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In Time The Future...

Becomes the Present

Becomes the Past

Remains the Future

Daniel 7The Future On A Grand Scale

Some of that future is past

Some of that future is now present

Some of that future is the ‘forgotten future’

I. Context of Daniel 7

II. Daniel’s Dream 1-14

• Four Beasts 1-7• Fourth Beast 7• Little Horn 8• Ancient of Days and Judgment 9-12• Coming of Son of Man and Kingdom 13,14

• Have you ever had a dream that troubled you?

III. Daniel’s Response 15, 16

IV. The Dream Interpreted 17-27

• Concise interpretation 17, 18

• Daniel’s desire for detailed information 19-22

• Detailed interpretation – the forgotten future 23-27

• Concerns future nations, like Daniel 2

• History following Daniel helps fill in the concise interpretation ...

Lion4 Bear5 Leopard6 Unnamed7 Ten7 Little8 Ancient9-12 Son13-14

Horns Horn of Days of Man

Babylon Persia Greece Rome

Time NOT To Scale

Daniel’s Death

Filling In The Concise Interpretation 17-22

17-18

Lion4 Bear5 Leopard6 Unnamed7 Ten7 Little8 Ancient9-12 Son13-14

Horns Horn of Days of Man

Babylon Persia Greece Rome

Time NOT To Scale

Daniel’s Death

Detailed Interpretation Of The Forgotten Future 23-27

17-18

23 24a 24b-25 26 27

Daniel’s Reaction 28

Lessons For Us

1. Daniel 7 serves as the best single outline of future events.

2. The near future may have its ‘better’ moments. The far future is the best.

3. Remember the forgotten future. It includes...4. We are living during the time of the fourth

beast. The forgotten future is on the horizon.5. Why is what happens in the future important to

you?6. The church is a ‘mystery’ not revealed in

Daniel 7.