Daniel 7:1-8 – Daniel’s vision of four beasts
The Lion - Babylon. Wings represent conquering speed. King Nebuchadnezzar.
The Bear - Medo-Persia. One shoulder raised above the other represents the dominance of the Medes over the Persians. The three ribs represent the three kingdoms overthrown by this kingdom - Egypt, Lydia, and Babylon. (Daniel 8:20)Four Beasts from the sea
The Leopard - Greece. Four wings representing great conquering speed. The four heads represent Alexander the Great’s four generals who ruled Greece after his death – Seleucus, Ptolemy, Lysimachus and Cassander. (Daniel 8:21-22, Daniel 7 Quote, Daniel 8 Quote)
The different beast - Rome. The ten horns - the divisions of Rome (Same as the toes of Chapter 2) The ten horns are the 10 divisions of the Roman Empire as it fell apart. These were the Anglo Saxons (England), Alemanni (Germany), Heruli (x493AD), Vandals (x534AD), Ostrogoths (x538AD), Visigoths (Spain), Suevi (Portugal), Lombard’s (Italy), Burgundians (Swiss) and the Franks (France).
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome: Same for Daniel 2 and
Nebuchadnezzar.
If you didn’t know Rome was the 4th beast of Daniel 7, you would be late to the party.
What world power came after Greece? Rome.
The bible verse said that the beast was made out of the 10 horns of 10 different nations, not that the ten horns came after the beast.