Daniel 7:2 Meaning and Explanation
“Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.”
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What Does Daniel 7:2 Mean?
Daniel begins to narrate in his own voice. The picture opens with the four winds of heaven driving against the great sea, an image of the whole world thrown into restless motion. In Scripture the heaving sea often pictures the nations in turmoil, unstable and storm-tossed, the stage on which earthly powers rise.
Behind the chaos stand the four winds of heaven, for nothing stirs apart from God's reach. The storm is real, yet it is governed; the sea rages only within bounds the Lord has set. Readers who feel the world around them tossed by forces beyond control may take quiet comfort that the same God who lets the winds blow holds them in His hand.
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What does Daniel 7:2 mean?
Daniel sees the four winds of heaven churning the great sea, the turbulent setting from which the vision rises.