Daniel 8 Second Signpost Fulfillment Status

By Mark Davidson on September 4, 2026 • ( 0 )

(4 September 2026) We have been watching events centered on Iran and its regime, waiting for escalation of what looks to be the Second Signpost.

We have been watching since February 28. The Strait of Hormuz was mostly closed from March 2 to August 23 or so, being about 175 days. The Strait was sporadically open, and is now basically closed due to reports that Iran is laying mines in the Strait again.

Being a slow news day, let’s take a look at where we are in fulfilling Daniel 8:3b–4.

Daniel 8:3b–4

What follows are the four statements in the referenced passage in the NIV, and a status on fulfillment, per the Signpost theory.

One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. Completed. The growth of the second horn began back in 1980 and continued up to the present day. It finished when the second horn told the first horn to elect a new supreme leader.

I watched the ram as he charged toward the west and the north and the south. Not started. This has not happened yet, but is being prepared. The bear of Daniel 7 and the second horseman of Revelation 6 given power to allow men to slay one another are in parallel to this part of Daniel 8:4.

No animal could stand against him, and none could rescue from his power. Starting. The US military tried to take out the regime, which is the Persian Ram, but failed. The regime is now more powerful, having control over the opening and closing of the Strait of Hormuz. There is much more that Iran will be doing.

He did as he pleased and became great. Ramping up. Iran will achieve its greatest power when it has shut down one-quarter of the world’s oil supply, and has invaded Middle East Muslim countries. The Persian Ram is now greater than it was at the start of the war.