I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man a human mind also was given to it.ĭaniel makes no mention of Babylonia in chapter 8, because it was already deposed as an empire at this point (Dan. 7:4) The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. 2:38) Wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. Head of Gold (Winged Lion): BABYLONIA (Dan. But what does this vision mean? Unlike other so-called religious prophets, the Bible interprets this vision for us clearly. Finally, a stone was thrown at the statue, crushing it (Dan. Stephen Miller writes, “Virtually all scholars agree that the different parts of the statue represent empires or kingdoms.” And later, he notes, “Virtually everyone agrees that the vision of chapter 7 parallels the dream image of chapter 2 and that both passages should be interpreted in the same manner.” In other words, virtually every interpreter views these two visions as inseparable.ĭaniel goes on to describe a statue with a head of gold, chest and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, and legs and feet of iron mixed with clay (Dan. Clearly Daniel claims that this prophecy is about the future of human history. 2, 7, 8)ĭaniel tells Nebuchadnezzar that God “has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days” and “what would take place in the future” (Dan. But when he explains them again in the book, he pictures them as frightful and snarling beasts, which is God’s perspective of world empires. 2), because this is a human perspective of world empires. At first, he pictures them like a giant statue (Dan. Second, these different visions could explain world empires from two different perspectives. In fact, Joseph told him, “Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that the matter is determined by God, and God will quickly bring it about” (Gen. Pharaoh was given two dreams by God for this purpose. There are two reasons why Daniel sees three visions, rather than just one.įirst, this helped to emphasize the certainty of the event. Why does Daniel give three visions, rather than just one? Daniel gives us three pictures of these world empires-all of which correlate with one another. In order to understand Daniel’s prophecy about the major empires of world history, we must compare Daniel’s prediction in chapters 2, 7, and 8. Daniel and the End of Human History (Dan.
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