“ And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. ”
And four great beasts came up from the sea - Not at once, but in succession. See the following verses. Their particular form is described in the subsequent verses. The design of mentioning them h...
Daniel 7. The Vision of the Four Beasts. From this point onwards the Book becomes purely apocalyptic. The vision of the four beasts is parallel to the vision of the image in Daniel 2. The beasts ri...
four great beasts . These are not the four dominions of Daniel 2 . They stand up one after the other, and each stands, successively, in the place of the other. These are to arise in "the days of" t...
After Daniel had beheld these great commotions which were shaking the earth in different parts, another vision was offered to him. What has already been said concerning the troubled sea and the...
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Four great beasts came up from the sea - The term sea, in Hebrew ים yam, from המה hamah, to be tumultuous, agitated, etc., seems...
Behold, the four winds—strove, &c.— What was revealed to Nebuchadnezzar concerning the four great empires of the world was again revealed to Daniel, with some additions, about forty-eight years...
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Beasts - not living animals, as the cherubic four in Revelation 4:7 (for the original х zooa ( G2226 )] is a differe...
The Vision of the Four Beasts In the first year of Belshazzar Daniel sees in a dream four beasts rising out of the sea ( Daniel 7:1-3 ). The first is like a lion, with eagle's wings ( Daniel 7:4 )...
Four great beasts. — The monstrous forms of the beasts are implied, rather than the hugeness of their size. Other instances of beasts being taken as emblems of kingdoms may be found in Isaiah 27:1...
VISION OF THE FOUR WILD BEASTS WE now enter upon the second division of the Book of Daniel-the apocalyptic. It is unquestionably inferior to the first part in grandeur and importance as a whole, b...
God's Everlasting Dominion Daniel 7:1-14 This chapter enumerates the succession of world-empires and rulers which bridge the gulf of centuries from the Captivity to the Second Advent. The lion...
We come now to the second half of the Book, which consists of visions, with their interpretations, granted to Daniel through three reigns. During the reign of Belshazzar two visions were granted to h...
There can be no doubt, but that what is here described under the figure and similitude of beasts, relates to kingdoms of the earth. And explaining these prophecies by the events which have followed,...
And four great beasts came up from the sea ,.... Which are afterwards interpreted of four kings or kingdoms, Daniel 7:17 , which rose up in the world, not at once, but successively, and out of the...
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Ver. 3. And four great beasts. ] Regnorum feritas bestiarum nomine demonstratur, saith Jerome. The fierceness of the four ki...
Behold, the four winds strove upon the great sea This denotes those commotions in the world, and that troublesome state of affairs, out of which empires and kingdoms commonly take their rise. And...
The Vision of the Four Beasts. B. C. 555. 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Baby...
That is, four great monarchies, great in comparison of particular kingdoms that were little to them; beasts for their idolatry, and tyrannical oppressions and depredations.
HOMILETICS SECT. XXII.—THE VISION OF THE FOUR BEASTS (Chap. Daniel 7:1-7 ) We now come to the second and principal part of the Book of Daniel, the prophetical portion, the narratives it contains...
Daniel 7:1-28 The principles which underlie this prophecy are at once profoundly suggestive and exceedingly important. I. Foremost among them we find the terribly significant truth that earthly p...
Daniel 7:1 . In the first year of Belshazzar. The book of Daniel is divided into two parts; the first six Chapter s being historic, and the latter prophetic. This dream of Daniel's has a connectio...
I saw in my vision by night. Modes of Communication with God Since the days of the apostles, the intercourse between Heaven and earth has been maintained through the ordinary channels. God spea...
EXPOSITION Daniel 7:1-27 THE VISION OF THE FOUR BEASTS . This chapter begins the second section of the book. All before this has been narrative; visions are introduced into the...
The Vision of the Four Beasts
Daniel 2:32 ; Daniel 2:33 ; Daniel 2:37-40 ; Daniel 7:17 ; Daniel 7:4-8 ; Ezekiel 19:3-8 ; Psalms 76:4 ; Revelation 13:1 ; Zechariah 6:1-8
Four great beasts — That is, four great monarchies, great, in comparison of particular kingdoms; beasts for their tyrannical oppressions.