Questions about Daniel 8:1-26

  1. What does the ram with two horns represent?
    1. It represents man's, (ram), struggle between good and evil, (two horns).
    2. It represents John the Baptist and Jesus, preaching the message of salvation.
    3. The two horns represent the first two kingdoms; Babylon, and Media and Persia, and the ram, or goat represents the fact that they are Gentile nations, whereas a lamb represents Israel.
    4. Right Answer!It represents the second kingdom, and the horns represent its first two rulers.

     

  2. What does it mean in verse four when it says, "I watched the ram as he charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and none could rescue from his power. He did as he pleased and became great."?
    1. A ram, or goat, represents the children of Satan, figuratively speaking, and they run across the whole world oppressing the children of the Lamb.
    2. Right Answer!It means that a nation from the east will forcibly take land and nations on its northern, southern, and western borders, and no nation will be strong enough to resist it.
    3. It means that the Lord will come from the east, symbolic for the rising sun, and will destroy all his enemies at the appointed time.
    4. The two horns represent the two kingdoms of Israel, that is, Israel in the north and Judah in the south, and they will expand there borders during the Millennial Kingdom Age.

     

  3. Who or what does the goat with the single horn represent?
    1. Right Answer!Alexander the Great, from the Kingdom of Greece.
    2. Satan, the powerful goat.
    3. Julius Caesar, from the Roman Empire.
    4. It represents the beast from Revelation.

     

  4. What is meant by the goat attacking the two horned ram and overpowering it?
    1. It means that Satan will at first over power the two nations if the descendants of Jacob, Israel and Judah.
    2. As the prophecy says it concerns the latter days, so it represents the United States defeat of the Nazi and Nippon Empires.
    3. It is symbolic for Jesus' defeat of the two forces is Israel, the priests, and the kings.
    4. Right Answer!The nation of Greece, led by its leader, will defeat the Media and Persia empire.

     

  5. What is meant in verse eight about the horn a the height of his power his horn is broken off, and in its place four other horns grew up?
    1. Right Answer!At the height of his power, Alexander the Great, Greece's leader, will die and the kingdom that he established will go to four other people.
    2. This is symbolic of the fall of Satan, and the truth will cover the whole world.
    3. The power of Israel under King Solomon will fall and the truth will goes to the Gentile nations all across the world.
    4. It means that he power of the One, that is Israel, will go the four Gentile nations that come after it.

     

  6. Which kingdom does the small horn in verse nine come out of?
    1. The Babylonian Kingdom.
    2. The Media and Persian Kingdom.
    3. Right Answer!The Kingdom of Greece.
    4. The Roman Empire.

     

  7. What land is the Beautiful Land, found in verse 9?
    1. It is heaven, and this is taking about Satan and the fall of a third of the angels.
    2. It is talking about the Earth in the time of the Millennial Kingdom.
    3. The Beautiful Land is the Garden of Eden, now in Iraq, and the one horned goat is Satan.
    4. Right Answer!The Beautiful Land is Israel and it lies west of the Persian kingdom.

     

  8. What is meant by the little horn throwing down some of the starry host of the heavens?
    1. Right Answer!The little horn is the beast, and is Satan's man, and what they do will result in some of the angels being cast out of heaven.
    2. The starry host represents many of the famous people of the ancient world, the "stars", and they will be thrown down from their places of power by Jesus at his resurrection.
    3. The little horn is Nero, and when he burns Rome the smoke will obscure the stars in the night sky.
    4. This is symbolic of Alexander the Great's defeat of the people of the Beautiful Land, that is, Israel.

     

  9. What is the "host" found in verses 10 and 11?
    1. Right Answer!Those that live in heaven.
    2. The host is the biblical name for the bread of communion.
    3. God is the host of the marriage supper of the Lamb, and Israel and the Church are represented as hostesses.
    4. The hosts are people that serve the kingdom of God.

     

  10. Who is the Prince of the host?
    1. Right Answer!Jesus Christ.
    2. God the Father.
    3. Satan.
    4. The Antichrist, or beast.

     

  11. What is meant in verse 11 by saying that it took away the daily sacrifice from him and the place of his sanctuary was brought low?
    1. Right Answer!It is talking about the "abomination that causes desolation" sign.
    2. It is talking about the fall of Judaism and the rise of Christianity.
    3. It is talking about the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD by the Roman army.
    4. It is talking about how Caesar Nero set himself above the God of the Christians and Jews.

     

  12. Who are those that rebelled in verse 12?
    1. Right Answer!The children of Israel.
    2. The people of the world.
    3. The Antichrist and his supporters.
    4. Mankind and the angels that sided with Satan.

     

  13. Was this prophecy fulfilled in historical times?
    1. Yes.
    2. Right Answer!No.

     

  14. Who is the "stern-faced king" mentioned on verse 23?
    1. Caesar Nero.
    2. Ivan the Terrible.
    3. Adolph Hitler.
    4. Right Answer!The beast of Revelation.

     

  15. The stern-faced king rises by who's power?
    1. By God's power.
    2. Right Answer!By Satan's power.
    3. By Jesus Christ's power.
    4. By the power of the people, that is, by democratic decree.

     

  16. Who is the "Prince of princes" that the stern-faced king takes his stand against?
    1. The Prime Minster of the nation of Israel at the time of these events.
    2. The Pope of the Holy Roman Church.
    3. The supreme commander of the NATO forces in Europe during the time of the events mentioned.
    4. Right Answer!The Lord Jesus Christ, who is also the King of kings, and the Lord of lords.

     

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