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- Do the events of this chapter (the
accounts of Daniel's dream and interpretation) follow the
events of the preceding chapter chronologically? (Support your
answer)
- The first beast was like a ____________.
a. This beast is parallel to the head of
gold of chapter 2, and represents what kingdom?
- The second beast was like a ____________.
a. This beast is parallel to the silver
breast and arms of the image in chapter 2, and represents what
kingdom?
b. Why is it appropriate that this beast
be raised up on one side? (compare Dan. 8:3, 20)
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The third beast was like a
_____________.
a. This beast is parallel to the bronze
(ASV/KJV: brass) belly and thighs of the image in chapter two,
and represents what kingdom?
- Carefully compare 7:7-8 with 2:40-43 and
note at least 3 parallels between the fourth beast in chapter
7 and the interpretation of the fourth part of the image in
chapter 2.
- In Nebuchadnezzar's dream of chapter 2,
what is represented by the destruction of the image when the
stone smites it upon its feet? (2 :34-35; compare 2:44-45).
a. What is the parallel to this in
chapter 7?
b. Answer the questions in the table
below:
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Daniel 7
& Revelation 13
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Daniel 7
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Revelation
13
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| Where did the 4 beasts come from? |
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Where
did the beast come from? |
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| How many
horns did the 4th beast have? |
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How many
horns did the beast have? |
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| What did
the 4th beast speak? (7:8, 11, 20, 25) |
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What did
the beast speak? (13:5-6) |
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| What did
the 4th beast do to the saints? (7:25) |
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What did
the beast do to the saints? (13:7) |
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| How long
did the 4th beast's persecution last (7:25) |
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How long
did the beast's persecution last? (13:5) |
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Why would the order of the beasts be reversed in Rev. 13:2?
- Why would all four beasts of
Dan. 7 be combined into one in Rev. 13:2? (Cf. Dan.
7:12, 2:34-35)
- Are the 4th beast of
Daniel 7 and the beast of Revelation 13:1-10 to be understood
as representing the same thing?
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