5. What did Daniel behold, as the result of strife and commotion among the nations and peoples of earth? Repeat Dan. 7:3.
6. What was symbolized by these four great beasts? Repeat verse 17.
7. Repeat verse 4. What was this first kingdom? Note .
8. How does the lion compare with the other beasts of prey? Prov. 30:30. How does Babylon compare with other nations? Isa. 13:19. What other characteristic of Babylon was symbolized by “eagle’s wings”? Deut. 28:49; 2 Sam. 1:23. What change did the prophet see come over this symbol? What change in the kingdom of Babylon was thus indicated? Jer. 51:30; Isa. 21:3, 4. Note .
9. Repeat verse 5. What two kingdoms united in the conquest and overthrow of Babylon? Isa. 21:2. (Elam is but another name for Persia.) What was symbolized by the bear raising itself up on one side? See marginal reading, verse 5. Note . What by the three ribs in the mouth of the bear? Note .
10. Repeat verse 6. What special characteristic does the leopard possess? What, then, would be symbolized by four wings added to this swift-footed beast? Note . What is symbolized by the four heads upon the leopard? Note .
11. Repeat verse 7. What is symbolized by this fourth beast? Verses 23 and 24, first part. Here, as in the second chapter, the symbol designates Rome, the mighty power that followed Grecia. Note .
12. Repeat verse 8. Concerning what did Daniel specially desire further information? Verses 19, 20. What information did he receive? Verse 24.
13. What did Daniel behold on the part of (the power symbolized by this little horn? Verse 21.
14. How long was the oppression of this power to be felt by the saints? Verse 22.
15. Then what will certainly follow the kingdoms represented by these four beasts. Verses 26, 27.
