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 description of the Apostle Paul's experience is in harmony with this?
What deliverance was thus made possible?
What is to be one of the prominent sins of the last days?
When He comes the second time, what title will He bear?
By what is the knowledge of sin?
How, then, did the Lord prove the people (verse 4) whether they would keep His law, or not?
What takes place at the sounding of the trumpet?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle