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.
13. What three general divisions did Jesus recognize as including all the writings of the Old Testament?
What did Christ say concerning the Book of Daniel?
How is justification laid hold upon?
1. What indicates that the messages of the judgment hour and the fall of Babylon are two parts of a threefold message?
Have we reached the time when there is \"distress of nations, with perplexity\"?
As soon as the wicked are raised, what does Satan at once proceed to do?
What is God called in the Scriptures?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle