Tag: Beasts

In Chapter 7 of Daniel, Daniel has a vision of four beasts coming up out of the sea, and is told that they represent four kingdoms:

1. A beast like a lion with eagle’s wings. [v. 4]
2. A beast like a bear, raised up on one side, with three ribs between its teeth. [v. 5]
3. A beast like a leopard with four wings of fowl and four heads. [v. 6]
4. A fourth beast, with large iron teeth and ten horns. [v. 7-8]

This is explained as a fourth kingdom, different from all the other kingdoms; it “will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it”. [v.23] The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom .[v.24] A further horn (the “little horn”) then appears and uproots three of the previous horns: this is explained as a future king.

This notebooking resource has been designed for students to write about, give a report of, and comment on chapter 7 of the book of Daniel.