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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Daniel 7:17

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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7:17 beasts represent . . . kingdoms: God gave Daniel a vision of the course of history, a feat no human could accomplish. These kingdoms from the earth (cp. 7:2) are not heavenly kingdoms but human kingdoms of this world.
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