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Daniel 7:1-8
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related the following summary of it. [SUP]2 [/SUP]Daniel said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. [SUP]3 [/SUP]And four great beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle.
I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And behold, another beast, a second one, resembling a bear.
And it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and thus they said to it, ‘Arise, devour much meat!’
[SUP]6 [/SUP]After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, like a leopard,
which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
If we "combine" these "beasts" then we have 7 heads, ten horns, lion, bear, leopard, beast, four wings + 2 -2 = still four
[SUP]8 [/SUP]While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.
In verse 8 we see that one horn comes up (equaling eleven) and pulls up three (eight horns)
Revelation 13:1-2;11-12
And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion.
Here we see, if this is the same beast, that the combination has happened, but the one horn has not "came up".
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
I don't really have a point here, except to point out that we should consider the difference between "coming up out of the sea" and "coming up out of the earth".
Revelation 17:8-13
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, [SUP]2 [/SUP]with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.” [SUP]3 [/SUP]And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. [SUP]4 [/SUP]The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality, [SUP]5 [/SUP]and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” [SUP]6 [/SUP]And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly. [SUP]7 [/SUP]And the angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.[SUP]8 [/SUP]“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. [SUP]9 [/SUP]Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, [SUP]10 [/SUP]and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. [SUP]11 [/SUP]The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction. [SUP]12 [/SUP]The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. [SUP]13 [/SUP]These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
Revelation 17:15-18
[SUP]15 [/SUP]And he *said to me, “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.[SUP]16 [/SUP]And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. [SUP]17 [/SUP]For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
Daniel 7:1-8
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related the following summary of it. [SUP]2 [/SUP]Daniel said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. [SUP]3 [/SUP]And four great beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle.
I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And behold, another beast, a second one, resembling a bear.
And it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and thus they said to it, ‘Arise, devour much meat!’
[SUP]6 [/SUP]After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, like a leopard,
which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
If we "combine" these "beasts" then we have 7 heads, ten horns, lion, bear, leopard, beast, four wings + 2 -2 = still four
[SUP]8 [/SUP]While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.
In verse 8 we see that one horn comes up (equaling eleven) and pulls up three (eight horns)
Revelation 13:1-2;11-12
And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion.
Here we see, if this is the same beast, that the combination has happened, but the one horn has not "came up".
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
I don't really have a point here, except to point out that we should consider the difference between "coming up out of the sea" and "coming up out of the earth".
Revelation 17:8-13
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, [SUP]2 [/SUP]with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.” [SUP]3 [/SUP]And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. [SUP]4 [/SUP]The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality, [SUP]5 [/SUP]and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” [SUP]6 [/SUP]And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly. [SUP]7 [/SUP]And the angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.[SUP]8 [/SUP]“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. [SUP]9 [/SUP]Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, [SUP]10 [/SUP]and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. [SUP]11 [/SUP]The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction. [SUP]12 [/SUP]The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. [SUP]13 [/SUP]These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
Revelation 17:15-18
[SUP]15 [/SUP]And he *said to me, “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.[SUP]16 [/SUP]And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. [SUP]17 [/SUP]For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
