但以理書8:5-8

8:5 我正思想的時候，見有一隻公山羊從西而來，遍行全地，腳不沾塵。這山羊兩眼當中有一非常的角。

8:6 牠往我所看見、站在河邊有雙角的公綿羊那裡去，大發忿怒，向牠直闖。

8:7 我見公山羊就近公綿羊，向牠發烈怒，牴觸牠，折斷牠的兩角。綿羊在牠面前站立不住；牠將綿羊觸倒在地，用腳踐踏，沒有能救綿羊脫離牠手的。

8:8 這山羊極其自高自大，正強盛的時候，那大角折斷了，又在角根上向天的四方（原文是風）長出四個非常的角來。

5 As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west across the face of the whole earth, without touching the ground. And the goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. 6 He came to the ram with the two horns, which I had seen standing on the bank of the canal, and he ran at him in his powerful wrath. 7 I saw him come close to the ram, and he was enraged against him and struck the ram and broke his two horns. And the ram had no power to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground and trampled on him. And there was no one who could rescue the ram from his power. 8 Then the goat became exceedingly great, but when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and instead of it there came up four conspicuous horns toward the four winds of heaven.

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    但以理看到快速的獨角公山羊，擊敗公綿羊，國力壯大，獨角折斷後，有四角長出來接替之。這是指希臘帝國，亞歷山大大帝供奉的神就是以公山羊頭為代表，他也喜歡自稱為「山羊」。西元前323年，亞歷山大遠征印度時，染上嚴重的熱病死亡。西元前301年以後，希臘帝國分成迦散達、利絲馬哥、西流基、多利買四個國家。迦散達管理馬其頓與希臘，利絲馬哥管理小亞細亞與特拉西，西流古管理敘利亞和巴比倫，多利買管轄埃及。

    這也是讓我們感覺：世界的舞台的主角是一在更替，但是上帝的國卻是漸漸在茁壯，然而上帝的國之統治者不是教宗，不是教會的牧師或長老，而是耶穌基督。在世界的國，有一天都會過去。然而上帝的國，卻永遠長存！