The Judgment of God on an Unrepentant People

Daniel 8 records a third prophetic vision focused on two of the four great Gentile kingdoms: the second kingdom (Persian) and the third kingdom (Greek). The chest and arms of the image prophecy of chapter 4, the second beast (the bear) of chapter 7, and now the two-horned ram of chapter 8 are all figures of the kingdom of the Medes and Persians. The belly and thighs of the image, the four-headed leopard of chapter 7, and now the one-horned goat of chapter 8 are figures of the coming kingdom of Greece under Alexander.