Daniel 8:15-27 - Gabriel Gives Angelic Help And Interprets The Vision

¹⁵ "After I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. All of a sudden, there was standing in front of me one who appeared to be valiant. ¹⁶ I heard the voice of a man calling out from the Ulai Canal, "Gabriel, interpret what that fellow has been seeing.'

¹⁷ "As he approached where I was standing, I became terrified and fell on my face. But he told me, "Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.' ¹⁸ "While he had been speaking with me, I had fainted on my face, but he touched me and enabled me to stand upright on my feet. ¹⁹ Then he said, ²⁰ "Pay attention! I'm going to brief you about what will happen at the end of the period of wrath, because its end is appointed. The ram that you saw with a pair of horns are the kings of Media and Persia. ²¹ The demonic goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn between its eyes is its first king. ²² The shattered horn and the four that took its place are four kingdoms that will come from his nation, but they will not have his strength.

²³ "Toward the end of their rule, as the desecrations proceed, an insolent king will arise, proficient at deception. ²⁴ Mighty will be his skills, but not from his own abilities. He'll be remarkably destructive, will succeed, and will do whatever he wants, destroying mighty men and the holy people. ²⁵ Through his skill he'll cause deceit to prosper under his leadership. He'll promote himself and will destroy many while they are secure. He'll take a stand against the Prince of Princes, yet he'll be crushed without human help. ²⁶ The vision about the twilights and dawnings that has been related is trustworthy, but keep its vision secret, because it pertains to the distant future.'

²⁷ Then I, Daniel, was exhausted and ill for days, but afterward I got up and went about the king's business. Nevertheless, I was astonished by the vision, and could not understand it."