Daniel Chapter 7 Verses 11-12

11 I looked then because of the sound of the great words which the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire. 12 As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

The judgment of the court is that the fourth beast be destroyed, which is thus pictured in verse 11. The beast is burned with fire and utterly destroyed.

The other three beasts have lost their power (their dominion was taken away), but they are pictured as still being around waiting to hear their fate as well.

These three beasts lived on in the fourth beast. They had the same ungodly ways and aims.

We saw this in chapter 2, where all four kingdoms were denoted by a single giant statue.

What did they have in common? They were all earthly kingdoms that were trying to take the place of or destroy the one true heavenly kingdom of God.

We also see this in John’s description of Rome found in Revelation 13.

Revelation 13:1-2 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems upon its horns and a blasphemous name upon its heads. 2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.

In Revelation 13, the beast (Rome) is like a leopard, a bear, and a lion.

Where have we seen these three animals before?

In Daniel 7, we just saw a lion, a bear, and a leopard (in that order).

In Revelation, John mentions a leopard, a bear, and a lion (in the reverse order).

Daniel and John are both looking at the same three kingdoms, but Daniel is looking FORWARD through time whereas John is looking BACKWARD through time!

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