32The state determined the curriculum for the students in the public school system.

00:10:37Was prayer to the Creator God allowed in that system?

00:10:48Something to think about.

00:10:50You see, he felt that by teaching them the culture, the philosophy, the language, and the religion of Babylon,

00:10:58their way of thinking would be changed.

00:11:01The king hoped that this would cause a shift in their worldview, you see.

00:11:08Yet the Hebrew worthies never used the divination methods that they learned in the university.

00:11:15Prayer, you see, was their means of communing with their God.

00:11:19And when push came to shove, they were faithful to Jehovah.

00:11:24Secondly, the king attempted to change their allegiance by continually rubbing it in their face

00:11:33that the God of Babylon was superior to their God.

00:11:37I mean, after all, if their God was greater than Marduk,

00:11:41why were they a captive in Babylon?

00:11:44Right?

00:11:46It's obvious that the king was not able to convince or compel them

00:11:49because they proved themselves loyal only to the true God,

00:11:54even in the face of death.

00:11:56Remember, Nebuchadnezzar was going to kill all the magicians and astrologers

00:12:04and all the wise men in Babylon, including Daniel, right?

00:12:10Third, the king attempted to change their thinking and conduct

00:12:15by appointing their food and their drink.

00:12:19But they refused to eat the Babylonian food and drink its wine.

00:12:24And instead, they partook of the Hebrew diet, didn't they?

00:12:28And fourth, the king attempted to change their allegiance by changing their names

00:12:33from Hebrew names that honored their God

00:12:36to Babylonian names that honored the Babylonian gods.

00:12:40You can read about that in Daniel 4.

00:12:43Yet in the book, we never find Daniel and his friends,

00:12:47his three friends, remember,

00:12:49they never used their Babylonian names.

00:12:51Whenever they or God referred to them or they referred to themselves,

00:12:54they always used their Hebrew names.

00:12:58Check that out.

00:13:00And so we find that God's loyal servants were a people of principle.

00:13:07Daniel purposed in his heart.

00:13:09That means he made a decision of his will that he would not defile himself.

00:13:15And this decision of the will was exhibited in their conduct.

00:13:20Daniel and his friends were faithful in the small tests

00:13:22and therefore proved faithful in the large tests.

00:13:27Notice this from the book Councils on Health, page 66.

00:13:33Something to think about here.

00:13:34Quote,

00:13:34What if Daniel and his companions had made a compromise with those heathen officers

00:13:38and had yielded to the pressure of the occasion

00:13:41by eating and drinking as was customary with the Babylonians?

00:13:45That single instance of departure from principle

00:13:50would have weakened their sense of right and their abhorrence of wrong.

00:13:55Indulgence of appetite would have involved the sacrifice of physical vigor,

00:14:00clearness of intellect, and spiritual power.

00:14:04One wrong step would probably have led to others.

00:14:07Hasn't that been your experience?

00:14:10It's been my experience.

00:14:12One wrong step leads to another.

00:14:15She goes on and says,

00:14:18Until their connection with heaven being severed,

00:14:20they would have been swept away by temptation.

00:14:26End quote.

00:14:27Now that's chapter 1.

00:14:29Sounds a lot like what the experience of the remnant people of God

00:14:32in the times of the end will deal with

00:14:36before the end comes, doesn't it?

00:14:39What about Daniel 3?

00:14:42Well, Daniel 3 and chapter 6

00:14:44reveals that Daniel and his friends

00:14:46foreshadow the character

00:14:48that the final generation of God's people will have

00:14:51before Jesus returns.

00:14:53I mean, think about it.

00:14:57Their worldview

00:14:58will not be changed by the vain philosophies of spiritual Babylon.

00:15:03It's all about me and my idols, isn't it?

00:15:06They will not receive the name of the beast.

00:15:10They reject it.

00:15:11They will not drink Babylon's wine.

00:15:15That's false doctrine.

00:15:16And they'll not be intimidated by the idea

00:15:19that they are an insignificant minority

00:15:21that cannot be right.

00:15:24There's something wrong with you,

00:15:26you blasphemers, right?

00:15:29But they stand on the word of God.

00:15:35Daniel 3 foreshadows the crisis

00:15:38in Revelation chapter 13.

00:15:40I hope you saw that when we studied Daniel 3

00:15:43and made that plain.

00:15:45I hope.

00:15:47The chapter describes what happens

00:15:48when a political power establishes religion.

00:15:52This story prefigures that symbolic story

00:15:55of Revelation 13, verses 11 to 18

00:15:58with the land beast there in Revelation 13.

00:16:02And the two passages have many common details.

00:16:06In both, there's a conflict

00:16:08between the religion of Babylon

00:16:09and the religion of God's faithful remnant.

00:16:14Right?

00:16:14The king did not like the perspective of history

00:16:18that God had revealed in Daniel 2, if you recall.

00:16:21So the Chaldeans, what they did,

00:16:22they suggested that he make an image.

00:16:24Like the one he had seen in his dream of Daniel 2,

00:16:27but in this time, make it entirely of gold.

00:16:31And in this way, he would be making

00:16:33an in-your-face statement to God, the Creator,

00:16:36that he was in control of history, not God.

00:16:39He was in control of the times and laws, right?

00:16:43And his kingdom would be eternal.

00:16:47In both Daniel and Revelation,

00:16:49we find a reference to a beast.

00:16:51In both books, we find an image of the beast.

00:16:57In both books, we have a record of numbers

00:16:59that bear a relationship with the sun.

00:17:03The number 666 is involved in both.

00:17:06Remember, I spent some time in those chapters

00:17:09showing how the priests of the major religions

00:17:14in Babylon and worship of the sun,

00:17:16and they had the gold medallions,

00:17:17the gold crowns stamped with the number 666.

00:17:20It played a very big part

00:17:23in the pagan religions of that day.

00:17:30In both books,

00:17:31people from every nation tongue

00:17:33and people are commanded to worship the image

00:17:35there in the plains of Dura.

00:17:36In both books, there is a death decree

00:17:40against those who fail to obey

00:17:41the order to worship the image, right?

00:17:45The image of the beast.

00:17:47In both books, there is a faithful

00:17:48and insignificant remnant

00:17:51whose life is governed by principle.

00:17:54Remember, those three Hebrews stood.

00:17:57They didn't bow.

00:17:59They would rather die than worship

00:18:01the image of the beast.

00:18:03There was a shaking in the valley of Dura,

00:18:07and this is repeated in the enforcement

00:18:09of the mark of the beast.

00:18:12In both books,

00:18:14conflict is over worship

00:18:17and obedience to the commandments of God.

00:18:20In particular, the first table of the law.

00:18:24In both books,

00:18:25the religious leaders accuse the people of God

00:18:28before the civil power.

00:18:30Right?

00:18:31In Revelation,

00:18:33it's the apostate Protestantisms

00:18:35that are pushing this

00:18:36to worship the image.

00:18:41The wrath of the king

00:18:42prefigures the wrath of the dragon

00:18:45against the final remnant

00:18:46that keep the commandments of God

00:18:48and have the testimony of Jesus.

00:18:50You know,

00:18:51Ellen White remarks,

00:18:55makes some interesting remarks

00:18:57about the king's body language

00:18:58when he spoke the words there

00:19:00in Daniel 3.15.

00:19:01She says that he spoke these words

00:19:03with hands stretched upward in defiance.

00:19:07Like he's defying God.

00:19:09Remember, the title of that series was,

00:19:11Who is this God?

00:19:14Right?

00:19:15That's what Nebuchadnezzar was saying.

00:19:18And then she also saw his face,

00:19:20the anger on his face.

00:19:22And she said,

00:19:24quote,

00:19:24Satanic attributes

00:19:26made his countenance appear

00:19:27as the countenance

00:19:28of a demon.

00:19:33Remember,

00:19:34two sides

00:19:35in this conflict.

00:19:39Daniel 3

00:19:41is a vivid illustration

00:19:43of what happens

00:19:43when religious power

00:19:44influences civil power

00:19:46to establish

00:19:47religious observances.

00:19:49This chapter,

00:19:51it shows what will happen

00:19:53when the government

00:19:54of the land beast

00:19:55violates the establishment

00:19:56clause of the First Amendment

00:19:57to the United States Constitution.

00:20:01Oh, you know,

00:20:02people say they're doing away

00:20:04with the Constitution,

00:20:05and I want to remind you,

00:20:06they will never do away

00:20:08with the Constitution.

00:20:09They'll say that they're

00:20:10upholding the Constitution,

00:20:11but what they do away with

00:20:12is the principles you find

00:20:14in the Constitution.

00:20:15We see in this chapter

00:20:22the three young men

00:20:23went through a terrible

00:20:24time of trouble

00:20:25where their faith

00:20:26was severely tested.

00:20:28The furnace was heated

00:20:29seven times hotter

00:20:30than ever before,

00:20:31you recall.

00:20:32Yet the young men

00:20:33stood with great courage

00:20:34before the king

00:20:35and refused to worship

00:20:37the image

00:20:38to the beast.

00:20:40And like I said before,

00:20:41they preferred to die

00:20:42than to sin

00:20:43against God.

00:20:44They went through the fire

00:20:45but were not consumed, right?

00:20:49Speaking about God's

00:20:51end-time remnant,

00:20:52Ellen White says

00:20:53in The Great Controversy,

00:20:54page 621,

00:20:55she says,

00:20:56quote,

00:20:56Their affliction is great.

00:20:58The flames of the furnace

00:21:00seem about to consume them,

00:21:02but the refiner

00:21:02will bring them forth

00:21:04as gold tried in the fire.

00:21:07God's love for His children

00:21:09during the period

00:21:10of their severest trial

00:21:11is as strong and tender

00:21:13as in the days

00:21:14of their sunniest prosperity,

00:21:16but it is needful

00:21:18for them to be placed

00:21:19in the furnace of fire.

00:21:21Why?

00:21:22She says,

00:21:23Their earthliness

00:21:25must be consumed

00:21:26that the image of Christ

00:21:28may be perfectly

00:21:29reflected.

00:21:33End quote.

00:21:35Got to go through

00:21:35that fire, friends.

00:21:38It's a fire

00:21:38of perfection,

00:21:39glorification,

00:21:42that the image of Christ

00:21:47may be perfectly

00:21:48reflected in us.

00:21:52In both chapters,

00:21:53Jesus Christ

00:21:54is the hero.

00:21:56At the critical moment,

00:21:58Jesus stood up

00:21:58to defend

00:21:59and deliver

00:22:00His faithful remnant

00:22:01from certain death.

00:22:04In Daniel chapter 3,

00:22:06the Aramaic word,

00:22:07deliver,

00:22:08is found four times.

00:22:10Daniel 3,

00:22:10verse 15.

00:22:12Verse 17,

00:22:13it's mentioned two times.

00:22:14Verse 28,

00:22:15it's mentioned.

00:22:17And what's very interesting

00:22:19is that this same word

00:22:20is used five times

00:22:21in chapter 6.

00:22:23Daniel 6,

00:22:2314.

00:22:25Verse 16,

00:22:26verse 20.

