Sermon - Daniel 8:15-27 - Trust - Littleby Baptist Church - July 26, 2020
Last week we started looking at the second apocalyptic vision given to Daniel. In some ways it mirrors part of the vision given in chapter seven but it does focus more on the third kingdom and how God uses it to bring about judgement on His people who will turn their back on Him. The ram was equivalent, to the Mede and Persian Empire, that ruled for a period of time. The ram was then attacked and beaten by a goat that moved so fast that it floated through the air and it had a larger horn than the ram. Which meant that the goat was more powerful than the ram. When we compare to the vision in chapter seven the ram was the second beast and the goat was the third. The goat rules for a while until its large and powerful horn is broken. This symbolizes the death of Alexander the Great and then four horns come forward which represents the splitting of the kingdom into four. While none of these horns grow to the size of the original, one of them comes to the forefront and represents k...