1303. Daniel's Vision of a Ram and Goat — Daniel 8:1-14

1303.

Daniel's Vision of a Ram and Goat
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Today's Passage: Daniel 8:1-14
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1. During the third year of King Belshazzar's reign I, Daniel, saw another vision, following the one that had already appeared to me. 
2. In this vision I was at the fortress of Susa, in the province of Elam, standing beside the Ulai River.

3. As I looked up, I saw a ram with two long horns standing beside the river. One of the horns was longer than the other, even though it had grown later than the other one. The ram butted everything out of his way to the west, to the north, and to the south, and no one could stand against him or help his victims. He did as he pleased and became very great.

5. While I was watching, suddenly a male goat appeared from the west, crossing the land so swiftly that he didn't even touch the ground. This goat, which had one very large horn between its eye, 
6. headed toward the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the river, rushing at him in a rage.
7. The goat charged furiously at the ram and struck him, breaking off both his horns. Now the ram was helpless, and the goat knocked him down and trampled him. No one could rescue the ram from the goat's power.

8. The goat became very powerful. But at the height of his power, his large horn was borken off. In the large horn's place grew four prominent horns pointing in the four direcitons of the earth.
9. Then from one of the prominent horns came a small horn who power grew very great. It extended toward the south and the east and toward the glorious land of Israel.  
10. Its power reached to the heavens, where it attacked the heavenly army, throwing some of the heavenly beings and some of the stars to the ground and trampling them.
11. It even challenged the Commander of heaven's army by canceling the daily sacrifices offered to him by destroying his Temple. 
12. The army of heaven was restrained from responding to this rebellion. So the daily sacrifice was halted, and truth was overthrown. The horn succeeded in everything it did.

13. Then I heard two holy ones talking to each other. One of them asked, "How long will the events of this vision last? How long will the rebellion that causes desecration stop the daily sacrifices? How long will the Tmeple and heaven's army be trampled on?"
14. The other replied, "It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the Temple will be made right again."
Daniel *:1-14 NLT

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