I. WHO ARE THEY (8:20-21)? DAN. 2. DAN. 7 DAN. 8

VISION OF RAM & HE-GOAT

Gold (Babylon) Lion (v. 4) Silver (Medo-Persians) Bear (v. 5)

RAM (v. 1-4) Brass (Greeks) Leopard (v. 6) HE-GOAT (v. 5-8) Iron + Clay (Rome) Iron Teeth (v. 7-8)

II. THE RAM (8:1-4).A. Begins in Shushan (Palace of Persian

kings) (8:2).B. Two Horns, One Greater (Medo-PERSIANS) (8:3).C. Comes from east (8:4).III. THE HE-GOAT (8:5-8).

A. Swiftly From West (8:5).B. Notable Horn, fury at Ram (Alexander the

Great) (8:5-7.C. Horn broken into four (323 BC, 4 Generals) (8:8).

III. THE HE-GOAT (8:20-21)?

VISION OF RAM & HE-GOAT

1. Lysimachus - Thrace & Asia Minor 2. Antipater - Macedonia & Greece 3. Ptolomy - Egypt (South) 4. Seleucus - Syria & Babylon (North)D. Little Horn - Antiochus IV (175-163 BC) (8:9-

14).Epiphanes - “The illustrious” (Epimanes - “The mad”) 1. Conquered Jerusalem; set his image in

temple; offered swine on the altar; encouraged Greek soldiers to fornicate there; forbade circumcision, sabbath, and scriptures. 2. Broken without hand (8:25b).

3. Temple cleansed by Maccabean Revolt (Hanukkah) (8:14, 25).

C. Horn broken into four (323 BC, 4 Generals) (8:8).

E. WHEN? “End” (v. 17, 19, 26) of Grecian rule (v. 23, 26).CONCL. Fulfilled Prophecy (Is. 42:9), God’s Judgment (Dan. 8:12, 23).