Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Then the unerring interpretation of the beasts in the vision is given, for the Bible specifies that they are kingdoms that would rule over the earth, beginning with ancient Babylon and ending with the last of the kingdoms mentioned in Revelation 13…. Daniel 7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 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.
Thus, the Lion, the bear, and the Leopard all point to the ancient kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece respectively, the first three of four kingdoms revealed by God to Nebuchadnezzar, and then came the fourth beast or kingdom, which refers to Rome…. Daniel 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep broke from him.
Daniel 2:36 This is the dream and we’ll tell the interpretation thereof before the king. 37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
Daniel 2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
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