Hello, and welcome back
to "His Words Are Life."
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
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we'll be reading in the
Book of Daniel together.
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But first, let's pray.
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Dear heavenly Father,
thank you for this opportunity
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to sit and read
your word together.
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And for those,
who're hearing these words,
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may we remember that
when we're faced with things
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in our lives that
look as overwhelming
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and impossible
as the den of lions,
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you're able to deliver us.
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Please be with us now as we read
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and show us your deliverance.
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We love You so much and
thank You for loving us. Amen.
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We've just finished reading
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the story of
Daniel in the lions den,
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the last time we were together
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and King Darius is
now making a decree.
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We're picking up in Daniel,
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Chapter 6 with verse 26
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and this is the
King James Version.
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I make a decree,
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That in every
dominion of my kingdom
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men tremble and fear
before the God of Daniel,
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for he is the living
God, and stedfast for ever,
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and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed,
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and his dominion
shall be even unto the end.
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He delivereth and rescueth,
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and he worketh signs and wonders
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in heaven and in earth,
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who hath delivered Daniel
from the power of the lions.
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So this Daniel prospered
in the reign of Darius,
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and in the reign
of Cyrus the Persian.
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Continuing now
with Daniel, Chapter 7
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and this is the
King James Version.
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In the first year of Belshazzar,
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king of Babylon,
Daniel had a dream
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and visions of
his head upon his bed,
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then he wrote the dream,
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and told the sum of the matters.
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Daniel spake and said, I
saw in my vision by night,
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and, behold, the
four winds of the heaven
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strove upon the great sea.
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And four great
beasts came up from the sea,
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diverse one from another.
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The first was like a
lion, and had eagle's wing,
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I beheld till the
wings thereof were plucked,
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and it was lifted
up from the earth,
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and made stand
upon the feet as a man,
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and a man's
heart was given to it.
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Behold another beast,
a second, like to a bear,
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and it raised up
itself on one side,
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and it had three
ribs in the mouth of it
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between the teeth of it,
and they said thus unto it,
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Arise, devour much flesh.
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After this I beheld,
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and lo another, like a leopard,
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which had upon the back
of it four wings of a fowl,
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the beast had also four heads,
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and dominion was given to it.
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After this I saw
in the night visions,
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and behold a fourth
beast, dreadful and terrible,
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and strong exceedingly,
and it had great iron teeth,
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it devoured and brake in pieces,
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and stamped the
residue with the feet of it,
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and it was diverse
from all the beasts
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that were before it,
and it had ten horns.
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I considered the
horns, and, behold,
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there came up among
them another little horn,
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before whom there were
three of the first horns
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plucked up by the
roots, and, behold,
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in this horn were
eyes like the eyes of man,
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and a mouth
speaking great things.
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I beheld till the
thrones were cast down,
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and the Ancient of days did sit,
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whose garment was white as snow,
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and the hair of his
head like the pure wool,
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his throne was
like the fiery flame,
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and his wheels as burning fire.
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A fiery stream issued
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and came forth from before him,
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thousand thousands
ministered unto him,
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and ten thousand times
ten thousand stood before him,
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the judgment was set,
and the books were opened.
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I beheld then
because of the voice
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of the great words
which the horn spake,
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I beheld even till
the beast was slain,
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and his body destroyed,
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and given to the burning flame.
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As concerning the
rest of the beasts,
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they had their
dominion taken away,
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yet their lives were
prolonged for a season and time.
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I saw in the night
visions, and, behold,
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one like the Son of man
came with the clouds of heaven,
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and came to the Ancient of days,
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and they brought
him near before him.
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And there was
given him dominion,
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and glory, and a
kingdom, that all people,
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nations, and
languages, should serve him,
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his dominion is an
everlasting dominion,
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which shall not pass away,
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and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed.
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I Daniel was
grieved in my spirit
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in the midst of my body,
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and the visions of
my head troubled me.
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I came near unto one
of them that stood by,
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and asked him the
truth of all this.
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So he told me, and made me know
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the
interpretation of the things.
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These great
beasts, which are four,
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are four kings, which
shall arise out of the earth.
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But the saints of the most
High shall take the kingdom,
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and possess the
kingdom for ever,
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even for ever and ever.
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Then I would know the
truth of the fourth beast,
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which was diverse
from all the others,
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exceeding dreadful,
whose teeth were of iron,
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and his nails of
brass, which devoured,
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brake in pieces, and stamped
the residue with his feet,
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And of the ten horns
that were in his head,
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and of the other which came up,
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and before whom three fell,
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even of that horn that had eyes,
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and a mouth that
spake very great things,
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whose look was more
stout than his fellows.
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I beheld, and the same horn
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made war with the saints,
and prevailed against them,
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Until the Ancient of days came,
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and judgment was
given to the saints
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of the most
High, and the time came
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that the saints
possessed\ the kingdom.
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Thus he said, The fourth beast
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shall be the
fourth kingdom upon earth,
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which shall be
diverse from all kingdoms,
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and shall
devour the whole earth,
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and shall tread it
down, and break it in pieces.
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And the ten horns
out of this kingdom
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are ten kings that shall arise,
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and another
shall rise after them,
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and he shall be
diverse from the first,
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and he shall subdue three kings.
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And he shall speak great
words against the most High,
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and shall wear out the
saints of the most High,
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and think to
change times and laws,
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and they shall be
given into his hand
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until a time and times
and the dividing of time.
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But the judgment shall sit,
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and they shall
take away his dominion,
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to consume and to
destroy it unto the end.
