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.
By what name is Christ appropriately called?
What was the fourth beast declared to be?
Was the Sabbath designed to be a day for public worship?
10. What scripture shows that a special sealing work is to take place just before the letting loose of the winds of destruction upon the earth?
What class of men did he say would arise in the church?
Why was the parable of the importunate widow given?
What is the measurement of the city?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle