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Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and there, standing beside the river, was a ram which had two horns, and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last. (Dan. 8:3 NKJ)
"The ram which you saw, having the two horns-- they are the kings of Media and Persia. (Dan. 8:20 NKJ)
While most translations in Revelation 13:11 read "two horns like a lamb" because 721 ἀρνίον arnion does mean lamb, lambs don't have horns. Therefore, The Idiomatic Translation of the New Testament by William Graham MacDonald translates ἀρνίον as "ram" and the Louw Nida Lexicon agrees:
I saw another beast emerge from the earth, having two horns like a ram. He spoke like a dragon (Rev. 13:11 MIT)
4.25 ἀρνίονa, ου n: (derivative of ἀρήν ‘lamb,’ 4.24) a sheep of any age—‘lamb, sheep, ram.’ εἶχεν κέρατα δύο ὅμοια ἀρνίῳ ‘he had two horns like those of a ram’ Re 13:11. In the one context in the NT, namely, Re 13:11, in which ἀρνίον refers literally to a sheep, it is used in a phrase referring to the horns of an ἀρνίον. In such a context the reference is undoubtedly to a ‘ram,’ that is to say, the adult male of sheep.-Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). In Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 41). United Bible Societies.
Therefore, given the book of Daniel provides the interpretive keys to understanding much of the book of Revelation, it follows the 'two horned ram" in Revelation symbolizes a dual world power, just as the two horned ram did in the book of Daniel.
Moreover, it would be odd if Empire of Britain (upon which the sun never set) and its "special relationship partner" the USA, both of which were (and are) instrumental in the return of Israel to the world scene, were not in Bible prophecy.
On my site I discuss how the Anglo-American two horn beast unites under one false prophet and empowers the Roman Empire Beast who rises from the sea of spiritism in the last week of 7 years that the Book of Revelation exposits.
"The ram which you saw, having the two horns-- they are the kings of Media and Persia. (Dan. 8:20 NKJ)
While most translations in Revelation 13:11 read "two horns like a lamb" because 721 ἀρνίον arnion does mean lamb, lambs don't have horns. Therefore, The Idiomatic Translation of the New Testament by William Graham MacDonald translates ἀρνίον as "ram" and the Louw Nida Lexicon agrees:
I saw another beast emerge from the earth, having two horns like a ram. He spoke like a dragon (Rev. 13:11 MIT)
4.25 ἀρνίονa, ου n: (derivative of ἀρήν ‘lamb,’ 4.24) a sheep of any age—‘lamb, sheep, ram.’ εἶχεν κέρατα δύο ὅμοια ἀρνίῳ ‘he had two horns like those of a ram’ Re 13:11. In the one context in the NT, namely, Re 13:11, in which ἀρνίον refers literally to a sheep, it is used in a phrase referring to the horns of an ἀρνίον. In such a context the reference is undoubtedly to a ‘ram,’ that is to say, the adult male of sheep.-Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). In Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 41). United Bible Societies.
Therefore, given the book of Daniel provides the interpretive keys to understanding much of the book of Revelation, it follows the 'two horned ram" in Revelation symbolizes a dual world power, just as the two horned ram did in the book of Daniel.
Moreover, it would be odd if Empire of Britain (upon which the sun never set) and its "special relationship partner" the USA, both of which were (and are) instrumental in the return of Israel to the world scene, were not in Bible prophecy.
On my site I discuss how the Anglo-American two horn beast unites under one false prophet and empowers the Roman Empire Beast who rises from the sea of spiritism in the last week of 7 years that the Book of Revelation exposits.
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