Lessons for Bible Students.
The Vision of Daniel, Chapter viii.
(PROPHECY OF DANIEL, PP, 27-33.) 1. WHAT beast did Daniel first behold in his vision of chapter viii ? 2. What is said of the horns of this ram ? 3. In what directions did the ram push his conquests ? 4. What beast did Daniel next behold ? 5. From what direction did he come ? 6. What had he between his eyes ? 7. How did he regard the ram, and what did he do to him ? 8. When the goat had waxed very great, what happened to his notable horn ? 9. What came up in its stead ? 10. In what direction did these horns arise ? 11. What came forth from one of them ? 12. In what directions did this horn wax great ? 13. Against whom did he magnify himself ? 14. What did he further do ? 15. At this point in the vision, what did Daniel hear ? 16. What question was put by one of those heavenly beings to the other ? 17. What was the answer ? 18. Did Daniel understand this vision ? 19. When he sought for the meaning, what did he see, and what command did he hear given ? 20. What did the angel tell Daniel was symbolized by the ram ? 21. What was denoted by his two horns ? 22. The prophecy says that the higher of the two horns came up last ; how was this fulfilled ? [Ans. In the Persian element of the empire, which arose last, and became the leading division.] 23. With what, then, does this vision commence ? 24. What was the symbol of the goat explained to mean ? 25. What was denoted by the horn between his eyes ? 26. What, by the four horns that arose after it was broken ? 27. When did Grecia succeed Persia in the dominion of the world ? 28. In what direction was Grecia from Persia ? 29. Who was the great horn, or the first king of Grecia ? 30. To what do the four horns of the goat in this vision correspond in the vision of chapter vii ? 31. Name the four kingdoms that arose out of the Grecian empire, on the death of Alexander ? 32. When did they originate ? 33. In explaining the symbol of the little horn, what language did the angel use ? 34. What have Papists done to avoid the application of this prophecy to themselves ? 35. Of what country was Antiochus, king ? [Pronounced An-ti-o-chus.] 36. Was the little horn a symbol of Antiochus ? 37. What is the first reason to prove that he was not ? 38. What is the second ?149 39. What is the Medo-Persian empire simply called in reference to its power and extent ? 40. Over how many provinces did it extend ? 41. What is the Grecian power called in comparison with the Persian ? 42. What is the power that comes next in order, called ? 43. Was Antiochus exceeding great when compared with Alexander, the conqueror of the world ? 44. Was he exceeding great when compared with the Romans to whom he was compelled to pay tribute ? 45. This power was to wax great toward the east, south, and pleasant land ; in what directions were the conquests of Rome ? 46. Where were Antiochus' conquests ? 47. This power was to stand up against the Prince of princes ; who is meant by the Prince of princes ? 48. Could Antiochus fulfill this part of the prophecy, and why not ? 49. From what was this power to come forth ? 50. From what division of Alexander's empire did Rome come forth ? 51. How can it be said to come forth from one of those kingdoms ? 52. How did Rome fulfill the prophecy in regard to its waxing exceeding great toward the south, east, and pleasant land ? 53. Did Rome cast down of the host and of the stars to the ground, and what is meant by this expression ? 54. Did Rome answer to the description of a king of fierce countenance ? 56. By what has Rome shown itself to be a power that did destroy wonderfully ? 57. How many of the saints have been put to death by this power ? 58. How did Rome stand up against the Prince of princes ? 59. What is to be the fate of this power ? 60. To what is clear reference here made ? 61. When, then, does the destruction of this power take place ? 62. Of what are all these facts conclusive proof ? 63. What, then, is the field of vision in Dan. viii ?