Daniel 7 & Revelation 17
Daniel 7 and Revelation 17
1. Little horn (Daniel 7:8, 20, 21, 24-26) = 8th king who is also one of 7 kings (Rev.
17:11) = last great kingly rebel against Jesus & kingdom of God; has resonance
with man of awlessness in 2 Thes. 2 and “anti=Christ in 1 John [Note: I’m not
sure I agree with this—it seems to represent all the rebels in the millennium
Dan. 7:25]
NOTE: most important thing here is that “eighth” in Rev. 17:11 is to help us
identitfy it with little horn in Daniel 7.
2. Rev. 17:6-7—“I wondered greatly”
Wonder = #2296 = thaumazo = to wonder, marvel, be struck with admiration or astonishment (Zodhiates)
Rev. 13:3--And I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast;
Rev. 17:6--And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered greatly. [NIV = was astonished]
Rev. 17:7-- And the angel said to me, "Why do you wonder? I shall tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. [KJV = marvel; NIV = are you astonished]
Rev. 17:8--"The beast that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. [NIV = will be astonished]
Matt. 15:31--so that the multitude marveled as they saw the dumb speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. [KJV = wondered]
Mark 15:44-- And Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead. [NASB]
Mark 15:44--Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.
[NIV]
John 5:20--"For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and greater works than these will He show Him, that you may marvel.
Acts 2:7--And they were amazed and marveled, saying, "Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
2 Thes. 1:9-10--And these will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
10 when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for our testimony to you was believed.
3. A. The true God
Rev. 1:4--John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne;
Rev. 1:8-- "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
Rev. 4:8-- And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."
(B) The imitation
Rev. 17:8-11--"The beast that you saw (1)was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast, that (2)he was and is not and will come.
9 "Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,
10 and they are seven kings; (4)five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. [come both places is #2064]
11 "And the beast which (3)was and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.
12 "And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
13 "These have one purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast.
NOTE:
*Swartz says 1, 2, and 3 are the vision; 4 is the interpretation
*God’s present tense being is while the beast’s present tense being “is not”
*Jesus’ “coming”) trumps the beast’s “coming” : When Jesus comes again it will be
in glory; when the beast comes again it will be for destruction [in 2 Thes. 2,
coming = parousia (#3952) – 2 Thes. 2:8-10-- And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendour of his coming.
9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders,
10 and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.]
*INTERPRETATION: 5 have already fallen; one is as if he had fallen; one yet to come
SUMMARY: 5 are “has beens”—used to rule over all the kingdoms of the world
except Israel
1 is limited (Rev. 20:1-3; Daniel 7:11, 12)
1 will be (Rev. 20:7-10)
*In Daniel 2:38 the golden head of the statue is identified as Nebuchadnezzar
(kingdom = Babylon) and everything else follows from that; In Daniel 8:20-21 the ram is identified as Mede-Persia and the goat is identified as Greece; In Daniel 7 and Revelation 17 the beasts are not identified; it would be presumptuous of us to identify what God did not.
Seven heads is completeness = all the kings who opposed God through history; ten horns = representative of all kings like tithe is representative of income
1. Little horn (Daniel 7:8, 20, 21, 24-26) = 8th king who is also one of 7 kings (Rev.
17:11) = last great kingly rebel against Jesus & kingdom of God; has resonance
with man of awlessness in 2 Thes. 2 and “anti=Christ in 1 John [Note: I’m not
sure I agree with this—it seems to represent all the rebels in the millennium
Dan. 7:25]
NOTE: most important thing here is that “eighth” in Rev. 17:11 is to help us
identitfy it with little horn in Daniel 7.
2. Rev. 17:6-7—“I wondered greatly”
Wonder = #2296 = thaumazo = to wonder, marvel, be struck with admiration or astonishment (Zodhiates)
Rev. 13:3--And I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast;
Rev. 17:6--And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered greatly. [NIV = was astonished]
Rev. 17:7-- And the angel said to me, "Why do you wonder? I shall tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. [KJV = marvel; NIV = are you astonished]
Rev. 17:8--"The beast that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. [NIV = will be astonished]
Matt. 15:31--so that the multitude marveled as they saw the dumb speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. [KJV = wondered]
Mark 15:44-- And Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead. [NASB]
Mark 15:44--Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.
[NIV]
John 5:20--"For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and greater works than these will He show Him, that you may marvel.
Acts 2:7--And they were amazed and marveled, saying, "Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
2 Thes. 1:9-10--And these will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
10 when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for our testimony to you was believed.
3. A. The true God
Rev. 1:4--John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne;
Rev. 1:8-- "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
Rev. 4:8-- And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."
(B) The imitation
Rev. 17:8-11--"The beast that you saw (1)was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast, that (2)he was and is not and will come.
9 "Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,
10 and they are seven kings; (4)five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. [come both places is #2064]
11 "And the beast which (3)was and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.
12 "And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
13 "These have one purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast.
NOTE:
*Swartz says 1, 2, and 3 are the vision; 4 is the interpretation
*God’s present tense being is while the beast’s present tense being “is not”
*Jesus’ “coming”) trumps the beast’s “coming” : When Jesus comes again it will be
in glory; when the beast comes again it will be for destruction [in 2 Thes. 2,
coming = parousia (#3952) – 2 Thes. 2:8-10-- And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendour of his coming.
9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders,
10 and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.]
*INTERPRETATION: 5 have already fallen; one is as if he had fallen; one yet to come
SUMMARY: 5 are “has beens”—used to rule over all the kingdoms of the world
except Israel
1 is limited (Rev. 20:1-3; Daniel 7:11, 12)
1 will be (Rev. 20:7-10)
*In Daniel 2:38 the golden head of the statue is identified as Nebuchadnezzar
(kingdom = Babylon) and everything else follows from that; In Daniel 8:20-21 the ram is identified as Mede-Persia and the goat is identified as Greece; In Daniel 7 and Revelation 17 the beasts are not identified; it would be presumptuous of us to identify what God did not.
Seven heads is completeness = all the kings who opposed God through history; ten horns = representative of all kings like tithe is representative of income
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