00:22:27Twice in verse 27.

00:22:29The equivalent Hebrew word

00:22:31is used also

00:22:32in Daniel 11,

00:22:33verse 41,

00:22:34and Daniel 12,

00:22:35and verse 1

00:22:35to describe

00:22:36to describe

00:22:36the final deliverance

00:22:37of God's people

00:22:38from the king

00:22:38of the north

00:22:39who will go out

00:22:41with great fury

00:22:42to destroy them.

00:22:46These are

00:22:47the only places

00:22:49in the book of Daniel

00:22:51where the word

00:22:52deliver is used.

00:22:53So there has to be

00:22:54a link

00:22:54between chapters 3

00:22:56and chapter 6.

00:22:57And I made that plain

00:22:58as we studied that out.

00:22:59And we find,

00:23:02see,

00:23:03those who are

00:23:03in a personal

00:23:04covenant relationship

00:23:05with the Lord

00:23:06will be delivered.

00:23:08Everyone whose name

00:23:09is written

00:23:09in the book of life.

00:23:12This covenant relationship,

00:23:15like a husband and wife.

00:23:17And so we'll find

00:23:17that as a loving husband,

00:23:19Jesus will protect

00:23:20his covenant wife.

00:23:22Right?

00:23:24As a faithful shepherd,

00:23:26Jesus will protect

00:23:26his covenant sheep.

00:23:27As a sovereign king,

00:23:30Jesus will protect

00:23:31his covenant subjects.

00:23:33As the head,

00:23:34Jesus will protect

00:23:35his covenant body.

00:23:37God will keep

00:23:38his covenant

00:23:38with those

00:23:39who serve him,

00:23:40friends.

00:23:42And so as we study

00:23:43the stories of Daniel

00:23:44chapters 3 and 6,

00:23:46we can know for certain

00:23:47that the issues

00:23:47in the final conflict

00:23:48will not be over

00:23:50what the ministers

00:23:53of today

00:23:54preach over and over.

00:23:55It's not going to be

00:23:55over oil

00:23:56in the Middle East

00:23:58or of the Palestinians

00:24:00against the Jews

00:24:01or the Muslims

00:24:03against the Jews

00:24:04or Islam

00:24:06or any such things.

00:24:08The final conflict

00:24:09will be over worship

00:24:10and the commandments

00:24:11of God

00:24:12versus the commandments

00:24:13of men.

00:24:17And when we study

00:24:18these out,

00:24:18what do we find?

00:24:19We see that

00:24:20literal Israel

00:24:21was literally captive

00:24:22in literal Babylon.

00:24:23The literal king

00:24:26behaved like

00:24:27a literal beast.

00:24:28He set up

00:24:28a literal image

00:24:29in a literal valley,

00:24:31Dura,

00:24:32commanding everyone

00:24:33to literally bow down

00:24:35and worship

00:24:35that literal image.

00:24:38A remnant

00:24:39of literal Jews

00:24:41refused to literally

00:24:42bow down

00:24:43before the literal image

00:24:44and therefore

00:24:44they were thrown

00:24:45into a literal

00:24:46fiery furnace

00:24:48and were delivered

00:24:49from the literal

00:24:50flames by Christ

00:24:51who literally

00:24:52came into

00:24:53the literal furnace.

00:24:57Sounds like

00:24:57a tongue twister.

00:25:01Why am I using

00:25:02the word literal?

00:25:03Because all of this

00:25:04has symbolic value

00:25:06in the book

00:25:06of Revelation

00:25:07and is fulfilled

00:25:08globally

00:25:08and spiritually.

00:25:14The story

00:25:15of Daniel 3

00:25:17foreshadows

00:25:19the final conflict

00:25:20over the fourth

00:25:20commandment.

00:25:21That Sabbath

00:25:22Sunday issue

00:25:23we found out

00:25:24in our studies

00:25:24of Daniel 7

00:25:26as well.

00:25:27Notice this

00:25:27from the manuscript

00:25:29releases

00:25:30volume 14

00:25:31page 91

00:25:32quote

00:25:35an idle

00:25:36Sabbath

00:25:37has been set up

00:25:38she's speaking

00:25:38about the Sunday

00:25:39an idle Sabbath

00:25:41has been set up

00:25:42as the golden image

00:25:43was set up

00:25:44in the plains

00:25:44of Dura

00:25:45and as Nebuchadnezzar

00:25:47the king of Babylon

00:25:47issued a decree

00:25:49that all who

00:25:50would not bow

00:25:50down and worship

00:25:51this image

00:25:52should be killed

00:25:52so a proclamation

00:25:54will be made

00:25:55that all who

00:25:56will not reverence

00:25:57the Sunday

00:25:58institution

00:25:58will be punished

00:26:00with imprisonment

00:26:01and death

00:26:02end quote

00:26:02that's in the future

00:26:03but the future

00:26:05is closer to us

00:26:06than we realize

00:26:07we go to Daniel 5

00:26:13we find the backdrop

00:26:14to Revelation

00:26:16chapter 16

00:26:17and 17

00:26:17in these chapters

00:26:21the city of Babylon

00:26:22is seated upon

00:26:22the many waters

00:26:23of the river

00:26:24Euphrates

00:26:24Babylon feels secure

00:26:27because she is

00:26:27protected by her river

00:26:29what does waters

00:26:31represent?

