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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 7 – The Four Beasts
earth to the other; and the strife and
commotion which produces all this
destruction is called a great whirlwind.
That winds denote strife and war is further
evident from a consideration of the vision
itself; for as the result of the striving of the
winds, kingdoms arise and fall; and these
events are accomplished through political
strife.
The Bible definition of sea, or waters, when
used as a symbol, is, peoples, and nations, and
tongues. In proof of this, see Revelation 17:15,
where it is expressly so declared.
The definition of the symbol of the four beasts
is given to Daniel ere the close of the vision.
Verse 17: “These great beasts, which are four,
are four kings which shall arise out of the