Vision of the Four Beasts

7 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, ^(A)Daniel ^[a]had a dream and ^(B)visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling ^[b]the main facts.

² Daniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. ³ And four great beasts ^(C)came up from the sea, each different from the other. ⁴ The first was ^(D)like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a ^(E)man’s heart was given to it.

^5 (F)“And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’

⁶ “After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had ^(G)four heads, and dominion was given to it.

⁷ “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, ^(H)a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, ^(I)and it had ten horns. ⁸ I was considering the horns, and ^(J)there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes ^(K)of a man, ^(L)and a mouth speaking ^[c]pompous words.

Vision of the Ancient of Days

¹¹ “I watched then because of the sound of the ^[f]pompous words which the horn was speaking; ^(T)I watched till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given to the burning flame. ¹² As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

²⁴ But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, ^(A)“I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”

^10 (A)I was in the Spirit on ^(B)the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me ^(C)a loud voice, as of a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, ^[a]“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches ^[b]which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

¹² Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned ^(D)I saw seven golden lampstands, ^13 (E)and in the midst of the seven lampstands ^(F)One like the Son of Man, ^(G)clothed with a garment down to the feet and ^(H)girded about the chest with a golden band. ¹⁴ His head and ^(I)hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and ^(J)His eyes like a flame of fire; ^15 (K)His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and ^(L)His voice as the sound of many waters; ^16 (M)He had in His right hand seven stars, ^(N)out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, ^(O)and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. ¹⁷ And ^(P)when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But ^(Q)He laid His right hand on me, saying ^[c]to me, “Do not be afraid; ^(R)I am the First and the Last. ^18 (S)I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, ^(T)I am alive forevermore. Amen. And ^(U)I have the keys of ^[d]Hades and of Death.

The Great White Throne Judgment

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face ^(A)the earth and the heaven fled away. ^(B)And there was found no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, ^(C)small and great, standing before ^[a]God, ^(D)and books were opened. And another ^(E)book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged ^(F)according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead who were in it, ^(G)and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. ^(H)And they were judged, each one according to his works. ¹⁴ Then ^(I)Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. ^(J)This is the second ^[b]death. ¹⁵ And anyone not found written in the Book of Life ^(K)was cast into the lake of fire.

⁵⁵ But he, ^(A)being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the ^(B)glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, ⁵⁶ and said, “Look! ^(C)I see the heavens opened and the ^(D)Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

²⁷ and ^(A)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, ^(B)because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will ^(C)hear His voice ^29 (D)and come forth—^(E)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

^9 (A)Therefore God also ^(B)has highly exalted Him and ^(C)given Him the name which is above every name, ^10 (D)that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ¹¹ and ^(E)that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.