Correct.
"But
the court will sit, and his dominion will be taken
away, annihilated and destroyed forever." Daniel
7:26 (NAS)
What are The Four Kingdoms (the Four Beasts)?
Compare the descriptions of the four kingdoms here
in Daniel chapter 7...to the four kingdoms in Daniel
chapter 2:
1st Kingdom - Babylonian Empire.
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Head of gold identified as the king of
Babylon (see Daniel 2:37-38) |
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2nd Kingdom - Medo-Persian Empire.
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Arms and breast of silver identified as
the next empire to arise (see Daniel 2:39)
or the kingdom of the Medes & Persians (see
Daniel 5:31 & 8:20). |
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3rd Kingdom - Greek Empire.
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Belly and thighs of bronze identified as
the next empire to arise (see Daniel 2:39)
or the kingdom of Greece (see Daniel 8:21 &
10:20). |
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4th Kingdom - Roman Empire.
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Legs of iron and feet of iron and clay
are identified as the next empire to arise
after Greece (see Daniel 2:39). The
only empire after Greece is the Roman
Empire. |
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Are these four beasts the same kingdoms of Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome?
Compare the descriptions of the fourth kingdom as
they are described in Daniel 2 and Daniel 7:
Daniel 2:40-43 -- "And the fourth kingdom shall be
strong as
iron, forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces
and subdueth all things; and as
iron that
crusheth all these, shall it
break in
pieces and crush. And whereas thou sawest the
feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of
iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall
be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as
thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as
the toes of
the feet were part of iron, and part of clay,
so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly
broken. And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with
miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the
seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay." (ASV)
Daniel 7:7 -- "After this I saw in the
night-visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, terrible
and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and
it had great
iron teeth;
it devoured
and brake in pieces, and
stamped the
residue with its feet: and it was diverse
from all the beasts that were before it; and
it had ten
horns. (ASV)
Both illustrations are of iron, with a crushing
force. Also both have ten appendages; the statue having presumably 10 toes
and the beast having 10 horns.
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