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

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 of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, ____________ the main facts. [2] Daniel spoke, saying, "I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were ______________ up the Great Sea. [3] And four great beasts came up from the sea, each ________________ from the other.

Daniel 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings. I ____________ till its wings were ____________ off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

Daniel 7:5 And ______________ another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth ____________ its teeth. And they said thus to it: 'Arise, devour much flesh! '

Daniel 7:6 After this I looked, and there was another, like a ____________, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and ______________ was given to it.

Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, ___________________ strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and ________________ the residue with its feet. It was ________________ from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

Daniel 7:8-10 I was ___________________ the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth ______________ pompous words. [9] "I watched till thrones were put in place, And the ____________ of Days was seated; His ____________ was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a ____________ fire; [10] A fiery stream issued And came forth from before Him. A thousand ________________ __________________ to Him; Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, And the books were opened.

Daniel 7:11-12 "I watched then because of the sound of the pompous words which the horn was speaking; I watched till the beast was slain, and its body ________________ and given to the burning flame. [12] As for the rest of the beasts, they had their ______________ taken away, yet their lives were ________________ for a season and a 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 "I was ______________ in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. [14] Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and ________________ should serve Him. His dominion is an ___________________ dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be ________________.

Daniel 7:15-18 "I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit within my body, and the ____________ of my head ______________ me. [16] I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the _________________________ of these things: [17] 'Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise out of the earth. [18] But the saints of the Most High shall ____________ the kingdom, and ____________ the kingdom forever, even forever and ever. '

Daniel 7:19-22 Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was ________________ from all the others, ___________________ dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze, which ______________, broke in pieces, and ______________ the residue with its feet; [20] and the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, before which three fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke pompous words, whose __________________ was greater than his fellows. [21] I was ______________; and the same horn was making war against the saints, and __________________ against them, [22] until the Ancient of Days came, and a ______________ was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess 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 "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from all other ______________, And shall devour the whole earth, ____________ it and break it in pieces. [24] The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And ____________ shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings. [25] He shall speak ____________ words against the Most High, Shall ________________ the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to __________ times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and 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 shall be seated, And they shall take away his dominion, To consume and destroy it forever. [27] Then the kingdom and dominion, And the ________________ of the ______________ under the whole heaven, Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an ___________________ kingdom, And all ________________ shall serve and obey Him. '

5. What Daniel Had Seen Alarmed Him.

Daniel 7:28 "This is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly ______________ me, and my ___________________ changed; but I kept the matter in my heart. "

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

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