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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 13 – Persecuting Powers Professedly Christian
that of other national prophetic symbols.
The four beasts of Daniel 7 and the leopard
beast of Revelation 13 all arose out of the sea.
New nations generally arise by overthrowing
other nations, and taking their place. But no
other nation was overturned in order to make
room for the United States, and the struggle
for its independence was already fifteen years
in the past when it came into the field of
prophecy. The prophet saw only peace.
The word which is used in verse 11, to
describe the manner in which this beast
comes up, is very expressive. It is ἀναβαῖνον
(anabainon), one of the prominent definitions
of which is, “To grow or spring up as a plant.”
And it is a remarkable fact that this very figure
has been chosen by political writers, without
any reference to the prophecy, as the one
