Jul 30, 2009 the leopard beast in daniel 7 has four heads and four wings that symbolize the four subkingdoms. An indepth look at the four great beasts of daniel 7. The reason why the fifth chapter was put in an improper place was that all the historic parts might be together, and the prophetic be by themselves. After this i looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. A lion symbolized babylon, a bear medopersia, a fourheaded leopard symbolized the divided hellenistic empire after alexander the great, and a fierce monster symbolized rome. The fourheaded leopard phases the third symbol representative of the kingdom of babylon under a new constitution shown to daniel, was a leopard with four heads and four wings. In chapter 7, daniel has a vision of four beasts coming up out of the sea, and is told that they represent four kingdoms.
What do the four beasts of the bible, in the book of. While these prophesies unfold in history, the bible reminds us in daniel 7 of gods great promise to his people. The book of daniel opens with a major conflict in the middle east. Ken raggio teaches the iron and clay feet and the fourheaded. Notice that one interpretation of heads is that they are kings, or leaders of empires, so one could say that as the heads on the 4 headed leopard were the leaders of the greek empire the 4 parts that succeeded alexander the great, so also the 7 heads of the 7. Daniel s vision of the four beasts 5 suddenly another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. Four beasts come out of the sea, the ancient of days sits in judgement over them, and one like a son of man is given eternal kingship. Emergence from the sea, leopard body, bear claws, lions mouth, ten horns, and seven heads collectively. Daniel s vision here of the four beasts also display these four kingdoms in their last days form which will exist late in earth history far down through time after the judgment of the nations that jesus revealed to us in matthew 25. Finally, general seleucus was holding mesopotamia and syria. Daniel 7 speaks of four beasts that rose up out of the sea. The dream begins with daniel seeing the four winds striving upon the sea.
We can understand the four heads of this leopard by remembering that germanys third reich historically attempted to gain world dominion during world war ii, and that the fourth reich is emerging in our time. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The stories reveal how to be ready for earths final days. The vast majority of all bible commentaries and teaching material will tell you that the four beasts in daniels dream are the same four empires that are mentioned in nebuchadnezzars statue. A slain lamb with seven horns and seven eyes revelation 5 a great red dragon with seven heads and ten horns revelation 12 a leopardlike composite beast with seven heads and ten horns revelation. Daniels next vision covered the same basic outline of history, but instead of a multimetal statue he saw a series of wild animals. The 1st beast is a composite of two animals, a lion and an eagle. The iron and clay feet of nebuchadnezzars statue the european union is the iron. The book of daniel naturally divides itself into two parts. The third beast represents greece, an empire known for the swiftness of its conquests. White commonly interpreted as describing ancient world empires, the prophecy of daniel chapter 7 has been sorely misunderstood. The leopard 027 jesus explains the 4 winged 4 headed leopard. Daniel 7 the seventh chapter of the book of daniel tells of daniel s vision of four worldkingdoms replaced by the kingdom of god.
In our introductory lesson, we described these parts as. A commentary on the book of daniel by cooper abrams. May 16, 2018 the leopard like beast with seven heads and ten horns represents babylon. The third kingdomthe brass of daniel 2parallels the four headed leopard in daniel 7. America, britain, and russia are in your bible but not where. The emphasis of four on this leopard represents four powers, or authority. The four sons of horus imsetyhuman headed liver duamutefjackal headed stomach hapibaboon headed lungs qebehsenueffalcon headed. Here we have the 4 beasts daniel saw in his vision described. Each of the animals in daniel 7 has characteristics that clearly point to the four kingdoms represented in the statue of daniel 2. Now, allow me to explain the vision and the interpretation of the four winged, four headed leopard of daniel chapter 7. The leopard daniel saw also had birds wings, which represent france and its national symbol of a rooster. Redemption apostolic preaching and teaching network beautiful words book of daniel jesus is coming prophetic art life quotes love. The bronze belly and thighs in nebuchadnezars vision and the four headed leopard in daniel s vision.
I think that the first four nations to be included in this union will be turkey, syria, iraq, and iran. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. The eu flag photo was designed with the 12 stars of the virgin mary as depicted by the roman catholic church. Part 19your will be done on earth watchtower online library.
