"After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns./I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things."(vv.7-8)
Note that this vision is a night vision meaning the body politic represented in these four beasts was ungodly and each member was under condemnation. We are considering the will of God, an unseen world visually represented by appropriate symbols.When the rider on the white horse appears the title 'king of kings, the lord of lords' establishes the fulfilment aspect of the Son. (Rev.19.16)
"and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it"
These beasts correspond to the four parts of the image in the king's dream. "Thou art this head of gold."(Dan.2.37-38) Coupled with the lion's body with eagle wings we have a crucial clue. "and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it." It identifies with the mingling of sons of God mingling with daughters of men. "And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."(Gen.6.1-3) Man is reckoned in terms of the gospel and not physical characteristics, colour, race or spirit. On the basis of the Word he is set in direct context of the word become flesh, the Son of man.
"and it had great iron teeth" This compares with 'His legs of iron,' (Dan.2.33) His ferocity 'dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly' gives an altogether different dimension to his destructive nature.
"After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns./I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things."(vv.7-8)
Note that this vision is a night vision meaning the body politic represented in these four beasts was ungodly and each member was under condemnation. We are considering the will of God, an unseen world visually represented by appropriate symbols.When the rider on the white horse appears the title 'king of kings, the lord of lords' establishes the fulfilment aspect of the Son. (Rev.19.16)
"and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it"
These beasts correspond to the four parts of the image in the king's dream. "Thou art this head of gold."(Dan.2.37-38) Coupled with the lion's body with eagle wings we have a crucial clue. "and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it." It identifies with the mingling of sons of God mingling with daughters of men. "And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."(Gen.6.1-3) Man is reckoned in terms of the gospel and not physical characteristics, colour, race or spirit. On the basis of the Word he is set in direct context of the word become flesh, the Son of man.
"and it had great iron teeth" This compares with 'His legs of iron,' (Dan.2.33) His ferocity 'dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly' gives an altogether different dimension to his destructive nature.
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