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 is the ground of justification on God's part?
What is the fear of the Lord declared to be?
Where were the Ten Commandments placed?
Where was the law of God written under the old covenant?
Of what else does God say He gave the Sabbath to His people to be a sign, or reminder?
How suddenly will the plagues come upon modern Babylon?
What incentive have Christians for doing prison work?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle