What does Daniel 7:11 mean?
This directly associates the judgment previously mentioned (Daniel 7:10) with blasphemy. These corrupt words (Daniel 7:20, 25) were spoken by the "little horn" which came from the fourth beast (Daniel 7:3–7) in Daniel's vision (Daniel 7:1). Daniel sees this fourth beast incinerated. The others are spared, temporarily, to continue their allotted, limited time on earth (Daniel 7:12).Some interpreters suggest this part of prophecy was fulfilled when the Greek ruler Antiochus Epiphanes was killed in battle in 164 BC. Others look to the collapse of the Roman Empire in AD 476. In our view, this part of Daniel more likely points to the judgment recorded in Revelation 19:20. There, the beast and false prophet are thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. This judgment will mark the end of the times of the Gentiles that began with Nebuchadnezzar. To be sure, no human being or nation is so strong that God cannot dispose of him or it in an instant. Men and nations may grow strong, but God is eternally omnipotent.