WHAT DID DANIEL SEE IN HIS VISION?

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. Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.  

And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Daniel 7:1-3

WHAT DO "WINDS" SYMBOLIZE IN BIBLE PROPHECY?

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.  

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.  

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: Jeremiah 49:35-37 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;  

And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.  

Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.  

Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. Jeremiah 51:1-4

WHAT IS THE PROPHETIC MEANING OF WATER?

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. Revelation 17:15

WHAT DO THE FOUR "BEASTS" REPRESENT?

These great beasts, which are four, are four kings [kingdoms], which shall arise out of the earth....  

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. Daniel 7:17, 23

NOTE: These four beasts represent the same four kingdoms as the four metals of the image of Daniel 2 (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome). The symbolic meaning of the winds blowing upon the water would be strife or conflict among the people or nations of the world.

HOW IS THE FIRST KINGDOM OF BABYLON PORTRAYED?

The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. Daniel 7:4

HOW IS MEDO-PERSIA DESCRIBED?

And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. Daniel 7:5

WHAT SYMBOL IS USED TO REPRESENT GREECE?

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. Daniel 7:6

WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF ROME SAID TO BE?

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 [different] from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. Daniel 7:7

NOTE: The horns of this beast parallel the 10 toes of the image of Daniel 2 and represent the Saxons, Franks, Alemanni, Burgundians, Visigoths, Suevi, Lombards, Ostrogoths, Vandals, and Heruli. The first seven of these are known today as the English, French, German, Swiss, Italians, Spanish, and Portuguese. The remaining three, the Vandals, Ostrogoths, and Heruli no longer exist today and are represented by the three "horns" or "kingdoms" which were destroyed by the "little horn" of Daniel 7:8, 24.

WHAT CAME UP AMONG THESE 10 KINGDOMS?

 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. Daniel 7:8

WHAT WOULD THIS LITTLE HORN DO?

And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. Daniel 7:24

NOTE: These three kingdoms, the Heruli, Vandals, and Ostrogoths, were destroyed by this little horn power. The first of these to fall was the Heruli in A.D. 496; the next to be destroyed was the Vandals in 534; and in 538 the Ostrogoths were dealt their fatal blow.

WHAT WOULD IT DO TO GOD’S PEOPLE?

I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Daniel 7:21

WHAT ARE THREE MORE THINGS IT WOULD DO?

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Daniel 7:25

HOW LONG WOULD THIS LITTLE HORN PERSECUTE?

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Daniel 7:25

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THIS POWER?

But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. Daniel 7:26

WHAT IS GOD'S PROMISE TO US?

And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Daniel 7:27

Symbol Power Period

 

Lion 

Bear 

Leopard

Dragon-like Beast

Ten Horns

Little Horn Babylon

Medo-Persia

Greece

Rome

Ten Kingdoms

The Antichrist 605 B.C. - 538 B.C.

538 B.C. - 331 B.C.

331 B.C. - 168 B.C.

168 B.C. - A.D. 476

A.D. 476 - Present

A.D. 538 - Present