00:26:32multitudes

00:26:33nations

00:26:34tongues

00:26:34and peoples

00:26:35the leader of Babylon

00:26:39gives her literal

00:26:40wine to the nations

00:26:41and this does not

00:26:42allow them to

00:26:42distinguish between

00:26:44what is holy

00:26:45and what is common

00:26:47you know

00:26:48we saw

00:26:49a story

00:26:50if you recall

00:26:51the story of Nadab

00:26:52and Abihu

00:26:53that illustrates

00:26:54that truth

00:26:55very well

00:26:56in these

00:27:00chapters

00:27:01the inability

00:27:02to distinguish

00:27:03between the holy

00:27:04and the common

00:27:04leads to false worship

00:27:05and idolatry

00:27:06in these chapters

00:27:08probation closes

00:27:09before the fall

00:27:10of Babylon

00:27:11by a divine decree

00:27:12that decree

00:27:13in Revelation 22

00:27:13verse 11

00:27:14in these chapters

00:27:18the deliverance

00:27:19of God's people

00:27:19comes from the north

00:27:21and the east

00:27:22in these chapters

00:27:25the drying up

00:27:26of the Euphrates

00:27:27leads to the fall

00:27:28of Babylon

00:27:29and in these chapters

00:27:31God's people

00:27:33are delivered

00:27:33from Babylon

00:27:34so that they

00:27:35can return

00:27:35to their lost

00:27:36homeland

00:27:36in Jerusalem

00:27:38what do we see

00:27:42here

00:27:43we see that on

00:27:44literal Babylon's

00:27:46final night

00:27:46the literal king

00:27:47was drinking

00:27:48literal wine

00:27:49and literal cups

00:27:50they took out

00:27:51of God's

00:27:52emblems

00:27:53right

00:27:53sent for them

00:27:56in mockery

00:27:58to the creator

00:27:58God

00:27:59we find that

00:28:01he was worshipping

00:28:02literal idols

00:28:03when a literal

00:28:03hand

00:28:04began to write

00:28:05a literal message

00:28:05on a literal

00:28:06wall

00:28:06in the literal

00:28:07palace

00:28:08which announced

00:28:08the literal

00:28:09fall of

00:28:09literal Babylon

00:28:10Cyrus the deliverer

00:28:15came from the

00:28:16literal east

00:28:17dried up the

00:28:18literal river

00:28:19Euphrates

00:28:19and in this way

00:28:21entered the

00:28:21literal city

00:28:22of Babylon

00:28:22to deliver

00:28:23literal Israel

00:28:23from literal

00:28:24bondage

00:28:25so that they

00:28:25could return

00:28:26and build

00:28:27the literal

00:28:27city of Jerusalem

00:28:28again

00:28:29all of this

00:28:30has symbolic

00:28:31value

00:28:31in the book

00:28:32of Revelation

00:28:32and is fulfilled

00:28:33globally

00:28:34and spiritually

00:28:36then we have

00:28:39Daniel chapter 6

00:28:41it describes

00:28:43what happens

00:28:44when political

00:28:44power

00:28:45forbids the

00:28:46free exercise

00:28:47of religion

00:28:48worship

00:28:49and the law

00:28:50of God

00:28:50all the power

00:28:53seems to be

00:28:53in the hands

00:28:54of the enemies

00:28:54of the remnant

00:28:55an angel

00:28:56shuts the mouths

00:28:57of the lions

00:28:58and Daniel

00:28:59is delivered

00:28:59delivered

00:29:01is again

00:29:02a key word

00:29:03in chapter 6

00:29:04what else

00:29:04we find

00:29:05did we find

00:29:06in Daniel

00:29:06chapter 6

00:29:07Daniel was

00:29:09full of the

00:29:09Holy Spirit

00:29:10wasn't he

00:29:11that's very

00:29:12important

00:29:13Daniel had

00:29:16a profound

00:29:17relationship

00:29:18with God

00:29:18as is revealed

00:29:19in his life

00:29:20of prayer

00:29:21his relationship

00:29:23with God

00:29:23was more important

00:29:24than life

00:29:25itself

00:29:25he'd rather

00:29:26die

00:29:27than sin

00:29:28just like

00:29:28his friends

00:29:30what else

00:29:32Daniel had

00:29:36a passion

00:29:37to comprehend

00:29:38the prophecy

00:29:39of the 2300 days

00:29:40and we shall

00:29:41see this prophecy

00:29:42at the core

00:29:42of Daniel's

00:29:45second book

00:29:45chapters 8

00:29:46through 12

00:29:47Daniel was

00:29:50faithful in

00:29:50the secular

00:29:51affairs of

00:29:52everyday life

00:29:53we need

00:29:55to be

00:29:55faithful

00:29:56in the

00:29:56secular

00:29:57affairs

00:29:57of our

00:29:57everyday

00:29:58life

00:29:58that's how

00:30:01people see

00:30:02Jesus

00:30:02alive in

00:30:03us

00:30:04his enemies

00:30:06could find

00:30:07no fault

00:30:07in his

00:30:08service

00:30:08to the

00:30:08king

00:30:08he was

00:30:09obedient

00:30:10to the

00:30:11second

00:30:11table

00:30:11of the

00:30:11law

00:30:12of God

00:30:12wasn't

00:30:12he

00:30:12he was

00:30:13also

00:30:14faithful

00:30:14to the

00:30:14first

00:30:14table

00:30:15of the

00:30:15law

00:30:15as can

00:30:16be seen

00:30:16in

00:30:16Daniel

00:30:176

00:30:17in

00:30:18verse

00:30:184

00:30:18notice

00:30:19what

00:30:19it

00:30:19says

00:30:20quote

00:30:21then

00:30:21the

00:30:21presidents

00:30:22and

00:30:22princes

00:30:22sought

00:30:23to find

00:30:23occasion

00:30:24against

00:30:24Daniel

00:30:25concerning

00:30:26the

00:30:26kingdom

00:30:26but they

00:30:27could

00:30:27find

00:30:28none

00:30:28occasion

00:30:28nor

00:30:29fault

00:30:29for as

00:30:30much

00:30:30as

00:30:30he

00:30:31was

00:30:31faithful

00:30:31neither

00:30:32was

00:30:32there

00:30:32any

00:30:33error

00:30:33or

00:30:33fault

00:30:34found

00:30:34in

00:30:35him

00:30:36what a

00:30:38statement

00:30:38his

00:30:39enemies

00:30:39couldn't

00:30:39find

00:30:40any

00:30:40fault

00:30:40in

00:30:40him

00:30:40he

00:30:45had

00:30:45the

00:30:45character

00:30:45of

00:30:45Jesus

00:30:46didn't

00:30:46he

00:30:47he

00:30:48still

00:30:48had

00:30:48to

00:30:48go

00:30:48through

00:30:49a

00:30:49time

00:30:49of

00:30:49trouble

00:30:50we'll

00:30:50find

00:30:50but

00:30:52his

00:30:52enemies

00:30:52had

00:30:53to

00:30:53find

00:30:53fault

00:30:53with

00:30:54Daniel's

00:30:54religious

00:30:54convictions

00:30:55and

00:30:57practices

00:30:57that

00:30:58first

00:30:58table

00:30:59of

00:30:59the

00:30:59law

00:30:59go to

00:31:00the

00:31:00next

00:31:01verse

00:31:01there

00:31:01in

00:31:01Daniel

00:31:016

00:31:02verse

00:31:025

00:31:02then

00:31:02said

00:31:03these

00:31:03men

00:31:03we

00:31:03shall

00:31:04not

00:31:04find

00:31:04any

00:31:04occasion

00:31:05against

00:31:05this

00:31:05Daniel

00:31:06except

00:31:06we

00:31:06find

00:31:06it

00:31:06against

00:31:07him

00:31:07concerning

00:31:08the

00:31:08law

00:31:09of

00:31:09his

00:31:10God

00:31:10and

00:31:12so

00:31:12the

00:31:13issue

00:31:14and the

00:31:14conflict

00:31:14was the

00:31:15law

00:31:15of

00:31:15God

00:31:16primarily

00:31:17the

00:31:17first

00:31:17table

00:31:17but

00:31:19it

00:31:19was

00:31:19the

00:31:19law

00:31:19of

00:31:19God

00:31:19versus

00:31:20the

00:31:20laws

00:31:20of

00:31:20men

00:31:21what

00:31:22else

00:31:22did

00:31:22we

00:31:22find

00:31:23chapter

00:31:236

00:31:23the

00:31:25civil

00:31:25power

00:31:25gave

00:31:26a

00:31:26religious

00:31:27decree

00:31:27and

00:31:29this

00:31:29is

00:31:29a

00:31:30violation

00:31:31of

00:31:31the

00:31:31second

00:31:31clause

00:31:32of

00:31:32the

00:31:32first

00:31:33amendment

00:31:33to

00:31:33the

00:31:33U.S.

