Daniel
Read Chapter 18

An Amazing Vision
 
"In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were  . . . Four great beasts . . . "The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle . . . And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, 'Get up and eat your fill of flesh!' 6 After that . . . was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule. After that . . . was a fourth beast--terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns. . . ."

"As I looked, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. 10 A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened. "Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire . . . ."In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven . . . . He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed."   Daniel 7:2-28 (NIV)

Can you interpret Daniel's Vision?

What nation is the Lion? (Hint: depicted on the city walls) _______________________________
What nation is the Bear? ________________________________
What nation is the Leopard? (Hint: the swiftness of Alexandar) ________________________________
What Nation has the iron teeth and ten horns? ________________________________
Who is the Ancient of Days? _______________________________
Who might the “son of man” be? ____________________________
How does THE STORY end? _______________________________
 
Prayer

“Amazing. Thank you, Lord, that you have laid out world history before any of it has come to be. I choose to rest in the fact that you have written the script, written me into it and even told me the ending. I’m glad to know that I’m part of something way bigger than myself. Amen”