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The Vision of Daniel 7 in Chart Form
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In studying this chapter one must remember that there are three
sections.
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1) The narrative given us by Daniel,
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2) Daniel's comments or questions to the angel, and
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3) the angel's responses.
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Daniel 7
Vision of Daniel
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Daniel’s Questions
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Angel Responses
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(Dan 7 KJV) In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had
a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and
told the sum of the matters. {2} Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision
by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great
sea. {3} And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from
another. {4} The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld
till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth,
and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
{5} And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up
itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the
teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. {6}
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the
back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it.
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{15} I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the
visions of my head troubled me. {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.
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{17} These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall
arise out of the earth. {18} But the saints of the most High shall take
the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
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{7} After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,
dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron
teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the
feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it;
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{19} 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;
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{23} Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon
earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the
whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
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and it had ten horns. {8} I considered the horns, and, behold, there
came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of
the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were
eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
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{20} 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. {21} I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and
prevailed against them;
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{24} And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall
arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the
first, and he shall subdue three kings. {25} And he shall speak great
words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most
High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
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{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. {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. {11} 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. {12} As concerning the rest of
the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were
prolonged for a season and time. {13} 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. {14} 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.
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{22} Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the
saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the
kingdom.
In the Great Controversy,
p. 661, Ellen White uses Dan. 7:22 to refer to the millennial judgment.
That is plainly the time being referred to here. 7:22 is
Daniel's inquiry about the scene in verses 9 and 10, commented upon by the
angelic interpreter in v. 26. Traditional SDA interpretation of
these verses as referring to an
"investigative judgment" which began in 1844, must thus be incorrect. |
{26} But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion,
to consume and to destroy it unto the end. {27} And the kingdom and
dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall
be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him
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{28} Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my
cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept
the matter in my heart.
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