February 8, 2026 – Daniel 7 – Vision of the Four Beasts

Daniel relates a troubling vision from God of four beasts rising up out of the sea, representing the kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Alexander the Great and Rome. The fourth beast, Rome, is the most ferocious. It has ten horns, and a final “little horn” arises to persecute and “wear down” God’s people. But the central vision of the chapter is the image of the Ancient of Days and “One like the Son of Man” who achieve the final victory over little horn and the beasts.

Notes on Daniel 7:1-28