#8 – “Faithful When Evil Has Its Day”

Series: Living Faithfully in Babylon

I. The Meaning of the Dream (8:1-27)

A. The Ram Was Cyrus – The Medo-Persian (8:1-4)

A. The Goat Was Alexander of Greece (8:5-8)

1. The Goat Represents Greece

2. The Prophecy Talks about the Reputation of the king.

3. The Prophecy Talks about the Ruin of the Medo-Persian Empire.

4. The Prophecy Talks about the Removal of Alexander

5. The Prophecy Talks about the Rise of a type of antichrist. (Gal. 4:4)

II. The Message of the Dream (8:9-14)

A. A Description of Antiochus IV and antichrist

B. A Demonstration of Antiochus and antichrist

III. The Model of Daniel

A. Daniel was Observant (8:2,5,13)

B. Daniel was Overwhelmed (8:17)

C. Daniel was Overcome (8:27)

D. Daniel went Onward (8:27b)

IV. The Mercy of God’s Kindness

A. God is Kind to Warn His People by Daniel

B. God is Kind to Warn Us by Jesus (John 16:1-2)

“Throughout the history of humanity, evil has often triumphed, and at times it seems unrestrained. But ultimately the people of God will persevere, and the Bible repeatedly assures their victory.”