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.
What will happen if a child is not properly instructed?
I. What is said of the fifth commandment?
Whom does Christ say He came to call to repentance?
What are the \"better promises\" upon which the new covenant was established?
4. Although Lord, Maker, and an observer of the Sabbath, how was He watched and spied upon by the scribes and Pharisees on this day?
Of what besides a knowledge of God as Creator, is the Sabbath a sign?
18. Answering the question as to what would be the sign of His coming and the end of the world, what did Christ say?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle