What did these four beasts represent?
Answer
"These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth." Verse 17.
NOTE - The word "kings" here, as in Dan. 2: 44, denotes kingdoms, as explained in verses 23 and
24 of the seventh chapter, the two words being used interchangeably in this prophecy.
Under the symbol of the great image of the second chapter of Daniel, is given the mere political
outline of the rise and fall of earthly kingdoms, preceding the setting up of God's everlasting kingdom. In
the seventh chapter, earthly governments are represented as viewed in the light of heaven-under the
symbols of wild and ferocious beasts-the last, in particular, oppressing and persecuting the saints of the
Most High. Hence the change in the symbols used to represent these kingdoms.
Who were brought to Him for healing?
Was it possible for Christ to be holden of death?
How has God revealed to us the hidden things of the kingdom?
Who controls the distribution of the gifts of the Spirit?
By what is Grecia, the kingdom succeeding Medo-Persia, represented in the image?
21. What miraculous event occurred at the death of Christ, signifying that the sacrificial system was for ever at an end ?
What was one principal object in calling this council?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle