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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 8 – Vision of the Ram, He-Goat & Little Horn
VERSE 20. The ram which thou sawest

having two horns are the kings of Media and

Persia. 21. And the rough goat is the king of

Grecia: and the great horn that is between his

eyes is the first king. 22. Now that being

broken, whereas four stood up for it, four

kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but

not in his power.

As the disciples said to the Lord, so may we

here say of the angel who spake to Daniel, “Lo,

now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no

proverb.” This is an explanation of the vision

in language as plain as need be given. (See on

verses 3-8.) The distinguishing feature of the

Persian empire, the union of the two

nationalities which composed it, is

represented by the two horns of the ram.

Grecia attained its greatest glory as a unit