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Winds, Waves, and Beasts from the Sea

    • Daniel saw the four ____ striving on the great sea. Daniel 7:2—5 Down
    • The waters are peoples, ____, nations and tongues. Revelation 17:15—6 Down
    • Four great ____ came up from the sea. Daniel 7:3—10 Across
    • The great beasts are four ____. Daniel 7:17—14 Across
    • The first beast was like a ____. Daniel 7:4—12 Across
    • Israel is a scattered sheep; the king of ____ has broken his bones. Jeremiah 50:17—3 Down
    • A great eagle came to ____ and took the highest Cedar branch. Ezekiel 17:3—9 Across

    Note:    Archaeology has revealed that composite lion-eagle creatures were common symbols in ancient Babylon. Regarding lions as royal beasts, Nebuchadnezzar engraved them on his walls and stamped bricks with them.

    • The king of Babylon came to ____ and took the king and princes to Babylon. Ezekiel 17:12—19 Across
    • The second beast was like a ____. Daniel 7:5—2 Down

    Note:    Historically, Babylon was followed by the combined dominion of the Medes and Persians (Daniel 5:28-31). This kingdom was represented in Daniel 2 by the image’s silver breast and arms, and in Chapter 8 by a two-horned ram. Just as one of the ram’s horns was higher than the other (8:3), so the bear of Daniel 7:5 raised up itself on one side. At first the Medes were the more dominant of the two. But soon the Persians became the more powerful side, fulfilling the prediction that “the higher came up last” (8:3). Daniel 8:4 says that the Medo-Persian ram would push “westward, and northward, and southward.” Between 547 and 525 B.C. they conquered Lydia, Babylon, and Egypt. Perhaps that explains the three ribs between the bear’s teeth (7:5).

    • Daniel saw another beast like a ____. Daniel 7:6—4 Across

    Note:    Medo-Persia was followed by Greece. This winged leopard kingdom corresponds to the brass belly and thighs on the image in Chapter 2, and the goat in Chapter 8. Wings give the connotation of swiftness. As the goat in Chapter 8 came from the west “and touched not the ground,” so Alexander’s conquests were accomplished speedily. Just as the leopard had four wings and four heads (7:6), so the goat grew four horns (8:8) which represented the four divisions of the Greek empire (8:22). It is also interesting to note that Macedonian coins were minted with the likeness of a goat.

    • The fourth beast was dreadful and terrible and strong ____. Daniel 7:7—16 Across
    • The fourth beast is the fourth ____, it will be different from others and will devour the whole earth. Daniel 7:23—14 Down

    Note:    The fourth and final world empire was Rome. The great iron teeth (7:7) of this beast remind us of the iron legs of the image in Chapter 2.

    • This fourth beast had ten ____. Daniel 7:7—1 Down
    • The ten horns are ____ kings. Daniel 7:24—15 Across
    • There came up among the horns another ____ horn. Daniel 7:8—13 Down

    Note:    Verse 24 says, “He shall subdue three kings.” Historically, this horn power was responsible for the fall of the Heruli in the year 493, the Vandals in 534, and the Ostrogoths in 538. The other seven still exist today as nations of Europe.

    • Three of the first horns were plucked up by the ____. Daniel 7:8—17 Down
    • The little horn had the ____ of a man. Daniel 7:8—7 Across
    • This little horn also had a mouth ____ great things. Daniel 7:8— 8 Across
    • The little horn looked more ____ than his fellows. Daniel 7:20—20 Across

    Note:    These characteristics, along with the contextual indications that he acted in a spiritual realm as well as having political authority, account for the statement that “he shall be diverse from the first” (7:24).

    • Daniel beheld till ____ were cast down and the Ancient of days did sit. Daniel 7:9—11 Down
    • The judgment was set and the ____ were opened. Daniel 7:10—10 Down

    Note:    “Cast down” in verse 9 is old English for “set in place.” The passage indicates that this judgment occurs among the heavenly host, while on earth the final activities of the kingdoms of men are nearing their close. This, of course, is the investigative judgment which we studied in lesson 16.

    • They will take away his ____ to destroy it. Daniel 7:26—18 Across

 

 

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