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.
Through whom are repentance and forgiveness granted?
What other experience is associated with conversion?
Who opens the judgment and presides over it?
When Paul wished to preach the true God to the idolatrous Athenians, how did he describe Him?
What did the apostles say to the idolaters at Lystra?
What reason is given in the fourth commandment for keeping the Sabbath day holy?
What do Catholics say of the observance of Sunday by Protestants?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle