The iron teeth correspond to the iron legs in Nebuchadnezzar’s statue. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words. I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. It had huge iron teeth it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. General Cassander was given Macedonia and Greece itself.ĭaniel 7:7-8 “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. General Lysimachus was given Thrace and the surrounding territories General Seleucus, controlled Syria, Babylon, and lands to the East.
General Ptolemy, took control of Egypt and the surrounding territories. The generals are represented by the four heads. His army moved with great speed and agility, like a winged leopard, as they conquered the then known world.Īlexander the Great died in 323 B.C., the empire was divided between his four generals.
And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!”Īlexander the Great was emperor of the Greek Empire. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. The rest of the dream was all in Daniel’s future.ĭaniel 7:5 “And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. Of course, at the time Daniel received the vision, Babylon was the current world empire and Nebuchadnezzar would have already had his period of insanity. The dream is specifically referring to Nebuchadnezzar’s period of insanity in chapter 4 when it talks about the wings being plucked off and given the heart of a man. The lion is the king of the beasts and the eagle is the king of the birds, a fitting description of the most powerful kingdom on earth. The national symbol of Babylon was a winged lion. The lion with eagle’s wings represents Babylon. I watched till its wings were plucked off and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it. Daniel 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings.
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