Daniel 7:17
“These four large beasts symbolize four kingdoms that will rise to power on the earth.
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In The King James Version
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
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Psalms 17:14Lord, by your power, save me from people whose only thought is for this world. May they be filled with what you have in store for them, their children too, with left-overs for their grandchildren!
Daniel 7:3Four very large beasts were coming up from the sea, every one of them different.
John 18:36Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it was of this world, my subjects would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from here.”
Revelation 13:11Then I saw another beast, rising up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:16-28
The Vision of the Four Beasts. ( b. c. 555.) 15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. 19 Then I… Read the whole commentary →