(12-08-19) Bro. Allan Barabat
*Daniel 8:7
"7 I saw him attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him; the goat knocked him to the ground and trampled on him, and none could rescue the ram from his power."
=The Greatest Conqueror=
*Daniel 8:3-4, 20
"3 I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later.
4 I watched the ram as he charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and none could rescue from his power. He did as he pleased and became great."
20 The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
*Daniel 8:5-6
"5 As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground.
6 He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at him in great rage.
*Daniel 8:21
"21 The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king."
-Cyrus the Great (Persia)
"Whatever it is that's happening in your life today. God is up to something. And if we keep our eyes on the Scripture and our hearts right before God, little by little, we'll get little insight of what He is up to."
-Alexander the Great
*Daniel 8:6-7
"6 He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at him in great rage.
7 I saw him attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him; the goat knocked him to the ground and trampled on him, and none could rescue the ram from his power.
-334 BC, AG defeated the Persians.
-Macedonian Phalanx (16ft. long)
*Daniel 8:8,22
"8 The goat became very great, but at the height of his power his large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven."
22 The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.
*Cassander: Macedonia
*Lysimachus: Thrace
*Seleucus: Syria
*Ptolomy: Egypt
"Prophecy is a manifestation of the power of the almighty God who is in heaven, who once in a while reached down into the heart of a prophet and gave him a picture of something God already knew as if it were history."
"God is in control."
Flavius Josephus
-1st Century Jewish Historian and apologist of priestly and royal ancestry.
Take Away Today:
1. The detail fulfillment of this prophecy, concludes that all other prophecy will come to pass.
2. Trust God, for He is always up to something good.
3. Allow God to fully conquer our life difficulties.
*Romans 8:37
"37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
