VISION OF FOUR GREAT BEASTS
Text: Daniel 7
28 January 2013
VISION OF FOUR GREAT BEASTS
1. Four winds of heaven Daniel 7:2
a) Divine origin
b) Divine power
c) Divine will
2. Stirring up the Great Sea Daniel 7:2
The Mediterranean Sea
3. Four great beasts
a) Beast- representing power
b) Beast- representing kingdom
c) Four great kingdoms
d) Corresponds with an earlier vision given to Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2)
i) Head of gold- first kingdom Daniel 2:36-38
ii) Chest and arms of silver- second kingdom Daniel 2:32, 39a
iii) Bronze- third kingdom Daniel 2:39b
iv) Iron and feet of clay- fourth kingdom Daniel 2:40-43
4. Description of the four great beasts
a) Like a lion with eagle’s wings Daniel 7:4
i) Wings plucked off
ii) Made to stand on two feet
iii) Given a man’s heart
b) Like a bear Daniel 7:5
i) Raised up on one side
ii) Three ribs in its mouth between his teeth
iii) “Arise, devour much flesh”
c) Like a leopard Daniel 7:6
i) With four wings of a bird on its back
ii) Four heads
iii) Dominion given to it
d) Fourth beast Daniel 7
a. Dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong
b. Huge iron teeth
c. Devouring, breaking in pieces, trampling
d. Ten horns
e. A little horn (pre-figuring the Anti-Christ)
i) Uprooted three of the first horns
ii) Eyes of man
iii) Mouth speaking pompous words