00:31:34constitution

00:31:34the

00:31:35free

00:31:35exercise

00:31:36of

00:31:36religion

00:31:37again

00:31:38correlating

00:31:39to

00:31:39that

00:31:39land

00:31:40beast

00:31:40there

00:31:41in

00:31:41Revelation

00:31:41chapter

00:31:4213

00:31:43but

00:31:44we

00:31:44find

00:31:44there

00:31:45was

00:31:45a

00:31:45faithful

00:31:45remnant

00:31:46which

00:31:46had

00:31:46a

00:31:46deep

00:31:46covenant

00:31:47relationship

00:31:47with

00:31:47the

00:31:48Lord

00:31:48and

00:31:48refused

00:31:49to

00:31:49obey

00:31:49the

00:31:49religious

00:31:50law

00:31:50that

00:31:50was

00:31:50given

00:31:51by

00:31:51the

00:31:52civil

00:31:52power

00:31:52the

00:31:56religious

00:31:56law

00:31:57was

00:31:57written

00:31:57and

00:31:57signed

00:31:57by

00:31:58the

00:31:58king

00:31:58with

00:31:58a

00:31:59death

00:31:59decree

00:31:59in

00:31:59it

00:31:59against

00:32:00those

00:32:00who

00:32:00disobeyed

00:32:01right

00:32:03we

00:32:04find

00:32:05that

00:32:05Daniel

00:32:05faced

00:32:06death

00:32:06for

00:32:06disobeying

00:32:07his

00:32:07this

00:32:08religious

00:32:08law

00:32:08that

00:32:09was

00:32:09imposed

00:32:09by

00:32:09the

00:32:10state

00:32:10and

00:32:13the

00:32:13idea

00:32:13of

00:32:13this

00:32:14law

00:32:14did

00:32:14not

00:32:14come

00:32:15from

00:32:15the

00:32:15king

00:32:15who

00:32:16represented

00:32:17the

00:32:17state

00:32:17the

00:32:18civil

00:32:19power

00:32:19was

00:32:19not

00:32:19opposed

00:32:20to

00:32:20Daniel

00:32:20it

00:32:22was

00:32:23the

00:32:23king's

00:32:23religious

00:32:23counselors

00:32:24that

00:32:25were

00:32:25behind

00:32:25the

00:32:25plot

00:32:26that's

00:32:27what we

00:32:27find

00:32:27in

00:32:28revelation

00:32:2813

00:32:29as well

00:32:29don't

00:32:29we

00:32:30apostate

00:32:31protestantism

00:32:32pushes

00:32:33this

00:32:33mark

00:32:34of the

00:32:34beast

00:32:35cause

00:32:38the law

00:32:38to be

00:32:39enacted

00:32:39and

00:32:41then we

00:32:41found

00:32:41that

00:32:42God

00:32:42allowed

00:32:42Daniel

00:32:43to go

00:32:43through

00:32:43the

00:32:43tribulation

00:32:44so that

00:32:44his

00:32:45trust in

00:32:45God

00:32:45could be

00:32:46revealed

00:32:46before

00:32:47all of

00:32:47those

00:32:48who

00:32:48were

00:32:48present

00:32:48and in

00:32:50this

00:32:50way

00:32:50God

00:32:50was

00:32:51glorified

00:32:51in

00:32:51his

00:32:52servant

00:32:52Daniel

00:32:53does

00:32:55this

00:32:56have

00:32:56anything

00:32:58to say

00:32:58about

00:32:59the

00:32:59character

00:33:00that

00:33:00will

00:33:01be

00:33:01possessed

00:33:01by

00:33:01the

00:33:02end

00:33:02time

00:33:02generation

00:33:03of

00:33:03God's

00:33:03people

00:33:04reason it

00:33:08out

00:33:08friends

00:33:09reason it

00:33:10out

00:33:10we

00:33:12find that

00:33:12the word

00:33:13deliver is

00:33:13used five

00:33:14times in

00:33:15Daniel 6

00:33:15as I

00:33:16mentioned

00:33:17before

00:33:17verse 14

00:33:18it's mentioned

00:33:19two times

00:33:19and you

00:33:20see it

00:33:20again

00:33:20in

00:33:20verse 16

00:33:21and 20

00:33:21and verse

00:33:2227

00:33:22it's the

00:33:23key word

00:33:24of the

00:33:24entire

00:33:24story

00:33:25Daniel

00:33:27was

00:33:28delivered

00:33:28because he

00:33:29trusted in

00:33:30his God

00:33:31completely

00:33:32the word

00:33:34trusted in

00:33:35the LXX

00:33:35that's the

00:33:36Greek

00:33:36translation

00:33:37of the

00:33:37Old

00:33:37Testament

00:33:38it's the

00:33:39same word

00:33:39that's

00:33:39translated

00:33:40faith

00:33:40in the

00:33:41New

00:33:41Testament

00:33:42did you

00:33:43know

00:33:43that

00:33:43and

00:33:46finally

00:33:46what did

00:33:46we see

00:33:47those

00:33:49who

00:33:49prepared

00:33:49the

00:33:49plot

00:33:50died

00:33:51by their

00:33:51own

00:33:51weapons

00:33:52the

00:33:54lions

00:33:54destroyed

00:33:55them

00:33:56Daniel

00:33:59chapters

00:34:003

00:34:01and 6

00:34:01are also

00:34:01the

00:34:02foundation

00:34:02to

00:34:02understand

00:34:03Daniel

00:34:03chapter

00:34:0411

00:34:04verse

00:34:0540

00:34:05all the

00:34:05way

00:34:05to

00:34:06Daniel

00:34:0612

00:34:06verse

00:34:061

00:34:07at

00:34:09the

00:34:09very

00:34:09end

00:34:09the

00:34:09king

00:34:10of

00:34:10the

00:34:10north

00:34:10spiritual

00:34:12Babylon

00:34:12or the

00:34:13little

00:34:13horn

00:34:13the man

00:34:14of

00:34:14sin

00:34:14the

00:34:15beast

00:34:16the

00:34:16harlot

00:34:16the

00:34:16abomination

00:34:17desolation

00:34:17goes by

00:34:18many names

00:34:18they will

00:34:20go out

00:34:20with the

00:34:21intention

00:34:21of

00:34:21annihilating

00:34:22God's

00:34:22people

00:34:22now

00:34:24why

00:34:24will

00:34:24the

00:34:25king

00:34:25of

00:34:25the

00:34:25north

00:34:25want

00:34:25to

00:34:25do

00:34:26this

00:34:26well

00:34:27the

00:34:28two

00:34:28chapters

00:34:28reveal

00:34:29that

00:34:29it will

00:34:29have

00:34:29to

00:34:29do

00:34:29with

00:34:30the

00:34:30religious

00:34:30convictions

00:34:31of

00:34:31God's

00:34:31people

00:34:32the

00:34:33issue

00:34:33will

00:34:34be

00:34:34worship

00:34:35and

00:34:35obedience

00:34:35to

00:34:36God's

00:34:36commandments

00:34:37that's

00:34:38what

00:34:39this

00:34:39whole

00:34:39great

00:34:39controversy

00:34:40has been

00:34:40about

00:34:41Satan

00:34:44suggested

00:34:44there in

00:34:45heaven

00:34:45that

00:34:45God's

00:34:46law

00:34:46was

00:34:46not

00:34:46fair

00:34:47so

00:34:48it's

00:34:48always

00:34:49been

00:34:49an

00:34:49attack

00:34:50on

00:34:50God's

00:34:50character

00:34:51and

00:34:51his

00:34:51law

00:34:52because

00:34:52God's

00:34:52law

00:34:53is

00:34:53his

00:34:53character

00:34:54but

00:34:57you

00:34:58have

00:34:58this

00:34:58issue

00:34:58but

00:35:00at

00:35:00the

00:35:00critical

00:35:00moment

00:35:01when

00:35:01God's

00:35:01people

00:35:01are

00:35:02about

00:35:02to

00:35:02be

00:35:02destroyed

00:35:03what

00:35:03happens

00:35:04Michael

00:35:05will

00:35:05stand

00:35:06up

00:35:06or

00:35:07at

00:35:07least

00:35:07or

00:35:07Daniel

00:35:0812

00:35:08verse

00:35:081

00:35:09God's

00:35:10people

00:35:10will

00:35:11go

00:35:11through

00:35:11the

00:35:11time

00:35:11of

00:35:12trouble

00:35:12such

00:35:12as

00:35:12never

00:35:13has

00:35:13been

00:35:13seen

00:35:14but

00:35:14they

00:35:14will

00:35:14be

00:35:15delivered

00:35:15again

00:35:15that

00:35:16key

00:35:16word

00:35:16everyone

00:35:17that's

00:35:18found

00:35:18written

00:35:18in the

00:35:18book

00:35:19of

00:35:19life

00:35:19and

00:35:21so

00:35:21friends

00:35:21do

00:35:21you

00:35:21see

00:35:22the

00:35:22correlation

00:35:22of

00:35:23these

00:35:23chapters

00:35:23to

00:35:24end

00:35:24time

00:35:24events

00:35:25and

00:35:25God's

00:35:26remnant

00:35:27people

00:35:28now

00:35:31that's

00:35:32the

00:35:32first

00:35:33book

00:35:34of

00:35:34Daniel

00:35:34right

00:35:36we're

00:35:36starting

00:35:37Daniel

00:35:37chapter

00:35:378

00:35:38we're

00:35:38getting

00:35:38into

00:35:38the

00:35:38second

00:35:39book

00:35:40of

00:35:40Daniel

00:35:41and

00:35:41all

00:35:42these

00:35:42prophecies

00:35:43in

00:35:44the

00:35:44Bible

00:35:45they

00:35:45foretell

00:35:46the

00:35:46coming

00:35:46of

00:35:47this

00:35:47great

00:35:47power

00:35:48antagonistic

00:35:49to

00:35:49the

00:35:49gospel

00:35:49and

00:35:50the

00:35:50work

00:35:50of

00:35:50Christ

00:35:50and

00:35:51his

00:35:51people

00:35:51and

00:35:53as

00:35:53I've

00:35:53stated

00:35:53in

00:35:54previous

00:35:54studies

00:35:54in

00:35:55this

00:35:55whole

00:35:55time

00:35:55of

00:35:55the

00:35:55end

00:35:56series

00:35:56this

00:35:58power

00:35:58is

00:35:58foretold

00:35:59under

00:35:59a

00:35:59variety

00:36:00of

00:36:01names

00:36:01and

00:36:02the

00:36:02problem

00:36:03with

00:36:04this

00:36:04is

00:36:04that

00:36:05ministers

00:36:05of

00:36:06today

00:36:06think

00:36:07it's

00:36:08describing

00:36:10different

00:36:11powers

00:36:11but it's

00:36:12all the

00:36:12same

00:36:12power

00:36:13and we'll

00:36:16find this

00:36:16out as we

00:36:17have studied

00:36:17Daniels 1

00:36:18through 7

00:36:19we get in

00:36:19Daniel 8

00:36:19and we go

00:36:20on

00:36:20and correlate

00:36:21it with

00:36:21the book

00:36:23of Revelation

00:36:23you see

00:36:24it

00:36:24it's all

00:36:25speaking

00:36:25of

00:36:26remember

00:36:26two powers

00:36:27on this

00:36:28earth

00:36:28two spirits

00:36:28in this

00:36:29world

00:36:29spirit of

00:36:30Christ

00:36:30spirit of

00:36:31antichrist

00:36:32which is

00:36:34one of the

00:36:35names

00:36:35he goes

00:36:36by

00:36:37this

00:36:37antagonistic

00:36:39enemy

00:36:39of God

00:36:40and his

00:36:40people

00:36:41the

00:36:42antichrist

00:36:431st

00:36:44John

00:36:444

00:36:45the

00:36:46little

00:36:46horn

00:36:46of course

00:36:47Daniel

00:36:47chapter 7

00:36:48verse 8

00:36:49we'll see

00:36:50it again

00:36:50here

00:36:51Daniel 8

00:36:51verse 9

00:36:52the beast

00:36:55Revelation

00:36:5613

00:36:571

00:36:57abomination

00:36:58of desolation

00:36:59Jesus

00:36:59described it

00:37:00as

00:37:00Matthew

00:37:0124

00:37:0115

00:37:02the man

00:37:02of sin

00:37:03Paul says

00:37:042nd

00:37:04Thessalonians

00:37:052

00:37:05the son

00:37:06of perdition

00:37:07he says

00:37:07again

00:37:08same

00:37:08chapter

00:37:09the mystery

00:37:10of iniquity

00:37:12in 2nd

00:37:13Thessalonians

00:37:14mystery

00:37:15Babylon

00:37:15the great

00:37:16the mother

00:37:17of harlots

00:37:17and abominations

00:37:19of the earth

00:37:19Revelation

00:37:2017

00:37:20under

00:37:23each

00:37:24of these

00:37:25different

00:37:25names

00:37:26however

00:37:27the same

00:37:28power

00:37:28is recognized

00:37:29each

00:37:29prophecy

00:37:30adding

00:37:30additional

00:37:31details

00:37:32you know

00:37:33that weren't

00:37:34included

00:37:35in the

00:37:35others

00:37:36and I

00:37:37hope that

00:37:37you see

00:37:37this

00:37:38as we've

00:37:38gone

00:37:38through

00:37:39the books

00:37:39of Daniel

00:37:39and we're

00:37:40beginning

00:37:41chapter 8

00:37:41and when

00:37:42we look

00:37:43at revelations

00:37:44both of

00:37:45them

00:37:45specifically

00:37:45now we

00:37:48began this

00:37:49set of

00:37:49studies

00:37:49entitled

00:37:50the

00:37:50desolator

00:37:50by reading

00:37:51Daniel

00:37:51chapter 8

00:37:52in its

