In the book of Daniel, Daniel said “In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters”, and in chapter seven and verse two of his book Daniel began to tell about his dream and said, “the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea” where we read,
Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night,
and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
The verse reads, “Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, …” Daniel began with the words, “Daniel spoke” or “Daniel whose name means ‘God is my judge’ responded and replied” “and said” which means “and uttered, declared and proclaimed”, “I saw in my vision” or “I, Daniel, beheld, observed and witnessed within my sight and appearance” by night” which means “within the nighttime” the following. Daniel shared how he replied and uttered that he observed within his sighting within the nighttime according to the following.
The verse goes on to say, “… and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.” Daniel continued with the words, “and, behold” or “and lo, look and consider”, “the four winds” which means “the four directions of the winds” “of the heaven” or “belonging to the sky and atmosphere” “strove upon the great sea” which means “were rushing and breaking forth upon the massive large body of water”. Daniel called upon his readers to consider the “four” directions of the breezes rushing back and forth on the massive body of water.
When we mediate upon Daniel’s words in this verse, we see how he began to tell about the appearances within his mind, and he initially observed the “four” breezes from the sky which were rushing and breaking forth on the massive body of water. We shall see what this “dream and vision” means in our future verses, but for now let us keep in mind that Jehovah God was giving him these mental imageries. God wanted mankind to know that He had a plan of redemption and salvation for them from their sins, and because those sins lead to death, He sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind and to be raised from the dead after three days. When we put our faith and trust in Him as our “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and give us His Holy Spirit who will help us to have confidence in Him and the “dreams and visions” He gives to His beloved.
Next time Daniel tells how, “four great beasts came up from the sea”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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