Daniel 7 - Daniel Has A Vision Of Four Creatures - NIV

1. Daniel Had This Vision During Belshazzar's First Year as King.

Daniel 7:1-3 In the first year of __________________ king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his bed. He wrote down the ________________ of his dream. [2] Daniel said: "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven ______________ up the great sea. [3] Four great beasts, each ________________ from the others, came up out of the sea.

Daniel 7:4 "The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I ____________ until its wings were torn off and it was __________ from the __________ so that it stood on two feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.

Daniel 7:5 "And there before me was a second beast, which __________ like a bear. It was __________ up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth ____________ its teeth. It was told, 'Get up and eat your fill of flesh!'

Daniel 7:6 "After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a ____________. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given ________________ to rule.

Daniel 7:7 "After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast--terrifying and ___________________ and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled ________________ whatever was left. It was ________________ from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.

Daniel 7:8-10 "While Iwas ______________ about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were ______________ before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke __________________. [9] "As I looked, "thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His ______________ was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was ____________ with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. [10] A river of fire was ____________, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands ______________ him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.

Daniel 7:11-12 "Then I ________________ to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body ________________ and thrown into the blazing fire. [12] (The other beasts had been stripped of their ________________, but were allowed to live for a period of time.)

1) Name the four creatures that Daniel saw: __________________, __________________, __________________, __________________________________.

2) What impressed you about the fourth creature? _____________________________________

3) What impressed you about its little horn? _____________________________________________________

2. An Explanation of the Fourth Creature.

Daniel 7:13-14 "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He __________________ the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. [14] He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language ________________ him. His dominion is an ___________________ dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be ________________.

Daniel 7:15-18 "I, Daniel, was ______________ in spirit, and the visions that passed through my mind ________________ me. [16] I __________________ one of those ______________ there and asked him the true meaning of all this. "So he told me and gave me the _________________________ of these things: [17] 'The four great beasts are four kingdoms that will rise from the earth. [18] But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever--yes, for ever and ever.'

Daniel 7:19-22 "Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was ________________ from all the others and most __________________, with its iron teeth and bronze claws--the beast that crushed and devoured its victims and trampled ________________ whatever was left. [20] I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell--the horn that looked more imposing than the others and that had eyes and a mouth that spoke __________________. [21] As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and ________________ them, [22] until the Ancient of Days came and __________________ judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came when they ________________ the kingdom.

1) Name the four creatures that Daniel saw:

____________________

What impressed you about the fourth creature? ___________________________________________

What was notable about the little horn? ___________________________________________

3. An Explanation of the Fourth Creature.

Daniel 7:23-25 "He gave me this ___________________: 'The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other ______________ and will devour the whole earth, ________________ it down and ______________ it. [24] The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the ____________ ones; he will subdue three kings. [25] He will speak against the Most High and ____________ his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time.

1) If the ten horns are ten kings, what is the little horn and why is it referred to as little? __________________________________________________

2) This little horn does three things:

A) Speaks against the __________ _________

B) Wears out the _______________ of the Most High

C) Tries to make __________________ to times and laws.

3) A time is a year. A time and times and a half time is three and one half years.

4. An Everlasting Kingdom Will Eventually Replace All Earthly Kingdoms.

Daniel 7:26-27 " 'But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and __________________ destroyed forever. [27] Then the ___________________, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an ___________________ kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.'

5. What Daniel Had Seen Alarmed Him.

Daniel 7:28 "This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply ______________ by my ______________, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself."

What was in the dream that might have alarmed Daniel? ____________________________________________________

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