00:37:52entirety

00:37:53and I

00:37:53want to

00:37:53do that

00:37:53again

00:37:54because it's

00:37:55really packed

00:37:55with a

00:37:56tremendous

00:37:56amount of

00:37:57detail

00:37:57that we

00:37:58need to

00:37:59be very

00:37:59familiar

00:38:00with

00:38:01as we

00:38:01go along

00:38:02and we

00:38:02get into

00:38:03the weeds

00:38:03we want

00:38:04to be

00:38:05very familiar

00:38:06with the

00:38:06entire

00:38:07chapter

00:38:07and then

00:38:08we'll

00:38:08break it

00:38:08down

00:38:09so let's

00:38:10go to

00:38:11Daniel

00:38:11chapter 8

00:38:12we'll

00:38:12begin with

00:38:13verse 1

00:38:14of course

00:38:14get a

00:38:18drink

00:38:18before we

00:38:18start this

00:38:20here we

00:38:28go

00:38:28first one

00:38:29in the

00:38:29third year

00:38:30of the

00:38:30reign

00:38:30of King

00:38:31Belshazzar

00:38:31a vision

00:38:34appeared unto

00:38:35me

00:38:35even unto

00:38:35me

00:38:36Daniel

00:38:36after that

00:38:37which appeared

00:38:37unto me

00:38:38at the

00:38:38first

00:38:38and I

00:38:39saw in

00:38:40a vision

00:38:40and it

00:38:41came to

00:38:41pass

00:38:42when I

00:38:42saw

00:38:43that I

00:38:44was at

00:38:44Shushan

00:38:45in the

00:38:45palace

00:38:46which is

00:38:46in the

00:38:46province

00:38:46of Elam

00:38:47and I

00:38:48saw

00:38:48in a

00:38:49vision

00:38:49and I

00:38:50was by

00:38:50the river

00:38:50you lay

00:38:51then I

00:38:52lifted up

00:38:52mine eyes

00:38:53and saw

00:38:53and behold

00:38:54there stood

00:38:54before the

00:38:55river

00:38:55a ram

00:38:56which had

00:38:56two horns

00:38:57and the

00:38:58two horns

00:38:58were high

00:38:59but one

00:39:01was higher

00:39:02than the

00:39:02other

00:39:02and the

00:39:02higher

00:39:03came up

00:39:03last

00:39:04verse 4

00:39:05I saw

00:39:05the ram

00:39:06pushing

00:39:06westward

00:39:07and northward

00:39:07and southward

00:39:08so that no

00:39:09beasts might

00:39:10stand before

00:39:11him

00:39:11neither was

00:39:12there any

00:39:12that could

00:39:13deliver out

00:39:13of his

00:39:13hand

00:39:14but he

00:39:14did

00:39:15according

00:39:15to his

00:39:15will

00:39:15and became

00:39:16great

00:39:17verse 5

00:39:18and I

00:39:19and as I

00:39:20was considering

00:39:21behold

00:39:21a he-goat

00:39:22came from

00:39:23the west

00:39:23on the face

00:39:24of the whole

00:39:24earth

00:39:25and touched

00:39:25not the

00:39:25ground

00:39:26and the

00:39:26goat

00:39:27had a

00:39:27notable

00:39:27horn

00:39:28between

00:39:28his

00:39:28eyes

00:39:29and he

00:39:30came

00:39:30to the

00:39:30ram

00:39:30that had

00:39:31two

00:39:31horns

00:39:31which

00:39:31I

00:39:32had

00:39:32seen

00:39:32standing

00:39:33before

00:39:33the

00:39:33river

00:39:34and ran

00:39:34unto

00:39:35him

00:39:35in the

00:39:35fury

00:39:36of his

00:39:36power

00:39:37and I

00:39:38saw

00:39:38him

00:39:39come

00:39:39close

00:39:40unto

00:39:40the

00:39:40ram

00:39:40and he

00:39:41was moved

00:39:41with collar

00:39:42against him

00:39:43and smote

00:39:44the ram

00:39:44and break

00:39:45his two

00:39:45horns

00:39:46and there

00:39:46was no

00:39:47power in

00:39:47the ram

00:39:48to stand

00:39:48before him

00:39:49but he

00:39:49cast him

00:39:50down to

00:39:50the ground

00:39:51and stamped

00:39:52upon him

00:39:53and there

00:39:54was none

00:39:54that could

00:39:55deliver the

00:39:55ram

00:39:55out of his

00:39:56hand

00:39:56therefore

00:39:58the

00:40:00he-goat

00:40:01waxed

00:40:01very great

00:40:02and when

00:40:02he was

00:40:02strong

00:40:03the great

00:40:04horn

00:40:04was broken

00:40:05and for

00:40:06it came

00:40:06up

00:40:06four

00:40:07notable

00:40:07ones

00:40:08toward

00:40:08the

00:40:08four

00:40:08winds

00:40:09of

00:40:09heaven

00:40:09and

00:40:10out

00:40:10of

00:40:10one

00:40:11of

00:40:11them

00:40:11came

00:40:12forth

00:40:13a

00:40:13little

00:40:13horn

00:40:14which

00:40:14waxed

00:40:14exceeding

00:40:15great

00:40:16toward

00:40:16the

00:40:17south

00:40:17and toward

00:40:17the

00:40:18east

00:40:18and toward

00:40:18the

00:40:19pleasant

00:40:19land

00:40:20and it

00:40:21waxed

00:40:21great

00:40:21even

00:40:22to the

00:40:22host

00:40:22of

00:40:22heaven

00:40:23and it

00:40:23cast

00:40:24down

00:40:24some

00:40:24of

00:40:24the

00:40:25host

00:40:25and

00:40:25the

00:40:25stars

00:40:26to

00:40:26the

00:40:26ground

00:40:26and

00:40:27stamped

00:40:27upon

00:40:27them

00:40:28yea

00:40:29he

00:40:31magnified

00:40:32himself

00:40:32even

00:40:32to the

00:40:32prince

00:40:33of

00:40:33the

00:40:33host

00:40:33and

00:40:34by

00:40:34him

00:40:34the

00:40:35daily

00:40:35was

00:40:35taken

00:40:36away

00:40:36that

00:40:36word

00:40:36sacrifice

00:40:37is

00:40:37added

00:40:37I

00:40:38don't

00:40:38read

00:40:38it

00:40:38and

00:40:40by

00:40:40him

00:40:40the

00:40:40daily

00:40:40was

00:40:41taken

00:40:41away

00:40:41and

00:40:42the

00:40:42place

00:40:42of

00:40:43his

00:40:43sanctuary

00:40:43was

00:40:43cast

00:40:44down

00:40:44and

00:40:45the

00:40:45host

00:40:45was

00:40:46given

00:40:46him

00:40:46against

00:40:46the

00:40:47daily

00:40:47by

00:40:47reason

00:40:48of

00:40:48transgression

00:40:49and

00:40:49it

00:40:49cast

00:40:50down

00:40:50the

00:40:50truth

00:40:50to

00:40:51the

00:40:51ground

00:40:51and

00:40:51it

00:40:52practiced

00:40:52and

00:40:53prospered

00:40:54verse

00:40:5513

00:40:55then

00:40:56I

00:40:56heard

00:40:56one

00:40:56saint

00:40:56speaking

00:40:57and

00:41:03daily

00:41:03in

00:41:04the

00:41:04transgression

00:41:04of

00:41:05desolation

00:41:06to

00:41:07give

00:41:07both

00:41:07the

00:41:07sanctuary

00:41:08and

00:41:08the

00:41:08host

00:41:08to

00:41:09be

00:41:09trod

00:41:09under

00:41:09foot

00:41:10and

00:41:11he

00:41:12said

00:41:12unto

00:41:12me

00:41:12in

00:41:12verse

00:41:1214

00:41:13unto

00:41:14two

00:41:14thousand

00:41:14three

00:41:15hundred

00:41:15days

00:41:16then

00:41:16shall

00:41:16the

00:41:17sanctuary

00:41:17be

00:41:18cleansed

00:41:18and

00:41:20it

00:41:20came

00:41:20to

00:41:20pass

00:41:20when

00:41:21I

00:41:21even

00:41:21I

00:41:21Daniel

00:41:22had

00:41:22seen

00:41:22the

00:41:23vision

00:41:23and

00:41:23sought

00:41:24for

00:41:24the

00:41:24meaning

00:41:24then

00:41:25behold

00:41:25there

00:41:25stood

00:41:26before

00:41:26me

00:41:26as

00:41:27the

00:41:27appearance

00:41:27of

00:41:27a

00:41:27man

00:41:28and

00:41:29I

00:41:29heard

00:41:29a

00:41:29man's

00:41:29voice

00:41:30between

00:41:30the

00:41:30banks

00:41:30of

00:41:30the

00:41:31yule

00:41:31which

00:41:31called

00:41:32and

00:41:32said

00:41:32Gabriel

00:41:33make

00:41:34this

00:41:34man

00:41:34understand

00:41:35the

00:41:35vision

00:41:36verse

00:41:3617

00:41:37so

00:41:38he

00:41:38came

00:41:38near

00:41:39where

00:41:39I

00:41:39stood

00:41:40and

00:41:40when

00:41:40he

00:41:40came

00:41:40I

00:41:40was

00:41:41afraid

00:41:41and

00:41:41fell

00:41:41upon

00:41:42my

00:41:42face

00:41:42but

00:41:43he

00:41:43said

00:41:43unto

00:41:44me

00:41:44understand

00:41:45O

00:41:45son

00:41:45of

00:41:45man

00:41:46for

00:41:46at

00:41:46the

00:41:46time

00:41:47of

00:41:47the

00:41:47end

00:41:47shall

00:41:48be

00:41:48the

00:41:48vision

00:41:48time

00:41:50of

00:41:50the

00:41:50end

00:41:50now

00:41:52as

00:41:53he

00:41:53was

00:41:53speaking

00:41:53with

00:41:54me

00:41:54I

00:41:54was

00:41:54in

00:41:54a

00:41:54deep

00:41:54sleep

00:41:55on

00:41:55my

00:41:55face

00:41:55toward

00:41:56the

00:41:56ground

00:41:56but

00:41:56he

00:41:56touched

00:41:57me

00:41:57and

00:41:57set

00:41:57me

00:41:57upright

00:41:58and

00:41:58he

00:41:59said

00:41:59behold

00:41:59I

00:42:00will

00:42:00make

00:42:00thee

00:42:00know

00:42:00what

00:42:01shall

00:42:01be

00:42:01in

00:42:01the

00:42:01last

00:42:02end

00:42:02of

00:42:02the

00:42:02indignation

00:42:03for

00:42:04at

00:42:04the

00:42:04time

00:42:04appointed

00:42:05the

00:42:05end

00:42:05shall

00:42:05be

00:42:06verse

00:42:0620

00:42:06the

00:42:07ram

00:42:07which

00:42:07thou

00:42:08saw

00:42:08having

00:42:08two

00:42:09horns

00:42:09are

00:42:09the

00:42:09kings

00:42:09of

00:42:10media

00:42:10and

00:42:10Persia

00:42:11and

00:42:12the

00:42:12rough

00:42:12goat

00:42:12is

00:42:13the

00:42:13king

00:42:24but

00:42:24not

00:42:24in

00:42:25his

00:42:25power

00:42:25and

00:42:26in

00:42:27the

00:42:27latter

00:42:27time

00:42:27of

00:42:27their

00:42:27kingdom

00:42:28when

00:42:28the

00:42:28transgressors

00:42:29are

00:42:29come

00:42:29to

00:42:29the

00:42:30full

00:42:30a

00:42:31king

00:42:31of

00:42:31fierce

00:42:32countenance

00:42:33that's

00:42:33the

00:42:33little

00:42:33horn

00:42:34he

00:42:37shall

00:42:37destroy

00:42:37wonderfully

00:42:38excuse

00:42:41me

00:42:41go back

00:42:41a

00:42:42king

00:42:42of

00:42:42fierce

00:42:43countenance

00:42:43and

00:42:43understanding

00:42:44dark

00:42:44sentences

00:42:45shall

00:42:45stand

00:42:46up

00:42:46and

00:42:47his

00:42:47power

00:42:47shall

00:42:47be

00:42:47mighty

00:42:48but

00:42:48not

00:42:48by

00:42:49his

00:42:49own

00:42:49power

00:42:50and

00:42:50he

00:42:50shall

00:42:50destroy

00:42:51wonderfully

00:42:51and

00:42:52shall

00:42:52prosper

00:42:52and

00:42:53practice

00:42:54and

00:42:54shall

00:42:54destroy

00:42:55the

00:42:55mighty

00:42:55and

00:42:55the

00:42:56holy

00:42:56people

00:42:56and

00:42:57through

00:42:58his

00:42:58policy

00:42:59we

00:42:59talked

00:42:59about

00:42:59that

00:42:59a lot

00:43:00in

00:43:00Daniel

00:43:007

00:43:00through

00:43:01his

00:43:01policy

00:43:02also

00:43:02he

00:43:02shall

00:43:03cause

00:43:03craft

00:43:03to

00:43:04prosper

00:43:04in

00:43:04his

00:43:04hand

00:43:05he

00:43:05shall

00:43:06magnify

00:43:06himself

00:43:06in

00:43:07his

00:43:07heart

00:43:07and

00:43:08by

00:43:08peace

00:43:08shall

00:43:08destroy

00:43:09many

00:43:09he

00:43:10shall

00:43:10also

00:43:10stand

00:43:10up

00:43:11against

00:43:11the

00:43:11prince

00:43:11of

00:43:12princes

00:43:12but

00:43:14he

00:43:14shall

00:43:14be

00:43:14broken

00:43:14without

00:43:15hand

00:43:15and

00:43:16the

00:43:16vision

00:43:17of

00:43:17the

00:43:17evening

00:43:17and

00:43:17the

00:43:17morning

00:43:18which

00:43:18was

00:43:18told

00:43:18is

00:43:19true

00:43:19wherefore

00:43:20shut

00:43:21up

00:43:21the

00:43:21vision

