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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
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