NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S STATUE OF KINGDOMS
Daniel interpreted a dream for Nebuchadnezzar of a statue of a man made of a gold head, chest and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron and feet of iron and clay. The interpretation was that there was a progression of kingdoms starting from the head until the last kingdom at the bottom. The Golden Head was the Babylonian Kingdom. The Silver chest and arms were the Persian Empire. The Bronze belly and thighs were the Grecian Empire. The Legs of Iron were the Roman Empire, and the Feet of Iron and Clay were the Islamic Kingdom.
THE FOUR BEASTS
Daniel’s first recorded dream was of four Beasts which were kingdoms found in chapter 7. The last Kingdom was ferocious and terrible, but was destroyed in the end and the Kingdom was given back to the saints. The dream was recorded in Aramaic (not Hebrew like the rest of Daniel’s dreams) is spoken of in third person (unlike the rest of Daniel’s dreams spoken in first person) and was summarized by someone other than Daniel. I believe that the order of the Kingdoms was accidentally switched by whoever had summarized Daniel’s dream, because the description of the Beasts, compared to the Kingdoms in chapters 8, 10, and 11. In chapter 7 they are listed as The Lion with Eagle’s wings first, the Ferocious Bear came second, the Four Headed Leopard came third and the Terrible 10 horned Beast came last. The 10-Horned Beast, as we find out by the mathematical precision of the times given, is the Islamic Beast. Islam conquered three Kingdoms; Persia, Greece and Rome.
THE ORDER OF BEASTS
In Revelation 13, the Beast is described as having the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. Notice the location of each part. If they were told in order from head to foot, like Nebuchadnezzar’s Statue of Kingdoms, it would be the mouth of a lion, the body of a leopard and the feet of a bear. This is the order that they should be in Daniel chapter 7.
THE FOUR BEASTS
Daniel’s first recorded dream was of four Beasts which were kingdoms found in chapter 7. The last Kingdom was ferocious and terrible, but was destroyed in the end and the Kingdom was given back to the saints. The dream was recorded in Aramaic (not Hebrew like the rest of Daniel’s dreams) is spoken of in third person (unlike the rest of Daniel’s dreams spoken in first person) and was summarized by someone other than Daniel. I believe that the order of the Kingdoms was accidentally switched by whoever had summarized Daniel’s dream, because the description of the Beasts, compared to the Kingdoms in chapters 8, 10, and 11. In chapter 7 they are listed as The Lion with Eagle’s wings first, the Ferocious Bear came second, the Four Headed Leopard came third and the Terrible 10 horned Beast came last. The 10-Horned Beast, as we find out by the mathematical precision of the times given, is the Islamic Beast. Islam conquered three Kingdoms; Persia, Greece and Rome.
THE ORDER OF BEASTS
In Revelation 13, the Beast is described as having the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. Notice the location of each part. If they were told in order from head to foot, like Nebuchadnezzar’s Statue of Kingdoms, it would be the mouth of a lion, the body of a leopard and the feet of a bear. This is the order that they should be in Daniel chapter 7.
THE LION WITH EAGLES WINGS
The Lion with Eagles wings is Persia. Notice the two distinct stages of life in this Beast. First, it is a lion with two eagles wings. The two eagles wings represent Mede and Persia, just like the two horns in chapter 8. They are plucked off, which represents their demise as their power is taken away by Greece. The second stage of life in Persia is it’s resurrection in the end times as the eighth Beast Kingdom in Revelation 13:11. We see the personification of the Lion when it stands up as a man and is given a human mind. This is Persia Resurrected as Iran and it’s False Prophet.
THE LEOPARD WITH FOUR HEADS AND FOUR WINGS
The second Beast Kingdom, as listed in the Revelation 13 Beast, is the Leopard. In Daniel 7, the Leopard had four heads and four wings. In Daniel 8, the Shaggy Male Goat, Greece had one prominent horn, Alexander the Great, that was broken off and four horns rose up in it’s place, representing the four Generals who split the Kingdom Four Ways into Four lesser Kingdoms. The Four Heads of the Leopard represent the Four Generals, while the Four Wings Represent the Four Lesser Kingdoms that spring from these Generals.
THE FEROCIOUS BEAR WITH THREE RIBS IN ITS MOUTH
The third Beast Kingdom, as listed in the Revelation 13 Beast, is the Ferocious Bear. In Daniel 7, the Bear raises itself up on one side and has three ribs in its mouth. This Bear represents the Roman Empire. The three ribs in it’s mouth represent the three Punic Wars which caused Rome to become the Great Empire that it was. It was told to arise and devour and that was the Nature of the Roman Empire.
