Last week we started looking at Daniel’s dream in chapter 7 and how it was parallel the dream Nebuchadnezzar had. Both dreams describe four kingdoms that were to rule the earth.
The Lion represented Babylon and the Bear represented Medo-Persia.
Daniel 7:6 – 6 “After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.
The leopard is a very fast animal and signified the quick conquest of Alexander the Great. Alexander led the Greeks to a world conquest. Alexander died at a young age and his son was too young to take over. So the four main generals took over and created four divisions. That is believed to be the four heads on the leopard.
Daniel 7:7 – 7 “After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.
Daniel’s dream like the statue dream the King Nebuchadnezzar had, shows a symbolic feature of this empire that has ten of a specific feature. In the statue in was toes mixed with clay. On the beast it’s ten horns.
So the ten horns and the ten toes are driving home the significance of ten something which has to do with world government. I personally believe that it refers to ten regions that the new world order groups are trying to separate the globe into. This is just my opinion and it is based on a couple of things.
One, we know that this government engulfs the whole world, otherwise the antichrist wouldn’t have control of all those who buy and sell.
Revelation 13:7 – 7He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
Revelation 13:16-17 – 16He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Two, the horns are ten kings that have not received a kingdom.
Revelation 17:12-13 – 12“The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. 13They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast.
As I said I believe its ten regions because the whole earth has to be involved and two, that’s what the one world order groups are pushing for.
There is a lot more to Chapter 7 of Daniel. It also finishes with the last Kingdom being run by the Son of Man which we now know is Jesus. Much of the rest gets into the antichrist and that is another end time prophecy. In fact starting next week I will start into the antichrist.