(May, 18-2016 on Wednesday)

Daniel 7: ²⁷ Then the Sovereignty, Power and Greatness of all the kingdoms under Heaven will be handed over to the Holy People of the Most High. His Kingdom will be an Everlasting Kingdom, and all Rulers will Worship and Obey Him.’ (9)

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²⁶ “‘But the COURT will sit, and His power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. (8)

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¹⁷ ‘The Four great beasts are Four kings that will rise from the earth. (8)

¹⁸ But the Holy People of the Most High will Receive the Kingdom and will Possess it Forever—yes, For Ever and Ever.’

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⁸ “While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was Another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and Three of the First horns were Uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully. (8)  (Based HISTORY, this little horn is: The Power of the Pontifical who broke three kingdoms, opponents of the Bishop of Rome as head of the Church of the State, namely: Heruli (collapsed in 493 AD), the Vandals (collapsed in 534 AD) and Ostrogoths (collapsed in 538 AD). )

⁹ “As I looked, “Thrones were set in Place, and the Ancient of Days took His Seat. His Clothing was as White as Snow; the Hair of His Head was White like Wool. His Throne was Flaming with Fire, and its Wheels were all Ablaze.

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²¹ As I watched, this horn was waging war against the holy people and defeating them, (3)

²² until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the holy people of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom.

²³ “He gave me this explanation: ‘The Fourth beast is a Fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it.

²⁴ The Ten horns are Ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue Three kings.

²⁵ He will speak against the Most High and oppress His Holy People and try to Change the Set Times and the Laws. The Holy People will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.

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¹² (The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to live for a period of time.) (3)

¹³ “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.

¹⁴ He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

The Interpretation of the Dream

¹⁵ “I, Daniel, was troubled in Spirit, and the Visions that passed through my mind disturbed me.

¹⁶ I approached one of those standing there and asked him the meaning of all this. “So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things:

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³ Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea. (3)

⁴ “The First was like a Lion, and it had the Wings of an Eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it.

⁵ “And there before me was a Second beast, which looked like a Bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had Three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’

⁶ “After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a Leopard. And on its back it had Four wings like those of a Bird. This beast had Four heads, and it was given Authority to Rule.

⁷ “After that, in my Vision at night I looked, and there before me was a Fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very Powerful. It had large Iron Teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and Trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had Ten horns.

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²⁸ “This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply troubled by my thoughts, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself.” (1)

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¹⁹ “Then I wanted to know the meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others and most terrifying, with its iron teeth and bronze claws—the beast that crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. (1)

²⁰ I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn that looked more imposing than the others and that had eyes and a mouth that spoke boastfully.

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¹⁰ A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened. (1)

¹¹ “Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.

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Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts

7 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream. (1)

² Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.

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Daniel 2: ⁴⁹ Moreover, at Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court. (4)

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⁴⁵ This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces. “The Great GOD has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.” (9)

⁴⁶ Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honor and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him.

⁴⁷ The king said to Daniel, “Surely your GOD is the GOD of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.”

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³⁶ “This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king. (9)

³⁷ Your majesty, you are the king of kings. The GOD of heaven has given you dominion and Power and Might and Glory;

³⁸ in your hands He has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, He has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

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²⁷ Daniel replied, “No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, (9)

²⁸ but there is a GOD in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown king Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you were lying in bed are these:

²⁹ “As your majesty was lying there, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen.

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¹⁸ He urged them to plead for mercy from the GOD of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. (9)

¹⁹ During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the GOD of heaven

²⁰ and said: “Praise be to the name of GOD for ever and ever; wisdom and power are His.

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⁹ If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.” (9)

¹⁰ The astrologers answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.

¹¹ What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among humans.”

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⁴² As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. (6)

