Title: The First Vision/Daniel 7:1-12
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: The Book of Prophecy :
: Dan 7:1-12 :
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first fantasy
1. From now on, the apocalypse begins in the book of Daniel.
No one interprets it with certainty. They just talk about it in a similar way.
2.People have tried their own plausible application to various symbols, but
Some were right and some were wrong. Therefore, our attitude toward the book of Daniel is
It would be difficult to be overly mystic.
3. It is important to understand the meaning of prophecy. The core of prophecy is "the end and God's judgment".
I. How did you see the revelation? (1-3)
A. Background of Revelation
1. I saw it at night. The night is a quiet time. People have prayed at night since ancient times.
So even now, we pray all night. The night is good for spiritual fellowship with the Lord.
Because it's time.
2. It was a revelation through dreams and brain. God often shows dreams to prophets
Of course, I still see people who say they had dreams, but you have to be careful about that.
Because our dreams are different from the dreams of the prophets.
3. The dream was recorded. This dream was not a personal dream.
He used the dream for the sake of it. And this content is a phrase that saves souls through the ages.
It is a revelation of the inner movement.
B. Beast fantasy background
1. The four winds in the sky blew. The four winds are a term that symbolizes the entire universe.
It is saying that God's providence rules the natural world. This wind sometimes causes war.
Sometimes it brings famine and floods.
2. The four winds of heaven swept into the great sea. In Revelation 17:15, the great sea means this world.
Like the waves of the sea, the countries of the world rise and fall.
3. Under the influence of the four winds that rushed into the sea, four great beasts came out of the sea.
These big beasts represent four kinds of empires. Perhaps they have been tyrannical.
It could also mean the former communist countries.
II. Four kinds of beasts appeared (4-8).
A. The first beast lion
1. The lion is the king of the animal kingdom. It symbolizes strength and courage. This is Babylon at the time.
It symbolizes the empire. Babylon was cruel like a lion to neighboring countries.
2. The shape was unusual.
1) It has the wings of an eagle. The eagle spreads its wings to search for food.
The Babylonian Empire of the world was trying to conquer the world like an eagle flapping its wings in search of food
I ran all over the place.
2) Soon the dog was pulled out. Just as Samson who had his hair cut loses his strength, Babylon's strength freezes.
meant it couldn't be done.
3) He stood on two legs like a human. He used to be a lion, but now he has lost his strength and is an ordinary human.
In other words, when a person who enjoyed power loses power, he becomes an ordinary person.
like a liver.
4) He received the heart of a person. An inner change occurred. As if Nebuchadnezzar was proud
He was like an animal when he did it, but it is like receiving God's chastisement and repenting and becoming humble.
B.Second Beast Bear
1. It means Mede and Persa, symbolized by silver in Daniel 2. Bear in the Bible is foolishness.
It symbolizes Ham (1 Samuel 17:34, Proverbs 28:15). It is dull and slow, but powerful. And it is fierce.
2. He had three ribs in his mouth. The bear's greed meant ferocity. He looked like a bear.
La, I touched that country.
C. The third beast leopard
1. It means the Greek Empire. It is a country like brass.
2. This beast was deformed. It had three wings on its back. It had four heads.
D. The fourth beast
1. It had destructive power that could not be compared with the previous three beasts. This was iron.
Their claws were of bronze. They had ten horns.
2. Historically, this beast means the Roman Empire. However, this beast has ten horns.
There were two kinds of these ten horns. They were divided into large horns and small horns. So
These ten horns were seen to represent the Antichrist.
III. I saw God the Judge (9-12).
A. God who sits on the throne.
1. I saw the eternal life of God. In verse 9, it is said that the Ancient of days was seated.
All.
2. I saw the God of holiness and holiness. His clothes were white as snow, and his hair was clean
It was said to be like the hair of a stag.
3. I saw the living God of judgment. His throne is a flame, and his wheels are flaming fire.
He said, "The fire flows like a river and comes out in front of it."
It symbolizes God. In Exodus 3, God appeared to Moses as a flame.
B. The God of Judgment
1. in the book
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