“As for me, Daniel, my
spirit was troubled within me and the visions of my head terrified me.” There
is endless commentary and web pages dedicated to the terrifying visions that
prompted Daniel’s troubled spirit offering detailed explanation of what will be
although a good deal of it seems dedicated to further troubling and terrifying.
If you want to see some interesting art work just do an image search on Daniel
7! But then apocalyptic writings seem to encourage fanciful thinking. Dreams
and visions beg for explanation for we are far more curious than the cat especially
if we think some advantage may be gained in the knowing. But the ultimate
purpose of this apocalyptic vision is to provide a message of hope. The simple
truth of Daniel is this: the four arrogant kingdoms hell bent on devouring will
themselves be devoured and those they threaten will endure. For all the hope of
the people and nations and languages is in the One presented before the Ancient
of Days. Not a talking horn king but the King of Kings who comes not to devour
but to bless. This One given dominion and glory and kingship is not arrogant or
rude, jealous or boastful, but full of mercy and compassion. Is it necessary
then, or even helpful, to speculate as to future applications of Daniel’s dream
of kingdoms and talking horns? I don’t think so for when we focus on end times
imagination we often neglect the real needs in the present and the very people the King of Kings
came to save which makes us more like an arrogant horn than the One we seek to
serve.
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