Key Verse: “The vision of the evening and the morning which was
told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be
for many days.” THE VISION OF THE “evening and the morning,” as
stated in our Key Verse, is the subject of today’s lesson. In
this vision of Daniel, he saw a ram with two horns, but the horn
which came up last became higher than the first horn. The ram
with these horns pushed to the west, north, and south, and
became great. (Dan. 8:3,4) As Daniel considered this, he then
saw a “he goat” coming from the west which had a “notable” horn
between its eyes. The goat came to the ram, and smote it,
utterly destroying it. The “he goat waxed very great,” but at
the height of his power, his “great horn was broken,” and in its
place four horns appeared.—vss. 5-8 Continuing the description
of his vision, Daniel noted that out of one of these four horns
came another small horn, “which waxed exceeding great, … even to
the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the
stars to the gr