A NATION IN WESTERN EUROPE
- THE SAME AS IN DANIEL 7
And I stood upon the sand of the sea,
and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns,
and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard,
and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his
mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon
gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Revelation
13:1-2
The book of Daniel will help us understand the symbols in Revelation.
As chapter 7 begins, Daniel sees four beasts coming up out of the
sea. In prophecy, what does a beast represent? What does the sea
represent?
"The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon the
earth." Daniel 7:23. "The waters ... are peoples, and
multitudes, and nations, and tongues." Revelation 17:15.
Answer: Beasts represent kingdoms or nations.
Water represents multitudes of people or large populations.
The four beasts of Daniel 7 represent
the four world kingdoms: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.
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The 10 horns on the last beast represent the 10 kings or
kingdoms into which pagan Rome was eventually split (Daniel 7:24).
(These 10 kingdoms are the same as the 10 toes of the image described
in Daniel 2:41-44.) Roving barbarian tribes swept in upon the Roman
empire and carved out land niches for their people. Seven of those
10 tribes developed into the countries of modern Western Europe,
while three were uprooted and destroyed.
Visigoths--Spain
Anglo-Saxons--England
Franks--France
Alemani--Germany
Burgundians--Switzerland
Lombards--Italy
Suevi--Portugal
Heruli--Rooted up
Ostrogoths--Rooted up
Vandals--Rooted up
"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
The clues in Revelation 13:1-2:
beast, sea, seven heads, ten horns, leopard, bear, lion, and dragon,
help us to realize that God is speaking about the same
nation that he showed to Daniel.
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