The Little Horn Power
– Daniel 7:1-12
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DANIEL 7:9
I beheld till
the thrones were cast down, and the
Ancient of days did sit, whose
garment was white as snow, and the
hair of his head like the pure wool:
his throne was like the fiery flame,
and his wheels as burning fire.
{9} Then,
I looked up. I saw an enormous
courtroom in Heaven. In the middle of
the courtroom was a great white
throne and twenty-four lesser thrones[4] were
arranged in a circle around it. As I
watched, I saw a being enveloped in
brilliant light enter the courtroom
and the Ancient of Days, God the
Father, took His seat. His clothing
was so bright that I could not make
out the details. His presence was as
white as snow and the hair of His
head was gloriously bright –
like fluffy wool. His throne sparkled
with lights, it looked like it was on
fire. Glorious angels surrounded the
thrones in concentric rings that
looked like rings of fire.
DANIEL 7:10
A fiery
stream issued and came forth from
before him: thousand thousands
ministered unto him, and ten thousand
times ten thousand stood before him:
the judgment was set, and the books
were opened.
{10} A
huge procession of radiant angels
filed into the courtroom. The
procession looked like molten gold; a
flowing river of fire. Thousands upon
thousands of heavenly beings attended
the Father and ten thousand times ten
thousand angels stood reverently
before Him. After this huge assembly
stopped moving, the court was seated
and the proceedings began.
Immediately, the Ancient of Days
issued a restraining order on behalf
of His saints. At that moment, God
broke the power of the eighth horn so
that it could not persecute
God’s saints any longer. Then,
Jesus came before the Father and
after a special investigation
occurred,[5] Jesus
was found worthy to receive The Book
of Life which was sealed with seven
seals. A short time after this, when
the third seal was broken, the books
of record were opened and Jesus began
to examine the recorded life of each
person who had died. At the end of
His thorough review, Jesus made a
decision about each person.[6] Jesus
determined who would receive eternal
life and who would not.
DANIEL
7:11-12
I beheld then
because of the voice of the great
words which the horn spake: I beheld
even till the beast was slain, and
his body destroyed, and given to the
burning flame. As concerning the rest
of the
beasts, they had their dominion taken
away: yet their lives were prolonged
for a season and time.
{11} Then
my gaze was redirected to Earth. I
saw the eighth horn speaking boastful
words against the Most High God a
second time.[7] I kept
watching this horn and its host, the
monster beast, until they were
destroyed. They were thrown into a
lake of fire at the Second Coming.[8]
{12} I should also mention that
when the governments represented by
the lion, the bear, and the leopard
were stripped of their authority, the
people who made up these empires were
not destroyed. Their descendants
after them continued to live until
the Second Coming.
Discussion
DANIEL
7:13-14
I saw in the
night visions, and, behold, one like
the Son of man came with the clouds
of heaven, and came to the Ancient of
days, and they brought him near
before him. And there was given him
dominion, and glory, and a kingdom,
that all people, nations, and
languages, should serve him: his
dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away, and his
kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed.
{13} After
this sequence of events ended, I saw
another scene that related to the
proceedings that took place in
Heaven’s courtroom. I saw a
glorious man who did not look like an
angel. Instead, He looked like me, a
son of man. Many angels accompanied
Him. He approached the Ancient of
Days and was led into His presence.
{14} After a thorough
investigation, He was found worthy to
receive divine authority, glory, and
sovereign power.[9] A time will
come when His sovereignty fills
Earth, and all peoples, nations, and
men of every language will worship
Him.[10] His
dominion will be an everlasting
dominion that will not pass away, and
His kingdom is one that will never be
destroyed.
DANIEL 7:15
I Daniel was
grieved in my spirit in the midst of
my body, and the visions of my head
troubled me.
{15} After
watching these glorious scenes, I was
deeply troubled. I wondered how this
vision related to my people who were
languishing as slaves in Babylon. I
wanted to know how the scenes I had
seen related to the promise that God
would return my people to Jerusalem
after seventy years.
DANIEL 7:16
I came near
unto one of them that stood by, and
asked him the truth of all this. So
he told me, and made me know the
interpretation of the things.
{16} So,
I approached an angel who was
standing in the heavenly courtroom
and asked him to explain the true
meaning of this vision. He gave me
this explanation:
DANIEL 7:17
These great
beasts, which are four, are four
kings, which shall arise out of the
earth.
{17} “The
four great beasts you saw are four
empires that will appear on Earth.
Starting with the lion, these empires
will rise out of a sea of
humanity.”
In other
words, each empire will rise out of
existing nations, languages, and
peoples.[11] Each
empire will rule over an increasingly
larger portion of Earth than the one
before it. The four winds (mentioned
in verse 2) represent God’s four
judgments.[12] When
each empire becomes hopelessly
decadent, God will use His four
judgments to eliminate the current
kingdom and establish another.
DANIEL 7:18
But the
saints of the most High shall take
the kingdom, and possess the kingdom
for ever, even for ever and ever.
{18} “At
the appointed time, the Most High God
will purify Earth and give the whole
world over to His saints and they
will possess it forever – yes,
forever and ever.”
DANIEL
7:19-20
Then I would
know the truth of the fourth beast,
which was diverse from all the
others, exceeding dreadful, whose
teeth were of iron, and his nails of
brass; which devoured, brake in
pieces, and stamped the residue with
his feet;And of the ten horns that
were in his head, and of the other
which came up, and before whom three
fell; even of that horn that had
eyes, and a mouth that spake very
great things, whose look was more
stout than his fellows.
{19} I
was full of questions. I especially
wanted to know the meaning of the
monster beast, the fourth beast,
which was different from all the
others – having unbreakable iron
teeth and indestructible bronze claws
– the beast that crushed and
devoured its victims and trampled
whatever was left under its feet.
{20} I also wanted to know about
the ten horns that were on the head
of this beast and the little horn
that uprooted three of the ten horns.
I wanted to know the truth about the
eighth horn because it had eyes like
a man and a mouth that spoke
boastfully, insulting God’s
authority.
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