Daniel 7:15

Daniel 7:15 says, I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.  Daniel had interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream and the hand writing on the wall for Belshazzar, but his own dreams left him troubled.  I will never claim to understand all of Daniel's dreams and visions, but do know that they represented certain kingdoms that would rule the earth.  The most important point is the coming kingdom of Christ, when all other kingdoms will pass away.  Verse sixteen adds, I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.  Daniel had always relied on God to allow him to interpret God's message, whether in dreams or writing.  We must do the same.  Daniel asked one of those that stood by, an angel, what this dream meant.  We may not have an angel to help us understand God's word, but we have the Holy Spirit, which is even better.  Daniel was given the interpretation.  I believe that we can always rely on God to help us understand His word to us.  Verse seventeen continues, These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.  The great beasts represented four great kings, or kingdoms.  They were earthly kingdoms, and would pass away, as Matthew Henry says, like dust.  We can name four certain kingdoms that this applies to, but I don't believe that is not the main point.  Verse eighteen concludes, But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.  For me, this is what I really need to know.  We, as followers of Christ, will live forever and ever in the kingdom of God when Christ returns.  Earthly kingdoms come and go, but God's kingdom is everlasting.  Daniel then asks for a better understanding of the fourth beast, so we will look at it separately.