The he-goat took on god-like properties but his horn was broken at the height of his strength and replaced by four horns facing the compass-points. Medo-Persia occupied Mesopotamia (North), Syria, Egypt and Canaan (South), and was going to war with the Greeks (West).Ĩ:5 While Daniel thought about that, a he-goat with a horn between his eyes flew over the earth, and ran the ram into the ground, breaking off his horns. The ram was Medo-Persia (8:20), the victor over Babylon. He was beside a large canal, the Ulai, that connected two rivers.Ĩ:3 In a vision, he saw a ram with two horns, one higher than the other, running north, south and west. We will also try to find the correct solution to a puzzle-the reappearance of a 'little horn' that we read about in Daniel 7.Ĩ:1 In the third year of Belshazzar, Daniel was at Susa, destined to become the capitol of Medo-Persia. Today we will examine one such mistake, and analyze the reasons for it. The frustration may be worsened if we find people who have tried to understand it and have made wrong interpretations. History of the Antiochus Epiphanes in Maccabees.Īs Daniel becomes deeper and more difficult, the reader is tempted to turn away in frustration or confusion. The Little Horn of Daniel 8 Is Not the Same As the Little Horn of Daniel 7.

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