⁴³ And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay. (Another small horn grew, breaking three horns (of 10 horns before) In the past many crown heads of Europe interbred and tried to form an alliance with the aim that no country in the European union. But as the Bible says, just as iron can not be mixed with clay, as well as cross-breeding between the crown that they do will ever make them united. Some of the famous personalities of Europe had also tried to unify Europe. Among them was Napoleon. In his effort was a pastor came to him and said, "Napoleon, based on the prophecy in Daniel chapter two, I predict you'll never conquer the whole of Europe." With great conceit and challenged GOD Napoleon replied, "Even GOD Himself could not stop me." However, GOD stopped Napoleon. At the Battle of Waterloo, heavy rain, and artillery (artillery) they are stuck in the mud so that troops defeated Napoleon. Who sent it raining? Very clearly, GOD Almighty did. It was only after the defeat of Napoleon recognize the power of GOD and said, "GOD Almighty is too strong for me." Napoleon addition there are several other businesses that sought to unite Europe. No Germans were very cruel named Adolf Hitler. The Communist regime has also been tried. But like Napoleon, they all also failed.
How is the real future of the EU? Today through the regulations of the EU and the euro currency, they can be together, but they "will not be an entity, such as iron can not be mixed with clay." We will never find the whole of Europe united under one government-suit Bible prophecy. Brother, we learn that gold symbolizes the power of Babylon. Silver describe how Media-Persia ruled the world. Copper represents the Greek supremacy over the world after defeating Media-Persia. The emergence of Rome after Greece. And the division of the kingdom into ten kingdoms as well as the efforts of the various parties failed to unite Europe (as well as in the present or even forthcoming Europe will never be united). Without us knowing we have summarized the 2500 years history of the world based on prophecy in Daniel chapter two. We had a look at one of the biggest proof of that which the Bible is divine authority. The Bible has been proven to be reliable and accurate. We also see that GOD knows the future. World history proves that fact. History has followed the exact outline of prophecy. But there is still one more event that must take place in accordance with the prophecies of Daniel 2. What is it? Is the arrival of the Stone. Daniel said, "But at the time of the kings, the GOD of heaven will set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed forever, and the power will not be switched again to other nations: the kingdom will crush all the kingdoms and finish, but the kingdom itself will remain forever, just as you saw, that without hands a stone was cut out of the mountain and smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver and gold. The great GOD has made known to the king what will happen in the future; the dream is true and its interpretation is reliable. "Daniel 2: 44, 45.)

⁴⁴ “In the time of those kings, the GOD of heaven will set up a Kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.

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³³ its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. (6)

³⁴ While you were watching, a Rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them.

³⁵ Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the Rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.

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Daniel Interprets the Dream

²⁴ Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.” (6)

²⁵ Arioch took Daniel to the king at once and said, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can tell the king what his dream means.”

²⁶ The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), “Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?”

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¹⁵ He asked the king’s officer, “Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?” Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel. (6)

¹⁶ At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him.

¹⁷ Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.

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⁶ But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me.” (6)

⁷ Once more they replied, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

⁸ Then the king answered, “I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided:

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⁴⁸ Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men. (3) (2.Chest and arms of silver (silver): Namely the Kingdom of Media Persia (539 BC s.d.331 SM). 3. Waist and thighs of brass: Namely the Kingdom of Greece (331 BC s.d 200 BC). 4. Legs of iron: Roman Empire (200 BC s.d 476 AD). History records that the Romans ruled the world more than 600 years from 168 BC-476 AD. Under Roman rule also Jesus came into this world. Although the Pharisees is the brains behind the crucifixion of Jesus, but the Roman governor was the one who sentenced the cross for Jesus. Roman soldiers also were divided up His clothes and guarding His tomb until the Resurrection.

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³⁹ “After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. (3)

⁴⁰ Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.

⁴¹ Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. (Another small horn grew, breaking three horns (of 10 horns before) In the year 476 AD was a time when Rome was divided into small kingdoms. The division of the kingdom was symbolized in the prophecy of Daniel with a mixture of clay and iron on your toes in a metal statue of Nebuchadnezzar's dream. As the toes of ten, as did the Roman empire was divided into ten kingdoms at that time. They are Alamanni (Germany), Burgundian (Switzerland), Franks (France), Lombards (Italy), Anglo-Saxon (English), Suevi (Portugal), the Visigoths (Spain), and three other kingdoms are gone, the Heruli, Vandals, Ostrogoths.

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³⁰ As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than anyone else alive, but so that Your Majesty may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind. (3)

³¹ “Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance.

³² The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,

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²¹ He changes times and seasons; He deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. (3)
²² He reveals deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
²³ I thank and praise You, GOD of my Ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, You have made known to me what we asked of You, You have made known to us the dream of the king.”

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¹² This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. (3)

¹³ So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

¹⁴ When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact.

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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

2 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.

² So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king,

³ he said to them, “I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means.” (3)

⁴ Then the astrologers answered the king, “May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

⁵ The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble.