00:43:22for

00:43:22it

00:43:22shall

00:43:22be

00:43:22for

00:43:23many

00:43:23days

00:43:23and

00:43:24that

00:43:24was

00:43:24verse

00:43:2427

00:43:25Daniel

00:43:26hearing

00:43:27all

00:43:28this

00:43:28it's

00:43:29being

00:43:29explained

00:43:29to

00:43:29him

00:43:30and

00:43:30Daniel

00:43:317

00:43:31it

00:43:31says

00:43:32and

00:43:32Daniel

00:43:338

00:43:33verse

00:43:3327

00:43:34Daniel

00:43:34says

00:43:35and

00:43:35I

00:43:36Daniel

00:43:36fainted

00:43:37and

00:43:37was

00:43:38six

00:43:38certain

00:43:38days

00:43:39afterward

00:43:40I

00:43:41rose

00:43:41up

00:43:41and

00:43:42did

00:43:42the

00:43:43king's

00:43:43business

00:43:43and

00:43:44I

00:43:44was

00:43:45astonished

00:43:46at

00:43:46the

00:43:46vision

00:43:46but

00:43:48none

00:43:48understood

00:43:49it

00:43:49and

00:43:51so

00:43:51we

00:43:51see

00:43:51that

00:43:52Daniel

00:43:53he

00:43:54he

00:43:54faints

00:43:55he

00:43:55recognizes

00:43:57his day

00:43:57year

00:43:57principle

00:43:58of course

00:43:58the 2300

00:43:59years

00:43:59it makes

00:44:00him sick

00:44:00to say

00:44:01he

00:44:01faints

00:44:01they

00:44:04will find

00:44:04that

00:44:05Gabriel

00:44:05wasn't

00:44:05done

00:44:05explaining

00:44:06everything

00:44:06there's

00:44:06still

00:44:07things

00:44:07that

00:44:08pertain

00:44:08to

00:44:08the

00:44:082300

00:44:09days

00:44:09he

00:44:09needs

00:44:10to

00:44:10explain

00:44:10but

00:44:11Daniel

00:44:11fainted

00:44:11we'll

00:44:14find this

00:44:15out

00:44:15but

00:44:16as I

00:44:16mentioned

00:44:17last

00:44:17time

00:44:17in

00:44:23Daniel

00:44:237

00:44:24the

00:44:25little

00:44:25horn

00:44:26attempts

00:44:26to

00:44:26take

00:44:26away

00:44:27the

00:44:27times

00:44:27and

00:44:27laws

00:44:27of

00:44:28God

00:44:28here

00:44:28in

00:44:28the

00:44:298th

00:44:29chapter

00:44:29we'll

00:44:29see

00:44:30that

00:44:30it

00:44:30attempts

00:44:30to

00:44:30take

00:44:31away

00:44:31the

00:44:31gospel

00:44:32by

00:44:33substituting

00:44:33its

00:44:34own

00:44:34mediatorial

00:44:35system

00:44:35for

00:44:36that

00:44:36which

00:44:37is

00:44:37Christ's

00:44:38ministry

00:44:39and

00:44:39what

00:44:39he's

00:44:40doing

00:44:40for

00:44:40us

00:44:40in

00:44:40heaven

00:44:41the

00:44:42book

00:44:43of

00:44:43Daniel

00:44:43you see

00:44:44is

00:44:45divided

00:44:45into

00:44:46two

00:44:46books

00:44:46and

00:44:47Daniel

00:44:478

00:44:47is

00:44:47divided

00:44:48into

00:44:48two

00:44:48parts

00:44:49do you

00:44:49realize

00:44:49that

00:44:49you

00:44:50have

00:44:50the

00:44:51vision

00:44:51which

00:44:51is

00:44:51verses

00:44:511

00:44:52through

00:44:5214

00:44:52and

00:44:54then

00:44:54you

00:44:54have

00:44:54the

00:44:54explanation

00:44:55of

00:44:55the

00:44:55vision

00:44:55which

00:44:56is

00:44:56verses

00:44:5615

00:44:57through

00:44:5726

00:44:57each

00:44:59part

00:44:59of

00:44:59the

00:44:59vision

00:45:00is

00:45:00carefully

00:45:00explained

00:45:01in

00:45:01the

00:45:01last

00:45:01half

00:45:02of

00:45:02the

00:45:02chapter

00:45:02except

00:45:03for

00:45:04something

00:45:04do you

00:45:05recognize

00:45:05what

00:45:06it

00:45:06was

00:45:06what

00:45:07was

00:45:08not

00:45:08explained

00:45:11chapter

00:45:11it

00:45:12was

00:45:13the

00:45:13time

00:45:13reference

00:45:14to

00:45:14the

00:45:142300

00:45:15days

00:45:16and

00:45:18so

00:45:18please

00:45:21bear

00:45:21this

00:45:21in

00:45:21mind

00:45:22as

00:45:22we

00:45:22wade

00:45:23through

00:45:23chapter

00:45:248

00:45:24here

00:45:25also

00:45:26the

00:45:27totality

00:45:28of

00:45:28the

00:45:28vision

00:45:28of

00:45:28Daniel

00:45:298

00:45:29verses

00:45:291

00:45:30through

00:45:3014

00:45:30is

00:45:30described

00:45:31by

00:45:31the

00:45:31Hebrew

00:45:32word

00:45:32kazan

00:45:33which

00:45:34translates

00:45:34as

00:45:35vision

00:45:35and

00:45:35I

00:45:36want

00:45:36you

00:45:36to

00:45:36tuck

00:45:36that

00:45:37in

00:45:37the

00:45:37back

00:45:38of

00:45:38your

00:45:38mind

00:45:38for

00:45:39future

00:45:39reference

00:45:39you'll

00:45:40start

00:45:40to

00:45:40see

00:45:40it

00:45:40popping

00:45:41up

00:45:41and

00:45:41popping

00:45:41up

00:45:42and

00:45:42popping

00:45:42up

00:45:42now

00:45:44being

00:45:47familiar

00:45:47with

00:45:48Daniel

00:45:487

00:45:49and

00:45:49going

00:45:49through

00:45:50all

00:45:50the

00:45:50studies

00:45:50of

00:45:51Daniel

00:45:517

00:45:51with

00:45:52us

00:45:53with

00:45:53me

00:45:53as

00:45:55I'm

00:45:55sure

00:45:55all

00:45:56of

00:45:56you

00:45:56have

00:45:56right

00:45:58I

00:45:59hope

00:46:00that

00:46:00you

00:46:00can

00:46:00see

00:46:01that

00:46:01Daniel

00:46:018

00:46:02follows

00:46:02the

00:46:03same

00:46:03basic

00:46:04sequence

00:46:04of

00:46:04powers

00:46:05as

00:46:05Daniel

00:46:057

00:46:06but

00:46:06there

00:46:07are

00:46:07four

00:46:07significant

00:46:08differences

00:46:09that I

00:46:09want to

00:46:10bring to

00:46:10your attention

00:46:10again

00:46:11I mentioned

00:46:12them

00:46:12briefly

00:46:12last time

00:46:13in episode

00:46:141

00:46:14the first

00:46:16difference between

00:46:17Daniel 7

00:46:18and Daniel

00:46:19chapter 8

00:46:20a lion is

00:46:24used in

00:46:25Daniel 7

00:46:26to represent

00:46:27Babylon

00:46:27right

00:46:28but in

00:46:28Daniel 8

00:46:29there's no

00:46:29symbol for

00:46:30Babylon

00:46:30why is this

00:46:32now some

00:46:34suggest that the

00:46:34existence of

00:46:35Babylon is

00:46:36assumed because

00:46:37the vision is

00:46:38dated to the

00:46:39reign of

00:46:39Belshazzar

00:46:40who was a

00:46:41Babylonian

00:46:42king

00:46:43another idea

00:46:45is that

00:46:45Babylon is

00:46:46about to

00:46:46disappear from

00:46:47the prophetic

00:46:47scenario

00:46:48notice what

00:46:50Taylor

00:46:50Bunch says

00:46:51in his

00:46:52book

00:46:52the book

00:46:53of Daniel

00:46:54on page

00:46:55110

00:46:56Bunch says

00:46:58quote

00:46:58since Babylon

00:46:59was so

00:47:00soon to

00:47:01fall

00:47:01it is

00:47:02naturally

00:47:03left out

00:47:03of this

00:47:04symbolic

00:47:04prophecy

00:47:05the symbols

00:47:06of this

00:47:06vision

00:47:07begin

00:47:07with

00:47:08Medo

00:47:08Persia

00:47:09but

00:47:11Babylon

00:47:12did not

00:47:13fall

00:47:13until 11

00:47:14or 12

00:47:14years

00:47:14after this

00:47:15vision

00:47:15was given

00:47:16so that

00:47:17doesn't

00:47:19really make

00:47:19sense

00:47:20the best

00:47:22reason for

00:47:23the exclusion

00:47:23of a symbol

00:47:24for Babylon

00:47:25is that the

00:47:25prophecy

00:47:26of the

00:47:272300 days

00:47:292300 years

00:47:31remember

00:47:31day year

00:47:31began

00:47:32during the

00:47:33period

00:47:33of the

00:47:34Persian

00:47:35rule

00:47:36and not

00:47:37during the

00:47:37period

00:47:37of the

00:47:38Babylonian

00:47:39kingdom

00:47:39that is

00:47:40the

00:47:41best

00:47:42reason

00:47:43that is

00:47:44the best

00:47:45reason

00:47:45because it

00:47:46eats up

00:47:46most all

00:47:47the chapter

00:47:47and you

00:47:47get into

00:47:48chapter 9

00:47:48too

00:47:49it's all

00:47:50about the

00:47:502300 days

00:47:51and what's

00:47:54going on

00:47:54in heaven

00:47:55and what

00:47:56this

00:47:56desolator

00:47:57is trying

00:47:58to do

00:47:58about that

00:47:59the second

00:48:01difference

00:48:01between

00:48:03Daniels

00:48:04chapter 7

00:48:04and 8

00:48:05is that

00:48:05Daniel 7

00:48:06has four

00:48:06beasts

00:48:07and each

00:48:08of them

00:48:08is wild

00:48:09and carnivorous

00:48:10but Daniel 8

00:48:11it has only

00:48:12two beasts

00:48:13and each

00:48:13of them

00:48:14is domestic

00:48:14in fact

00:48:16the ram

00:48:17was used

00:48:18in the

00:48:18daily

00:48:18service

00:48:19of the

00:48:19sanctuary

00:48:19and the

00:48:20he-goat

00:48:21was used

00:48:21in the

00:48:22yearly

00:48:22service

00:48:22in the

00:48:23sanctuary

00:48:23and I

00:48:25think this

00:48:25clearly shows

00:48:26that the

00:48:26central

00:48:27emphasis

00:48:27of Daniel 8

00:48:28is Christ's

00:48:28ministry

00:48:29in the

00:48:30sanctuary

00:48:30and we'll

00:48:32discover in

00:48:33our study

00:48:33that the

00:48:34little horn

00:48:34takes away

00:48:35the daily

00:48:36represented by

00:48:37the ram

00:48:38and for this

00:48:39God will

00:48:39judge it

00:48:40in the

00:48:40yearly service

00:48:41represented by

00:48:42the he-goat

00:48:42on the

00:48:43day of

00:48:43atonement

00:48:43which is

00:48:44the day

00:48:45of judgment

00:48:46we'll find

00:48:48that out

00:48:49third

00:48:51difference

00:48:51between

00:48:52Daniel 7

00:48:53and 8

00:48:53in Daniel 7

00:48:54there are

00:48:55two separate

00:48:55symbols for

00:48:56pagan

00:48:56and papal

00:48:57Rome

00:48:58we saw

00:48:59that very

00:48:59clearly

00:49:00pagan

00:49:01Rome

00:49:01is represented

00:49:02by a

00:49:03dragon

00:49:03and papal

00:49:04Rome

00:49:04is represented

00:49:05by a

00:49:05little horn

00:49:06which comes

00:49:06up from

00:49:07the head

00:49:07of the

00:49:07dragon

00:49:08beast

00:49:08right

00:49:08but in

00:49:09Daniel 8

00:49:10both

00:49:10pagan

00:49:11and papal

00:49:11Rome

00:49:12are represented

00:49:13by the

00:49:13little horn

00:49:14we'll get

00:49:15into that

00:49:15in a little

00:49:16bit of

00:49:16detail

00:49:16because

00:49:17it's being

00:49:19taught

00:49:19and has

00:49:20been taught

00:49:20for years

00:49:21and years

00:49:22but that

00:49:22this is a

00:49:23separate

00:49:23power

00:49:24which makes

00:49:25absolutely

00:49:26no sense

00:49:27whatsoever

00:49:27now

00:49:30the question

00:49:33is

00:49:33why

00:49:35does

00:49:35Daniel 8

00:49:37represent

00:49:38the two

00:49:40Romans

00:49:40with only

00:49:40one symbol

00:49:41well

00:49:43one reason

00:49:44is that

00:49:44the Holy

00:49:45Spirit

00:49:45through Daniel

00:49:46wants us

00:49:47to think

00:49:47in terms

00:49:48of the

00:49:48daily

00:49:49and yearly

00:49:49services

00:49:50of the

00:49:50sanctuary

00:49:51if another

00:49:52beast

00:49:52had been

00:49:53introduced

00:49:53this

00:49:54sanctuary

00:49:55symbolism

00:49:55would have

00:49:56been

00:49:56significantly

00:49:58obscured

00:49:59another

00:50:01issue

00:50:01that we

00:50:03will address

00:50:03later in

00:50:04this study

00:50:04is the

00:50:05reason why

00:50:05the little

00:50:06horn of

00:50:06Daniel 7

00:50:07arises from

