“After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.”
After this, as I watched, another appeared, like a leopard. The beast had four wings of a bird on its back and four heads; and dominion was given to it. The third beast (the Hellenistic empire of Alexander and his successors) appears as a leopard, swift and agile. Its four wings suggest even greater speed than the lion's two wings. The four heads represent the kingdom's division among Alexander's successors after his death (the Diadochi). The dominion given to it by divine authority suggests that even this rapid military empire operates under God's providential control.
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