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of the four beasts represents an empire. The eagle-winged
lion signifies the Chaldean Empire, which was mighty and
rapid like an eagle to pounce upon the enemy. The bear
represents the "Madai-Paris," or the Medo-Persian Empire,
which extended its conquests as far as the Adriatic Sea and
Ethiopia, thus holding with its teeth a rib from the body of
each one of the three continents of the Eastern Hemisphere.
The third beast, from its tigrish nature of swift bounds and
fierceness, typifies the triumphant marches of Alexander the
Great, whose vast empire was, after his death, divided into
four kingdoms.
But the Angel who interprets the vision does not stop
to explain with details the first three kingdoms as he does
when he comes to the fourth beast. Here he enters with
emphasis into details. Here the scene in the vision is magni-
fied. The beast is practically a monster and a huge demon.
lion signifies the Chaldean Empire, which was mighty and
rapid like an eagle to pounce upon the enemy. The bear
represents the "Madai-Paris," or the Medo-Persian Empire,
which extended its conquests as far as the Adriatic Sea and
Ethiopia, thus holding with its teeth a rib from the body of
each one of the three continents of the Eastern Hemisphere.
The third beast, from its tigrish nature of swift bounds and
fierceness, typifies the triumphant marches of Alexander the
Great, whose vast empire was, after his death, divided into
four kingdoms.
But the Angel who interprets the vision does not stop
to explain with details the first three kingdoms as he does
when he comes to the fourth beast. Here he enters with
emphasis into details. Here the scene in the vision is magni-
fied. The beast is practically a monster and a huge demon.