00:50:07pagan Rome

00:50:08while the

00:50:09little horn of

00:50:09Daniel 8

00:50:10arises from

00:50:10one of the

00:50:11four

00:50:11Hellenistic

00:50:12kingdoms

00:50:13we're going to

00:50:14go through

00:50:14some history

00:50:15of the

00:50:16Hellenistic

00:50:17period

00:50:17probably next

00:50:19study we

00:50:20get together

00:50:20because we

00:50:22need to

00:50:22understand some

00:50:23history when

00:50:24you study

00:50:24prophecy

00:50:25friends

00:50:25I know

00:50:26there are

00:50:26people that

00:50:27hate history

00:50:27but you've

00:50:29got to be

00:50:29somewhat of a

00:50:30history student

00:50:30if you're going

00:50:31to understand

00:50:32Bible prophecy

00:50:33as fully as

00:50:35you can

00:50:36understand it

00:50:36this apparent

00:50:39discrepancy

00:50:40though between

00:50:40Daniel 7 and

00:50:42Daniel 8 has

00:50:43led futurists

00:50:44and

00:50:44preterist

00:50:45scholars to

00:50:46errantly conclude

00:50:46that the

00:50:47little horn of

00:50:48Daniel 8 does

00:50:48not represent the

00:50:49same power as

00:50:51the little horn of

00:50:51Daniel 7 which

00:50:52I mentioned

00:50:52previously

00:50:53preterists believe

00:50:56the little horn

00:50:56Daniel 7

00:50:57Daniel 8 is a

00:50:58symbol of

00:50:58anarchist

00:50:59epiphanies

00:51:00and I'll show

00:51:01that this is

00:51:01false very

00:51:02clearly

00:51:02futurist

00:51:04scholars believe

00:51:04that the little

00:51:05horn of

00:51:05Daniel 7

00:51:06represents a

00:51:06future

00:51:07individual

00:51:08antichrist

00:51:09who'll sit

00:51:09in a rebuilt

00:51:10Jerusalem temple

00:51:12for three and

00:51:13a half literal

00:51:14years

00:51:14and I'll

00:51:16expose that as

00:51:17false as well

00:51:18very easily to

00:51:19do if you use

00:51:20bible principles

00:51:21of study

00:51:24the fourth

00:51:26difference

00:51:27between

00:51:27Daniel 7

00:51:29and Daniel 8

00:51:30the vision of

00:51:32Daniel 7

00:51:32concludes with

00:51:33the setting up

00:51:34of Christ's

00:51:34everlasting kingdom

00:51:35but in Daniel 8

00:51:37there is no

00:51:37mention of the

00:51:38everlasting kingdom

00:51:39and so the

00:51:40vision of Daniel 8

00:51:41as compared with

00:51:42Daniel 7 is

00:51:43incomplete

00:51:43it's like the

00:51:46story has been

00:51:46stopped halfway

00:51:47through doesn't

00:51:48it and why

00:51:49is this

00:51:50remember the

00:51:52Daniel chapters

00:51:538 through 12

00:51:54is a book in

00:51:55itself and the

00:51:57central theme of

00:51:57the book is the

00:51:582300 days and

00:52:00years and so we

00:52:02must wait until

00:52:03the conclusion of

00:52:04the book for the

00:52:05setting up of the

00:52:06everlasting kingdom

00:52:07which you find in

00:52:08Daniel 12

00:52:09that is to say

00:52:11Daniel 8 and

00:52:14verse 14 provides

00:52:15us with a description

00:52:16of the beginning of

00:52:17the judgment and

00:52:18Daniel chapter 12

00:52:19verses 1 through 3

00:52:21presents the

00:52:21conclusion of the

00:52:22same judgment and

00:52:24the setting up of

00:52:25the everlasting

00:52:25kingdom and in

00:52:27between these two

00:52:29points of time we

00:52:30find the date for

00:52:31the beginning of the

00:52:312300 days or years

00:52:33that's in Daniel

00:52:34chapter 9 and we

00:52:36see the struggle

00:52:37between Christ and

00:52:38Satan for the

00:52:39decrees to restore

00:52:41and rebuild Jerusalem

00:52:42given that's Daniel

00:52:43chapter 10 and an

00:52:45amplified outline of

00:52:46events from the

00:52:47kingdom of Persia to

00:52:48the end of the

00:52:49judgment and the

00:52:50setting up of Christ's

00:52:51everlasting kingdom

00:52:53we go from verse 1 of

00:52:55chapter 11 all the way

00:52:56to Daniel 12 verse 3

00:52:58and so now that I've

00:53:01laid that out friends

00:53:02let's get into Daniel

00:53:05chapter 8 I don't know

00:53:09friends I'm excited are you

00:53:10excited know what it

00:53:12means it is a blessing

00:53:18for God to open up his

00:53:20truth is it not it's

00:53:22wonderful okay Daniel 8

00:53:25and verse 1 let's read

00:53:27it in the third year of

00:53:30the reign of King

00:53:31Belshazzar a vision

00:53:33appeared unto me even

00:53:34unto me Daniel he says

00:53:37after that which appeared

00:53:40unto me at the first

00:53:42well we find that Daniel

00:53:468 is dated to the third

00:53:48year of the reign of King

00:53:49Belshazzar the first year

00:53:51of Belshazzar's kingship was

00:53:53550 549 550 BC and this

00:53:57third year then would be

00:53:59548 547 BC which means as I

00:54:02mentioned before 11 or 12

00:54:04years were still to pass

00:54:05before the ball the the fall

00:54:06of Babylon now two years

00:54:10have elapsed since Daniel's

00:54:12previous vision you know

00:54:15something it's interesting to

00:54:16note that the visions of

00:54:18chapters 7 and 8 come

00:54:20together as one pair grouped

00:54:22two years apart but the

00:54:25prophecies in chapters 9

00:54:26through 12 they form a unit as

00:54:28well a second pair which was a

00:54:31decade later but also grouped

00:54:34two years apart isn't that

00:54:37something that's kind of

00:54:39interesting it's almost like

00:54:41Daniel has to regroup

00:54:43right okay it's like the Lord

00:54:47says we'll give him a couple

00:54:49years he'll be ready for the

00:54:53next round I just find that

00:54:56interesting I don't know maybe

00:54:57you maybe you don't but I do

00:54:59Daniel was now basically he was

00:55:03an old man he'd been in

00:55:05captivity for you know a total

00:55:06of about 50 or 60 years and as

00:55:09he was probably around 16 I

00:55:11think when he when he was brought

00:55:14to Babylon he'd now be well over

00:55:1570 he might be in his 80s you

00:55:18know the fact that the vision is

00:55:20given even unto me did you catch

00:55:23that he says even unto me Daniel

00:55:24what's he mean by that it means

00:55:27that Daniel is the intended

00:55:29recipient and interpreter of this

00:55:32prophetic message it was given to

00:55:35me even unto me Daniel he's

00:55:38emphasizing it wasn't given to

00:55:40anybody else it was given to me I'm

00:55:43the the intended recipient and

00:55:45interpreter of it Daniel says we

00:55:51read there that the vision appeared

00:55:52after that which appeared unto me at

00:55:54the first right the Hebrew word for

00:55:58after can have the meaning not only

00:56:01of being afterwards in time but

00:56:04following after in terms of copying

00:56:06after or like walking after some

00:56:09person or or something so the vision

00:56:14of chapter 8 would follow after or be

00:56:16parallel to that of chapter 7 and in

00:56:20fact all four of the visions in the

00:56:22book of Daniel chapters 2 and 7 8 9 10

00:56:27through 12 they follow after or are

00:56:29parallel to each other that doesn't

00:56:33mean that they're chronologically per

00:56:36se in order it just means that they

00:56:38are parallel with each other we'll talk

00:56:40about chronology later on Daniel 8 and

00:56:46verse 2 and I saw in a vision and it

00:56:51came to pass when I saw that I was at

00:56:54Shushan in the palace which is in the

00:56:58province of Elam and I saw in a vision

00:57:00and I was by the river you lay

00:57:02Daniel's vision about the four beasts

00:57:10in chapter 7 came to him while he was

00:57:12in bed remember that he was in bed and

00:57:16he had had this dream but this vision

00:57:18occurred while he was awake in the

00:57:21lily palace Shushan or Susa means

00:57:25lily and it was called the lily palace

00:57:27and the phrase actually may be

00:57:29translated when you read that in the

00:57:31citadel of Shushan or as the revised

00:57:34standard version translates it Susa the

00:57:37capital Susa was the winter residence

00:57:40of the Persian kings it was located on the

00:57:43river you lie which was very near the

00:57:46Persian Gulf actually notice what

00:57:49Haskell says in his book story of Daniel

00:57:52the prophet pages 104-105 Haskell says

00:57:56quote Shushan was the capital of Elam which

00:57:59was formerly a subject province of the

00:58:02kingdom of Babylon but as that empire

00:58:05began to weaken and the strength of

00:58:08Cyrus the Persian general was recognized

00:58:11Elam under Apredates the vice royal

00:58:14prince would revolt from Babylon and

00:58:17join the forces of the Persians years

00:58:21before this the prophet Isaiah had said

00:58:23that Elam and media would join forces in

00:58:26the conquest of Babylon so he said as

00:58:33Daniel lived in the palace of Shushan he

00:58:36saw the way opening for the fulfillment

00:58:38of this prophecy interesting words there

00:58:43by Haskell so we find that Elam was used

00:58:47to be a province you know they paid

00:58:49tribute stuff to Babylon they saw that

00:58:51you know Babylon was getting weak and

00:58:53who was coming to power they recognized

00:58:56Cyrus they left Babylon they joined they

00:59:00joined the Medes and Persians quote here

00:59:04Taylor Bunch again his book the book of

00:59:07Daniel page 110 notice what he says

00:59:11historically speaking quote Elam was a

00:59:14province east of Babylonia

00:59:16east of Babylonia at the head of the

00:59:22Persian Gulf Shushan also called Susa was

00:59:24the capital city of the province and was

00:59:27destined to become the royal seat of the

00:59:29Medo-Persian Empire so that tells us

00:59:35something about where Daniel was when he

00:59:38had this vision he was in the lily palace

00:59:41and we get a better understanding where

00:59:45he was what kind was going on but what

00:59:48do we see here again in verse 2 we see in

00:59:53in here a tremendous emphasis on seeing Daniel

00:59:58says I saw three times in this verse this

01:00:04emphasis is underlying time and again in

01:00:06verses 1 through 13 and keep in mind what

01:00:09I mentioned before the Hebrew word for

01:00:11vision is Kasan and we'll come back to it

01:00:14again but it's also important to recognize

01:00:22that Daniel is in Persia when he sees

01:00:24this vision in other words the vision

01:00:27begins during the kingdom of Persia even

01:00:29though it is dated to the rule of

01:00:32Belshazzar let's go to verse 3 Daniel 8

01:00:36excuse me and verse 3

01:00:38then I lifted up mine eyes and saw and

01:00:48behold there stood before the river a

01:00:50ram which had two horns and the two

01:00:52horns were high but one was higher than

01:00:55the other and the higher came up last

01:00:57notice once again the emphasis on sight

01:01:02eyes saw behold Daniel sees a ram next

01:01:07to the river why a ram well what is a

01:01:11ram a ram is a male sheep did you know

