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states,

There can be no question that the little horn in chapter 8 points to a
ruler of the Greek empire, that is, Antiochus Epiphanes. The critics,
therefore, assume that since the same term is used, the little horn in
chapter 7 must refer to the same individual. This, however, can hardly
be the case, since the four-winged leopard of chapter 7 clearly

corresponds to the four-horned goat of chapter 8; that is, both
represent the Greek empire which divided into four after Alexander’s
death. The only reasonable deduction to draw is that there are two
little horns involved in the symbolic visions of Daniel. One of them
emerged from the third empire, and the other is to emerge from the
fourth. 47

Lang, a conservative premillennial scholar, took a more novel

approach to explain the relationship between the two horns. He
identified the little horn of Daniel 7 with that of Daniel 8, but he
resolved the apparent historical difficulty by suggesting the little horn in
both chapters was not to be identified with Rome or with Antiochus
Epiphanes. Instead, he concluded the final empire out of which the little
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horn arises in both chapters is end-time Babylon. However, Lang’s
proposal fails to explain the fact that the Roman Empire was in power at

the time of Christ’s first coming when the messianic kingdom was
presented to Israel or that Rome is associated with both the destruction
of the temple and the “prince who is to come” in Daniel 9:26. Rome
cannot be removed from the prophecies of Daniel, as Lang seeks to do.

THE VISION OF THE ANCIENT OF DAYS (7:9–10)

7:9–10 “As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days
took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head
like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning
fire. A stream of fire issued and came out from before him; a thousand

thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood
before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.”

No system of biblical interpretation can claim to be adequate unless it