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.
 


Can anything separate the true child of God from the love of God?
What did this bring to him?
18. What is said of those who live to see the deliverance from modern Babylon, and the restoration of the true gospel?
4. What explanation did Moses give the rulers of Israel concerning the withholding of the manna on the seventh day in the wilderness of Sin, before they reached Sinai?
What great gathering yet awaits God's people?
When Peter was imprisoned and about to be executed by Herod, what did the church do?
To what Old Testament promise did Peter evidently refer?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle