Alexander the Great

The Goat vs. the RamGreece vs. Persia

The Four Kings Following AlexanderCassander - MacedoniaLysimachus - Asian MinorPtolemy – Egypt and the SouthSeleucus – Syria and the East

Daniel 8 – Take away #1All of this occurred “because of transgression”.

Israel had still not learned her lesson. She is God’s chosen people, especially blessed, who had

agreed to keep the Mosaic Covenant. For the Israel’s sake. For the world’s sake.

For Christ’s sake, that matters.

Daniel 8 – Take away #2The certainty of Israel’s past leads to the certainty of her

future. The Beast will come.

Jesus Christ will also come.The Kingdom will come with Him.

Israel will be redeemed. The Son of David will reign.

The insanity of sin will be ended.

Daniel 8 – Take away #2

Joy to the world!

Daniel 8 – Take away #3Just as sure as this first man of sin appeared, so will the

second.We need not be surprised.

We need not be afraid.We do need to prepare.

Daniel 8 – Take away #4God seeks our freedom.

Just as His heart broke Friday over the events in Connecticut, so it breaks daily over the reality and

severity of sins that occur worldwide without the same attention.

Yet, we still don’t understand the depths of sin.

Daniel 8 – Take away #4What happened Friday was horrible.

We want our children safe.Yet we cling to our sins as though they are “harmless”.

Sin is never safe!The severity of portions like Daniel 8 is meant to drive

that point home.

Daniel 8 – Take away #5There is no book on earth like the Scriptures.

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Their ability to foretell the future is stunning.___________________________

It is God’s word.___________________________

And that should matter to our lives.

Daniel 8 – Take away #5The Judeo-Christian faith is true.

There is no other God.

The certainty of the prophecies of the past demand we pay attention to the prophecies of the future.

How should we then live?

…oh…

…and about December 25th…

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