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Daniel foretold that there would be a kingdom whose power endures. And the coming kingdom was symbolized by the arrival of the stone in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. As another prophecy in this dream fulfilled, we can trust with full confidence that the coming of the kingdom which is symbolized by the stone is true and sure. Prophecy of the arrival of the stone will surely happen soon. But the kingdom who symbolizes the arrival of rock? Let the Bible give the answer for us. "That rock was Christ." 1 Corinthians 10: 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual Rock that accompanied them, and that Rock was Christ. Isaiah 28: 16 So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a Stone in Zion, atested Stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.

From these two verses we find that the arrival of the Stone symbolizes the coming of Christ's second coming to establish His kingdom. Someday and soon Jesus will rule the world! Christ will come again! The stone will come! We know, based on this prophecy, that we are indeed living in the last days. We do not live in the head of a gold representation of Babel. We do not live in a time chest and arms of silver that symbolizes Medo-Persia. We do not live on the waist of copper is Yunani.Dan we did not live at the foot of the iron that symbolizes Rome. Instead, we are on the toes of the metal sculptures that are ready to wait for the stone. We are living in the last days of this world's history. We live in times where Jesus is coming soon.

Many scientists believe that we are nearing the end of the world. Especially after some of the events that occurred in this century, warns that we are approaching the end very quickly. War, crime, natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, fires, floods, hurricanes, famine, disease, moral damages and other events. In http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/historical.php noted that the development of the frequency of earthquakes that occurred between the years 2000-2008 increased between 6 to 8 times compared with that occurred between the years 1900-2000. It is evident that we are living in the last days of earth's history.

But there is still hope for the future of our humanity. Second coming of Christ and His Kingdom will soon be in the offing. He will establish His Eternal Kingdom. There will be no crime in the Kingdom. No earthquakes. No pain there, no sorrow, no grief, no stress. No politician who promises lie there, and no deaths in the Kingdom! Brother, we live where the events in Daniel 2 is imminent. The arrival of the stone-which symbolizes the coming of Christ. Jesus Himself promised to come back. "Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions. If not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go there and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. "

We have hope because of the Stone, Jesus Himself would soon be on His way to pick up His people who await His return. John the Beloved testified after sight that happened, Rev.11: 15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The Kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our LORD and of His Christ, and He will reign for ever and ever."

Christ's Eternal Kingdom will soon be established. One day soon Jesus Christ will come. He will fly past the planets and coming closer and closer. One day the earth will be shaken. But the people-His people with joy looked at Him and said, "Behold, this is our GOD for whom we have waited, that we may be saved. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; let us rejoice and be glad because of the safety of blessings ! " Soon every eye will see Him high in the air. People, His people will be appointed and will reign with Him forever in His Eternal Kingdom. My brother, the coming of Christ is the only hope we would have a better life as a deliverance from the world that had been damaged because of this sin. One call of Jesus for all of us is whether we want determined to be ready and willing for His second coming and His Kingdom is to be established? "If this be our desire, let us say: "LORD Jesus, I miss to be ready and prepared for the arrival of Your second time and Your Kingdom who would You set up. "

Daniel 8: ²⁷ I, Daniel, was worn out. I lay exhausted for several days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was appalled by the vision; it was beyond understanding. (9)

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Daniel’s Vision of a Ram and a Goat

8 In the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me. (1)

² In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal.

³ I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. (3)

⁴ I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great.

⁵ As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground.

⁶ It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage.

⁷ I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it, and none could rescue the ram from its power.

⁸ The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven. (8)

⁹ Out of one of them came another horn, which started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land.

¹⁰ It grew until it reached the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth and trampled on them. (1)

¹¹ It set itself up to be as great as the commander of the army of the Lord; it took away the daily sacrifice from the Lord, and his sanctuary was thrown down.

¹² Because of rebellion, the Lord’s people and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground. (3)

¹³ Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot of the Lord’s people?”

¹⁴ He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.”

The Interpretation of the Vision

¹⁵ While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man.

¹⁶ And I heard a man’s voice from the Ulai calling, “Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of the vision.”

¹⁷ As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.” (8)

¹⁸ While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.

¹⁹ He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end. (1)

²⁰ The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.

²¹ The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king. (3)

²² The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.

²³ “In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise.

²⁴ He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy those who are mighty, the holy people.

²⁵ He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.

²⁶ “The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given you is true, but seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.” (8)