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And the kingdom and dominion,
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and the greatness of the kingdom
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under the whole heaven,
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shall be given to the people
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of the saints of the most High,
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whose kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom,
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and all dominions
shall serve and obey him.
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Hitherto is the
end of the matter.
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As for me Daniel,
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my cogitations much troubled me,
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and my
countenance changed in me,
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but I kept the
matter in my heart.
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Continuing to read
in Daniel Chapter 8.
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This is the King James Version.
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In the third year of
the reign of king Belshazzar
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a vision appeared unto me,
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even unto me Daniel,
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after that which
appeared unto me at the first.
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And I saw in a
vision, and it came to pass,
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when I saw, that I was
at Shushan in the palace,
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which is in the
province of Elam,
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and I saw in a vision,
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and I was by the river of Ulai.
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Then I lifted up mine eyes,
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and saw, and, behold,
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there stood before the river
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a ram which had two horns,
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and the two horns were high,
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but one was
higher than the other,
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and the higher came up last.
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I saw the ram pushing westward,
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and northward, and southward,
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so that no beasts
might stand before him,
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neither was there
any that could deliver
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out of his hand,
but he did according
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to his will, and became great.
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And as I was
considering, behold,
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an he goat came from the west
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on the face of the whole earth,
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and touched not the ground,
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and the goat had a
notable horn between his eyes.
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And he came to the
ram that had two horns,
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which I had seen
standing before the river,
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and ran unto him in
the fury of his power.
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And I saw him come
close unto the ram,
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and he was moved
with choler against him,
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and smote the ram,
and brake his two horns,
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and there was
no power in the ram
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to stand before him,
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but he cast him
down to the ground,
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and stamped upon him,
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and there was
none that could deliver
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the ram out of his hand.
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Therefore the he
goat waxed very great,
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and when he was strong,
the great horn was broken,
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and for it came
up four notable ones
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toward the four winds of heaven.
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And out of one of them
came forth a little horn,
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which waxed exceeding great,
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toward the south,
and toward the east,
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and toward the pleasant land.
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And it waxed great,
even to the host of heaven,
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and it cast
down some of the host
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and of the stars to the ground,
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and stamped upon them.
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Yea, he magnified
himself even to the prince
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of the host, and by him
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the daily
sacrifice was taken away,
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and the place of the
sanctuary was cast down.
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And an host was given him
against the daily sacrifice
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by reason of transgression,
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and it cast down
the truth to the ground,
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and it practised, and prospered.
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Then I heard one saint speaking,
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and another saint said unto
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that certain saint which spake,
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How long shall be the vision
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concerning the daily sacrifice,
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and the
transgression of desolation,
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to give both the sanctuary
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and the host to be
trodden under foot?
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And he said unto me,
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Unto two thousand
and three hundred days,
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then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.
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And it came to pass, when I,
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even I Daniel,
had seen the vision,
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and sought for the
meaning, then, behold,
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there stood before me
as the appearance of a man.
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And I heard a man's voice
between the banks of Ulai,
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which called, and said, Gabriel,
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make this man to
understand the vision.
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So he came near where I stood,
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and when he came, I was afraid,
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and fell upon my face,
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but he said unto me, Understand,
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O son of man, for at the time
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of the end shall be the vision.
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Now as he was speaking with me,
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I was in a deep sleep on
my face toward the ground,
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but he touched me,
and set me upright.
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And he said, Behold,
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I will make thee know
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what shall be in the
last end of the indignation,
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for at the time
appointed the end shall be.
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The ram which thou
sawest having two horns
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are the kings of
Media and Persia.
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And the rough goat
is the king of Grecia,
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and the great
horn that is between
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his eyes is the first king.
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Now that being broken,
whereas four stood up for it,
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four kingdoms shall
stand up out of the nation,
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but not in his power.
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And in the latter
time of their kingdom,
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when the transgressors
are come to the full,
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a king of fierce countenance,
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and understanding dark
sentences, shall stand up.
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And his power shall be mighty,
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but not by his own power,
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and he shall
destroy wonderfully,
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and shall prosper, and practise,
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and shall destroy the
mighty and the holy people.
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And through his
policy also he shall cause
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craft to prosper in his hand,
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and he shall magnify
himself in his heart,
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and by peace shall destroy many,
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he shall also stand up
against the Prince of princes,
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but he shall be
broken without hand.
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And the vision of the
evening and the morning
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which was told is true,
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wherefore shut
thou up the vision,
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for it shall be for many days.
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And I Daniel fainted,
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and was sick certain days,
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afterward I rose up,
and did the king's business,
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and I was
astonished at the vision,
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but none understood it.
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Continuing with
Daniel, Chapter 9.
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In the first year of
Dari'us the son of Ahasue'rus,
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of the seed of the Medes,
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which was made king over
the realm of the Chalde'ans,
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In the first year of his reign,
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I Daniel understood by
books the number of the years,
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whereof the word of the Lord
came to Jeremiah the prophet,
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that he would
accomplish seventy years
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in the desolations of Jerusalem.
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And I set my face
unto the Lord God,
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to seek by prayer
and supplications,
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with fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes,
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and I prayed
unto the Lord my God,
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and made my
confession, and said, O Lord,
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the great and dreadful God,
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keeping the covenant and
mercy to them that love him,
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and to them that
keep his commandments,
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We have sinned, and
have committed iniquity,
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and have done
wickedly, and have rebelled,
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even by
departing from thy precepts
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and from thy judgments.
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