The Vision of the Four Beasts

Daniel 7:1: “In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.”

Daniel 7:2: “Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.”

Daniel 7:3: “And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse" [Different] "one from another.” See verse 17.

Daniel 7:4: “The first" [Beast] "was like a lion, and had eagle's wings:” [Nebuchadnezzar king of the Babylonians] “I" [Daniel] "beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.”

Daniel 7:5: “And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.” Cyrus king of the Persians.

Daniel 7:6: “After this I" [Daniel] "beheld, and lo another," [The third beast] "like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.” Alexander king of the Greeks.

Daniel 7:7: “After this I" [Daniel] "saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,” [See verse 23] “dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse" [Different] "from all the beasts" [See verse 4-6] "that were before it; and it" [The fourth beast] "had ten horns.” See verse 24.

Daniel 7:8: “I" [Daniel] "considered the horns,: [The ten horns in verses 7, 24] "and, behold, there came up among them" [The ten horns] "another little horn,” [The Beast spoken of in Revelation, coming into power] “before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots:” [See verse 24] “and, behold, in this horn” [The Beast spoken of in Revelation] “were eyes like the eyes of man,” [See 1 John 2:16] “and a mouth speaking great things.” See verse 25 and Revelation 13:5-7.

Judgment of the Nations

Daniel 7:9: “I" [Daniel] "beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit,” [Vision of the Most High’s throne room in heaven, before the ruler ship of the nations is taken away from them by Christ and the 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High] “whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.” This is the description of the Most High and his throne.

Daniel 7:10: “A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him:" [The Most High] "thousand thousands ministered unto him," [The Most High] "and ten thousand times ten thousand” [Angels] “stood before him:” [The Most High] “the judgment was set, and the books were opened.” See Daniel 7:21-22, 25-27.

Daniel 7:11: “I" [Daniel] "beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake:” [The Beast spoken of in Revelation, see verse 25 and Revelation 13:5-6] “I" [Daniel] "beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.” The Beast spoken of in Revelation will be cast alive in lake of fire, see Revelation 19:11-20.

Daniel 7:12: “As concerning the rest of the beasts,” [Nebuchadnezzar king of the Babylonians, Cyrus king of the Persians, Alexander king of the Greeks] “they had their dominion taken away:” [By Christ, see verse 14] “yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.” During the reign of Christ and the 144,000, see verse 13-14.

The Victory of Christ

Daniel 7:13: “I" [Daniel] "saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man" [Christ] "came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days," [The Most High] "and they brought him near before him.” This shall take place after the destruction on Babylon; see Revelation 19:1-6.

Daniel 7:14: “And there was given him" [Christ] "dominion, and glory," [See Revelation 5:5-14] "and a kingdom," [See Revelation 20:4, Psalm 149:1-9, Isaiah 14:1-3 and Messages to reader: The Kingdom of Christ and The Reign of Christ and 144,000 (1,000 Years)] "that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.” Read Luke 1:32-33.

The Angel Explains Daniel’s Vision

Daniel 7:15: “I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.”

Daniel 7:16: “I" [Daniel] "came near unto one of them that stood by," [One of the angles in verse 10] "and asked him" [The angel] "the truth of all this. So he" [The angel] "told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.”

Daniel 7:17: “These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.” Nebuchadnezzar king of the Babylonians, Cyrus king of the Persians, Alexander king of the Greeks and the Fourth Beast/Romans, see verse 23.

Daniel 7:18: “But the saints of the most High” [The 144,000/Servants of God, see Revelation chapter 7] “shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.” See Revelation 20:4, Psalm 149:1-9, Isaiah 14:1-3 and Messages to reader: The Kingdom of Christ and The Reign of Christ and 144,000 (1,000 Years).

Daniel 7:19: “Then I" [Daniel] "would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse" [Different] "from all the others,” [Nebuchadnezzar king of the Babylonians, Cyrus king of the Persians, Alexander king of the Greeks] “exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;” See 2 Esdras 11:5-6.

Daniel 7:20: “And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up,” [The “little horn”, which is the Beast spoken of in Revelation] “and before whom three fell; even of that horn" [The little horn/Beast spoken of in Revelation] "that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.”

Daniel 7:21: “I beheld, and the same horn" [The king of Babylon/the Beast spoken of in Revelation] "made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;” See Revelation 13:7 and Message to reader: The 144,000.

Daniel 7:22: “Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.” See Revelation 20:4, Psalm 149:1-9, Isaiah 14:1-3 and Messages to reader: The Kingdom of Christ and The Reign of Christ and 144,000 (1,000 Years).

Daniel 7:23: “Thus he" [The angel] "said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,” [The Roman Empire] “which shall be diverse" [Different] "from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth,” [Conquer all nations] “and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.” See 2 Esdras 11:5-6.

Daniel 7:24: “And the ten horns out of this kingdom” [The Fourth Kingdom/Roman Empire] “are ten kings that shall arise:” [Prior to the kingdom of the Beast, see Message to reader: The Eight Contrary Feathers and the Three Heads. These ten kings are different from the ten kings in Revelation 17:12. The ten kings in Revelation 17, received power with the Beast and they had no kingdom.] “and another” [The little horn/Beast spoken of in Revelation] “shall rise after them;” [The ten horns] “and he" [The little horn/Beast] "shall be diverse" [Different] "from the first,” [The first horn/first contrary feathers] “and he" [The little horn/Beast] "shall subdue three kings.” Two of the eagle’s heads and the seventh contrary feather.

Daniel 7:25: “And he" [The little horn/Beast] "shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High,” [See Revelation 13:5-7 and Message to reader: The 144,000] “and think to change times and laws:” [An example of this is Revelation 13:15, the setting up of idol worship, thus changing the word of God] “and they" [The 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High] "shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” Three and half years explained in Message to reader: Time and Times and the Dividing of Time (3 ½ Years).

Daniel 7:26: “But the judgment shall sit," [See Revelation 14:9-11] "and they" [Christ and the 144,000/Servants of God/Saint of the Most High, see Revelation 20:4, Psalm 149:1-9, Isaiah 14:1-3 and Messages to reader: The Kingdom of Christ and The Reign of Christ and 144,000 (1,000 Years)] "shall take away his dominion," [The little horn/Beast] "to consume and to destroy it unto the end.” See verses 9-10, 18.

Daniel 7:27: “And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.” Christ.

Daniel 7:28: “Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.”