Daniel 8:20-27

Who this fierce king points at, or what awful indignation is to take place at the time, when the latter kingdom shall come, and the transgressions are come to the full; I presume not to say. But one spiritual improvement ariseth out of it, which both Writer and Reader will do well to regard: namely, how awful are all the Lord's visitations, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. We behold Daniel's mind so affected in the very contemplation of it, that though he knew it would not happen in his days, yet, it induced sickness and fear. There is a sickness of soul as well as sickness of body, and both may be supposed to have their operations on the Lord's faithful ones in times of sorrow for Zion's welfare. But in the midst of these, while the soul lives on the Person, Work, and glory of the Lord Jesus Christ; the purposes of an unchangeable God in Covenant, will bring comfort within, when matters are ever so unpromising without. Oh! how truly blessed is it to have this Covenant God in Christ to fly to, and to trust in, when the world is convulsed with storms and tempests; and all things in disorder!