Abomination of Desolation, Antiochus, Little Horn

The King of the North

Beginning with the division of the Greek empire, the angel outlines the coming conflicts between two of the subsequent realms that will culminate in the rise of a โ€œcontemptibleโ€ ruler. Previously, the rise and division of the Greek empire were portrayed in the vision of the โ€œRamโ€ and of the โ€œGoat,โ€ representing the realms of the โ€œMedes and Persiansโ€ and โ€œGreece,โ€ respectively.

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Antiochus, Greece, Little Horn

King of Fierce Countenance

Next, Daniel receives the interpretation of his vision of the โ€œram and goat.โ€ In chapter 7, only the first โ€œbeastโ€ can be identified with certainty โ€“ Babylon. In contrast, in the interpretation in chapter 8, two of the four kingdoms are identified by name, the kingdom of the โ€œMedes and Persiansโ€ and โ€œGreece.โ€

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