1304. Gabriel Explains the Vision — Daniel 8:15-27

1304.

Gabriel Explains the Vision
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Today's Passage: Daniel 8:15-27
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Foreshadowing, Promises, and/or Fulfillment of Promises 
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• Ask God to open your heart to hear what He is calling you to take away from your time together this day.
• Take the time to reread this passage one time.
• Can you find any foreshadowing of days to come?
• Can you find any applications in your own life from the historical acts in this passage?
• Can you find a charge given by God to honor certain happenings?
• ... a promise made by God?
• ...a promise fulfilled by God?
• Meditate on one of these. Write it down in your journal for later reflection.
• Thank God for His presence in your life right this moment.

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15. As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man stood in front of me. 
16. And I heard a human voice calling out from the Ulai River, "Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of his vision."

17. As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. "Son of man," he said, "you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end."

18. While He was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet.

19. Then he said, "I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. what you have seen pertains to the very end of time.
20. The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia.
21. The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire.
22. The four promienent horns that replaced the one large horn show that the Greek Empire will break into four kingdoms, but none as great as the first. 

23. "At the end of their rule, when their sin is at its height, a fierce king, a master of intrigue, will rise to power.
24. He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause a shocking amount of destruction and succeed in everything he does. He will destroy powerful leaders and devastate the holy people.
25. He will be a master of deception and will become arrogant; he will destroy many without warning. He will even take on the Prince of princes in battle, but he will be broken, though not by human power.

26. "This vision about the 2,300 evenings and mornings is true. But none of these things will happen for a long time, so keep this vision a secret."

27. Then I, Daniel was overcome and lay sick for several days. Afterward I got up and performed my duties for the king, but I was greatly troubled by the vision and could not understand it.
Daniel 8:15-27 NLT

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