Particularly the end of this period of wrath o So the end of God’s wrath with Israel will be reached with King Antiochus
Gabriel goes on to identify the different figures in the vision
• The ram and the goat as medo-persia and Greece, :20-23, “he two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. 21 The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king. 22 The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.23 “In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise. o “when rebels have become completely wicked,”
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Will you condemn the just and mighty One? They die in an instant, in the middle of the night; the people are shaken and they pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
- After explaining the vision Gabirel continue in v26, ““The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given you is true, but seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.” o Since this vision had to do with events still some 400 years after Daniel, Gabriel tells him to seal it up
Daniel reports in v27, “I, Daniel, was worn out. I lay exhausted for several days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was appalled by the vision; it was beyond understanding.” o Daniel is worn out
He has seen hectic things, terrible suffering of God’s people
But even after Gabirel explained it he still doesn’t quite get it
• Why is this terrible suffering necessary?
• When will it happen?
• So we live after it all happened we can understand it better then Daniel did o We know God punished Israel for their wickedness o But we also know God’s mercy, and that he will limit Antiochus’s time of persecution
- This has been a story of God’s children from the beginning of the