“I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.”
As for me, Daniel, my spirit was troubled within me, and the visions of my head alarmed me. Daniel's emotional response to the vision—spirit troubled, visions alarming—suggests the weight and significance of what he has witnessed. The vision has revealed God's sovereignty over history and the ultimate replacement of human empire with divine kingdom. The knowledge that the present empires (including the one ruling Daniel's people) will fall and be replaced brings both comfort (God's justice will prevail) and dread (the judgment will be severe).
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