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T seems readily apparent that the narrative of Nebuchadnezzar's dream
in Daniel 2 is repeated and expanded in Daniel's dream here in Daniel 7.
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed about a statue that represented the kingdoms of this
world. Daniel dreamed about some animals that represented the same kingdoms of
the world. Nebuchadnezzar's statue was comprised of metals that (at first) got
increasingly hard but decreasingly valuable. There was gold for Babylon, silver
for Persia, brass for Greece, iron for Rome and a mixture of clay and iron for
the kingdom of the antichrist. Last of all, the kingdom of Christ was stone.
Now, in Daniel's dream he saw a winged lion (representing Babylon), a
bear (representing Persia), a leopard (representing Greece) and an animal with
10 horns and iron teeth (representing Rome).
Then he saw a little horn (representing the antichrist) grow up on the
head of that fourth animal. Also, in his dream, he was given a vision of Ancient
of days (God the Father), the Son of man (Jesus) and the saints.
Other prophetic metaphors that stand out in the text are as follows:
the four winds (perhaps representing spiritual warfare), the great sea
(representing the population of the whole world), a fiery stream before the
throne of God (representing righteous judgment) and the books (representing
God's perfect knowledge). You may be able to pick out several more.
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