THE FEARSOM AND TERRIBLE 10 HORNED BEAST
The fourth Beast Kingdom represents the Revelation 13 Beast itself, which devoured these three Kingdoms of Persia, Greece and Rome. The old cliche "You are what you eat" applies here. It has 7 heads and 10 horns with 10 crowns. It has lion mouths, a leopard body and bear feet. It is the Beast of Islam which devoured the lands of Persia, Greece and Rome. It made war with the saints. It set up the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque, both on the Temple Mount in the Gentile Court area and were known as the Abomination of Desolation in Daniel 12:11. From 583 BC, the year that the Daily Sacrifices were abolished until the beginning of the construction of the Dome of the Rock in 688 AD was 1,290 Lunar Years, which was 1,271 Solar Years. From 583 BC until the beginning of the construction of the al-Aqsa Mosque in 707 AD was 1,290 Solar Years. From 583 BC until 732 AD, the Battle of Tours which was a turning point in Islamic Imperialism, marking the beginning of the End of the Imperialist Expansion, was 1,335 Lunar Years, which was 1,315 Solar Years. From 583 BC until 751 AD, the year of the End of Islamic Imperialist Expansion where the Mulsims changed their focus from war to the arts and literature, was 1,335 Solar Years. From 707 AD until 1967 AD, the year that Jerusalem, the Heart of Israel, was taken from Syria, was 1,260 years. From 688 AD until 1948 AD, the year that Israel regained their land from the Islamic Beast, was 1,260 years. All prophetic timelines that were given have been fulfilled concerning the Revelation 13:1 Leopard Lion Bear Beast of Islam.
THE 8TH BEAST - THE FALSE PROPHET
I know that I've already stated who the 8th Beast, the False Prophet is, but here are all the ciphers unlocked for you. The last Beast, the Revelation 13:11 Beast, is described as "another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." The only description given here, without looking deeper, is that it has two horns like a lamb or a young ram. Notice that he didn't just say he had two horns or that he two horns like a goat or bull. He specified what kind of horns they were for a purpose. Since God uses the same terms and symbols over and over in prophetic visions, we can use this description alone to decide that this is a description of Persia, the two horned Ram, as stated in Daniel 8. But we don’t have to just use this description alone. Since no description is given of the rest of the body, what other clue is given? It says "And I beheld ANOTHER beast. . . "
When Jesus was telling His disciples about the Holy Spirit who was coming after Him, He said, "And I will send you ANOTHER Comfortor." The same Greek word "allos" is used. Jesus was saying that this Other Comforter just like Him would replace Him in the earth when He left to go to the Father.
So, what 13:11 is saying is that John beheld another Beast, which looked just like the first beast, but it had horns like a young ram and spoke like a dragon. The picture is getting clearer. It is an Islamic Beast just like the Beast before it.
The next clue we have is that it was "coming up out of the earth." The Beasts in Daniel 7 and the Revelation 13:1 Beast all came up out of the sea, which represents the peoples of the earth. This one rose up, not from the earth, but out of the earth. What is that a picture of? This reminds me of zombie movies where we see the unsuspecting victim walking through a grave yard when hands start popping up out of the dirt. It is a picture of Resurrection. Revelation 17:10-11 states, "These are also seven kings. Five have fallen (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece), one is (Roman Empire), [and] the other has not yet come (Islam). And when he comes, he must continue a short time (1,260 years). The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition. "
LET’S NARROW IT DOWN
If the eighth kingdom was and is not, that means that he is of the first five of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia and Greece. Let us start eliminating. First of all, the Beast has horns like a young ram. The only beast described this way was Persia. That eliminates Egypt, Assyria, Babylon and Greece. Next, it is Islamic in nature. Egypt and Persia are the only Islamic nations in this list. Next, it is personified and given human qualities as the False Prophet. The only Beast described this way was Persia, in Daniel's first vision, where the lion rose up like a man and was given a human mind. One other thing that needs to be mentioned is that the only nation that has risen to world recognition and power in these last days is Persia as Iran. Iran is the 8th Beast, the False Prophet of Islam.
So there you have it folks. The identity of the Last Beast Kingdom revealed. Iran is the last Beast Kingdom and the False Prophet.
When Jesus was telling His disciples about the Holy Spirit who was coming after Him, He said, "And I will send you ANOTHER Comfortor." The same Greek word "allos" is used. Jesus was saying that this Other Comforter just like Him would replace Him in the earth when He left to go to the Father.
So, what 13:11 is saying is that John beheld another Beast, which looked just like the first beast, but it had horns like a young ram and spoke like a dragon. The picture is getting clearer. It is an Islamic Beast just like the Beast before it.
The next clue we have is that it was "coming up out of the earth." The Beasts in Daniel 7 and the Revelation 13:1 Beast all came up out of the sea, which represents the peoples of the earth. This one rose up, not from the earth, but out of the earth. What is that a picture of? This reminds me of zombie movies where we see the unsuspecting victim walking through a grave yard when hands start popping up out of the dirt. It is a picture of Resurrection. Revelation 17:10-11 states, "These are also seven kings. Five have fallen (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece), one is (Roman Empire), [and] the other has not yet come (Islam). And when he comes, he must continue a short time (1,260 years). The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition. "
LET’S NARROW IT DOWN
If the eighth kingdom was and is not, that means that he is of the first five of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia and Greece. Let us start eliminating. First of all, the Beast has horns like a young ram. The only beast described this way was Persia. That eliminates Egypt, Assyria, Babylon and Greece. Next, it is Islamic in nature. Egypt and Persia are the only Islamic nations in this list. Next, it is personified and given human qualities as the False Prophet. The only Beast described this way was Persia, in Daniel's first vision, where the lion rose up like a man and was given a human mind. One other thing that needs to be mentioned is that the only nation that has risen to world recognition and power in these last days is Persia as Iran. Iran is the 8th Beast, the False Prophet of Islam.
So there you have it folks. The identity of the Last Beast Kingdom revealed. Iran is the last Beast Kingdom and the False Prophet.