Currently no nations are symbolized by the leopard. The winged lion was a wellknown symbol for babylon, the bear represented the medes and persians, the fourheaded leopard symbolized greece and the four divisions of the hellenistic empire, and the monster with iron teeth. It had four birds wings on its back, and it had four heads. 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. In the book of daniel, we learn about a statue thats important in bible prophecy. The beast with two horns like the lamb, but speaks like the dragon, represents lucifer in human form. Dec 09, 2018 now, allow me to explain the vision and the interpretation of the fourwinged, fourheaded leopard of daniel chapter 7. The four heads are predictive of the fourway division of the empire following alexander the greats death. Alexander the great and bible symbolism watchtower. He had been very well educated in his native israel which is why he as well as others were chosen to be trained for. Officially germany uses the black eagle as its national symbol but interestingly germany, when it was allowed to begin rearming in the 1960s, chose to name its tank the leopard. The 4 heads of the leopard the leopard in daniel 7.
Mar 19, 2010 and the beast had four heads, and there was given to it rulership indeed. Be familiar with daniels vision of four beasts and how the beasts parallel the gentile empires of the great statue. Jul 24, 2017 the book of revelation refers to four beasts. The leopard is one of the animal symbols for germany. The lion is used in the bible as a symbol of authority and power. Of the four heads of the leopard and the four horns of the goat, but two only figure in the prophecy of daniels book. The leopard 027 jesus explains the 4 winged 4 headed.
Instead of a lion, the vulgate, greek, and arabic read, a lioness, signifying, says jerome, the cruelty of that empire, lionesses. Daniel s four empires the skeptics just dont get it. One may ask, what do the beasts of daniel 7 represent. The 7 headed leopard with 10 horns and crowns upon its horns from revelation, aka sea beast, feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion, looks a lot like the 4 headed leopard of daniel 7. The four beasts in daniel 7 refer to famous dynasties that affected israel and ruled nearby. The reason of this is, that the prophecy was not delivered to prefigure the history of the gentiles.
Part of the reason for this confusion is that the book of daniel s got a bit of a split personality. The leopard grecea the leopard is the 3rd kingdom since the flood but unnaturally is the 4th symbolized by the 4 wings 1 adamic empire, 2 babylon, 3 medopersia, 4 grecea, 5 rome the four heads are the four grecian divisions after the death of alexander. Four great beasts came up out of the turbulent waters. Recently in an earlier post i refuted the logical fallacy advanced by thirdrate skeptic farrell till that the biblical book of daniel supossed that the medes and the persians were two empires independent of eachother at the time of the conquest of babylon. Daniel s account here in daniel 7 is a thumbnail of that same judgment. Who are the four wild bests prophesized in chapter seven in the book of daniel. A case in point is the book of daniel, which abounds in symbolism. The fourheaded winged leopard, which symbolized the third kingdom, seems to indicate the rapidity of the conquests of that power and the fourfold division which was its after condition. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The prophecy of daniel 7 begins with the statement of a dream. The person in the youtube video below says that he finds barack obama in bible prophecy. The beasts of daniel 7 are gods view of gentile dominion, earlier symbolized from mans point of view by the polymetallic statue of daniel 2. It depicts, for example, animals that are nonexistent in nature, such as the seven headed dragon and the sea beast of revelation, the winged lion and the four headed leopard of daniel, etc. Notice, these four beasts collectively have the same features as the beast in revelation.
And then, i shall illustrate it again a little bit simpler. Daniel is under the babylonian king when he had this vision. Daniel was one of many hebrew young men in particular taken captive by the babylonians. The first part chapters 16 is all courtly legendsreal sockittoem celebrations of daniel and pals as they outwit babylonian and persian kings and stand up for their faith. Sermons from daniel the vision of the four beasts 7. Four beasts of revelation and two great kings exposed. The beasts of revelation and daniel here a little, there a. The first was like a lion the chaldean or babylonian empire. Functionally, theyre sort of like superheroes in comic books. A slain lamb with seven horns and seven eyes revelation 5. In the dream, four mysterious beasts arise from out the water. In the first year of belshazzar king of babylon, daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his. Animal imagery in apocalyptic literature bible odyssey. But it is impossible to read this vision without seeing that the fourth kingdom is the principal.
