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 does the prophet Jeremiah declare Christ to be?
By what means may the mother bind the hearts of the loved ones at home together?
How many will yield to the demand to worship the beast?
Who is Lord of the Sabbath?
What did John say was to be the end of this beast?
3. According to the prophecy, how long was the power represented by the little horn, or papal Rome, to persecute the saints?
Do we always know what to pray for?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle