Questions for reflection
1. What does the imagery of beasts rising from the sea connote?
2. How should we understand the fact that the imagery of Daniel 7 suggests two divine
figures, the Ancient of Days and the one like a son of man?
3. What are holy ones?
4. How does this chapter address the situation of the Jewish people under Antiochus
Epiphanes?
5. What is the lasting significance of the chapter?