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The animal of the end times

Daniel 7; Revelation 13;
The four animals from Daniel chapter 7 as well as the animal
from Revelation chapter 13 are one and the same.

The look:
Both animals come from the sea.
The beast of Revelation 13 contains all the symbols of the four beasts of Daniel 7, namely, Pardel, Leo, and Bear.

The four animals of Daniel 7 have seven heads and ten horns together, just like the beast of Revelation 13.
In Daniel 7, the animals are listed individually and their activities are assigned to the individual animals.
In Revelation chapter 13 it is summarized as an animal.

Daniel 7

Revelation 13

Dan 7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. Dan 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Dan 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, 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. Dan 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. Dan 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. Dan 7:7 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.

13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

They blaspheme against God and they are given three and a half years time

Dan 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
(The horn from the fourth animal)

Off 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. Off 13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

They fight against the holy gods and defeat them

Dan 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

Off 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

The animal is burned with fire

Dan 7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

Off 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

The scenario of the animals takes place in the end times, before the second coming of Jesus.

Dan 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Dan 7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Off 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

The meaning of the symbols through the explanations of the angels

Dan 7:16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

Dan 7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

Animals = kingdoms

Dan 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

Horn = king

Dan 7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

It is the time of the end.

The four beasts of Daniel chapter 7 are all on earth at the same time. The first three animals will be removed after the fourth animal.

Dan 7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. Dan 7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

The attempt of an interpretation:

So far, I have been very shy of associating day politics with the prophecy of the Bible. Since the abolition of the communist empire, massive changes have taken place on the political and economic world stage, which fit into the image of the end times.
But I do not want to regard this interpretation as final. But we should observe the world events carefully under the aspect of biblical prophecies.

Which nations are the animals?

Excerpt from Wikipedia when entering the words 1st world; 2nd world; 3rd world.(in German)

1st world:
As industrialized or industrialized countries English developed countries are generally referred to as technologically advanced states with significant domestic industrial production of goods. They contain an industrial society characterized by a highly specialized division of labor. One speaks also of the states of the first world.
Industrial states in the original sense were states that produced their economic power mainly from industrial production, in contrast to the agricultural states, in which agriculture predominated. The first state in the world to which this definition applied was Great Britain. There the beginnings of industrialization began at the end of the 18th century. In the 20./21. Century, the service sector became increasingly important worldwide.

2nd world:
The term Second World referred to the real socialist countries of the Eastern Bloc in the Cold War era.

3rd world
At the Bandung conference on April 18, 1955, the present 29 countries from Asia and Africa took this title for themselves. They understood themselves as a union of poor countries, which fought not only for an economic betterment but also against colonialism and racism. In the choice of its own name as a „Third World“ was already a different interpretation than the Original of Sauvy in the foreground: namely, the „Third World“ as a union of those countries that belonged to any of the two power blocs of the Cold War. (These countries have chosen the name „Third World“ for themselves, so it is not derogatory.)

The first animal; the first world

Dan 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, 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.

The beginning of these states was England. The coat of arms of England is the lion. Later, the other European countries joined. They divided the world among themselves as Inperial Powers. ,

Age of imperialism (Wikipedia) The imperialism refers to the world power striving especially of the European great powers. It was created – concerning Europe – with Alexander the Great, but as the actual area is the time from 1880 to the First World War. One of the major factors of imperialism was colonization and the division of territories within and outside Europe, known as colonialism, to safeguard economic and political interests. Parallel to the intention to dominate the peoples of Africa, which are considered to be „underdeveloped“, the ideology of social Darwinism was constructed in conjunction with the scientifically refuted theory of human races. .

Nowadays, colonial times are commonly referred to as the epoch of modern colonialism that began in Portugal and Castile / Spain in Africa and South America towards the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century and lasted until the end of the Second World War in 1945 , (Wikipedia)

until his wings were ripped out,

Wikipedia keyword „human rights“:
Civil and political rights are included in this category. H. the liberal defense rights and democratic participation rights. Shaped by the classical concept of human rights from the Age of Enlightenment, the Western world saw them only as rights that should be enforceable by the individual because of their mere existence vis-à-vis the state. This limited perspective is also partially reflected in the constitutions of Western states, in the liberal-constitutional theory of fundamental rights or in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights.

and how a man was put on his feet and given a man’s heart.

The 2nd animal; the 2nd world

Dan 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

The term Second World referred to the real socialist countries of the Eastern Bloc in the Cold War era. (Wikipedia)

The Russian Bear is a national personification of Russia, which was and will be used in Western Europe, especially in the UK.
Mostly it is alluded to the (geographical) size of Russia. Since the 20th century, the symbol has also been used by the Russians themselves. So the mascot was selected for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Bear Mischa. The bear can also be found in the logo of the United Russia party.

