Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”
God concludes the vision precisely because human curiosity is insatiable and inflamed with vain questions. Daniel's troubled thoughts and pale face testify that this was no frivolous imagination but a divine revelation stamped upon his heart with terror, and his faithfulness in keeping it whole in his memory gives authority to every word he delivers.
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The visions overwhelmed Daniel, troubling his spirit and exhausting him; yet he pressed toward understanding by asking the attending angel for the true meaning. We must likewise seek by faithful prayer and diligent search to grasp the full sense of what God reveals.
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Commenting on Daniel 7:15-28
Daniel's thoughts were troubled and his face turned pale because he grasped what these monarchies would do to God's people, especially the cruelty of the fourth beast and the antichrist. Yet he kept the matter in his heart, pondered it thoroughly, and left it written for the Church's benefit in all ages.
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