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Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18

Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts

November 1, 2028

Vision Daniels (Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts), Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch, Heinrich Vogtherr the Younger
Vision Daniels (Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts), Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch, Heinrich Vogtherr the Younger, c. 1552Book of Miracles (Wunderzeichenbuch), via Wikimedia Commons
From the Book of Miracles, a sixteenth-century Augsburg manuscript of portents and prodigies painted in extraordinary colour.Four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. The reading is the vision, and this book was made for exactly this kind of image.Heinrich Vogtherr the YoungerA German painter and printmaker of Augsburg and Strasbourg, who worked on books of portents and on Reformation imagery.Book of Miracles (Wunderzeichenbuch), via Wikimedia CommonsA sixteenth-century Augsburg manuscript of portents and prodigies, in private hands and published in facsimile.Book of Miracles (Wunderzeichenbuch), via Wikimedia Commons
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 6:20-31Lk 6:20-31
EpistleEph. 1:11-23Eph 1:11-23
Old TestamentDan. 7:1-3, 15-18Dn 7:1-3, 15-18
PsalterPs. 149Ps 149

Overview & Insights

"The holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess it forever." (Daniel 7:18)

Daniel dreams of four beasts rising from the sea, symbols of successive kingdoms, and is troubled until one nearby explains their meaning: earthly powers will fall, but the kingdom given to God's holy ones will last forever.

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Commentary

Commentary on Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18Commentary on Dn 7:1-3, 15-18 Working Preacher

Notes the tension of pairing an apocalyptic vision with the church's remembrance of the saints.

Daniel 7 Commentary: The Ancient of DaysDn 7 Commentary: The Ancient of Days Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on the four beasts and the everlasting kingdom.

Daniel 7:1 CommentariesDn 7:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentators gathered on the opening of Daniel's vision.

Daniel 7:1-6 CommentaryDn 7:1-6 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse-by-verse study notes on Daniel's dream of the four beasts.

Daniel 7:15-28 CommentaryDn 7:15-28 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse-by-verse study notes on the interpretation given to Daniel and the promise to the holy ones.

Daniel 7:1 InterlinearDn 7:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew and Aramaic interlinear text for the opening of the vision.

Background & Word Study

Daniel 7:1-3Dn 7:1-3 Sefaria

Hebrew-Aramaic-English text with classical Jewish commentary links alongside.

The Church Fathers

Commentary on DanielCommentary on Dn The Tertullian Project

Jerome's full patristic commentary on Daniel, including the vision of the four beasts in chapter 7.

On Christ and Antichrist New Advent · Church Fathers

Hippolytus draws on Daniel's beasts to read the succession of earthly kingdoms.

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