Day 7

Scripture to Read: Daniel 7:21–28

In Daniel 7:25, the antichrist “will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One.” We also see in Daniel 7:21 that Daniel, “…kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them.” The “saints” mentioned are the people who will surrender to Christ during the tribulation because those who were Christians before the tribulation are already with the Lord. In Revelation 7, God reveals that 144,000 Jewish evangelists will evangelize, mostly Jews, during the tribulation. Also note Daniel 7:26, which says, “But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion.” This is a reference to the fact that the antichrist, the epitome of evil, will be dealt with by Jesus Christ and will be “annihilated and destroyed forever.” Read Daniel 7:27. I believe Daniel was writing about the thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ. Revelation 11:15 points to this as the high point of the human race and the outworking of God’s purposes. It says, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.” God will deal with any rebellion during this time. After Christ’s thousand-year reign, Revelation 21:1, 2 Peter 3:7, and 2 Peter 3:10 say the earth will be destroyed by fire, and the old earth is replaced by a new earth ruled by God the Father, Son, and Spirit. In Daniel 7:28, Daniel is troubled seeing that the nation of Israel will suffer before the establishment of God’s kingdom.

Challenge & Application

• How do we know that the reference to “the saints” in Daniel 7:21 and 25 is not a reference to the current body of believers right now? • What is the good news that God showed Daniel that will happen after the seven years of tribulation?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

Daniel 7:1 says, “In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon,” which would date this to 553 B.C. By God’s sovereign power, He allowed Daniel to see things in his vision that would take place long after 553 B.C. As Christians, we understand that God revealed history through His prophets. History progresses a certain way under God's sovere...

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Day 2

Daniel’s vision is divided into four parts: Four beasts emerge from the sea in Daniel 7:2–3;, we have a description of the four beasts in Daniel 7:4–8; we have God the Father described as “The Ancient of Days” in Daniel 7:9–12; and finally, the vision ends with our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of Man and His establishment of His kingdom in Dan...

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Day 3

Read Daniel 7:4. This lion parallels the head of gold Nebuchad-nezzar saw in Daniel 2. Daniel 2:38 reveals that the head of gold is Nebuchadnezzar. The lion is described as having eagle wings, probably referencing the swift conquest of Babylon as she came to power over the nation of Israel. But then the lion's wings were plucked (as if the ru...

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Day 4

The third empire Daniel saw was Greece, represented by a leopard. God reveals it is Greece in Daniel 10:20. Nebuchadnezzar saw this same time period as the belly and thighs of bronze in the statue. The leopard had four wings, possibly representing the rapid conquest of Alexander the Great as he led the Grecian Empire to power, conquering Pers...

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Day 5

Read Daniel 7:7–8. God gave Daniel a description of ancient Rome, then God moved forward in history to an empire coming. Daniel saw it as a “dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong” beast. In Daniel 2, Nebuchadnezzar saw it as feet with ten toes, which was a mixture of iron and clay. The ten toes in Daniel 2 correlate with the ten horns...

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Day 6

In Daniel 7:12, the “Ancient of Days” judges the antichrist and his empire. We must know that each conquering empire incorporated the culture of the previous empires. In other words, when Rome came to power, they incorporated the culture of the Greeks, the Medo-Persians, and the Babylonians. Even though Rome was in power, Greece, Persia, and ...

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Day 7

In Daniel 7:25, the antichrist “will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One.” We also see in Daniel 7:21 that Daniel, “…kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them.” The “saints” mentioned are the people who will surrender to Christ during the tribulation because those ...

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