Hey just the facts this is not on all of the book of Daniel but the answer to chapter 2 in chapter 7.
Daniel 7: 2-7 (KJV) Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I 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.
Babylon had a winged lion symbol, in Jerimiah before the first temple was destroyed, we see who the lion was.
Jeremiah 4:7 (KJV) The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant
The lion is king of the beasts and king refers to the gold head when Nebuchadnezzar was king in Dan. 2. But now in the rule of Belshazzar they became weaker and the kingdom shrank and the courageous heart of a lion was replaced by a weak and wicked heart of a man, and made to stand as a man. Later we see how easy they were defeated. in Habakkuk 1:6-9 are the wings.
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.
Medo-Persian Empire. Darius the Mede and Cyrus his nephew came together to go against Babylon. A bear is very vicious and blood thirsty raising up on one side shows the Persian empire was the stronger because they had overruled the Medes. The ribs in its mouth are the from the Medes empire Persians took before they joined together. This refers to the silver chest and arms in Daniel 2
6 After this I beheld, and lo another, 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.
Greek Empire. Described as a leopard...four wings of a fowl, a leopard is fast and catching its prey intercepting and the wings helped it conquer even faster. The four heads, Alexander was the leopard and when he died the kingdom was divided to his four generals. This beast refers back to the brass waist of Daniel 2
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, 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 from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Revelation 13:1-4 (KJV) And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
The Roman Empire was not described by an animal. Dreadful, terrible, strong exceedingly, Iron teeth...devoured and brake in pieces whatever was before it and stamped the residue with the feet of it. Roman empire was totally different than all the ones before refers to the legs of iron and joined with the Iron/Clay feet with ten toes in Daniel 2. Horns are used as a symbol of kings/kingdoms.
The empire started to divide to east and west 40 50 B.C. The land mass Rome was over got to large the Roman empire was divided into ten provinces. I used Revelation 13 beast, I believe they are the same beast that the false prophet in Rev. 13 makes an image of and both beasts were given same amount of time to do their evil. The rest of Daniel 7 corresponds with a lot of Revelations and I believe Daniel and John were seeing the same the things but the writings are different. The 4 beasts in Dan. 7 are the same as Dan. 2 the toes and the horns are later but still in our past. If you compare Daniel 7:9-28 to Revelations, many parallels. in light and love Rodron