The Soviet Union (or SU for short, full official name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR for short) was a centrally governed federal one-party state whose territory spanned Eastern Europe and the Caucasus as far as Central and throughout North Asia. Founded in December 1922 by the Bolsheviks and dissolved as a union of 15 Union republics by the Alma Ata Declaration on 21 December 1991. The international legal rights and obligations in international organizations have since been recognized by the Russian Federation. (Wikipedia)

The 3rd animal; the 3rd world

Dan 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

Wikipedia; „3rd world“:
Today, instead, the term is often used for the so-called emerging countries, a group of countries that are about to abandon the status of a developing country and become an industrialized country; for example, the People’s Republic of China and India. However, the meaning of the term has declined sharply since 1989, and the formerly widespread and controversial designations First World (for developed countries), Third World (for developing countries) and Fourth World (mostly for resource-poor developing countries or the so-called Least Developed Countries) have been used ever since less used. The concept gained popularity again as the concept of the Indian-American political scientist Parag Khanna, who understands countries that are in the geopolitical and geo-economic zones of influence of different empires.

China and India have become major powers in the last 20 years. China even with the ambition of a world power.

Tiger countries are the economically fast-developing countries of South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, as well as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The name, which was coined in the 1980s, comes from the fact that these four states or zones with high economic growth from developing countries became industrialized countries. The high dynamics shown here reminded of the powerful energy of the tiger, which starts to leap.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the term „Panther States“ was used to describe four states Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines in Southeast Asia, which had the opportunity to promote the economic growth of the so-called tiger states (South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore) from the developing country to the industrialized state mimic. [1] Due to the Asian crisis in 1997, this rise was slowed down massively, none of the four countries became an industrial state. The term Pantherstaat is therefore no longer used today. (Wikipedia)
Economic miracle China – a country becomes world power (WAZ)
The meteoric rise of China into one of the largest economic powers in the world has made the country an industrial world power at the same time. Many industrialized nations are dependent on it today. This also involves structural and social changes, and the Chinese people are fighting more for their rights and freedom. At regular intervals, the observance of human rights is made an issue. Of course, despite the criticism, China is still a country with a culture as old as it is diverse and fascinating.
These states do more than that

These states make up the largest part of the world population.

Dan 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

The 4th animal;

Dan 7:7 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.

To interpret this animal is particularly difficult, as it has not fully appeared in 2018.

Risk of an assertion
It is the Islamic world,

Dan 7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; Dan 7:20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. Dan 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

The Middle East is very important for the whole world because of its oil resources. Since 9/11 and the subsequent, not entirely understandable, American response, the entire region has been destabilized.
The rest of stability was dashed by the Arab Spring, which was also supported by the Western powers. Sadam Hussein in Iraq was overthrown and killed. After that, the Western powers left and left a mess.
Gadafi in Libya was overthrown and killed with the help of the Western powers, after which Libya was left in chaos. Subsequently, Syria was involved in a civil war with the help of the Western powers.
Syria’s contacts with Russia, China and Iran have enabled Assad to maintain its position. Due to the efforts of the war in Syria, which has long been no civil war, a vacuum has formed in the other countries of the Middle East. This vacuum is being used more and more by fundamentalist forces that are massively supported by the other Muslim countries.
If the perspective of the biblical prophecy is correct, these forces will take power in the Middle East and establish a caliphate *. This political theocracy would be the fourth animal.

Dan 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. Dan 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. Dan 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

While the other states have a separation of religion and state, the fourth animal will be a theocracy.

The radical Muslims around the world are already threatened by a strong terrorist threat. Moslems are available in all countries of the world. Their number is increasing. The influence of the countries of the Middle East will increase due to the scarcity of oil and the resulting dependency of the world.

and it will eat, crush and crush the whole earth.

* (Source Wikipedia) As a caliphate refers to the rule, the office or the kingdom of a caliph, ie a „successor“ or „Deputy of the Messenger of God“ . It thus represents an Islamic form of government in which secular and spiritual leadership are united in the person of the caliph. Already Muhammad’s state in Medina was based on a theocratic model: He was both the leader of the religious movement and the ruler of the realm of power in which this belief was lived.
The Islamic State, previously Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant [2] Syria [4] (ISIS)) is a jihadist-Salafist terrorist organization whose goal is the forcible establishment of a caliphate, Syria and Iraq, but including Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. [5] By her name, she ties in with the political concept of the Islamic State.

The countries of Islam have one goal: the destruction of the state of Israel. The persecution of Christians is also commonplace in these countries. That will be massively strengthened worldwide. They are enemies of God and his son Jesus Christ. You will succeed for a while.