01:01:17that the the Persians considered a ram that

01:01:21had sharp pointed horns to be their

01:01:22guardian spirit and the king bore the

01:01:26head of a ram instead of a crown when he

01:01:28led his armies into battle the symbols of

01:01:32Medo-Persia used in Daniel the ram and

01:01:36the bear as far as that goes they're

01:01:38powerful creatures symbolizing strength

01:01:40and dominance we're told that the ram has

01:01:45two horns but one's higher than the other

01:01:47and the highest one comes up last horns

01:01:50especially those of animals like bulls or

01:01:52rams they're natural weapons they're also

01:01:56symbols of strength and power and we've

01:02:00learned that in Bible prophecy a horn and a

01:02:03horn is a symbol of what it's a symbol for

01:02:06a kingdom but the meaning of the ram symbol

01:02:12is interpreted in verse 20 Gabriel says

01:02:15quote the ram which thou sawest having

01:02:17two horns are the kings of media and

01:02:21Persia significantly after Darius the

01:02:28Mede who died in 536 BC all the remaining

01:02:32rulers of the kingdom were Persian Cyrus who

01:02:36was half median and half Persian he died in

01:02:40530 BC like six six seven years after

01:02:44Darius and Cambyses who was also half

01:02:49median and half Persian he died in 522 BC they

01:02:55came after Darius and so the tallest horn

01:02:58Persia did come up last Persia became the

01:03:02dominant power when Cyrus defeated

01:03:05Astyages of media in 550 BC the Medes

01:03:10however in case you think they were you

01:03:12know they warred against each other they

01:03:14didn't they weren't treated as inferiors or

01:03:17as subjugated people they they were allies

01:03:20all during the rain now Daniel 5 we're told

01:03:26that Babylon fell into the hands of the

01:03:28Medes and Persians in Daniel 8 we're

01:03:30informed that the two horns are the kings

01:03:32of media and Persia but interestingly in

01:03:36Daniel 10 and 11 this kingdom is uniformly

01:03:42referred to only as Persia so it was the

01:03:46dominant partner we see this throughout

01:03:50through history documented history go

01:03:53back to Haskell's book story of Daniel

01:03:55the prophet page 105 notice he says

01:03:57quote in his previous vision the second

01:04:00kingdom had been represented by a bear

01:04:03which raised itself on one side and had

01:04:06three ribs in its mouth both symbols

01:04:09applied to the double nature of the

01:04:11kingdom of the Medes and Persians but

01:04:13the uneven horns of the ram give a more

01:04:16specific description for while the

01:04:19Median kingdom was the older of the two

01:04:21the Persian excelled it in strength and

01:04:25its position in history must be

01:04:26attributed to the line of Persian kings

01:04:28which began with Cyrus the Great end

01:04:31quote and let's see what Bunch says

01:04:37Bunch says book Daniel page 111 he says

01:04:41quote media was an independent kingdom

01:04:43long before Persia was anything but a

01:04:46subject province after Cyrus Persia became

01:04:50the dominant power and attain the greater

01:04:53eminence end quote and so history

01:04:58document history shows that the dominant

01:05:01power came up last just as God's vision

01:05:05dictates here and has said to you know

01:05:08um to Daniel he's seeing it let's go to

01:05:13verse 4 Daniel 8 verse 4 I'll wrap it up

01:05:16here I think maybe he says quote I saw the

01:05:21ram pushing westward and northward and

01:05:24southward so that no beasts might stand

01:05:27before him what's a beast represent

01:05:29right neither was there any that could

01:05:34deliver out of his hand but he did

01:05:35according to his will and became great it

01:05:39says so he sees the ram pushing there is a

01:05:44remarkable parallel between the bear of

01:05:48Daniel 7 and this ram in Daniel 7 the

01:05:54bear is raised up on one side you recall

01:05:56Daniel 8 one of the horns is higher than

01:05:59the other in Daniel 7 the bear has three

01:06:02ribs in its mouth in Daniel 8 the ram conquers

01:06:06in three points of the compass westward

01:06:09Babylon in 539 BC northward Lydia 546 BC and

01:06:15southward Egypt 525 BC Cyrus conquered Lydia

01:06:22and Babylon Cambysus extended the conquest

01:06:25south into Egypt and Nubia in 525 BC

01:06:29Darius Hestepes or it should be Hestepes

01:06:35mispronounce that Hestepes he went north

01:06:38against the Scythians in 513 BC the

01:06:42Medo-Persian Empire covered much more

01:06:44territory than its predecessor Babylon did

01:06:47so successful were the Persian armies that

01:06:51in the days of Ahasuerus there in Esther

01:06:54the empire extended from India to Ethiopia

01:06:58the eastern and southern extremities of the

01:07:01then known world friends it's interesting

01:07:05that a frequent title of the Persian monarch

01:07:06was king of kings or king of the countries

01:07:09king of the countries let me share this with

01:07:15you it's from Goldstein's book 1844 made

01:07:19simple page 33 he says notice the parallels

01:07:24between the media Persian bear Daniel 7 and

01:07:27the media Persian ram Dan of chapter 8 both

01:07:31beasts were asymmetric asymmetrical asymmetrical I

01:07:36always had a tough time with that word the bear was

01:07:40raised up on one side correspondingly the

01:07:43ram's horns were not equal in size one

01:07:45being higher than the other also the bear had

01:07:48three ribs in its mouth believed to be

01:07:50Babylon Egypt and Lydia three nations

01:07:53crushed by media Persia the ram and

01:07:57Daniel 8 conquers in three directions

01:07:59westward Babylon southward Egypt northward

01:08:01Lydia end quote and then in Haskell's book

01:08:07again the story of Daniel the prophet pages

01:08:09105 106 he says quote as the ram pushed

01:08:13westward northward and southward and no

01:08:16beast could stand before it so the Medo-Persian

01:08:19empire extended its dominion in these

01:08:22directions at the fall of Babylon 120

01:08:26provinces recognized the authority of

01:08:28Cyrus and Darius these were held in

01:08:33subjection and others added so that in the

01:08:35time of the hazardous of Esther the kingdom

01:08:39controlled 127 provinces and extended from

01:08:44India on the east to the Mediterranean on the

01:08:47west and from the Caspian Sea to Ethiopia

01:08:50it was then called a glorious kingdom and the

01:08:53monarch were spoken of as quote his

01:08:56excellent majesty end quote well in verse

01:09:04four Daniel says no beasts might stand before him the ram is portrayed as powerful and

01:09:15aggressive and pushing any who stood against him this standing implies a resistant position

01:09:22something the ram overcomes with its force and when this was written Babylon was still

01:09:28dominant but the Medo-Persians were rising and Daniel saw that eventually not even Babylon could stand

01:09:35against them

01:09:37Smith in his book Daniel in the Revelation page 165 he says quote no earthly powers could stand before them as they

01:09:46marched toward the exalted position to which the providence of God had summoned them

01:09:51God had even named him

01:09:55Cyrus

01:09:57predicted him

01:09:59it's one of the things

01:10:00that was explained to Cyrus and shown to Cyrus specifically in God's word

01:10:05he was amazed by that

01:10:08and it's worthy of notice that the ram became

01:10:12great

01:10:13literally that means he did great things

01:10:16he made himself big or he magnified

01:10:18himself

01:10:21Thiel writes in his outline studies in Daniel page 82

01:10:25he says Cyrus in his conquest swept everything before him with seemingly irresistible force

01:10:33end quote

01:10:35pushed out of the way

01:10:38he made himself big

01:10:41magnified himself

01:10:42and we'll soon see a power

01:10:44which became very great

01:10:46and still another which became exceedingly great

01:10:49it's also important to realize that the ram conquers only horizontally

01:10:54in other words it fights against other beasts kingdoms on on earth

01:10:59but does not fight vertically against the God of heaven

01:11:02we'll soon see a power in this prophecy which actually fights against God

01:11:07on a vertical level

01:11:10and

01:11:12we'll see that next time

01:11:15we get together

01:11:16let's bow our heads now and have a word of prayer

01:11:19Father in heaven we thank you so very much

01:11:21for being with us

01:11:23so far in this study of Daniel 8

01:11:25there's so many things to unpack

01:11:27so many things being brought forth

01:11:29I pray that you'd be with each and every one of us

01:11:31as we study this

01:11:32and we go back over it

01:11:33so we become more and more familiar with it

01:11:36and the history

01:11:37about it

01:11:38you're laying things open for us

01:11:39so we

01:11:39can understand this great controversy

01:11:42better

01:11:43between good and evil

01:11:44between Christ

01:11:45and the kingdom of God

01:11:47and Satan

01:11:48and his fallen

01:11:49demon angels

01:11:50Father I pray you'd be with each and every one of us

01:11:53give us of the Holy Spirit

01:11:54that we may come to know the truth

01:11:57and much more than that

01:11:59that we will have a love for it

01:12:01and a love for each other

01:12:03that same love that you have for us

01:12:06may we extend it to all

01:12:07thank you Lord for protecting your word

01:12:11to the time of the end

01:12:13for those of us who live in this time

01:12:15and keep us safe I pray

01:12:17and faithful

01:12:19so we may see Jesus come in the clouds

01:12:22and be with him forever

01:12:23I pray in his blessed name

01:12:25amen

01:12:26and amen

01:12:27well I want to thank you for joining me

01:12:30I hope you've learned some things

01:12:32I hope you've taken notes

01:12:34go back over

01:12:36reread Daniel chapter 8

01:12:37again and again

01:12:38and let some of these things

01:12:40that are being brought out

01:12:41captivate your mind

01:12:44and praise the Lord

01:12:47for the truth that he's sharing

01:12:48and never doubt

01:12:50the love of God for you

01:12:51I say it over and over

01:12:52but it's because I mean it

01:12:54don't ever doubt

01:12:55God's love for you

01:12:56when you begin to doubt

01:12:58your eyes are being

01:12:59taken away

01:13:00Satan's diverting him

01:13:01go right back to Jesus

01:13:03go back to the cross

01:13:04never doubt that love

01:13:06for Jesus

01:13:07and the love he has for you

01:13:08and he'll see us through

01:13:12he's faithful who promised

01:13:14and I hope you can join us

01:13:15the next time

01:13:16until then

01:13:16keep looking up

01:13:17and God bless each

01:13:19and every one of you

01:13:20take care

01:13:21now

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