The Truth We Were Taught Lesson 2

Our second Bible study in this series focused on the relationship between Daniel 7 and 8 plus Revelation 13.

Daniel 7 finds Daniel still in Babylonian captivity and finds himself receiving another vision from God, this time rather than a great image, he is shown 4 great beasts. The first is a lion which represents Babylon, next is the bear representing the Medo-Perian empire, then the leopard representing Greecs, and finally the great and terrible beast which represents Rome.

While Daniel 7 is the chapter that Adventist's learned of the great investigative judgement, this particular study is focused on showing the coorelation between the above noted chapters. We will study the investigative judgement in another study.

Daniel 8 occurs two years later than Daniel 7 (compare verse 1 of each chapter). In Daniel 8, the vision starts with a Ram and then a male goat comes into the picture. The Ram represents Media and Persia and the male goat is Greece and we don't have to speculate on this fact as verses 20 and 21 tell us so. Note that Babylon is no longer refered to as that kingdom has been overthrown by the Medes and Persias (Daniel 5).

It is important to understand how Daniel and Revelation work together to explain prophecy. Thus, why we also turn to Revelation 13. This lesson is setting the groundwork to understand who the beast power of Revelation is. By walking through the history of the earth as so plainly shown in Daniel 2, 7 and 8 and then seeing how the symbols and descriptions of Daniel are also seen in Revelation, we can clearly determine who the beast power is which will be our topics for Lesson 3.

I have created a summary sheet which you can find and download from this link. Be sure to read through the 3 chapters for yourself with a paper and pencil, jotting down the descriptors for yourself and see how they line up. http://www.scribd.com/doc/37264699/TTWWT-Series-Part-2-Reference

Remember, always pray before you study your Bible and ask that the Holy Spirit guide your findings and that Scripture interprete itself to you, not letting our own imaginations make things up.

God Bless and Happy Sabbath.