Daniel 8
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a man
The theophanies. Daniel 10:6 Daniel 10:10 Daniel 10:18 ; Ezekiel 40:3 ; Genesis 12:7 ; Revelation 1:9 .
end
Two "ends" are in view here:
(1) historically, the end of the third, or Grecian empire of Alexander out of one of the divisions of which the little horn of verse 9 (Antiochus) arose;
(2) prophetically, the end of the times of the Gentiles Luke 21:24 ; Revelation 16:14 when the "little horn" of Daniel 7:8 Daniel 7:24-26 the Beast, will arise--Daniel's final time of the end. (See Scofield "Daniel 12:4") .
ram
vs. Daniel 8:3 Daniel 8:4 .
The "higher" horn which "came up last" is Cyrus, the other "Darius the Mede."
first king
i.e. Alexander the Great.
four kingdoms
The four empires into which Alexander's empire was divided about B.C. 300; Greece, Asia Minor, including Syria, Egypt, the East.
king of fierce countenance
i.e. Antiochus Epiphanes who arose out of Syria, one of the "four kingdoms," B.C. 170.