The Vision of the 4th Beast Interpreted

In my previous study we came to understand how the saints of the Most High inherited the Kingdom of God, and what that means. In Daniel 7:23, the one who stood by told Daniel that the fourth beast would be a fourth kingdom that would arise upon the earth. It was different from the other three in that it devoured the whole earth. That is, it consumed what was the land of the Jews, treading it down and crushing it, meaning it took all that could be taken and what remained it trampled down as though it was chaff that fell to the ground (Daniel 7:23). Nevertheless, it needs to be asked, how was this done by the fourth beast?