Daniel 8 – The Vision of the Ram and Goats. Luke 3

Lately, I have been having warnings over the last 3 days of something to happen, Ezekiel 17. 18, Revelations 4 and more recently Daniel 8.

I will dwell on DANIEL 8 today; we have a ram and 2 horns signifying the Kings of Media and Persia. Shaggy goat signifying the kings of Greece where the 4 kingdoms would rise.

In Matthew 24 vs 15

15 “So, when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’[a] spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—

what happened to the sanctuary that caused desolation:

The horns from the 4 prominent horns grew towards the beautiful land. so, a little horn took the place of the 4 horns. How did the desolation occur:

First, they take away the daily sacrifice from the LORD. Daniel 8 vs 12

Psalm 51:17 tells us what the sacrifices of the Lord are a broken spirit and a contrite heart, which implies It means that God is pleased with a heart that is tender, pliable to God’s word, and sorrowful for sin³. This is instead of all burnt-offering and sacrifice³. The verse is interpreted to mean that God accepts a humble and repentant heart as a sacrifice¹.

Luke 3: 8 further buttresses it “Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.”

The irony Luke 3 mirrors Ezekiel 18, this daily sacrifice helps us offer worship to the lord, but in Daniel 8: 11 – 12.

1 John 2:18-29 says ” ¹⁸ Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore, we know that it is the last hour. ¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. ²⁰ But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. ^a] 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. ²² Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?”

so we are in the last hour, how do we know: Daniel 8 vs 11-12 says:

 It set itself up to be as great as the commander of the army of the Lord; it took away the daily sacrifice from the Lord, and his sanctuary was thrown down. 12 Because of rebellion, the Lord’s people[a] and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground.

so, as we see truth thrown to the ground, antichrists prospering in everything it does, the sanctuary (relating to holiness) you know the desolation Daniel talked about is happening. Also, this is called the falling away or apostacy as they call it. I timothy 4:1 describes this falling away as:

Apostasy in the Bible refers to

• Turning aside from following Jesus.
• Denying Jesus after having previously confessed Him as Lord.
• Falling away from faith under persecution.
• Denying the deity of Jesus.
• Living a life of open sin that denies the faith.

so, this would take about 2,300 evenings and mornings – then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated. The church in the west is propounded from the time of Lydia to be about 2,000 years ago when Christianity spread from Greece that gave the four horns.

So, as the work is going on to rebuild a temple, because the lord is near, we are to keep in mind that it speaks of the end as Habakkuk says, the vision speaks of the end as violence increases, we read:

23 “In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise. 24 He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy those who are mighty, the holy people. 25 He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.

As Matthew 24: 11 – 27

Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

So as rebellion that causes desolation rises = surrendering of the sanctuary + trampling underfoot of Gods people, we know it concerns the end. The time of Gods wrath will soon be revealed, I say as it is written:

7 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Luke 3: 7

19 He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end. Daniel 8: 19

As the wrath of God will soon be revealed, I as Daniel, Fall and Prostrate to the ‘Son of Man’. Desolation is more about the sanctuary of God.

Songs.