1 In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream, and visions came into his head on his bed: then he put the dream in writing. 2 I had a vision by night, and saw the four winds of heaven violently moving the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one from another. 4 The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; while I was watching its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from the earth and placed on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it. 5 And I saw another beast, like a bear, and it was lifted up on one side, and three side-bones were in its mouth, between its teeth: and they said to it, Up! take much flesh. 6 After this I saw another beast, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings like those of a bird; and the beast had four heads, and the power of a ruler was given to it. 7 After this, in my vision of the night, I saw a fourth beast, a thing causing fear and very troubling, full of power and very strong; and it had great iron teeth: it took its food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping down the rest with its feet: it was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns. 8 I was watching the horns with care, and I saw another coming up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were pulled up by the roots: and there were eyes like a man's eyes in this horn, and a mouth saying great things. 9 I went on looking till the seats of kings were placed, and one like a very old man took his seat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like clean wool; his seat was flames of fire and its wheels burning fire. 10 A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge was seated and the books were open. 11 Then I saw — because of the voice of the great words which the horn said — I saw till the beast was put to death, and its body was given to destruction, and the beast was given to the burning of fire. 12 As for the rest of the beasts, their authority was taken away: but they let them go on living for a measure of time. 13 I saw in visions of the night, and there was coming with the clouds of heaven one like a man, and he came to the one who was very old, and they took him near before him. 14 And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction. 15 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was pained because of this, and the visions of my head were troubling me. 16 I came near to one of those who were waiting there, questioning him about what all this was. And he said to me that he would make clear to me the sense of these things. 17 These great beasts are four kings who will be cut off from the earth. 18 But the saints of the Most High will take the kingdom, and it will be theirs for ever, even for ever and ever. 19 Then it was my desire to have certain knowledge about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, a cause of great fear, whose teeth were of iron and his nails of brass; who took his food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping on the rest with his feet; 20 And about the ten horns on his head and the other which came up, causing the fall of three; that horn which had eyes, and a mouth saying great things, which seemed to be greater than the other horns. 21 And I saw how that horn made war on the saints and overcame them, 22 Till he came, who was very old, and the decision was made and the authority was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came when the saints took the kingdom. 23 This is what he said: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom which will come on earth, different from all the kingdoms, and it will overcome all the earth, crushing it down and smashing it. 24 And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will come to power; and after them another will come up: he will be different from the first ones and will put down three kings. 25 And he will say words against the Most High, attempting to put an end to the saints of the Most High; and he will have the idea of changing times and law; and the saints will be given into his hands for a time and times and half a time. 26 But the judge will be seated, and they will put an end to his authority, to overcome it and send complete destruction on it. 27 And the kingdom and the authority and the power of the kingdoms under all the heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all powers will be his servants and do his pleasure. 28 Here is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, I was greatly troubled by my thoughts, and the colour went from my face: but I kept the thing in my heart.
