Correct.
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. 2 Daniel said,
"I was looking in my vision by night, and behold,
the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great
sea. 3 "And
four great
beasts were coming up from the sea, different
from one another. Daniel 7:1-3 (NAS)
Daniel
saw four great beasts (or great animals). They were
described as follows:
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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.
Daniel 7:4 (NAS)
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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!' Daniel 7:5
(NAS)
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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. Daniel 7:6 (NAS)
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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. Daniel 7:7 (NAS)
Without knowing the correct
interpretation of this prophecy, how difficult do
you think it would be to accurately guess what the
four beasts represented...and what the ten horns
represented?
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