DANIEL'S BEASTS

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DANIEL'S BEASTS

Daniel's chapter 7 dream begins:

Daniel 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, [and] told the sum of the matters.

We learn that this prophecy is about 4 "beasts":

Daniel 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

Daniel 7:4 The first [was] like a lion...

Daniel 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear...

Daniel 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard...

Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible...

We later learn:

Daniel 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

So in the figurative language of a dream or vision in prophecy:

beast = kingdom

A considerable consensus of bible scholars, both Christian and Jew, understand the kingdoms represented by Daniel's lion, bear, leopard and 4th "dreadful" beast, to be the successive ancient kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece, followed by the fourth beast, that is understood to be the Roman Empire.

We learn further of the fourth beast:

Dan 7:19...and his nails [of] brass; [which] devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

Daniel 7:4 The first [was] like a lion...

lion - Babylon

Daniel 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear...

bear - Medo-Persia

Daniel 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard...

leopard - Greece

Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible...

"dreadful and terrible" - The Roman Empire


	ISRAEL IN BIBLE PROPHECY \| home INDEX \| DANIEL'S BEASTS \| DANIEL'S "TIMES" PROPHECIES \| LBL \| ANTICHRIST \| JOHN'S EIGHT BEASTS \| JOHN'S 1260 "DAYS" \| BEAST 42 "MONTHS" \| 666 \| THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION \| GENTILE 42 "MONTHS" \| 69 WEEKS \| DANIEL'S 1290 "DAYS" \| DANIEL'S 1335 "DAYS" \| FIG TREE \| SOME JEWS BLINDNESS TO THE GOSPEL \| TWO WITNESSES \| THAT MAN OF SIN \| CHRISTIAN POLYTHEISM \| ISLAM, DECEPTION, AHMED DEEDAT, AND TAQIYYAH \| NOT THE SAME GOD \| LAMB SLAIN \| THE STRONG DELUSION \| DEEDAT, ISLAM, HITLER AND HATE \| APOLOGY TO MUSLIMS \| ISLAMIC HATRED OF JEWS \| ISLAM AND FRIENDSHIP \| ISLAMIC JIHAD \| THE TEMPLE OF GOD \| THE BEAST OF REVELATION 13 \| TEXTUAL INTEGRITY - BIBLE VS QURAN \| NEW COVENANT \| ISLAM: THE PERFECT OPPOSITE \| MOHAMMED'S HEAVEN \| ISLAM AND SCRIPTURE \| ISLAM 101. \| CHURCH TRADITION \| QURAN & ABROGATION \| THE NAME ALLAH \| GAZA \| QURAN INSPIRATION \| YHWH MANIFEST \| BANU QURAYZA MASSACRE \| JIHAD \| JESUS' CRUCIFIXION IN PROPHECY \| THE SCRIPTURES WERE CORRUPTED \| THE PALE HORSE \| YAHWEH YAHSHUA \| OLD TESTAMENT VIOLENCE \| ZIONISM \| Anti-Zionism & Anti-Zionists DANIEL'S BEASTS Daniel's chapter 7 dream begins: Daniel 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, [and] told the sum of the matters. We learn that this prophecy is about 4 "beasts": Daniel 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Daniel 7:4 The first [was] like a lion... Daniel 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear... Daniel 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard... Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible... We later learn: Daniel 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. So in the figurative language of a dream or vision in prophecy: beast = kingdom A considerable consensus of bible scholars, both Christian and Jew, understand the kingdoms represented by Daniel's lion, bear, leopard and 4th "dreadful" beast, to be the successive ancient kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece, followed by the fourth beast, that is understood to be the Roman Empire. We learn further of the fourth beast: Dan 7:19...and his nails [of] brass; [which] devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; Daniel 7:4 The first [was] like a lion... lion - Babylon Daniel 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear... bear - Medo-Persia Daniel 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard... leopard - Greece Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible... "dreadful and terrible" - The Roman Empire *