Stirring up the Great Sea: This was almost certainly the Mediterranean Sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.”Ī. (2-3) Four beasts and where they come from.ĭaniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. We may wish that Daniel went into greater detail, but he didn’t. Telling the main facts: Daniel could have given us more detail but the Holy Spirit only wanted him to write the main facts. The other three visions go into greater detail within the general framework of this first vision.Ĭ. Daniel had a dream and visions: This first vision – one of four described between Daniel 7 through 12 – was the most comprehensive. In order of events, the vision described in Daniel 7 took place during the time between Daniel chapters 4 and 5.ī. Chapters 7 through 12 describe visions Daniel had. Daniel chapters 1 through 6 describe the life and times of Daniel. In the first year of Belshazzar: This vision came to Daniel after the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, but before the Babylonian Empire was conquered by the Medo-Persian Empire. Then he wrote down the dream, telling the main facts.Ī. In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed.
