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Daniel 7

Vision of the Four Beasts

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In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a  adream and visions  1in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he  bwrote the dream down and related the  2following summary of  3it.

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Daniel  1said, "I was  alooking in my vision by night, and behold, the  bfour winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.

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"And four great  abeasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another.

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"The first was  alike a lion and had the wings of an eagle. 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  1mind also was given to it.

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"And behold, another beast, a second one, resembling a bear. And it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and thus they said to it, `Arise, devour much meat!'

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"After this I kept looking, and behold, another one,  alike a leopard, which had on its  1back four wings of a bird; the beast also had  bfour heads, and dominion was given to it.

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"After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a  afourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had  bten horns.

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"While I was contemplating the horns, behold,  aanother horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold,  1this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and  ba mouth uttering great boasts.

The Ancient of Days Reigns

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"I kept looking Until  athrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His  bvesture was like white snow And the  chair of His head like pure wool. His  dthrone was  1ablaze with flames, Its  ewheels were a burning fire.

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"A river of  afire was flowing And coming out from before Him;  bThousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The  ccourt sat, And  dthe books were opened.

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"Then I kept looking because of the sound of the  1boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the  aburning  2fire.

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"As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but an extension of life was granted to them for an appointed period of time.

The Son of Man Presented

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"I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a  aSon of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.

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"And to Him was given  adominion, Glory and  1 ba kingdom,  cThat all the peoples, nations and men of every  2language Might serve Him.  dHis dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away;  eAnd His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.

The Vision Interpreted

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"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed  1within me, and the  avisions  2in my mind kept  balarming me.

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"I approached one of those who were  astanding by and began asking him the  1exact meaning of all this. So he  btold me and made known to me the interpretation of these things:

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`These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth.

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`But the  1 asaints of the Highest One will  breceive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever,  2for all ages to come.'

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"Then I desired to know the  1exact meaning of the  afourth beast, which was different from all  2the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, and which devoured, crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet,

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and the meaning of the ten horns that were on its head and the other horn which came up, and before which three of them fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth uttering great boasts and  1which was larger in appearance than its associates.

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"I kept looking, and that horn was  awaging war with the  1saints and overpowering them

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until the Ancient of Days came and  ajudgment was  1passed in favor of the  2saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the  2saints took possession of the kingdom.

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"Thus he said: `The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it.

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`As for the  aten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.

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`He will  aspeak  1out against the  bMost High and  cwear down the  2saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make  dalterations in times and in law; and  3they will be given into his hand for a  4 etime,  4times, and half a  4time.

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`But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be  ataken away,  1annihilated and destroyed  2forever.

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`Then the  1 asovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the  2saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an  beverlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will  cserve and obey Him.'

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1At this point the revelation ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were  agreatly alarming me and my  2face grew pale, but I  bkept the matter  3to myself."



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