Page "Book of Daniel" Paragraph 62

The vision in the first year of Belshazzar the king of Babylon ( 7: 1 ) concerning four great beasts ( 7: 3 ) representing four future kings ( 7: 17 ) or kingdoms ( 7: 23 ), the fourth of which devours the whole earth, treading it down and crushing it ( 7: 23 ).

This fourth beast has ten horns representing ten kings.

They are followed by a further wicked king, or " little horn ", who subdues three of the ten ( 7: 24 ), speaks against the Most High, wages war against the saints, and attempts to change the set times and laws ( 7: 25 ); after ' a time and times and half a time ', this king is judged and stripped of his kingdom by an " Ancient of Days " and his heavenly court ( 7: 26 ); next, " one like a son of man " approaches the Ancient of Days and is invested with worldwide dominion ; moreover, his everlasting reign over all kings and kingdoms is shared with " the people of the Most High " ( 7: 27 )