From the statue in the book of daniel, we can learn important facts about past and future events and the future return of christ. The symbol of the leopard is a fitting symbol for the kingdom of grecia in view of the swiftness of its conquest. In daniel 7 the prophet records a night vision that god gave him concerning four world empires, symbolized as four beasts daniel 7. In november 2014 then turkish prime minister erdogan announced his plans to form a new islamic union. The third kingdomthe brass of daniel 2parallels the fourheaded leopard in daniel 7. To this day germany still produces the leopard tank 2nd generation. In one of his visions, he saw four winds churning up the great sea. An angelic guide interprets the beasts as kingdoms and kings, the last of whom will make war on the holy ones. There, for example, the grecian or grecomacedonian world power is depicted as a male goat and as a four headed winged leopard. What do the four beasts of the bible, in the book of daniel. As with the second beast, the third beast is clearly identified by the angel gabriel. The 2nd beast was a bear, the 3rd a four headed leopard, and the 4th an unnamed, terrifying beast with 10 horns. This illustration describes the astounding pace of alexanders conquest from greece to egypt to india. Us president barack obama is spearheading an effort to form a confederacy of four nations.
Which is a creature cruel, desirous of mans blood, crafty, spotted, and very swift of foot. Chapter seven dream of daniel upon the four animals chapter the fifth should have followed both this and the succeeding. A dreadful beast the four beasts of daniel 7 what they cannot represent. In the hebrew bible, precedent animal imagery is found in dan 7. The prophecies reveal when these lastday events will occur. Ken raggio teaches the iron and clay feet and the four. This is based on old theology and commentaries that tried to make sense of the world as they saw it then. Then, four different beasts come out of the sea daniel. A careful consideration of this symbolism reveals how appropriate it is. I wrote my commentary titled the leopard is upon us. When we compare the visions of daniel 2 and daniel 7, we find that the first kingdom of daniel 2the head of goldis equated with the lion, the king of beasts, in daniel 7.
Since then the identity of the four primary nations of the leopard in daniel 7. European union is predicted in prophecy a revelation of. The second kingdomthe silver of daniel 2is compared to a bear in daniel 7. It is made more clear as the book of daniel goes on. What did the four headed leopard in daniel symbolize answers. Syria, and babylon bsb 3 the winged, multi headed leopard a with four wings and four heads b to whom dominion was given. This indicates the symbiotic relationship between the vatican and the eu. So it was told, get up and gorge yourself on flesh. The leopard like beast with seven heads and ten horns represents babylon. Then the third of these strange beasts appeared, and it looked like a leopard. Modern nations prophesied bible prophecy and truth. Daniel s vision of the four beasts not only foretold the creation of the worlds modern nations, but also warns believers of the development of a single world government. Interpretation principles used characteristics on leopard, move from body to heads to go forward in time miller principle, concurrency of heads, similarity of heads to the body, differences of heads and body.
However, a new world entity is about to be created that could be symbolized by the leopard. It answers to the brazen part of the image, which bore rule over all the earth. The bible tells us in chapter 7 of the book of daniel, that god gave daniel a vision of four beasts rising from the sea. The third of the four beasts is like a leopard, except it has four birdlike wings on its back and four heads daniel 7. The four empires are the same as nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream in daniel 2, although in that dream they are pictured as various metals in a statue. Tradition says the lion, bear, and leopard of daniel 7 are babylon, mediapersia, and greece. Like its counterpartthe copper belly and thighs of nebuchadnezzars dream imagethis fourwinged, fourheaded leopard symbolized the macedonian, or grecian, line of rulers starting with alexander the great. English standard version after this i looked, and behold, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back. With the agility and speed of a leopard, alexander moved through asia minor, south into egypt, and on to the western border of india. President obama, apparently, is the leopard found in daniel. His kingdom was split between four notable ones the 4 headed leopard beast. The leopard daniel 7 alexander the great bible prophecy. And the beast had four heads, and there was given to it rulership indeed.
The book of daniel can be divided into two partsstories and prophecies. The four headed leopard phases the third symbol representative of the kingdom of babylon under a new constitution shown to daniel, was a leopard with four heads and four wings. The leopard beast in daniel 7 has four heads and four wings that symbolize the four subkingdoms. Pakistan, india, afghanistan, and turkmenistan please note that the leopard has four heads. Composite symbolism was common, of course in the art. These four beasts, from daniel s apocalyptic vision in chapter 7, are the same as the four empires represented in the statue nebuchadnezzar sees in his dream, except that dream was actually a relatively staid and buttoneddown one, compared to this vision. If you take the beasts in daniel 7, that is a lion with wings, a bear, a four headed leopard, and a 10 horned beast, and you combined them all into one beast, you would have a 7 headed ten horned beast with characteristics of a bear, leopard and a lion, exactly what we see in revelation. Jan 02, 2020 the third of the four beasts is like a leopard, except it has four birdlike wings on its back and four heads daniel 7. After this i beheld, and lo another, like a leopard. Daniel 11 the 4 heads of the leopard thomson memorial.
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