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- 1 Daniel 5:1; Jeremías 23:28; Amós 3:7; Daniel 4:5; Daniel 1:17
- 2 Apocalipsis 7:1; Apocalipsis 17:15
- 3 Apocalipsis 13:1; Daniel 7:17; Daniel 2:32–33; Daniel 7:4–8; Ezequiel 19:3–8
- 4 Jeremías 4:7; Isaías 14:13–17; Daniel 5:18–23; Ezequiel 17:3; Habacuc 1:6–8
- 5 Daniel 2:39; Jeremías 50:21–32; Oseas 13:8; 2 Reyes 2:24; Isaías 13:17–18
- 6 Apocalipsis 13:2; Daniel 11:3–20; Daniel 8:20–22; Daniel 2:39; Oseas 13:7
- 7 Apocalipsis 13:1; Apocalipsis 12:3; Apocalipsis 17:12; Daniel 7:23–24; Daniel 7:19–20
- 8 Apocalipsis 13:5–6; Apocalipsis 13:1; Salmo 12:3; Apocalipsis 13:11–13; Apocalipsis 9:7
- 9 Apocalipsis 1:14; Marcos 9:3; Daniel 7:13; Mateo 17:2; Daniel 7:22
- 10 Isaías 30:27; Deuteronomio 33:2; Apocalipsis 20:11–15; Salmo 50:3; Apocalipsis 5:11
- 11 Apocalipsis 19:20; Apocalipsis 20:10; Daniel 7:8; 2 Tesalonicenses 2:8; Apocalipsis 18:8
- 12 Daniel 8:7
- 13 Mateo 26:64; Apocalipsis 1:7; Lucas 21:27; Apocalipsis 14:14; Mateo 24:30
- 14 Apocalipsis 11:15; Daniel 7:27; Daniel 2:44; Juan 3:35; 1 Corintios 15:24–28
- 15 Daniel 7:28; Jeremías 17:16; Romanos 9:2–3; 2 Pedro 1:14; Daniel 2:1
- 16 Apocalipsis 7:13–14; Zacarías 2:3; Daniel 7:10; Apocalipsis 5:5; Daniel 12:5–6
- 17 Apocalipsis 13:11; Daniel 7:3–4; Salmo 17:14; Juan 18:36; Apocalipsis 13:1
- 18 Daniel 7:27; Isaías 60:12–14; Apocalipsis 5:10; Apocalipsis 20:4; Apocalipsis 2:26–27
- 19 Daniel 7:7; Daniel 2:40–43
- 20 Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:23; Daniel 7:11; Daniel 8:9–11; Daniel 11:36–37
- 21 Daniel 12:7; Apocalipsis 17:14; Daniel 8:24; Apocalipsis 13:5–18; Apocalipsis 12:3–4
- 22 Daniel 7:18; Apocalipsis 20:4; Apocalipsis 5:10; 2 Tesalonicenses 2:8; Apocalipsis 14:8–20
- 23 Daniel 7:7; Daniel 2:40; Lucas 2:1
- 24 Daniel 7:20; Daniel 11:36; Apocalipsis 13:1; Apocalipsis 17:3; Apocalipsis 17:16–18
- 25 Daniel 12:7; Apocalipsis 12:14; 2 Tesalonicenses 2:4; Apocalipsis 13:5–11; Apocalipsis 12:6
- 26 Apocalipsis 20:10–11; Apocalipsis 11:13; 2 Tesalonicenses 2:8; Daniel 7:10–11; Daniel 7:22
- 27 Salmo 72:11; Apocalipsis 11:15; Lucas 1:33; Daniel 7:14; Salmo 22:27
- 28 Lucas 2:19; Lucas 2:51; Daniel 4:19; Daniel 7:15; Daniel 12:9
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For the Scripture saith, "Ten thousand times ten thousand stood around Him, and thousands of thousands ministered unto Him, and cried, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord of Sabaoth; the whole creation is full of His glory." And let us therefore, conscientiously gathering together in harmony, cry to Him earnestly, as with one mouth, that we may be made partakers …
The Lord, strong and mighty." And how also He should come again out of heaven with glory, hear what was spoken in reference to this by the prophet Jeremiah. His words are: "Behold, as the Son of man He cometh in the clouds of heaven, and His angels with Him." Chapter LII — Certain fulfilment of prophecy Since, then, we …
And then, again, since there are many, yea, innumerable angels who surround the Creator, as all the prophets acknowledge,--[saying, for instance,] "Ten thousand times ten thousand stood beside Him, and many thousands of thousands ministered unto Him," --then, according to them, the angels of the Pleroma will have as images the angels of the Creator, and the entire creation remains …
… king, who is recognized as Antichrist, and after this the eternal kingdom of the Son of man, that is to say, of Christ, he says, "My spirit was terrified, I Daniel in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me," etc.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… learned them out of the divine Scriptures used in the Church, and chiefly from the prophecy of Daniel just now read; as Gabriel also the Archangel interpreted it, speaking thus: The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall surpass all kingdoms.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)