Hi Tomg. I'll take a stab at this even though I'm not sure yet as to what you're seeking. Please allow me to start by stating my understanding of the goat/ram.
In Daniels Time there was two horns of a ram; Medo-Persia, and one was larger than the other, or having the more power, and that became Persia. The goat representing Alexander of Greece coming upon the scene.
We also read of little horns in Daniel Chapters Seven and Eight that are different. The one of Chapter will be the future Antichrist or man of sin, and Chapter Eight will be the False Prophet. Are we still on the same page? Thanks.
This is very correct.
Dan 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Alexander died at age 33 in his prime. The four horns were his generals, Lysimichus, Cassander, Seleucus and Ptolmey. As time progressed the Seleucids (Syria) and the Ptolmeys (Egypt) became the major players.
Dan 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
Dan 8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Dan 8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
Dan 8:12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Epidimes)
Dan 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
Dan 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
2300 evenings and mornings, 1150 days. Originally, the Temple was desolate for 1150 days (from 167 BC to 164 BC) until it was cleansed at the tiem of Judas Machabees. This is a type, just as Dan 11:
Dan 11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
Dan 11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
Dan 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Dan 11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Dan 11:23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
Dan 11:24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
Dan 11:25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
Dan 11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
Dan 11:27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
Dan 11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
Dan 11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
Dan 11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
Dan 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
Note the parallel between verses 19 -31 and Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a shadowy type but not the fulfillment.
verse 19: Antiochus III and Kaiser Wilhem
verse 20: Heliodorus (the tax collector) and the Weimar Republic
verse 21: Antiochus IV and Hitler
Verses 22-28: Great successes for Antiochus IV and Hitler
Verse 29: No joy in Egypt for Antiochus and Hitler began suffering defeats
verses 30-31: Abomination od Desolation and Hitler's abominable treatment of Jewry.
Now as I said this is only a shadowy type and not the final fulfillment, so it is not perfect. In the future, we will see the fulfillment...
Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand